Filecoin is the world's largest decentralized storage network, built to keep data secure, verifiable, and free from centralized control. Filecoin's Twitter Score is 270 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #1,461 (top 0.5%) among 389,613 tracked accounts.
Filecoin was founded by Juan Benet and is affiliated with Protocol Labs, the research and development organization behind the project. Filecoin serves as the incentive layer for IPFS, adding persistent, incentivized storage to the peer-to-peer content-addressable data network. The native token, FIL, powers network payments, blockchain rewards, and governance participation across the ecosystem.
Filecoin raised $52 million in an advisor sale from roughly 150 investors, including Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, and Winklevoss Capital, before its 2017 ICO, which closed raising over $200 million and was described at the time as the largest ICO on record. The mainnet launched on October 15, 2020, at block height 148,888. As of 2026, the network had reached 1.95 EiB of storage capacity, with 482 large clients and over 5,000 smart contracts deployed.
Filecoin is also affiliated with the Filecoin Foundation, whose mission covers open-source governance, research and development funding, and ecosystem growth, as well as CoinList, which facilitated its public token sale. Filecoin has published 14,528 posts and has 656,842 followers as of July 2026 on the platform. Filecoin has been mentioned by 1,316 accounts, with 5,855 total mentions.
Filecoin's portfolio includes Lit Protocol and Spheron Network.
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The accounts that follow Filecoin include 999 founders, 210 angel investors, 516 influencers and 102 VCs. Among them are Erik Voorhees, Laura Shin, Chris Dixon, Toly, Ansem and CoinDesk.