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IPFS
The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a protocol and peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system. IPFS aims to make the web faster, safer, and more open by addressing data by what it is rather than where it's located on the internet, making it resilient to censorship and server failures. It allows users to host and access content in a decentralized way, ensuring that data remains accessible even if parts of the network go down. IPFS and Filecoin often work together, with IPFS providing the protocol for decentralized data sharing and Filecoin offering a marketplace for data storage.
Filecoin
Filecoin is a decentralized storage network designed to store humanity's most important information. It allows users to rent out their unused storage space in a marketplace, making data storage more reliable and cheaper compared to centralized cloud storage services. Filecoin operates on a blockchain-based marketplace where storage providers compete to offer the best price, thereby ensuring efficiency and cost-effectiveness. It uses cryptographic proofs to ensure data is stored correctly and securely, making it a robust option for decentralized data storage needs.
Filecoin Virtual Machine
The Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) is an extension of the Filecoin network that introduces smart contract capabilities to the platform. It enables developers to deploy and execute custom smart contracts on the Filecoin blockchain, expanding the network's functionality beyond data storage to include programmable transactions and applications. This makes the Filecoin ecosystem more versatile, supporting a wide range of decentralized applications (dApps) and use cases that require both storage and computation in a decentralized manner.
Saturn CDN
Filecoin Saturn is the premier native Web3 CDN, focusing on the rapid acceleration of content-addressed data on IPFS and Filecoin. Thanks to Saturn, websites and decentralized applications can efficiently serve billions of users. A standout feature of this accelerated data is its verifiability, ensuring heightened security for users.
The speed and efficiency of Saturn is attributed to its dense, expansive network of trustless and permissionless nodes. This density, combined with the permissionless nature of the network, ensures users are always in proximity to a node, resulting in lightning-fast data retrievals and minimal latency. Driven by crypto-incentives, these nodes consistently deliver traffic with optimal performance. Ultimately, dApps receive content more swiftly at a lowered cost, while node operators are rewarded in cryptocurrency.
Lit Protocol
Lit Protocol is a framework for managing access control and data encryption in decentralized applications. It allows developers to create applications where access to certain pieces of data, features, or functionalities can be controlled and secured based on blockchain-based conditions or tokens. This can include, for example, granting access only to users who hold a specific non-fungible token (NFT) or have a particular cryptocurrency balance. Lit Protocol enables a new class of secure and privacy-preserving applications on the web, leveraging blockchain technology for managing permissions in a decentralized and verifiable manner.
Zama Ai
Zama is a fully homomorphic encryption library built on top of standard machine learning libraries.
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