Protocol Labs
Consensus 2022 Foundations: Filecoin
"Ally Haire (Filecoin Foundation), Stuart Berman (PiKNiK & Co), Marc Johnson (Protocol Labs / Filecoin Green), Michael Horowitz (Seal Storage Technology) and Pooja Shah (Tephra Labs) present the highlight of their projects on the Filecoin ecosystem. Plus, Stefaan Vervaet (Protocol Labs) reviews Filecoin's upgrade on storage systems, applications and products in the past year, followed by a Q&A session with Anais Rachel and Gayatri Choudhury (both Bitwise Asset Management). Protocol Labs' NFT Lead Jonathan Victor presents everything you need to know about NFTs. And the session ends on a conversation between Starling Lab Founding Director Jonathan Dotan and USC Libraries Senior Director Linda Truong on the future of data storage."
Google's Win for Open Source
“What happened here, that no one expected, is the Supreme Court found fair use as a matter of law," tech lawyer Marta Belcher said.
The Importance of Randomness in the Internet Age
Random numbers might not sound like a public good, but we actually rely on randomness for a host of socially useful things.
How a Decentralized Randomness Beacon Could Boost Cryptographic Security
Filecoin will be the first protocol to use this production-ready version of drand to create decentralized, verifiable randomness for “leader selection.”
No, Marvin Ammori, CoinDesk Is Not Trying to Extort You
Marvin Ammori, Head of Policy at Protocol Labs, says his crypto hero is Hal Finney, recalls his trip to Iceland and thinks crypto should disrupt banks next.
Ready Layer One: Base Layer Protocols Team for Virtual Developer Event
A virtual conference is being organized by a bevy of base-layer protocols – the Web3 Foundation, Near, Cosmos, Tezos, Protocol Labs and Polkadot.
Cloudflare Launches Decentralized Web Gateway at Its First 'Crypto Week'
Cloudflare intends to announce a new cryptography-related product every day this week. The first: a gateway to access the InterPlanetary File System.
Major Crypto Companies Form DC Lobbying Group
A number of major cryptocurrency firms are forming the Blockchain Association to lobby Washington, D.C. lawmakers on regulations in the space.
BitTorrent Courted EOS, Filecoin Crypto Creators Prior to Tron Sale
Tron and Neo weren't the only crypto projects interested in acquiring BitTorrent; in fact, CoinDesk has learned, five others were tempted to buy too.
Filecoin Creators Launch $5 Million Crypto Grant Program
Protocol Labs, the company behind Filecoin and other projects, has announced a research grant program worth $5 million initially.
