Filecoin
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Filecoin is a decentralized storage network and cryptocurrency that incentivizes users to rent out unused hard drive space for storing data on a distributed, blockchain-based marketplace.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Filecoin canonical | 1 |
| Proof-of-Replication | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9029459 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Filecoin Context triple: [RenVM, supports, Filecoin]
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A.
IPFS
IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is a distributed, peer-to-peer protocol and network for storing and sharing data using content-addressing to create a permanent, decentralized web.
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B.
Algorand blockchain protocol
Algorand blockchain protocol is a scalable, secure, and energy-efficient public blockchain platform designed by cryptographer Silvio Micali that uses a pure proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.
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C.
Worldcoin
Worldcoin is a cryptocurrency and digital identity project that aims to create a global financial network by uniquely verifying individuals, co-founded by Sam Altman.
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D.
Teku
Teku is an open-source Ethereum consensus client written in Java, designed to run Ethereum proof-of-stake validators in a secure and enterprise-friendly way.
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E.
Zcash
Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that uses zero-knowledge proofs to enable shielded, confidential transactions on a public blockchain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Filecoin Target entity description: Filecoin is a decentralized storage network and cryptocurrency that incentivizes users to rent out unused hard drive space for storing data on a distributed, blockchain-based marketplace.
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A.
IPFS
IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is a distributed, peer-to-peer protocol and network for storing and sharing data using content-addressing to create a permanent, decentralized web.
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B.
Algorand blockchain protocol
Algorand blockchain protocol is a scalable, secure, and energy-efficient public blockchain platform designed by cryptographer Silvio Micali that uses a pure proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.
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C.
Worldcoin
Worldcoin is a cryptocurrency and digital identity project that aims to create a global financial network by uniquely verifying individuals, co-founded by Sam Altman.
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D.
Teku
Teku is an open-source Ethereum consensus client written in Java, designed to run Ethereum proof-of-stake validators in a secure and enterprise-friendly way.
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E.
Zcash
Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that uses zero-knowledge proofs to enable shielded, confidential transactions on a public blockchain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blockchain protocol
ⓘ
cryptocurrency ⓘ decentralized storage network ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FIL ⓘ |
| basedOn | blockchain technology ⓘ |
| consensusMechanism |
Proof-of-Replication
ⓘ
linked to:
Filecoin
Proof-of-Spacetime ⓘ |
| creator | Juan Benet ⓘ |
| dataRedundancy | distributed across multiple storage providers ⓘ |
| dealType |
retrieval deals
ⓘ
storage deals ⓘ |
| developer | Protocol Labs ⓘ |
| economicModel |
retrieval mining
ⓘ
storage mining ⓘ |
| ecosystem | Web3 infrastructure ⓘ |
| governedBy | on-chain governance mechanisms ⓘ |
| hasComponent | Filecoin Virtual Machine ⓘ |
| hasOrganization | Filecoin Foundation ⓘ |
| hasTestnet |
Butterfly testnet
ⓘ
Calibration testnet ⓘ |
| incentivizes |
long-term data storage
ⓘ
users to rent out unused storage ⓘ |
| mainnetLaunchDate | 2020-10-15 ⓘ |
| nativeToken | FIL ⓘ |
| networkDesign | market-based storage pricing ⓘ |
| networkType | public blockchain ⓘ |
| openSource | true ⓘ |
| penaltyMechanism | slashing ⓘ |
| purpose |
decentralized data storage
ⓘ
incentivized storage marketplace ⓘ |
| requires | collateral from storage providers ⓘ |
| retrievalMarket | decentralized ⓘ |
| rewardType |
block rewards
ⓘ
transaction fees ⓘ |
| securityModel | cryptographic proofs of storage ⓘ |
| storageMarket | decentralized ⓘ |
| supports |
content addressing
ⓘ
deals between clients and storage providers ⓘ smart contracts (via FVM) ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | FIL ⓘ |
| unit | attoFIL ⓘ |
| useCase |
NFT storage
ⓘ
archival data storage ⓘ decentralized application data ⓘ scientific and public data preservation ⓘ |
| uses | IPFS ⓘ |
| website | https://filecoin.io ⓘ |
| whitepaperURL | https://filecoin.io/filecoin.pdf ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Filecoin Description of subject: Filecoin is a decentralized storage network and cryptocurrency that incentivizes users to rent out unused hard drive space for storing data on a distributed, blockchain-based marketplace.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.