Filecoin officially releases the Ignite plan and jointly ignites the hackathon with the Ethereum team!

As Filecoin gets closer to the mainnet launch, its ecosystem is developing at an astonishing pace, and Filecoin miners are building small, medium, and large-scale infrastructure. At present, the testnet has just passed 9 PiB tests, and developers are developing applications, dapps, and development tools. Although thousands of people have joined Filecoin, so far, most of them have been fighting alone, and now occasionally get together to discuss.

We are excited to introduce Filecoin Ignite, an event to gather, learn, showcase, and build community together. It is a unique opportunity to dive deep into the technology and share knowledge with other pioneers. It is a place to build amazing things and a stage to show the world the fruits of your efforts. And you can do it at one of several events targeting different audiences.

HackFS is a 30-day virtual hackathon designed to lay the foundation for the decentralized web. Developers will build dapps, games, development tools, DeFi integrations, and other tricks that leverage decentralized storage.

HackFS will be hosted by ETHGlobal and Protocol Labs and will have all the hackathon staples: workshops, mentoring, inspiring talks, AMAs, and prizes!

We initially conceived of Ignite as a hackathon event. However, as we discussed the possibilities with friends, we realized we needed to think bigger. The community around Filecoin, IPFS, and the broader web3 is large, and there are many different subgroups for Filecoin alone. Miners, developers, clients, enterprises, researchers, and token holders are all interested in getting into many different areas, and Filecoin and IPFS have many intersections with other projects, networks, and communities. Many people around the globe would like to tailor events to their region, language, and time zone, and there are many talented groups in the community who want to create their own events.

So, recognizing all this potential, we decided to decentralize Ignite: we turned it into a series of events so that groups could gather and form events that matched their interests. We currently have 6 major events, and we think there will be more to come; we also hope that many smaller meetups and communities might gravitate toward each other and get to know each other through this series.