Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 18th, 2025, Chainwire
Today, the Filecoin ecosystem launched Filecoin Onchain Cloud. It is a decentralized cloud platform with storage you can check, fast retrieval, and payments that run fully onchain by code.
Early users come from the ERC-8004 community, Ethereum Name Service (ENS), KYVE, Monad, Safe, Akave, Storacha, Geo Podcasts, and more. The launch was announced at DePIN Day Buenos Aires, hosted by Fluence.
Centralized Outages Expose Crypto’s Dependence
Recent outages at major cloud providers have taken Web3 offline. This shows how much it relies on centralized infrastructure. Filecoin Onchain Cloud offers a checkable alternative for builders who want open, robust systems.
New pressures are also straining centralized stacks. AI systems produce huge amounts of data. Governments decide where that data can live. And onchain AI agents now need a different kind of infrastructure.
A Foundation for Verifiable Infrastructure
Filecoin Onchain Cloud meets that demand by growing the Filecoin network into a programmable layer for cloud services that can be verified. Developers can combine storage, retrieval, and payment logic onchain.
“Filecoin Onchain Cloud brings onchain guarantees like verifiability, programmability, and openness to cloud-scale infra services,” says Molly Mackinlay, CEO, FilOz.
“With storage, retrieval, and payments that are all fully composable and auditable onchain, all Web3 dApps, agents, and infra networks can be truly unstoppable. Filecoin Onchain Cloud provides the building blocks applications need for a Cambrian explosion of onchain services powered by the global network of Filecoin service providers. Builders deserve a cloud built on proofs, not promises!”
Filecoin Onchain Cloud comes from years of teamwork across the Filecoin ecosystem. It brings together hot storage proofs, smart contracts that can be combined, and onchain payments.
Core Services at Launch
Filecoin Pin, its first developer toolkit, keeps IPFS content stored on Filecoin with simple, easy tools.
At launch, Filecoin Onchain Cloud offers core services that form the base of a decentralized cloud. They are available through the Synapse SDK:
- Warm Storage keeps data online with onchain proofs.
- Filecoin Pay automates payments based on usage.
- Filecoin Beam supports measured, rewarded retrievals.
Together, they let developers build, track, and earn from data services. For background, see our guide to how decentralized storage works.
Early Integrations
Developers and teams are already testing early integrations:
ERC-8004 / Agent0
ERC-8004 builders use Filecoin Pin to store agent identities and metadata onchain in a way that can be checked. Agent0 goes further by pinning all agent data to Filecoin. This allows tamper-proof discovery without central catalogs.
“Agent ecosystems depend on verifiable metadata,” said Marc De Rossi, author of ERC-8004 and creator of Agent0. “By pinning agent identity and reputation data on Filecoin Onchain Cloud, we can ensure that discovery and interaction between agents happens on tamper-proof infrastructure. It’s a huge step toward an open standard for verifiable AI.”
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) and Safe
ENS, Safe, and Filecoin Onchain Cloud form an onchain stack. It is used to launch and govern trustless frontends. ENS handles naming, Safe handles multi-sig control, and Filecoin Onchain Cloud provides lasting storage that can be verified.
“Using ENS to give names for content and apps on the decentralized web has been possible since 2018,” said Simon Schmid, Developer Relations Lead, ENS Labs. “With Filecoin Onchain Cloud it is now possible to properly incentivize storage and availability at scale in a decentralized way. Super excited to see all the pieces coming together with Safe leading as an example of how it’s done,”
Monad
Through the Monad AI Blueprint program, developers can easily set up Filecoin Onchain Cloud storage endpoints. They can build AI systems that are fast, check themselves, and are controlled by a wallet.
KYVE
KYVE uses Filecoin Onchain Cloud to store Celestia and Story Protocol chain data across decentralized providers for the long term. KYVE started in the Arweave ecosystem. It is now growing into Filecoin for more scale and faster validator syncing.
“At KYVE, our mission has always been to make blockchain data permanent, verified, and accessible to everyone,” said Fabian Riewe, Founder, KYVE. “By leveraging Filecoin’s Onchain Cloud, we’re taking the next step, scaling from terabytes to petabytes of decentralized storage. This collaboration brings us closer to a truly universal data infrastructure for Web3.”
Akave Cloud
Akave Cloud uses Filecoin Onchain Cloud to extend storage you can verify from hot workloads into a decentralized backup and archive tier. This tier is built for AI, IoT, ML, and compliance data. Such data needs storage that is durable, auditable, and low cost.
“By uniting Akave Cloud’s high-performance, verifiable S3-compatible infrastructure with Filecoin Onchain Cloud’s global decentralized storage network and services, users will gain more flexibility and have the ability to optimize for cost, speed, and durability within a seamless, unified system,” said Stefaan Vervaet, CEO, Akave.
Storacha
Storacha’s Forge offers IPFS-compatible warm storage with onchain proofs that the data is held. It provides fast, auditable storage. This storage is secured by Filecoin Onchain Cloud’s checks and payment rails.
“Storacha Forge is a new Filecoin Onchain Cloud service making verifiable warm storage radically affordable,” said Alexander Kinstler, CEO of Storacha. “At $5.99 per terabyte, Storacha Forge is built for the petabyte-scale data behind AI and DePIN. By building on the Filecoin Onchain Cloud, we combine cryptographic integrity with unmatched economics.”
Geo Podcasts
Geo Podcasts is built on the Geo knowledge-graph protocol. It helps users find top podcasts. It stores its podcast data, images, and knowledge-graph records on Filecoin Onchain Cloud. This way, all of its information can be checked across apps.
“We want to make sure that all of Geo’s knowledge graph data is open and available to all,” said Yaniv Tal, Founder, Geo. “Filecoin Onchain Cloud gives users guarantees that their knowledge data will stay around, giving them even more confidence to contribute to the Geo knowledge commons.”
An Open Foundation
Filecoin Onchain Cloud lays the groundwork for a cloud ecosystem that can be verified. Ongoing work with the developer community will keep growing the stack.
“Launching Filecoin Onchain Cloud is a huge milestone for the Filecoin network,” said Marta Belcher, President and Chair of the Filecoin Foundation. “FOC unlocks critical capabilities that will accelerate the Filecoin network’s mission to build a more open, resilient, and verifiable internet.”
Filecoin Onchain Cloud is live on Filecoin testnet today, with mainnet launch planned for January 2026. Readers can also check our Filecoin (FIL) price prediction for more on the network’s token.
Visit filecoin.cloud.
About Filecoin Foundation
Filecoin Foundation’s mission is to preserve humanity’s most important information. It also helps run open-source governance of the Filecoin network. It funds research and development for decentralized tech. And it supports the growth of the Filecoin ecosystem and community.
About FilOz
FilOz is a research and development team. It improves the Filecoin network through protocol engineering, research, and network upgrades.
Contact
Danielle DuBravac
Filecoin Foundation
danielle@fil.org
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