Filecoin Onchain Cloud by Filecoin Foundation / Protocol Labs: status and timeline

Filecoin Onchain Cloud

Enable autonomous AI agents to purchase decentralized storage directly without centralized intermediaries.

DeployStage 4 of 5

Mainnet live March 26, 2026; 49+ TiB stored by week 1 across AI agents, data pipelines and apps.

Updated 26 Mar 2026Checked 11 Oct0 updates this week

Milestones

Next · Expand to video and ML training data

Testnet launchNov 2025Complete.
Mainnet launch with dual-copy replication and onchain proofs26 Mar 2026Complete.
100+ developer teams building on testnetDec 2025Complete.
Expand to video and ML training dataTarget Q4 2026Not yet reached.

Most important updates

Upcoming

Q4 2026Expand to video and ML training data (next)
Q4 2026Integration with major AI frameworks

Current obstacles

Provider quality and availabilityStorage providers must maintain 95%+ success rates, <1% Proof of Data Possession fault rates, and 95%+ retrieval success; the system must enforce these SLAs.
Integration with AI agent workflowsAgents must autonomously handle wallet funding, payments, and data lifecycle; standards are still evolving.

Physics limits

Retrieval latencyFetching data from independent providers across the globe will be slower than a single datacenter; latency depends on provider selection and network conditions.
Blockchain transaction costsWriting proofs to the blockchain incurs gas fees; high-frequency or very small storage commitments may be uneconomical.

How it works

4 parts

Data entry

Upload with automatic replication

Clients or agents upload data; it routes automatically to two independent providers. The second pulls from the first.

Verification

Onchain proof of data possession

Each provider posts Proof of Data Possession (PDP) to the blockchain; clients can verify data is stored and retrievable at any time.

Payment

Smart contract settlement

Clients deposit funds into a smart contract; as providers post proofs, the contract automatically releases payment. No centralized payment processor required.

Failover

Automatic replacement on provider failure

If a secondary provider fails, the system selects and retries with a replacement provider automatically, without manual intervention.

Spec sheet

Spec	Filecoin Onchain Cloud
Replication strategy	Automatic dual-copy across independent providers^R (reported)
Storage cost	$2.50/TiB/month^R (reported)
Data stored at launch	49.41 TiB^R (reported)
Active datasets (launch week)	478^R (reported)
Connected payment wallets (launch week)	81^R (reported)

^R reported by the company

Update log

2 updates

Thu 26 Mar

Major: Filecoin Onchain Cloud goes live on mainnet with dual-copy replication and smart-contract payments; 49+ TiB stored in first weekPressSoftware

Nov 2025

Major: Filecoin Onchain Cloud testnet launches; 100+ teams begin building AI agent storage workflowsPressSoftware

About Filecoin Foundation / Protocol Labs

The team behind Filecoin Onchain Cloud

Filecoin Foundation / Protocol Labs

Decentralized storage, DePIN, Filecoin, blockchain

Protocol Labs created Filecoin, a decentralized storage network. The Filecoin Foundation supports protocol development. In March 2026, Filecoin Onchain Cloud launched with smart-contract payments and onchain data verification.

Decentralized storage network with thousands of independent providers earning FIL tokens for storing and retrieving data.
Filecoin Onchain Cloud (March 2026) adds smart-contract payments, dual replication, and onchain proofs.
49+ TiB stored across 478 datasets with 81 connected payment wallets in Onchain Cloud's first week.

filecoin.io (opens filecoin.io)Company profile →

Founded: 201412 yrs
Headquarters: United States
Status: Private
Valuation: private
Raised: $239M2 rounds
Last round: ICO pre-sale · $52MAug 2017
Works in: CryptoDecentralized networks
Coverage: 2 programs · 3 updateslatest 26 Mar 2026checked 11 Oct
Partners: Internet Archive (opens archive.org)Stellar Development Foundation (opens stellar.org)Consensys (opens consensys.io)
People: Juan Benet (opens en.wikipedia.org)Founder of Protocol Labs

Spec

Filecoin Onchain Cloud

Replication strategy

Automatic dual-copy across independent providers^R (reported)

Storage cost

$2.50/TiB/month^R (reported)

Data stored at launch

49.41 TiB^R (reported)

Active datasets (launch week)

478^R (reported)

Connected payment wallets (launch week)

81^R (reported)