2020, the Year of Gengzi, is a special year for half a century. Looking at the long history, 2020 is also a turning year. As State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in the speech "The International Situation and China's Diplomacy in 2020":
"2020 is a year of watershed significance in the course of human history. The sudden outbreak triggered a global crisis, people from various countries have pressed the pause button, the world economic growth has been put in "reverse gear", and power politics and the Cold War mentality are rampant. Since then, unilateralism and protectionism have been rampant, human development is facing unprecedented risks and challenges, and the international situation has entered a period of turmoil and change. At the same time, the evolution of the international pattern is speeding up and shifting gears, and a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is gaining momentum. Human society has a deeper understanding of health and safety, peaceful development, win-win cooperation, and a shared future."
2020 is also an extraordinary year for Filecoin. In the past 2020, Filecoin has experienced expanded storage, the launch of the second phase of the testnet, the launch of the mainnet, storage milestones, Filecoin ecosystem economics, etc., which have brought Filecoin unprecedented attention worldwide and also promoted Filecoin. of rapid development. At the beginning of the new year in 2021, Shensuan Mining Pool reviewed the achievements of the Filecoin community and network in 2020.1. In April 2020, Go-Filecoin and Loutus will realize interoperabilityIn April, Filecoin officially announced that Go-Filecoin and Loutus are interoperable. The realization of interoperability provides a solid foundation for the security and stability of the Filecoin network, which is conducive to the scheduled launch of the second phase of the test network.2. Extended storage in May 2020In May, First, Filecoin launched Filecoin Discover in the testnet era, aiming to motivate Filecoin miners to store valuable data and earn additional FIL in the process. The second is the launch of the second phase of the testnet. Its main purpose is to find and fix bugs, and to troubleshoot and solve all problems before the Filecoin mainnet goes live, so that we can have a complete, smooth and stable Filecoin network.3. Prepare for mainnet launch in June 2020In June, in order to help the fast-growing Filecoin ecology, the Filecoin community released the Filecoin Ignite (Filecoin Ignite) and brought together various groups in the Filecoin community, including builders, miners, researchers, enthusiasts and other network participants, Bring the community together to participate in a series of hackathons and learning activities to jointly promote the prosperity and development of the Filecoin ecosystem.4. The community will be activated in August 2020In August, three major events occurred in the Filecoin community: First, the completion of Filecoin’s first HackFS hackathon, which attracted more than 470 hackers from 50 countries in 19 time zones to participate in the event, jointly promoting the development of the Filecoin ecosystem . The second is the completion of the three-week Space Race 1, which increased the Filecoin network by 23PiB of storage space (more than double the original goal), and carried out eight network upgrades based on lessons learned in the competition, including several Ten bug and performance fixes. The third is that the community released the Filecoin economic white paper "Creating the Fliecoin Economy", which introduced how the Filecoin protocol adjusts rewards and rewards useful and reliable storage to promote the development of the network.5. The main network will be ignited in September 2020In September, Filecoin entered the mainnet ignition stage. The mainnet ignition stage is also a good time to consolidate the Filecoin community's participation in network improvement and decision-making. To this end, the official launch of Space Race 2 is a key stage for the Filecoin project to adjust and upgrade the network to prepare for the mainnet launch. The entire The ecology accumulates valuable knowledge and operational experience through large-scale real-time stress testing. In addition to Space Race 2, Protocol Labs also launched Slate, which allows users to store data, organize it and share it securely with the world. The launch of the Slate brought more than 600 new accounts to the network and became the fifth-highest product of the day on ProductHunt.6. The main network will be launched in October 2020At 3:00 pm UTC on October 15, 2020, Filecoin ushered in a historic moment - Filecoin mainnet launch! To celebrate the launch of the mainnet, the Filecoin community held a 5-day (19th-23rd) Filecoin Liftoff event. During the event, speakers from all over the world and the entire Web3 ecosystem joined the Filecoin community, from cutting-edge cryptography research to Complex protocol design and development discussions, from the initial idea of Filecoin to the space race to the final launch of the mainnet, everyone actively spoke and discussed, and jointly discussed the development of the Filecoin network ecology.7. Enter the EB era in November 2020Less than four weeks after the launch of the main network, Filecoin ushered in its first milestone: on November 24, the decentralized storage capacity of the Filecoin network exceeded 1EiB, marking that Filecoin officially entered the EB era.8. December 2020Filecoin Ecosystem EconomicsIn December, the Filecoin community and ETH Global held a one-day packaged storage market summit, which specifically discussed resource cooperation and risk management in the Filecoin ecosystem.The above are the main achievements of the Filecoin community and network in 2020. In 2020, when all kinds of uncertainties are flooding the whole world, Filecoin successfully ushered in the launch of the mainnet. Behind it is the efforts and ambitions of the Filecoin official team. As the incentive layer of IPFS, Filecoin's future is not limited to data storage and retrieval. It will be committed to building a future distributed application platform to provide data storage and circulation for future DApps. This is the official plan for Filecoin The future is also the future that everyone is looking forward to.From the initial conception to the launch of the mainnet, Filecoin has come a long way in terms of technical optimization and ecological layout, and its ecology has become larger and more prosperous.
