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17 Dec, 7 tweets, 10 min read
1/ 🌍 Our mission to decentralize the world’s storage via resilient, #P2P networks means the ENTIRE world. 🌍

In Africa, we’ve been meeting, educating, & inspiring thousands of #developers with a growing passion for #decentralization & #Web3. Peep some of the amazing events πŸ‘‡
2/ ⚑ CodeUp Blockchain Festival Nigeria ⚑

On Oct 1, concurrently with πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ Nigeria Independence Day πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬, @charliecodes presented an introduction to #Filecoin & @IPFS to over 200 people at @CodeUpAfrica's #blockchain festival in Nigeria!! πŸ™Œ
3/ πŸŽ‚ Filecoin Orbit Anniversary Event WarriπŸŽ‰

30 #devs participated at the #Metaverse Nairobi Kenya virtual & #FilecoinOrbit events in partnership w/ the @gdg_warri community on Oct 23, as part of a week-long celebration of one year in orbit since Filecoin mainnet launch! πŸ™ŒπŸš€
4/ πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ DevFest Uyo, Nigeria

🀯 It was incredible to see over 1,000 #developers excited to learn more about #Filecoin & @IPFS at the #DevFest Uyo (@gdg_uyo) on Nov 13. πŸ”₯πŸš€
5/ πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ DevFest Lagos, Nigeria

On Dec 3, @charliecodes presented in Lagos, Nigeria for the annual #DevFest festival in front of 2,000 people, plus led a break out session in front of over 250 #developers already building on #Filecoin & @IPFS or were interested to get started. πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»
6/ πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ DevFest Warri, Nigeria

@charliecodes led the keynote discussion on building the next generation of the internet at #DevFest Warri on Dec 11 to 75 people.
7/ Missed the above events but want to know how you can get building in the #Filecoin, @IPFS, & #DWeb ecosystem? πŸ”¨ Start with these resources:

πŸ“„ Filecoin Docs docs.filecoin.io
πŸ“ IPFS Docs docs.ipfs.io
πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» ProtoSchool proto.school

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16 Dec
1/ Say helloπŸ‘‹ to @numbersprotocol, a #Web3 Photo Network that’s creating community, value & trust in #digital media.

With trust in digital media at an all-time low, Numbers Protocol aims to bring integrity & authenticity to the digital content space. Read on to discover howπŸ‘‡πŸ‘€
2/ @numbersprotocol created a network where assets are both traceable & verifiable through its innovative Capture, Seal, Trace process – the #Web3 Photo Network.
3/ In early 2021, @numbersprotocol partnered w/ Reuters photographers in a 78 day case study that chronicled the presidential transition from Donald Trump to Joe Biden, archiving over 1.4K photos on #Filecoin.

Since then Numbers has archived over 8M assets on Filecoin & @IPFS.🀯
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15 Dec
1/ Since its launch in Jun 2021, the Starling Lab for Data Integrity has been introducing historians, journalists, & activists to #Web3. πŸ™Œ
2/ Founded by the @USCShoahFdn & @stanford_ee, Starling Lab is proud to be the first academic research center dedicated to exploring how #Web3 can transform #humanrights & #digital trust. πŸŽ“

Watch this video to learn more πŸ‘‡
3/ #Filecoin is helping Starling Lab preserve 4 PiBs of video testimony from over 55K survivors of genocide – this is the largest onboarding of data onto #Web3 in the world! 🀯 #strongerthanhate #neverforget
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13 Dec
1/ Since 2017, @force_ipfs has focused heavily on tech research & development in Web3, with a strong focus on Filecoin & @IPFS. Their vision? πŸ‘€ Being a top #Web3 infrastructure service provider & make storage more efficient, economical, open, & safe. πŸ™Œ Image
2/ @force_ipfs maintains & develops Venus, one of the four @Filecoin Implementations that helps secure the distributed storage network. πŸ’ͺ Image
3/ Working alongside @FilFoundation, @force_ipfs provides technical support for small to medium size storage providers through the Incubation Center Program. Take a look at the overview here πŸ‘‰ venus.filecoin.io/incubation/#st…
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11 Dec
1/ In 2021, @Brave, the privacy browser, shipped support for a full @IPFS node, becoming the first ever major browser to do so! πŸš€
2/ @Brave is growing at an incredible pace, reflecting the community’s excitement & interest in online privacy becoming a default browser feature. πŸ“ˆ

As of Nov 2021, Brave has surpassed 46M monthly active users! πŸ™Œ πŸ”₯
3/ Additionally, in 2022, @Brave will launch support for @Filecoin in their new native crypto wallet, making it easier than ever to use FIL in everyday applications! 🀩 πŸŽ‰
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10 Dec
1/ @NFT_Storage – ensuring that the world’s most valuable digital assets are secure & safe πŸ”

Get provable, perpetual, #NFT storage on #Filecoin & @IPFS for large to small data, tools to help you properly mint your NFTs to prevent rug pulls, & more!

πŸ‘‰ nft.storage
2/ Since Apr 2021, there have been over 15.7M uploads to NFT.Storage!! 🀯
3/ βš’οΈ Some cool platforms & projects that use NFT.Storage include…

✨ @opensea
✨ @makersplaceco
✨ @holaplex
✨ @MagicEden_NFT
✨ @GalaxyGangNFT
✨ @jigstack
✨ @themonagallery

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8 Dec
1/ Estuary, built by @aresearchgroup, wraps a clean, simple API & high-performance optimizations around #Filecoin & @IPFS.

As a user, you can…
βœ… Store & retrieve content quickly
βœ… Automatical
βœ… Verify your stored data
…& more.
2/ Under the hood, Estuary is a special type of node that wraps #Filecoin & @IPFS together.

The Estuary team runs a hosted service with an HTTP API. Or you can run your own Estuary node πŸ€–!
3/ Since Apr '21, Estuary has been on πŸ”₯!

πŸ“11.2M+ files uploaded using the primary estuary node
🀝69.5K active storage deals on #Filecoin
πŸ“Œ125.23 TiB pinned IPFS storage for hot retrieval from Gateways
πŸ—ƒοΈ593.30 TiB sealed storage on Filecoin
πŸ§‘β€πŸ’»132 storage providers w/ deals Image
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