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Filecoin v16 Network Upgrade: Skyr

• FilSwan has been jointly funded by Chainlink-Filecoin to create a multi-chain decentralized data storage solution. The solution allows smart contracts on Polygon to raise funds for data storage on Filecoin/IPFS.

Announce the Release of the Network Indexer

• Filecoin tweeted that its first production Network Indexer has officially launched. It will support searching for content addressable data from storage providers on the Filecoin and IPFS networks.

Introduce the EVM-compatible Filecoin Virtual Machine

• Filecoin introduces the EVM-compatible Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM), which aims to introduce the programmability of smart contracts on the Filecoin network. The FVM's native code language is WASM (WebAssembly) and will first be EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) compatible. With FVM, the Filecoin network will have access to computational power in addition to its existing storage capabilities. 

Filecoin's Entire Network Computing Power Breaks Through 10EiB

• As of 2021 Sep 01, the Filecoin network has a total computing power of 10.023EiB, 3122 active miner nodes, a single block reward of 24.15 $FIL, and a public output of 340,100 $FIL tokens within 24 hours. The amount of $FIL pledged on the entire network is 106 million. 

Chainlink-Filecoin Joint Grants for dApps Combining Decentralized Storage and Oracles

• Chainlink and Filecoin launched a joint grant initiative to accelerate the development of hybrid smart contracts that combine Chainlink decentralized oracles and Filecoin decentralized storage within a single application.

Filecoin-Polygon Bridge and Free Storage for Developers

OpenSea announces to store NFTs with IPFS and Filecoin

• OpenSea launched a feature to “freeze” NFT metadata, enabling NFT creators to properly decentralize their NFTs using IPFS and Filecoin.

Filecoin Mainnet launch & $FIL Distribution Begin

• The Filecoin mainnet launched at block 148,888, which arrived on Oct. 15, 2020. will introduce its long-awaited file storage network with mining incentives for those providing storage resources. 
• The event will also begin distributing Filecoin's native token, $FIL, to crowdsale investors that first purchased the token back in 2017.

Space Race Incentivized Testnet Launch

• Filecoin launched an incentivized testnet to encourage prospective developers and miners to stress test the network prior to its mainnet launch, anticipated for Sep. 2020. The event will run for three weeks and will involve miners competing to onboard as much storage capacity as possible to the network. The top 100 miners globally will earn FIL token rewards based on how much storage they and the network achieve during the test period. Any rewards earned will be encoded into the genesis block and will vest linearly over six months from the mainnet launch.

Public Testnet: Phase 2 Launch 

• Testnet Phase 2 includes a security review and audit for all clients as well as a "trusted setup ceremony," which will help prepare the project for its mainnet launch.
• The team anticipates for this phase to run until Jun. 26, 2020, setting up the network for a tentative mainnet launch. Filecoin initially expected to release Phase 2 around Feb. 24 but has pushed back the launch date multiple times for reasons related to ensuring network stability and the coronavirus pandemic.

Public Testnet: Phase 1 Launch

• Filecoin's first public testnet will allow prospective storage miners and clients to start experimenting with the mining hardware requirements and the data storage/retrieval capabilities of the network. The testnet also provides developers with the resources to begin building Filecoin-based applications. The testing ground only supports the lotus client at launch, but the team plans to connect other implementations, including Filecoin’s Go client, before moving on to Phase 2.

Alphanet Launch

• The alphanet is a long-running Filecoin network.

Internal Testnet Launch

• Testnet of go-filecoin nodes starting in 100s, gradually ramping up orders of magnitude.

Devnets Launch

• Use-case-specific Devnets opened to protocol developers, miners, and other users to work with.