Filecoin Foundation Successfully Deploys InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) in Space
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Filecoin Foundation (FF) announced a successful first-of-its-kind mission deploying the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) in space. The recent demonstration involved sending files from Earth to orbit and back using an implementation of the IPFS protocol designed for space communications.
- DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Filecoin Foundation (FF) announced a successful first-of-its-kind mission deploying the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) in space.
- FF and Lockheed Martin Space initially announced the collaboration in Davos in May 2022, and announced details of the mission in Davos in January 2023.
- "IPFS is called the 'interplanetary' file system because, from the beginning, IPFS was envisioned as a technology that could enable networking in space," said Marta Belcher, president and chair of FF.
- "We could not be more thrilled to make that vision a reality, thanks to the amazing team at Lockheed Martin Space."