文文|3月 24, 2026 15:57
Once there was a coin, FOMO, that attracted countless people, and it was called FIL
So, with Huang Renxun saying that the AGI era has arrived, is this veteran still lying down?
did not! Moreover, it is also a great opportunity to launch a counterattack: in the era of AGI, there is an explosive growth in demand for verifiable, persistent, low-cost, decentralized massive data storage (training datasets, agent memory, DePIN/IoT data, etc.). Traditional centralized clouds (such as AWS CF) are facing high cost issues such as single point of failure, review, etc., and decentralized storage has been reignited as a result
Filecoin, as a long-standing project launched in 2017, actually completed a key transformation in 25-26, as follows:
At the end of the 25th/early 26th, Filecoin Onchain Cloud (FOC) mainnet was launched: upgrading Filecoin from a simple storage market to a programmable and verifiable decentralized cloud platform. Support S3 compatible API, warm/hot storage (Proof of Data Possession - PDP), on chain payment, and retrieval guarantee. Specially designed for AI pipelines, AI Agent datasets, and DePIN data
The core of the 2026 network strategy: shifting from "subsidizing capacity" to "driving paid/on chain storage", with a focus on vertical areas such as AI Agents, DePIN, and on chain data RWA。 The network utilization rate has significantly increased, and the volume of paid transactions has grown significantly. Well, it can only be described by FIL consumption, otherwise (in USD) it would still be quite dismal
Direct integration with X402/MPP: As early as November 2025, on the eve of AGI, at the Filecoin Dev Summit, the MVP concept validation experimental product "Designing x402 on Filecoin Pay+Pay to Access Retrieval" was jointly designed by the FilOz, FilBeam, Curio and other teams
Using Filecoin Pay to implement x402 compatible off chain micro transactions+on chain trust less settlement
Implement pay to access: When the client retrieves data, payment is made through x402, and the Storage Provider charges based on the request. Payment is settled using signed payment tickets and ZK rolls
This makes the data on Filecoin truly a 'monetizable asset', where agents can autonomously pay for retrieval/storage. Although we can choose to use X402 or MPP to purchase AWS or other centralized cloud storage at a low cost, they are not decentralized and not cool; Decentralization means that your data can be permanently bound to your wallet, and as long as there is FIL in the wallet, the data will not be lost, even if a computer room in a certain area is hit by a missile. (The small text below: This is the project's future vision)
Actual case:
Lighthouse (storage service on Filecoin/IPFS) now supports x402 upload: Agent sends request → returns 402 → pays USDC → obtains CID, achieving "decentralized memory of decentralized brain" - isn't it cool
Ecological projects such as Akave Cloud use Filecoin as an archive layer for AI/ML/Snowflake, providing verifiable hot/cold storage combinations, and so on
The development of new things inevitably has a period of adaptation. People may not pay for functionality, but they will definitely pay for coolness
Do you want to be family together, hmm?
Non investment advice NFA
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