Filecoin Plus / DataCap free storage
fil.org · Storage · 1 record · JSON
Filecoin Plus / DataCap free storage Storage
fails: quotainstitutionno cardD
| Free tier | was: DataCap granted by allocators, deals free or near-free for a user because SPs got 10x quality-adjusted power unit mixed; metered on unstated |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Retention | not stated |
| Egress | never free; retrieval is a separate paid market |
| Identity | institution institution |
| Binding | none no constraint of a named kind was recorded; the verdict rests on the quota sentence rather than on a named limit |
| Interface | unknown Boost deal-making, allocator applications |
| Tooling | lotus/boost, allocator registry |
| Composes with | none any more |
| Reliability | Pending DataCap allocations became unusable at activation; unclaimed allocations are simply lost. |
| Notes | was: DataCap granted by allocators, deals free or near-free for a user because SPs got 10x quality-adjusted power |
| Evidence rung | documented re-read from read-broker on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200, 180635 bytes, sha256 ae552419811ef0cd). The page states the number in the record; the claim is documented, not measured. |
| Checked | 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-20 |
Evidence (4)
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | github.com/filecoin-project/FIPs/blob/master/FIPS/fip-0118.m | Fil+ is deprecated and no new datacap is minted. Re-read https://github.com/filecoin-project/FIPs/blob/master/FIPS/fip-0118.md: HTTP 200, 180635 bytes, sha256 ae552419811ef0cd. Quoted: 2026-07-14 | | spec-sections | | # FIP-0118: (Solstice) Deprecate Fil+ and Fund Services via Block-Reward Split ## Simple Summary This FIP deprecates the Filecoin Plus (Fil+) datacap minting and allocation system and replaces it with a two-part mechanism: - **PoRep sector quality no longer depends on content at L1.** Every new sector onboarded from the activation epoch automatically receives 10× QAP over its lifetime, realized immediatel |
| 2026-10-21 | www.coindaro.com/filecoin-upgrade-solstice-nv29/ | 'FIP-0118 ends Fil+ and DataCap: every new sector gets 10x quality-adjusted power'; 'From activation, DataCap goes away in one step. No new DataCap is minted, unused balances become inert, pending allocations can no longer be claimed' |
| 2026-10-21 | bitquery.io/investigations/filecoin-storage-in-numbers | 'The program gives providers a bigger share of block rewards for storing vetted client data, so clients usually pay nothing'; also 'Providers Down 87%, Deals Down 97%' |
| 2026-10-21 | github.com/filecoin-project/Allocator-Governance/discussions | 'Documenting Client-SP Payments ... one of the simplest ways to show that deals are active' - i.e. the free era was already being wound down in Q1 2026 |
More fields (2)
{
"dead_end": {
"failure_class": "quota",
"why": "was: DataCap granted by allocators, deals free or near-free for a user because SPs got 10x quality-adjusted power",
"retry_when": null,
"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
},
"verified_in_pass": [
{
"url": "https://github.com/filecoin-project/FIPs/blob/master/FIPS/fip-0118.md",
"date": "2026-10-22",
"via": "read-broker",
"http_status": 200,
"bytes": 180635,
"sha256": "ae552419811ef0cdb702173b4cd75e2aeca8ae4b6be3ab9877d252cced460ab3",
"pattern_found": true,
"what_changed": "no change: the page still states the claim",
"capture": "captures\\filecoin-plus-github-com-filecoin-project-fips-blob-master-fips-fip-0118-md.txt"
}
]
}Unknown or withheld values (7)
$.extras.dead_end.retry_whenprocess$.free_tier.notesprocess$.interfaceinterface-unknown$.per_object_cap.notesnot-extracted$.per_object_cap.statednot-extracted$.retention.notesnot-extracted$.retention.statednot-extracted