Filecoin Plus DataCap

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Filecoin Plus DataCap (faucet + allocators) Storage

fails: egressemail?card?Rper-ip-shaping

faucet.allocator.tech/ · p2p · storage/filecoin-plus-datacap · JSON · compare

Free tier	1 TiB of free DataCap per verified client, instantly, via Gitcoin Passport (score >= 20) on Optimism. Fil+ allocators can grant more. DataCap is a one-time, non-transferable credit — 'If a client needs more DataCap, they must request additional allocations.' unit TiB; metered on unstated
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	Not free, and this is what kills it. DataCap buys storage deal quality, not bandwidth. On Filecoin Onchain Cloud the retrieval layer is Filecoin Beam: 'Up to $14/TiB (≈ $0.014/GiB) egress'. FCSS: 'Retrieval is billed per TiB retrieved, with one free full-dataset retrieval a year'; unsealed HTTP retrieval returns 402 Payment Required per paid piece.
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Limits	per-ip-shaping 1 TiB/day source 64 GiB+ via GLIF (GitHub age dependent), 1 TiB via the faucet; deal duration fixed at signing; retrieval metered; FCSS minimum 6-month term.
Binding	per-ip-shaping one stream is shaped, and a user's throughput is the shaped rate times the number of streams
Interface	rest rest
Tooling	Lotus/Boost deal-making, Singularity (github.com/data-preservation-programs/singularity), Spade for renewals, synapse-sdk for FOC, retrieval-client for FCSS.
Composes with	DataCap is per verified client and explicitly non-transferable; GLIF Verify caps re-verification at once per 30 days and grants from 64 GiB by GitHub account age. Multiple Gitcoin Passports are an identity-farming exercise, not a technical multiplier — and even a successful farm buys storage, not egress.
Reliability	This is the closest thing in the class to a genuine free 500 GB+ pin — DataCap really does let you place 1 TiB of verified deals — but the client's requirement is 500 GB–1 TiB/day of serving, and Filecoin charges for exactly that. Storage free, egress paid is a fail against hard filter #2.
Notes	1 TiB of free DataCap per verified client, instantly, via Gitcoin Passport (score >= 20) on Optimism. Fil+ allocators can grant more. DataCap is a one-time, non-transferable credit — 'If a client needs more DataCap, they must request additional allocations.'
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04
Parsed numbers	`$.limits[0].value` limit:per-ip-shaping 1.0 TiB / day

Evidence (4)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	faucet.allocator.tech/	'provides 1 TiB of free DataCap to users looking to store verified data on the Filecoin network'; requires Gitcoin Passport score >= 20
2026-10-21	fil.org/filecoin-plus	'DataCap is a one-time credit and cannot be transferred between addresses. If a client needs more DataCap, they must request additional allocations.'
2026-10-21	docs.filecoin.cloud/introduction/about/	'Add-on Retrieval (Filecoin Beam) \| Up to $14/TiB (≈ $0.014/GiB) egress'; 'Storage \| $2.50/TiB/month/copy (minimum 2 copies)'
2026-10-21	docs.filecoin.io/build-on-filecoin/filecoin-onchain-cloud/fc	'Retrieval is billed per TiB retrieved, with one free full-dataset retrieval a year'; 'A paid piece returns 402 Payment Required'

More fields (1)

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  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "1 TiB of free DataCap per verified client, instantly, via Gitcoin Passport (score >= 20) on Optimism. Fil+ allocators can grant more. DataCap is a one-time, non-transferable credit — 'If a client needs more DataCap, they must request additional allocations.'",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (8)

$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.identity_cost.detail defaulted
$.identity_cost.kind identity-defaulted
$.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
$.per_object_cap.stated not-extracted
$.retention.notes not-extracted
$.retention.stated not-extracted