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On Filecoin Onchain Cloud the retrieval layer is Filecoin Beam: 'Up to $14/TiB (≈ $0.014/GiB) egress'. FCSS: 'Retrieval is billed per TiB retrieved, with one free full-dataset retrieval a year'; unsealed HTTP retrieval returns 402 Payment Required per paid piece.","metered":true},"interface":["rest"],"interface_detail":"rest","tooling":"Lotus/Boost deal-making, Singularity (github.com/data-preservation-programs/singularity), Spade for renewals, synapse-sdk for FOC, retrieval-client for FCSS.","chaining":"DataCap is per verified client and explicitly non-transferable; GLIF Verify caps re-verification at once per 30 days and grants from 64 GiB by GitHub account age. Multiple Gitcoin Passports are an identity-farming exercise, not a technical multiplier — and even a successful farm buys storage, not egress.","limits":[{"kind":"per-ip-shaping","value":"1 TiB/day","source":"https://faucet.allocator.tech/"}],"limits_note":"64 GiB+ via GLIF (GitHub age dependent), 1 TiB via the faucet; deal duration fixed at signing; retrieval metered; FCSS minimum 6-month term.","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":null,"country":null},"reliability_note":"This is the closest thing in the class to a genuine free 500 GB+ *pin* — DataCap really does let you place 1 TiB of verified deals — but the client's requirement is 500 GB–1 TiB/day of *serving*, and Filecoin charges for exactly that. Storage free, egress paid is a fail against hard filter #2.","confidence":"reported","confidence_note":"One page read moves it to documented.","evidence":[{"url":"https://faucet.allocator.tech/","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'provides 1 TiB of free DataCap to users looking to store verified data on the Filecoin network'; requires Gitcoin Passport score >= 20"},{"url":"https://fil.org/filecoin-plus","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'DataCap is a one-time credit and cannot be transferred between addresses. 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