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IPFS & Filecoin

$20,000

About

IPFS is a peer-to-peer network and protocol designed to make the web faster, safer, and more open. IPFS upgrades the web to work peer to peer, addressing data by what it is instead of where it’s located on the network, or who is hosting it. Filecoin, the world’s largest decentralized network offering more than 16+ Exbibytes of storage. It allows users to store, request, and transfer data via a verifiable marketplace. Filecoin is completely open-source, enabling people from all over the world to participate.  Website | Twitter | Discord | Office hours

IPFS is a peer-to-peer network and protocol designed to make the web faster, safer, and more open. IPFS upgrades the web to work peer to peer, addressing data by what it is instead of where it’s located on the network, or who is hosting it.

Filecoin, the world’s largest decentralized network offering more than 16+ Exbibytes of storage. It allows users to store, request, and transfer data via a verifiable marketplace. Filecoin is completely open-source, enabling people from all over the world to participate. 

Website | Twitter | Discord | Office hours

Prizes

IPFS & Filecoin$20,000

🏆 Filecoin & IPFS are offering:

Challenge: 

Best use of Filecoin for persistent decentralized storage and/or IPFS for content addressing, (projects that use them indirectly via NFT.storage, web3.storage, Textile or other tooling also qualify).

🥇 - $6,000

🥈 - $3,000 each (3x)

🏊‍♀️ - $5,000 - split equally among, up to the next best 10 teams

Please see eligibility criteria here. Please see a list of previous hackathon winners here.

Getting Started

IPFS & Filecoin Developer Resources:

Getting started with Filecoin and IPFS

Join group or 1:1 office hours

Inspiration (current projects leveraging IPFS/Filecoin)

NFT Starter Pack (hands on code walkthrough of an NFT contract leveraging NFT.Storage in react and deployed to Fleek)

Other: 

DevTools: 

Workshop

IPFS & Filecoin 🛠 Not on IPFS? Not your NFT ...

Description coming soon..

This workshop is happening in-person

09:30 PM EDT — Friday, Jun 24, 2022 in Metropolitan Pavilion - Room 2 (4th floor)