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Testnet
Filecoin Pushes Back Final Testing Phase, Announces ‘Calibration Period’ for Miners
Filecoin has delayed the launch of its incentivized testnet by two weeks, providing a window for miners to test their set-ups.
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By Jaspreet Kalra
Jul 15, 2020 at 3:25 p.m. UTC
Jul 15, 2020
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Protocol Labs co-founder and CEO Juan Benet speaks at CoinDesk's Construct 2017 conference. (CoinDesk archives)
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China
Inside the Craze for Filecoin Crypto Mining in China
As Filecoin inches closer to a blockchain mainnet launch, investors in China are again speculating heavily on the network’s mining hardware and token prices.
Protocol Labs co-founder and CEO Juan Benet speaks at CoinDesk's Construct 2017 conference. (CoinDesk archives)
By Wolfie Zhao
Jul 13, 2020 at 2:15 a.m. UTC
Jul 13, 2020
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Filecoin is entering the final phase of testing, ahead of a mainnet launch later this summer. (Credit: Shutterstock)
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Testnet
Filecoin Prepares for Network Launch With Final Testing Phase
Decentralized storage network firm Filecoin announced the launch of its Incentivized Testnet, the network’s final phase of testing, on Wednesday
Filecoin is entering the final phase of testing, ahead of a mainnet launch later this summer. (Credit: Shutterstock)
By Jaspreet Kalra
Jun 11, 2020 at 7:00 a.m. UTC
Jun 11, 2020
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Tech
File sharing
Filecoin Is Mailing Out Hard Drives of Climate Data to Kick-Start Its File-Storage Network
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.
Juan Benet, Filecoin founder
By Brady Dale
May 7, 2020 at 8:25 p.m. UTC
May 7, 2020
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Asics
Ethereum Foundation and Others Weigh $15 Million Bid to Build 'Randomness' Tech
The Ethereum Foundation may spend $15 million on a project implementing randomness tech called "Verifiable Delay Functions."
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By Christine Kim
Feb 7, 2019 at 8:20 a.m. UTC
Feb 7, 2019
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Gambling
12 Markets Crypto Decentralization Can Actually Improve
What do virtual real estate and distributed computing have in common? They're both markets where P2P networks can improve efficiencies.
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By Kyle Samani
Dec 27, 2018 at 6:01 p.m. UTC
Dec 27, 2018
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Bittorrent
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.
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By Brady Dale
Sep 10, 2018 at 4:00 a.m. UTC
Sep 10, 2018
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Markets
News
Filecoin Looks to Mid-2019 for Blockchain Storage Network Launch
Blockchain storage startup Filecoin announced it would launch its mainnet sometime near the middle of next year.
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By Nikhilesh De
Aug 28, 2018 at 7:41 p.m. UTC
Aug 28, 2018
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Research
Filecoin Creators Launch $5 Million Crypto Grant Program
Protocol Labs, the company behind Filecoin and other projects, has announced a research grant program worth $5 million initially.
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By Nikhilesh De
Apr 11, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Apr 11, 2018
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Markets
Investment
Searching for Problems? James Altucher to Bitcoin Critics: You're Dead Wrong
Business blogger James Altucher provides a counter to cryptocurrency being "a solution in search of a problem," one strong enough to make him a bull.
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By Ash Bennington
Sep 21, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Sep 21, 2017
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