Filecoin(FIL)

Standardized

Blockchains (L1)

Price

~$4.9393

Live

ATH

$189.58

3.7y ago

ATL

$2.81

1.9y ago

Chains

1 chain

7d price+17.7%

30d price+33.8%

90d price+16.6%

180d price-15.6%

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What is Filecoin?

Filecoin is a smart contract platform and a data storage network (a blockchain). Filecoin was founded by Juan Benet and launched in 2014.

How does Filecoin work?

Validators process transactions, store information, and receive fees from users (supply-side fees).

Who governs Filecoin?

FIL holders own and govern the protocol. They currently take a cut of the total base fees, miner tips and overestimation fees paid by users and a cut of provecommit batch fees, precommit batch fees and penalty fees paid by miners (revenue). Filecoin’s investors include IOSG Ventures, Winkelvoss Capital, a16z, etc.