About the launch of the Filecoin mainnet, you should know these

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2020-10-13 11:08

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Filecoin is expected to officially launch the mainnet around 23:00 on October 15th, Beijing time.

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The proof-of-storage consensus protocol used by Filecoin can not only guarantee the security of the storage network, but also be used for FIL token transfers. It also supports virtual machines for running encrypted contracts and market mechanisms.

The Filecoin mainnet will be officially launched on October 15, 2020. Like other blockchains, Filecoin also has a native currency called Filecoin (FIL for short). Miners can obtain FIL by providing data storage and retrieval.

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Filecoin adopts a phased approach to launch the main network, adding various participants in the ecology to the network at different stages, and finally officially launching the main network. Filecoin participants include: miners, storage users, custodians, applications, network services, etc.

In order to safely launch the main network, Filecoin has launched a space race reward event, which aims to stress test the network, encourage participants from all over the world to participate, and help the Filecoin network and operators prepare to adapt to the future usage, traffic and performance of the main network . The space race is divided into two rounds.

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space race first round
Time: 8.26-9.15 (closed)

Total rewards: 4.86 million FIL

Incentive objects: storage miners
There are three goals in the first round:
Stress testing and version iteration

Provide FIL collateral for mainnet staking

After the 3-week space competition has ended, a total of 356 miners participated, providing 230PiB effective computing power of the entire network.

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space race second round

The second round will be played according to different fields.
Domain 1: Orbital Burn

Time: 9.15-10.5

Incentive objects: miners

The purpose is to motivate miners to provide as much storage computing power as possible to the network, and to continue testing and improving network storage capacity.https://slingshot.filecoin.io/

Domain Two: Slingshot
Portal:

Time: 9.24-10.15

In the space race over the past month, more than 500 miners contributed more than 500PiB of effective computing power, 399 storage users and applications stored more than 282,391 times in the Slingshot competition, and all ecological participants jointly contributed to the network's Functionality, security and resilience are thoroughly tested.