Since the launch of the Filecoin mainnet, the storage volume has shown a rapid growth trend, constantly breaking new records, and the entire network has reached a certain scale. With the continuous improvement and update of technology iterations, the track continues to be hot, and ecological projects are flourishing.

As the first anniversary of the mainnet launch is approaching, we held the online AMA event [Interstellar Vision September Ecological Exploration Special] to explore the ecology and tap into long-term value with partners in the Interstellar community. The first phase has been completed: SINSO builds a medical metaverse.

In the second episode, we invited Filecoin’s North American notary FilSwan to be a guest at Interstellar Vision. The most noteworthy thing is that FilSwan is committed to creating decentralized storage and computing solutions, providing a one-stop trading market for decentralized edge storage and computing. Through the FilSwan platform, in the world of web3, data will be as close to computing as possible.

The following are the specific contents:

FilSwan will provide a one-stop service from storage, distribution, retrieval, and computing on the IPFS/Filecoin network. FilSwan's customer base includes universities (research institutions), VR/AR, and other companies with high-performance computing needs. With FilSwan, you can perform computing tasks on-site at the lowest cost.

FilSwan Platform Advantages

FilSwan can provide real data storage services and 10 times the computing power income incentives for storage provider nodes in the Filecoin ecosystem. Storage providers can view the corresponding 10 times computing power task orders in the "Browse Tasks" of the FilSwan platform. The "real" in the task type means that the storage provider stores real data projects with practical uses and certification, and can enjoy 10 times the regular computing power income. Storage providers bid by bidding, and after winning the bid, they can receive orders for corresponding data storage services, thereby completing the improvement of storage computing power and income.

The big data set storage scenarios that have been realized so far, such as the storage of 3,000 rice gene data, and the big data set storage that is being applied for, such as the SWANNFT data platform, are all real data storage tasks at the PB level.

With the rapid development of the Internet, companies with concentrated storage businesses such as video platforms, live broadcast platforms, short videos, and big data platforms have annual storage costs of hundreds of millions to billions of dollars. Although traditional cloud storage providers (Amazon AWSS3/Google Cloud/Microsoft Cloud, etc.) are widely used, there has always been a problem of high prices.

For the Filecoin network, not only is the storage cost low, but the file data is also distributed around the world in a distributed storage manner, and there are certain redundancy measures to ensure that the data will not be damaged, maliciously modified, or other failures, thereby ensuring that the data can be safely stored on IPFS.

However, the threshold for users to use the Filecoin network is still very high compared to traditional data storage service providers: customers must first understand IPFS & Filecoin and their advantages, trust and use fil, become familiar with Filecoin distributed storage operations, and finally enjoy Filecoin distributed services.

In order to make the Filecoin network easy to use, the FilSwan team developed the FS3 system, which is fully compatible with traditional cloud services, and provides complete API interfaces and documentation. Users can store original file data on the Filecoin network through FS3, and implement operations such as reading, writing, and modifying without having to consider complex issues such as the basic technology of the Filecoin network.

FS3 effectively reduces the migration cost of file data. FS3 is both a substitute and a connection bridge. Users can migrate data through FS3 without downloading the data to the local computer, thus achieving direct data migration.

FS3 greatly reduces the difficulty for developers to use Filecoin network storage space, ensuring that whether it is Dapp developers, Web3.0 application developers or traditional large-scale data storage providers, they can easily migrate data files to the Filecoin network at a very low cost or even for free. It also reduces technical costs, allowing developers to easily access the IPFS network and use services such as storage and downloading of data files without downtime.

Paymentbridge only supports payments through the Polygon blockchain, but we plan to further expand payment options such as Eth and BSC in the future, support other blockchains, and also intend to integrate MetaMask.

This is a lightweight digital currency wallet that is mainly used for Chrome and Firefox. It is popular among the developer community and experienced users. After integration, it will allow users to sign with their wallets and eliminate the need to run some different codes.

In Filecoin's recent FilecoinPlus project, we were also invited to participate in the presentation of FilecoinPlus's large-scale order sending. FilSwan received 2 Filecoin Foundation Grants for PT-level data transmission and S3 data compatible interface, and is a member of Filecoin data buildmarket.

It can be said that FilSwan carries the very difficult functions of Filecoin in the three major directions of massive data transmission, fast storage distribution and data computing. As a comprehensive infrastructure platform. The success of FilSwan can greatly reduce the cost of enterprise access and provide enterprise users with a smooth experience from web2 to web3. The FilSwan team is also a member of North American Notary Public and MinerX, which can better coordinate the migration work of storage providers and corporate customers.

1. From a technical perspective:

The functions of storage providers, customer onboarding, FS3, order receiving and issuing tools have been improved. The multi-chain payment function has been tested and will be available soon. At the same time, in the recent HackFS hackathon, FilSwan ranked in the top 15% of the 100 completed projects, achieving good results. Overall, the project is progressing steadily and can complete the actual use of specific PB-level real large data sets in the IPFS network.

(II) From the market perspective:

-The team released the bidding module in January this year and also participated in the first community project AMA of Filecoin official in 2021

-In March, we received funding from the Filecoin Foundation for PB-level data transmission developers.

-In April, we opened API access, and the number of users increased rapidly. We have issued more than 20,000 orders and stored more than 500T of data. -In May, we received official FS3 developer funding and started the FS3 integration work.

-In June, it obtained a North American notary seat, which allows it to provide approval qualifications for real data with 10 times the computing power. It can be seen that the project is developing very rapidly.

-Support music NFT developer rewards in July

-Support machine learning data and virtual reality developer rewards in August

Subsequently, FilSwan will gradually launch important functions such as payment modules and computing modules, and plans to introduce 100 ecological teams worldwide to establish an ecological reward pool.

1. About the FilSwan team

FilSwan is a team from Canada. We have been deeply involved in the cloud computing and blockchain industries since 2017. We currently have a development team of more than ten people in Canada, and all team members have a master's degree or above. Our partner institutions include McGill University and Concordia University in Canada. We have received R&D grants from the Canadian government and the Canadian Natural Science Foundation on blockchain cloud computing for many times, and are also a member of the Canadian Next Generation Network Excellence Project.

2. About FilSwan

Since 2018, FilSwan has been committed to building decentralized storage and computing solutions. FilSwan's product services have been greatly enhanced through edge computing technology, IPFS/Filecoin storage technology, and decentralized ledger technology. FilSwan products are widely used in universities, VR/AR, and high-performance computing companies. FilSwan users can perform computing tasks at the lowest cost on the node closest to them. At this stage, the largest fog computing network is being built for the Metaverse.

(III) About ten times the computing power

Storage providers who register on the FilSwan platform and set up automatic order acceptance from the end of September will have the opportunity to win ten times the computing power order reward. At the same time, they will also become early builders of the Swan ecological platform and receive ecological growth rewards. In the future, FilSwan will also build a super computing engine to build the foundation of the blockchain metaverse.