Filecoin

open-source, public cryptocurrency and digital payment system with a blockchain-based cooperative digital storage and data retrieval method

Product cryptocurrency Q39048590

Facts

15 properties

Instance of: cryptocurrency, distributed storage network, software^[2]^[3]
Inception: July 15, 2014^[7]
Founder: Juan Benet^[4]
Official website: filecoin.io^[9]
Cryptocurrency code: FIL^[21]
Currency sign: ⨎^[6]
Data size: +704^[20]
Developer: Protocol Labs^[5]
Fabrication method: Hard Drive Mining^[14]
Has characteristic: fault tolerance, data integrity, retrievability^[11]^[12]^[13]
Has part(s) of the class: project^[19]
Participant: 8375^[8]
Social media followers: 49k (43k–50k, n=3)^[22]^[23]^[24]
Used by: InterPlanetary File System^[10]
Uses: blockchain, zk-SNARK, cryptographic hash function, proof-of-spacetime^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 10

CoinMarketCap cryptocurrency ID: filecoin
GitHub account: filecoin-project
Golden ID: Filecoin-Y39, Filecoin
Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/11g9ngp3p7
Quora topic ID: Filecoin
Reddit topic ID: filecoin
Slack organization ID: filecoinproject
Source code repository URL: github.com
X (Twitter) username: filecoin, Filecoin, Filecoin
YouTube channel ID: UCPyYmtJYQwxM-EUyRUTp5DA

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🔗 Connections

Instance of 3

software, cryptocurrency, distributed storage network

Has characteristic 2

data integrity, fault tolerance

Uses 2

blockchain, cryptographic hash function

Created notable works 1

Juan Benet

Fabrication method 1

Hard Drive Mining

Has part(s) of the class 1

project

Used by 1

InterPlanetary File System

← Used by 1

distributed storage network

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Summary

Filecoin is a cryptocurrency^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Filecoin — instance of (P31): distributed storage network. filecoin.io. Retrieved 2020-02-22. filecoin.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Filecoin — instance of (P31): software. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Filecoin — founder (P112): Juan Benet. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Filecoin — developer (P178): Protocol Labs. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Filecoin — currency sign (P489): ⨎. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Filecoin — inception (P571): July 15, 2014. filecoin.io. filecoin.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Filecoin — participant (P710): 8375. mcusercontent.com. mcusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Filecoin — official website (P856): https://filecoin.io/. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Filecoin — used by (P1535): InterPlanetary File System. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Filecoin — has characteristic (P1552): fault tolerance. filecoin.io. Retrieved 2020-02-22. filecoin.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Filecoin — has characteristic (P1552): data integrity. filecoin.io. Retrieved 2020-02-22. filecoin.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Filecoin — has characteristic (P1552): retrievability. filecoin.io. Retrieved 2020-02-22. filecoin.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Filecoin — fabrication method (P2079): Hard Drive Mining. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Filecoin — uses (P2283): blockchain. filecoin.io. Retrieved 2020-02-22. filecoin.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Filecoin — uses (P2283): zk-SNARK. filecoin.io. Retrieved 2020-02-22. filecoin.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Filecoin — uses (P2283): cryptographic hash function. filecoin.io. Retrieved 2020-02-22. filecoin.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Filecoin — uses (P2283): proof-of-spacetime. filecoin.io. Retrieved 2020-02-22. filecoin.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Filecoin — has part(s) of the class (P2670): project. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Filecoin — data size (P3575): 704 gigabyte. lotus.filecoin.io. lotus.filecoin.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Filecoin — cryptocurrency code (P5810): FIL. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Filecoin — social media followers (P8687): 43,115. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Filecoin — social media followers (P8687): 49,900. YouTube API. Retrieved 2024-06-08. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Filecoin — social media followers (P8687): 49,000. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-06-14. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Filecoin is an instance of cryptocurrency (Q13479982) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Social media followers → {'amount': '+43115'}, {'amount': '+49900'}, {'amount': '+49000'}

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Has part(s) of the class → project

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