BitTorrent Is Launching Its Own Cryptocurrency on the Tron Network
To incentivize file-sharing, BitTorrent is creating a cryptocurrency token on the Tron protocol.
File Sharing
Arweave 2.0 Gets File Storage Project One Step Closer to Its ‘Library of Alexandria’ Dreams
Apr 29, 2020
Arweave operates on the same idea as other blockchain-based file storage services such as Filecoin or Storj, but with far larger ambitions backed by new technical developments unveiled Wednesday as Arweave 2.0.
The Blockstack dapp Envelop just launched a Chrome and Firefox extension for file-sharing. Here's why that matters.
Filecoin Is Mailing Out Hard Drives of Climate Data to Kick-Start Its File-Storage Network
May 7, 2020
Get a giant hard drive from the Filecoin team stuffed with data on climate, the world's literature or the human genome and get ready to earn some crypto.
Nebulous, the startup behind the Sia network for decentralized file storage, is doubling its staff and focusing on media streaming.
BitTorrent has the user base, Tron has the crypto. The new BitTorrent Token (BTT) white paper explores ways to marry the two.
