Filecoin's 5th Birthday! 📁5️⃣
Five years ago, Filecoin launched with a bold mission: to create a decentralized, efficient, and resilient foundation for humanity’s information. Since then, we’ve grown into a thriving global ecosystem that built the world’s largest decentralized storage network.
Now, we’re raising a toast to how far we’ve come together — and to the even bigger possibilities ahead.
Tune in for a special birthday celebration premiere 🎥 live on X and YouTube, joined by community contributors and ecosystem OGs. Featuring a fireside chat with Juan Benet, and a preview of something new hitting the network with FilOz CEO Molly Mackinlay. English video dropping at 11 a.m. ET on Oct. 15 and Mandarin-captioned video dropping at 9 a.m. SGT on Oct. 16.
We’re opening a virtual hangout space 🌐 for the global community to mark the milestone together. Come connect with friends, swap stories, and chat about the next five years and beyond! We encourage our North America, LATAM, Europe & Africa communities to join us at 11:30 a.m. ET on Oct. 15 and APAC communities to join at 9:30 a.m. SGT on Oct. 16, but the Kumospace will stay open all day, so you can stop by whenever works best for you.
Make sure to hop on at 11:45 a.m. ET on Oct. 15 for a first-look demo of Filecoin Pin with the FilOz team!
And the festivities don’t stop online! We’ll also gather in person📍with a birthday dinner organized by Protocol Labs in New York City and an Orbit India mini-hackathon. If you want to get together IRL to celebrate Filecoin’s birthday, host your own local gathering, and we’ll help promote it to the global community!
Then, we’ll continue the momentum during Virtual FIL Dev Summit on October 16 and 17, with sessions that spotlight the network’s evolution, community stories, and future trajectory.
Expect reflections on the past and look-aheads to the future, reunions with familiar faces, and opportunities to meet new community members. Happy Birthday, Filecoin! 🎉
Oct. 15
💻 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. IST - Filecoin Orbit India mini-hackathon
🎥 11 a.m. ET - Birthday video premiere on Filecoin X and YouTube, featuring Juan Benet and Molly Mackinlay
🤝 11:30 a.m. ET - Kumospace: North America, LATAM, Europe & Africa hours
🪩 7 p.m. ET - PL Dinner to Celebrate 5 Years of Filecoin | NYC
Oct. 16
🎥 9 a.m. SGT - Mandarin-captioned birthday video premiere on Filecoin X and YouTube, featuring Juan Benet and Molly Mackinlay
🌏 9:30 a.m. SGT - Kumospace: APAC hours