File Sharing


Tech

Bitcoin Researcher Behind 'BitVM' Ignites Fresh Buzz With New Paper on File Hosting

The proposal by Robin Linus, a core contributor to ZeroSync, a developer of zero-knowledge proofs for use on the Bitcoin blockchain, sets out how an open market for content hosting could be created by "an atomic swap of coins for files."

Robin Linus, a core contributor to ZeroSync and the author of the new "BitVM" paper. (Robin Linus)

Finance

Crypto Firm LBRY to Challenge Ruling It Violated U.S. Securities Law

The blockchain-based file-sharing network had indicated it would be winding down after a New Hampshire court ruled in favor of the SEC last November.

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Web3

File-Sharing Service WeTransfer Partners With Blockchain Platform Minima on Mobile NFT Solution

The layer 1 blockchain is currently in its testnet phase and plans to go live in March in 180 countries.

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Finance

ArDrive Raises $17M to Make Arweave’s Data Storage Blockchain More Usable

The file storage app wants “AR.IO” to host a network of decentralized access points for the Arweave permaweb.

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Tech

Filecoin Is Mailing Out Hard Drives of Climate Data to Kick-Start Its File-Storage Network

Get a giant hard drive from the Filecoin team stuffed with data on climate, the world's literature or the human genome and get ready to earn some crypto.

Juan Benet, Filecoin founder

Tech

Arweave 2.0 Gets File Storage Project One Step Closer to Its 'Library of Alexandria' Dreams

Arweave operates on the same idea as other blockchain-based file storage services such as Filecoin or Storj, but with far larger ambitions backed by new technical developments unveiled Wednesday as Arweave 2.0.

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Finance

This Dapp Shows How Blockstack and Ethereum Are Different

The Blockstack dapp Envelop just launched a Chrome and Firefox extension for file-sharing. Here's why that matters.

Envelop team

Markets

Sia Network Raises $3.5 Million From Bain Capital to Become Crypto Hulu

Nebulous, the startup behind the Sia network for decentralized file storage, is doubling its staff and focusing on media streaming.

Members of the Nebulous (now Skynet Labs) team – including CEO David Vorick (second from right) – at the Bitcoin 2019 conference in San Francisco. (Nebulous)

Markets

BitTorrent's Master Plan to Bring a Tron-Powered Crypto Token to the Masses

BitTorrent has the user base, Tron has the crypto. The new BitTorrent Token (BTT) white paper explores ways to marry the two.

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Markets

BitTorrent Is Launching Its Own Cryptocurrency on the Tron Network

To incentivize file-sharing, BitTorrent is creating a cryptocurrency token on the Tron protocol.

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