Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web
Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, whose mission is to preserve humanity’s most important information.
- Flickr Foundation is a key partner in FFDW's work to preserve publicly significant digital collections. George Oates, executive director of the @flickrfdn.bsky.social, joins Rabble for a conversation about community governance and the future of shared cultural memory.
- Watch the episode ↓ revolution.social/episodes/our...
- DWeb Digest Issue 2: "The Architecture of Resilience" is live. With @pbkauf.bsky.social as guest editor. 8 essays on building decentralized infrastructure that lasts. Read it: ffdweb.org/digest/issue-2
- Featuring: — Starling Lab on decentralized verification — @archive.org & Prelinger Archives (@footage.bsky.social) on preserving film and web history — @grayarea.org on building networks for liberation — @flickrfdn.bsky.social on Data Lifeboats for digital heritage
- — @TRANSFER on artist-led data cooperatives — Lighthouse on perpetual storage — @witnessorg.bsky.social on community infrastructure in the Amazon
- 💡Huge project partner milestone! @openarchive.bsky.social and @hypha.coop just shipped a privacy-first, decentralized storage backend for the Save mobile app. Communities can now preserve and verify mobile media without relying on centralized platforms. www.open-archive.org/news/oa-hyph...
- Reposted by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web🚨Publication alert! Learn about the first decentralized, p2p mobile backend we built w/ @hypha.coop in our white paper. Why? 🌍Distributed Storage. 🤝Community-Run: by us, for us. 🧱Redundancy, by design. 🫶🏼More autonomy & integrity. 🙏w/ the support of @ffdweb.org www.open-archive.org/news/oa-hyph...
- Read our Q&A with TaylorOshan to see how decentralized infrastructure is powering open science. ffdweb.org/blog/decentr...
- Our world runs on maps. As dependence on location data grows, so does the need for resilient, verifiable infrastructure. The Decentralized Geospatial Collaborative is building open source tools that make geospatial data easier to store, share, and trust.
- The team focuses on peer-to-peer data management, proof of location, and verifiable geo-computation, and has shipped a Web3 Geospatial Dashboard that blends STAC metadata with IPFS and @Filecoin for multi-path retrieval.
- Preserving digital cultural heritage is urgent. Operational cuts, natural disasters, and technical disruptions put collections at risk.
- With support from Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, the Digital Public Library of America ( @dpla.bsky.social ) ran a pilot to store selected partner content on the Filecoin network, building resilience and keeping communities in control of their data.
- Read @dpla.bsky.social's final blog on the project: dp.la/news/safegua...
- The future of the web belongs to creators who understand decentralized technology. Check out the course knowledge base. Its a treasure trove of information on the decentralized web! dweb.grayarea.org
- Community-Controlled Archives are moving collections onto decentralized storage. Join this upcoming TechSoup Public Good App House demo to see the exact governance and migration steps. events.techsoup.org/events/detai...
- Early 🐦 passes for @grayarea.org Festival 2025 are out now! grayareafestival.io
- Reposted by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized WebSo great to have the team @techsoup.bsky.social be a part of this work.
- Empowering community archives through decentralized technology. 💪 The Cultural Memory Lab just announced its inaugural cohort. Discover how three standout projects will explore how decentralized tools can preserve cultural memory ↓ acceleratingmakers.publicgoodapphouse.org/blog/_blog-p...
- Empowering community archives through decentralized technology. 💪 The Cultural Memory Lab just announced its inaugural cohort. Discover how three standout projects will explore how decentralized tools can preserve cultural memory ↓ acceleratingmakers.publicgoodapphouse.org/blog/_blog-p...
- The internet we have isn't the internet we wanted. In National Review, Luke Hogg from Foundation for American Innovation explains how to decentralize control of the web ↓ www.nationalreview.com/magazine/202...
- Reposted by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Webthey follow the “enshittification” pattern: “first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves.”
- Cory Doctorow’s piece explores how large centralized platform’s control over the configuration settings have robbed us of autonomy, while making the internet less than it could and should be. 🔗: ffdweb.org/digest/twidd...
- Reposted by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized WebThis is the reason why I took interest in blockchain at all. I have been hugely disappointed by the crypto sphere, but I still that some of this tech can be used for a better web. Some saw in mid 2010s that big data was a massive threat to democracy, and they have been proven right by now.
- In her essay, @naomibrockwell.bsky.social puts in very real terms why everyone should be thinking about how decentralized data, which we can control ourselves, is a necessary element for protecting our own privacy. ffdweb.org/digest/why-w...
- Millions of memories are silently disappearing. What we're losing: – Home movies - our collective history – "Useful cinema" - like educational & industrial films
- But there’s hope for these irreplaceable cultural artifacts. Our project partner Prelinger Archives is preserving what would otherwise be lost. Read more from @footage.bsky.social in @archive.org 's Vanishing Culture series : blog.archive.org/2025/03/05/v...
- Reposted by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized WebAt #SXSW in Austin on March 8, 2025, let’s work together to restore some balance and agency that is driven by the value of human generated content. Thank you to our sponsor, the John S. and James L. @knightfoundation.org for making this event possible. Secure your spot today: loom.ly/Zg06A6c
- Join us for a two-part series to explore how decentralized storage can help you:
- ✅ Protect against centralized risks and data loss ✅ Increase security with tamper-proof records ✅ Empower your organization with more control over digital artifacts ✅ Reduce storage costs with scalable, decentralized alternatives
- March 4th (online) from 4-6 PM PT March 9th (in-person, Bay Area) from 1-4 PM PT Save your spot today: events.techsoup.org/events/detai...
- New project updates from the @spritelyinst.bsky.social team! Hoot 0.6.0 is live! Hoot is a Scheme to WebAssembly compiler backend for Guile, as well as a general purpose WebAssembly toolchain. Learn more about the latest DWeb developments: spritely.institute/news/guile-h...
- Reposted by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized WebProofMode by Guardian Project is an application for authenticating and verifying multimedia content captured on smartphones. Thanks for the support @ffdweb.org ! www.centerforadigitalfuture.org/blog/60kqfdg...
- The Cultural Memory Lab is offering $2,000 to $5,000 in funding for 3-5 community-driven archiving projects with support from @techsoup.bsky.social , @grayarea.org, and FFDW. Are you one? Apply. Know one? Share this post with them! Applications close Sunday! grayarea.org/initiative/c...
- In 2024, Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) made significant strides in advancing the decentralized web, preserving humanity's most critical information, and supporting the adoption of decentralized technologies. Read the full report↓ ffdweb.org/blog/ffdw-20...
- Cory Doctorow’s piece explores how large centralized platform’s control over the configuration settings have robbed us of autonomy, while making the internet less than it could and should be. 🔗: ffdweb.org/digest/twidd...
- In her essay, @naomibrockwell.bsky.social puts in very real terms why everyone should be thinking about how decentralized data, which we can control ourselves, is a necessary element for protecting our own privacy. ffdweb.org/digest/why-w...
- Don’t miss your chance to join the Cultural Memory Lab! A 4-month incubator program with up to $5K in funding + support from @grayarea.org, @techsoup.bsky.social, and FFDW Applications close February 2! grayarea.org/initiative/c...
- Cultural Memory Lab AMA on 1/15 at 12 pm ET – Sign up now! events.techsoup.org/events/detai...
- This piece from @kurtopsahl.bsky.social reminds us how code is expression and needs to be free if we want to realize the dream of the decentralized web. ffdweb.org/digest/recog...
- It’s great to return to this great essay by @mmasnick.bsky.social Decentralization isn’t just a technological concept, but a framework that we can use to re-envision how society works today and in the future. ffdweb.org/digest/decen...
- ✨Exciting news: Cultural Memory Lab is here! An incubator empowering archives, libraries, museums, & more to preserve collective memory using decentralized tech. A collaboration between @grayarea.org, @techsoup.bsky.social , & FFDW The details …↓ grayarea.org/initiative/c...
- – Up to $5k in funding – Access to Gray Area’s DWeb for Creators course – Technical support from FFDW – 4-month incubator program – Global, virtual participation Here’s what we’re looking for…
- Timeline: – Apply by: Feb 2, 2025 – Program runs: March-June 2025 – Features virtual check-ins & final showcase
- Decentralized technology can help community-driven archives widen the lens on how we view the past, giving people the power to own their stories. If this sounds like something your organization could benefit from, the application is linked below: Share with your friends and colleagues too!
- Over the past six months, TRANSFER, with support from FFDW and others, has been designing an artist-owned decentralized archive and cooperative value exchange network. They’ve hit some exciting milestones along the way! Check it out ↓
- What I’ve been up to the past 6 months: taking TRANSFER in a new direction, looking back on a decade of work that was ahead of its time, and building an open infrastructure that offers an alternative to the hellscape of the Contemporary Art Market: opencollective.com/transfer-dat...
- SF❤️ 🌉 Featuring 400 newly scanned archival films, watch this year’s LOST LANDSCAPES from @footage.bsky.social and team! Tonight Grab your ticket. See you there! www.cityboxoffice.com/eventperform...
- Last year’s was uploaded to Filecoin and IPFS for resilient storage! Watch here↓ archive.org/details/llsf...
- Reposted by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized WebTonight and tomorrow: Join us at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco for the 19th edition of Rick Prelinger (@footage.bsky.social)'s Lost Landscapes of San Francisco! longnow.org/ideas/lost-l...
- Reposted by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized WebWant a preview of next week's Lost Landscapes shows? Read this piece from Rick Prelinger on how the films help with "combatting historical amnesia" and creating a "collective, dialogical experience"
- Decentralized storage has helped Shift Collective address the cultural and technical needs of small, community-based archives. Join @techsoup.bsky.social and Shift Collective to explore building affordable, sustainable, ethical digital storage models for your organization. Free tomorrow ↓
- Storytelling can help change the future of technology. Learn how @fightforthefuture.org is empowering storytellers to imagine alternatives where technology serves human rights, not corporate control. Our Q&A with @liaholland.bsky.social: ffdweb.org/blog/empower...
- Reposted by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized WebI spoke with @ffdw.bsky.social on why we need a decentralized, anti-surveillance web, and our Stop Copaganda project. "For many people, the harms and threats of technology don’t become real until you’re able to point to a real scenario that pulls at their heartstrings." ffdweb.org/blog/empower...
- We are thrilled to bring you DWeb Digest, a digital zine featuring essays from twelve authors that aims to tackle the existential questions of decentralization and why it matters. A letter from the editor @mmasnick.bsky.social ffdweb.org/digest/editor’s-letter/
- Inclusivity in entrepreneurship = more economic development, growth, and wealth building. ffdweb.org/blog/increasing-acc…
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