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

At the end of last year, we successfully completed the first phase of Filecoin’s trusted setup, also known as the “powers of tau” ceremony. Since the end of the year, our team has been preparing for Phase 2 of trusted setup. To learn about Phase 2 and how you can contribute, read the recent update for more information.

Last week, Filecoin launched its testnet incentives program, inviting miners all over the world to compete to earn global and regional pools totaling up to 4 million Filecoin tokens. The competition may begin as soon as early July, but you can already get your hardware ready, join the testnet, and start mining! We will announce the incentives program start date on our blog.

The Filecoin team is excited to be a challenge partner in the Spark University Hackathon, an 8-week online competition bringing together developers from universities around the world, to learn, build, and launch new applications and storage solutions on the Filecoin network. Read the announcement post on our blog for more details.

Last month, the Filecoin team hosted the second Filecoin Mining Community Call joined by over 160 live attendees globally. Read the overview of both questions and answers from the session in the event recap.

Ready to join the groundbreaking team working on Filecoin? We are on the lookout for a Filecoin China Business Development Strategist, Community Manager, Cryptography Software Engineer, and more!

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The Filecoin Mining Accelerator Program is designed to support miners as they validate, launch and scale mining operations for Filecoin Mainnet. Learn how to access funding, tech support, and an international community of Filecoin experts.An update on Filecoin Discover, addressing the most common questions and concerns. Among them, note that in the first wave of Filecoin Discover, the number of drives per miner will be capped at 20. Read the full post for more details.Offline Data Transfer for Large-Scale Data: Emerging solutions like offline data transfer will make Filecoin an even stronger alternative to traditional cloud storage platforms for storing data. Learn more about considering offline data transfer and how it works in the Filecoin project.

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 the Filecoin Slack, discuss issues or new ideas in the community forum, or send us your thoughts on Twitter by following @Filecoin. 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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