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5/ Next Steps. Initial disbursements start this week. Each funded team will submit progress reports for transparency. Batch 2 of ProPGF opens in October 2025, and FIL-RPGF Batch 3 begins in late September.

4/ Funded Projects. Funded projects range from high-performance retrieval systems to programmable deal allocation tools. They address varied use cases while contributing to a more capable and accessible Filecoin infrastructure.

3/ Selection Process. Batch 1 received 38 applications. 23 reached final review. 14 teams were selected after thorough evaluation by the ProPGF selection committee, which assessed each proposal’s potential to create measurable impact.

2/ Program Structure. ProPGF funds forward-looking projects and rewards proven contributions through @FILRetroPGF. This structure supports both new initiatives and established work, strengthening the tools, protocols, and resources for decentralized storage.

1/ Funding Complete. The first Filecoin Public Goods Funding batch closed with $3,681,800 distributed to 14 teams. These projects focus on infrastructure, developer tools, and services that support the Filecoin network and the open-source ecosystem.

🧵Filecoin ProPGF Batch 1 Concludes with $3.68M Distributed. TL;DR: 14 teams received $3,681,800 in the first Filecoin ProPGF batch to develop infrastructure, developer tools, and essential services. The program will run every six months, with Batch 2 starting in October 2025.

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4/ Hot storage on Filecoin. @akavenetwork stored the archives as hot storage on Filecoin, keeping them instantly accessible while protecting them against single points of failure. Readers began seeing a “Preserved on Filecoin” marker on archived articles.

3/ The link rot problem. A study by the @internetarchive, Old Dominion University, and @FilFoundation found the median lifespan of a web page was only 2.3 years, with half of deep links disappearing within 18 months. The Defiant aimed to break this cycle.

2/ ETHDenver announcement. Announced at the Decentralized Media Summit at ETHDenver, the move supported The Defiant’s mission to cover the decentralized economy while applying the same principles to its own infrastructure.

1/ Full archives preserved. @DefiantNews preserved its full article archives on Filecoin through Akave. This included thousands of past reports and all future content, giving the publication permanent, censorship-resistant access to its own work.

🧵The Defiant preserved its archives on Filecoin with Akave. TL;DR: The Defiant stored thousands of past and future articles on Filecoin through Akave protecting them from link rot and centralization risks. Readers now see a “Preserved on Filecoin” marker on archived articles.

Key updates from @glifio:. Total assets: 23,650,864 FIL.Annual percentage yield: 10.207%.Depositors: 6,146.Pool Utilization Rate: 75.6%.Raw Byte Power: 594.9 PiB.Est. Annual Rewards: 2,414,019 FIL.Average Deposit Size: 8,716.24 FIL.Pledged Miners: 300

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5/ How. Integration goes through @LighthouseWeb3, a Filecoin-based platform with perpetual storage, encryption, custom gateways, and multi-chain smart contracts. It provides stronger quality, scale, and redundancy for Cardano apps that rely on Blockfrost daily.

4/ Trust. @Filecoin adds data provenance and audit paths: immutable storage, onchain checks, and cryptographic hashing. Proof of Replication shows unique storage; Proof of Spacetime verifies continuous storage. It provides tamper-resistant, auditable datasets.

3/ Service tier. Blockfrost archives its @IPFS Gateway clusters on Filecoin and adds a tier that pairs IPFS + Filecoin storage. Cardano builders gain an option for dual storage, higher resilience, and clear access through Blockfrost’s tools across the stack.

2/ Context. Blockfrost provides an API for @Cardano access and runs IPFS Gateway clusters. Developers avoid node ops and still reach chain data and IPFS assets. Filecoin now strengthens this stack as a durable, distributed backup for those IPFS resources.

1/ Collab . @blockfrost_io and @FilFoundation use Filecoin as a backup layer for Cardano apps built with Blockfrost. Announced Dec 3, 2024. The aim: stronger redundancy, higher data quality, and a more decentralized data path across Cardano.