Latest news: FilFoundation and blockfrost_io are collaborating to power Filecoin & Cardano applications!
Blockfrost will archive its IPFS gateway cluster on Filecoin, introducing a new service layer for Cardano builders that combines IPFS and Filecoin storage. 🌐
The collaboration enhances application resiliency and unites two leading layer-one ecosystems: Cardano and Filecoin.
Blockfrost and the Filecoin Foundation (FF) are collaborating to integrate Filecoin’s decentralized storage capabilities as a powerful backup layer for Cardano applications built with Blockfrost. This collaboration will enhance data redundancy, quality assurance, and decentralization for Cardano applications.
Blockfrost provides an API-as-a-service solution that simplifies access to the Cardano blockchain, providing additional functionality without having to run or maintain complex infrastructure and tooling. Blockfrost also runs a cluster of InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) gateways, enabling users to add, pin, and access resources.
By archiving its IPFS gateway cluster on Filecoin, the world’s largest decentralized storage network, Blockfrost will introduce a new service layer for Cardano builders that includes both IPFS and Filecoin storage. This integration not only enhances the resiliency of future Cardano applications, but also highlights a commitment to decentralization by prioritizing the coordination of two leading layer 1 blockchain ecosystems: Cardano and Filecoin.
The benefits of collaboration include:
• Data Redundancy: By storing Blockfrost’s IPFS node cluster on Filecoin, developers building on Cardano gain enhanced data redundancy and resiliency, ensuring that critical data is securely stored across the distributed network and protected from loss, corruption, or manipulation.
• Quality Assurance: Blockfrost’s new service tiers provide decentralized storage through Filecoin, giving developers the option to securely store their data on Filecoin while ensuring scalable, seamless access. By expanding storage capabilities and adding advanced backup layers, Blockfrost gives developers more tools to build reliable, data-driven applications.
• Data Verifiability: Filecoin’s integration provides secure data provenance through immutable storage, transparent on-chain verifiability, and cryptographic hashing. Leveraging Proof of Replication, Filecoin ensures data is uniquely stored, while Proof of Spacetime verifies continuous storage over time. These foundational capabilities enable the creation of tamper-proof, auditable datasets, paving the way for the deployment of trustworthy AI applications with Blockfrost and supporting reliable decentralized model training.
• Commitment to decentralization: Blockfrost and the Filecoin Foundation are both committed to a decentralized internet. Protecting Cardano applications’ data on-chain on Filecoin enables developers to build on a truly decentralized, redundant, and resilient storage infrastructure.
“Blockfrost is setting a new standard for data reliability and durability in the Cardano ecosystem with Filecoin,” said Marek Mahut, CEO of Blockfrost. “This integration gives developers peace of mind knowing their applications benefit from Filecoin’s decentralized storage and redundancy capabilities.”
“Bringing Filecoin’s decentralized storage to the Cardano ecosystem will help developers create more secure, reliable, and future-proof applications,” said Clara Tsao, founding officer of the Filecoin Foundation. “This is a great example of two leading blockchains converging to support a more resilient and decentralized internet.”
A more resilient, decentralized future
Blockfrost has been integrated with Lighthouse, a platform built on Filecoin that provides permanent storage, encryption, custom gateways, and multi-chain smart contracts. But this collaboration is more than just a technical integration, it is a step towards a more resilient and decentralized future for Cardano applications. By empowering Cardano developers with new capabilities and leveraging Filecoin’s powerful infrastructure, this collaboration enhances data quality assurance, scalability, and redundancy for the entire Cardano ecosystem.
The collaboration highlights the collaborative work of two traditional L1 blockchains and marks a step towards decentralization becoming the standard for next-generation blockchain applications.
About Filecoin
Filecoin is a peer-to-peer network for storing files, with built-in economic incentives to ensure that files are stored reliably over time. It aims to create a decentralized, efficient, and powerful foundation for human information.
About Filecoin Foundation
The Filecoin Foundation's mission is to preserve humanity's most important information, promote open source governance of the Filecoin network, fund research and development projects in decentralized technologies, and support the development of the Filecoin ecosystem and community.
About Blockfrost
The Blockfrost API was launched in 2020 to simplify how developers interact with the Cardano blockchain. Now anyone can interact with the blockchain, ecosystem, and IPFS directly without having to run their own dedicated node, while maintaining speed and scalability.
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