Filecoin Workshop I Arpit Bindal, Rishikesh Kale and Abhay U

Sun, Nov 2, 2025, 12:00 AM

This workshop covers the Filecoin Onchain Cloud vision and two partner offerings—Lighthouse and Akave—for builders who need decentralized storage that feels like modern cloud. Filecoin’s stack is evolving from IPFS and cold storage to a programmable “onchain cloud” spanning storage, retrieval (Filecoin Beam CDN), compute and AI infra, and DePIN, all accessible from a JavaScript/TypeScript client SDK (Synapse). Payments are stabilized via USDFC (a Filecoin-native stablecoin), with optional native FIL, and storage proofs remain backed by Filecoin’s proof layer. Developers can use warm object storage, stable pricing, and verifiable CIDs, and can request early access ahead of the official launch at Devconnect. Lighthouse presents “pay once, store forever” using an endowment pool tied to DeFi yields that perpetually renews Filecoin deals. Its SDK unifies upload, retrieval, and BLS threshold encryption–based access control, enabling token-gated data and private sharing. A new feature, DataCoin (1mb.io), lets creators tokenize datasets and build apps that share revenue with data generators. Akave targets adoption with S3-compatible endpoints and zero egress fees: migrate with rclone, keep existing code, and get client-side encryption plus Reed–Solomon erasure coding across decentralized nodes for redundancy and recovery. The team outlines hackathon bounties and tracks spanning AI/ML datasets and checkpoints, lakehouses, cross-cloud analytics, DePIN compute, and immutable backup. 00:00 – Bounties overview and why decentralized storage now 01:05 – Filecoin Onchain Cloud: storage, retrieval, compute/AI, DePIN 02:41 – From IPFS and cold storage to FVM and L2-plus vision 04:07 – Current capacity, usage, and ecosystem stats 04:56 – Architecture: client SDK, service layer, payment layer (USDFC), proofs 05:59 – Warm object storage and Filecoin Beam CDN 06:21 – Stablecoin payments vs native payments 06:45 – Verifiable CIDs and content addressing example 07:10 – Liquidity, TVL, and stability pool metrics 07:36 – Synapse SDK: one-stop dev entry, ideas and early access 08:38 – Launch timing and Devconnect demo plans 08:59 – Lighthouse intro: Filecoin/IPFS, pay-once store-forever 10:06 – Endowment pool model and perpetual renewals 11:07 – Access control via BLS threshold crypto, token gating 12:09 – Data monetization with DataCoin (1mb.io) and docs 13:37 – Creating a DataCoin and app integration patterns 14:56 – Akave focus on enterprise-friendly adoption 15:18 – S3-compatible endpoints, zero egress, versioned immutability 16:43 – Migration with rclone; high-level architecture 17:37 – Client-side encryption and 32-MB chunking 17:59 – Reed–Solomon erasure coding, redundancy, recovery 18:59 – Hackathon tracks: AI/ML datasets, checkpoints, lakehouse, DePIN compute, backups 20:04 – Getting Akave credentials and support channels _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇮🇳 *ETHGlobal New Delhi* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal New Delhi, a 3-day hackathon held September 19-21 at the India International Convention & Expo Centre, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal New Delhi 2025 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7zCFW3hBqatZ18rQaYeEJL _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow Filecoin* X: https://x.com/Filecoin ✅ *Follow ETHGlobal* X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal​ Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ethglobal Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ETHGlobal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship?_ 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city