Dive into Filecoin Foundation's 2025 Vision and Strategy

What’s Ahead in 2025

Filecoin Foundation entered 2025 with a clear mission: to make Filecoin work seamlessly and find product-market fit. Our vision remains steadfast –– to build a world where Filecoin and decentralized technologies safeguard humanity's most critical information.

To achieve this objective of making Filecoin work seamlessly and finding product-market fit, Filecoin Foundation outlined seven strategic priorities that will be our focus for 2025. You can read more about them on our blog.

We're looking forward to working alongside the entire Filecoin community in 2025 to advance Filecoin and build a decentralized, efficient, and robust foundation for the future of the web. Keep reading for more network updates on the horizon.

Fast Finality in Filecoin 

Fast Finality in Filecoin (F3) represents one of the network’s biggest storage-retrieval lifecycle improvements, speeding up finality on the network by 450X and making the future of Filecoin fast, secure, and accessible to a wider range of applications than ever before. F3 marks a significant improvement in reducing finality latency and enhancing the usability of the Filecoin network, particularly for applications that demand quick and reliable finality.

Proof of Data Possession

Proof of Data Possession (PDP) introduces a new proof primitive to the Filecoin network designed for what's known as hot data, or data that requires fast and frequent retrieval. PDP expands Filecoin's capabilities by improving data retrievability, reducing friction for businesses entering the ecosystem, and opening the door for new storage providers focused on hot storage and fast retrievals. 

Filecoin Web Services 

Filecoin Web Services (FWS) is a concept in development designed to expand Filecoin’s capabilities beyond Proof of Replication to include new services like retrieval guarantees, compute over data, and short-term deals. First proposed by FilOz at FIL Dev Summit 4, the FWS platform aims to evolve Filecoin’s decentralized cloud services by providing a framework for deploying composable cloud services and allowing new protocols to bootstrap into a shared marketplace of diverse offerings. 

As the network grows more sophisticated, the economy has evolved to scale with its expanding possibilities. FWS could help create a cohesive marketplace for storage, compute, bandwidth, and other services, establishing Filecoin as a leading hub in the decentralized web and broader distribution layer for decentralized services.

Development of the FWS marketplace will begin following the expected launch of PDP. 

Network Upgrades

In 2025, the Filecoin network is poised for three network upgrades to enhance functionality. Key improvements like F3 and FWS are expected to arrive to mainnet in 2025, driving storage adoption and bringing DePIN, compute, storage, and AI networks to Filecoin.

To learn more about how these developments are shaping the future of the network, join the community for our upcoming events at Filecoin Code n' Corgi Denver and FIL Dev Summit 6. 

Network News 

Dive into season 2 of DWeb Decoded. Subscribe to FF’s weekly podcast on YouTube and Spotify for the latest advancements in decentralized tech and exciting projects in the Filecoin ecosystem.

Flickr Foundation, Internet Archive, and other leading organizations leverage Filecoin to safeguard cultural heritage. Over 500,000 culturally significant digital artifacts from renowned institutions, including the Smithsonian Institution, Flickr Foundation, Internet Archive, MIT Open Learning, and Starling Lab were uploaded to the Filecoin network. This latest announcement underscores how Filecoin is redefining data preservation in an age where integrity, provenance, and robustness of information are more critical than ever. Learn more.

Build with Us 

Join the Filecoin community at ETHDenver! Plug in with the Filecoin ecosystem, learn about the network's latest developments, and discover how you can help build the base layer of the decentralized web. Learn more about Filecoin community events and how you can connect on the ground.

Register for FDS-6 Toronto, May 12 and 13. Come together with Filecoin developers, builders, storage providers, and ecosystem members to contribute to the exciting trajectory of the Filecoin network. 

Join the next Developer Working Group call on February 6.  Here, members can share knowledge and perspective in areas that incorporate their technical or industry expertise, raise challenges and questions for collective deliberation, advocate the importance of developing in specific areas of the Filecoin network, ​provide updates on plans within the Filecoin ecosystem, and develop a coordinated presence in the Filecoin governance process. 

Ecosystem Spotlight 

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Network Operations

Filecoin Plus Community calls are scheduled for 2025. These meetings are an opportunity to connect, share updates, and collaborate about the program. To ensure these meetings remain valuable and accessible to participants, join the Allocator Governance discussion. 

Introducing the Manual Pathway MetaAllocator Proposal. As part of an ongoing effort to reduce delays in a refresh of DataCap distributions and improve accountability, the Filecoin Plus team proposed a new process to streamline allocation for Manual Allocators, where Manual Allocators would be consolidated under a single governance structure. Join the community discussion.