Hello!
Today we wrapped up day 2 at Filecoin Liftoff Week. We heard from mining experts across the Web3 ecosystem, including solo Filecoin miner Benjamin Hoesjbo, Node Factory CEO Belma Gutlic, IPFSMain Co-founder Neo Ge, Chainsafe lead engineer Elizabeth Binks, and many many more. Here are some highlights from today’s “Mine on Filecoin” agenda, and a snapshot of what’s in store for tomorrow.
👥 Filecoin is for miners of all sizes
Throughout the day, we heard from individual miners, small mining teams, and large corporate-structured mining companies. All agreed on the same general idea: that Filecoin mining worked for their setup, no matter its size. In the miner spotlights that kicked off today’s events, Eric Tu of ChainSafe talked about the BigChungus project and his mission to prove that small-scale mining is feasible. Later, Filecoin miner Benjamin Hoesjbo showed off his solo miner rig, explaining how he even connected it to his floor heating for maximum efficiency.
👨🚀 Space Race was the place to be
Filecoin’s Space Race was mentioned in most of the talks today, culminating in the “How we Won the Space Race” panel with 6Block Core Architect Lee White, IPFS Main co-founder Neo Ge, IPFS-Force CTO Steven Li, and ARS CTO Wayne Yang. Throughout the day, the attitude towards Space Race was consistent; it had served as a vital catalyst in the past few months to jumpstart the Filecoin mining ecosystem. Space Race is just another example of Filecoin’s impressive community development. Tomorrow, you’ll have the opportunity to hear more about Filecoin’s commitment to ecosystem engagement at 10am PDT when Vivek Singh of Gitcoin kicks off the agenda with a demo day for Apollo, a hackathon hosted with Protocol Labs and Gitcoin.
🔮The future of Filecoin mining is more decentralization and greater participation
Throughout the day, speakers and panelists answered questions about the future of Filecoin mining. Two consistent themes emerged: greater participation and decentralization were both needed and inevitable. Protocol Labs engineer Aayush Rajasekaran hosted a meetup with developers from different implementations of Filecoin, including Forest from Chainsafe, Venus from IPFS Force, and Fuhon from Soramitsu. Just today, Codefi Activate launched its Filecoin Storage web app and API to make price discovery for storage on the Filecoin network simple and transparent. The app queries all active miners and stores relevant information, including the miner’s account ID, the storage capacity they are offering, the monthly price per gibibyte, their location, and a reputation score. With more and more participation in the network - from miners, unconscious users, developer partners, and more - the Filecoin ecosystem grows more and more decentralized. We are, as Steven Li of IPFS Force emphasized, just barely at the beginning of seeing what Filecoin will become.
🏝The power of Filecoin’s island economy
In his talk “Filecoin’s Storage Economy,” ZX of Protocol Labs talked through the idea of an island economy and miners’ role in it. The idea behind an island economy is that everyone has a role to play, with the goal of any economy being to create production cycles from raw materials into goods and services as efficiently as possible. The better that economic process is, demand for the island nation’s native currency will grow, and the island’s economy grows as well. The idea of Filecoin as a functional economy in which people perform their unique roles, create value for the network, and grow the size of the “island” was prevalent throughout the day.
Join us tomorrow!
Tomorrow, day 3 of Liftoff Week is focused on Building on Filecoin. It’s a full day of what’s been developed on and for the Filecoin ecosystem and what’s in store for the months and years ahead. A preview of the agenda:
10am PDT: Kick off day 3 with “Apollo Demo Day” led by Vivek Singh of Gitcoin. Attendees will tune into the results of Apollo, Protocol Labs’ ecosystem building hackathon in coordination with Gitcoin.
12pm PDT: Join Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin and Filecoin founder Juan Benet for a fireside chat about “Bridging Filecoin and Ethereum”
1:10pm PDT: Filecoin product lead Pooja Shah will give an overview of Filecoin developer pathways and how to use Filecoin for your use case.
1:50pm PDT: Cezar Paraschiv of Digital MOB will give a talk and demo into the roadmap to building a reputation system for the Filecoin ecosystem.
2:20pm PDT: Infura Senior Engineer Tim Myers will give a sneak peak of Infura's soon-to-launch managed Filecoin API.
3:00pm PDT: Molly Mackinlay and Dietrich Ayala of Protocol Labs, CEO of Textile Andrew Hill, and Sigma Prime director Adrian Manning sit down for panel about what lies ahead for Web3.0
3:40pm PDT: “How we Made Slate” with Jimmy Lee of Protocol Labs
4:50pm PDT: “Building Dev Tools on Filecoin” with Jordan Ellis of Web3API, Artefactual Systems founder Peter Van Garderen, and NodeFactor CEO Belma Gutlic.
5:30pm PDT: Fleek CEO Harrison Hines and developer Samuele Agostinelli will give a tech-focused talk and workshop to dive into the technology behind Space, use-cases, and getting started with the Space Daemon
6:40pm PDT: Join Corbin Page of ConsenSys Codefi, Ren CTO Loong Wang, and Aave CEO Stani Kulechov as they explore the exciting potential for Filecoin and DeFi.
See you tomorrow!
The Filecoin Team