Filecoin miners will be able to generate accounting reports needed to pass their public company accounting oversight board (PCAOB) financial audits.
More resilient and user-controlled than the AWS: Colin Evran’s vision for Filecoin
“Filecoin is more than just storage, one can think of it as an Airbnb for cloud services.”
The Importance of Randomness in the Internet Age
Random numbers might not sound like a public good, but we actually rely on randomness for a host of socially useful things.
How a Decentralized Randomness Beacon Could Boost Cryptographic Security
Filecoin will be the first protocol to use this production-ready version of drand to create decentralized, verifiable randomness for “leader selection.”
No, Marvin Ammori, CoinDesk Is Not Trying to Extort You
Marvin Ammori, Head of Policy at Protocol Labs, says his crypto hero is Hal Finney, recalls his trip to Iceland and thinks crypto should disrupt banks next.
No, Marvin Ammori, CoinDesk Is Not Trying to Extort You
Marvin Ammori, Head of Policy at Protocol Labs, says his crypto hero is Hal Finney, recalls his trip to Iceland and thinks crypto should disrupt banks next.
Ready Layer One: Base Layer Protocols Team Up for Virtual Developer Event
A virtual conference is being organized by a bevy of base-layer protocols – the Web3 Foundation, Near, Cosmos, Tezos, Protocol Labs and Polkadot.
InterPlanetary File System Is Uncensorable During Coronavirus News Fog
Digital citizens are turning to decentralized protocols like IPFS to share news during the Coronavirus outbreak.
Cloudflare Launches Decentralized Web Gateway at Its First ‘Crypto Week’
Cloudflare intends to announce a new cryptography-related product every day this week. The first: a gateway to access the InterPlanetary File System.
Major Crypto Companies Form DC Lobbying Group
A number of major cryptocurrency firms are forming the Blockchain Association to lobby Washington, D.C. lawmakers on regulations in the space.
BitTorrent Courted EOS, Filecoin Crypto Creators Prior to Tron Sale
Tron and Neo weren’t the only crypto projects interested in acquiring BitTorrent; in fact, CoinDesk has learned, five others were tempted to buy too.
Blockchain Startup Protocol Labs Launches $5M Research Grant Program
Protocol Labs, the company behind Filecoin and other projects, has announced a research grant program worth $5 million initially.