Welcome to the fourth issue of Filecoin News! If you’d like to chat with us about anything you see here, please visit discuss.filecoin.io.

Earlier this week, the Filecoin team released a major update on progress during the past two quarters. The biggest news: we announced some important launch dates:

The 10-part blog post includes detailed information on these upcoming launches, roadmap, development work, and updates on IPFS and libp2p as they relate to Filecoin. There’s also news on the Filecoin community, Filecoin research, and the most recent Filecoin videos. See the full update on the Filecoin blog.

This week, we launched the go-filecoin alphanet. It integrates a number of significant protocol features, but one of the most important is that it is a long-running network. Earlier this year we launched our first development networks (devnets) and now with the alphanet launch, we have implemented much of the functionality for seamless network upgrades, preventing us from having to trigger a hard network reset. Learn more about the go-filecoin alphanet on the Filecoin blog.

In the last issue, we introduced you to the new Filecoin Dev Grants Program, which aims to fund developer tools, user-facing applications, protocol improvements, and more. The first wave application cycle is open now and closes on September 30th, 2019. Please visit the Dev Grants GitHub repo to learn more about the proposal process, open RFPs, review process, and more. Apply today for a chance to be considered in this wave!

Filecoin documentation has a new, beautiful home at docs.filecoin.io. Previously, this was hosted on the go-filecoin GitHub wiki and editable only with commit access to go-filecoin. Now, all Filecoin community members are welcome to contribute at github.com/filecoin-project/docs.

Work on the new implementation and specification for the Filecoin node HTTP API is currently underway and we want your input on it! Install the OpenAPI specification for the Filecoin HTTP REST API via npm and Yarn, and give us your feedback in the repo.

Ready to join the groundbreaking team working on Filecoin? We are on the lookout for a senior software engineer, documentation engineer, research project manager, China program manager, community manager and more!

See all open positions here

Wondering where to start? Head over to the Filecoin project on GitHub and be sure to take a look at the community resources. Speaking of community, there are several ways to interact with other Filecoin enthusiasts. Ask questions in our chat channel, discuss issues or new ideas in the community forum, or send us your thoughts on Twitter by following @MineFilecoin. The Filecoin blog and our YouTube channel are good sources of information if you’re just getting started. If all else fails, send a reply to this email, and we’ll help you track down an answer. 

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