Table of contents Welcome to Filecoin Docs Basics What is Filecoin Crypto-economics Blockchain Storage model Storage market Retrieval market Programming on Filecoin Networks The blockchain Actors Addresses Blocks and tipsets Consensus Drand Proofs Assets The FIL token Wallets Metamask setup Get FIL Transfer FIL Interplanetary consensus How storage works Filecoin plus Storage onramps Filecoin and IPFS How retrieval works Basic retrieval Serving retrievals Saturn Project and community Chat and discussion forums Filecoin compared to Filecoin FAQs Related projects Social media The Filecoin project Ways to contribute Storage providers Basics Quickstart guide Filecoin economics Storage proving FIL collateral Block rewards Slashing Committed capacity Filecoin deals Storage deals Verified deals Filecoin programs and tools Snap deals Charging for data Auxiliary services Return-on-investment Architecture Software components Storage provider automation Sealing pipeline Sealing rate Sealing-as-a-service Network indexer Infrastructure Storage Network Backup and disaster recovery Reference architectures Skills Linux Network Security Storage Sales Industry Nodes Implementations Lotus Venus Full-nodes Pre-requisites Basic setup Node providers Lite-nodes Spin up a lite-node Smart contracts Fundamentals The Filecoin Virtual Machine Filecoin EVM runtime ERC-20 quickstart Roadmap Support FAQs Filecoin EVM-runtime Actor types Address types FILForwarder Difference with Ethereum How gas works Precompiles Programmatic storage Aggregated deal-making Direct deal-making Data replication, renewal and repair (RaaS) RaaS interfaces Developing contracts Get test tokens Remix Hardhat Foundry Solidity libraries Call built-in actors Filecoin.sol Direct deal-making with Client contract Using RaaS Verify a contract Best practices Advanced Wrapped FIL Oracles Multicall Multisig FEVM Indexers Cross-chain bridges Aggregated deal-making Contract automation Relay Networks Mainnet Explorers RPCs Network performance Calibration Explorers RPCs Local testnet Get test tokens Deprecated networks Reference General Glossary Specifications Tools Exchanges Exchange integration Built-in actors Protocol API Filecoin.sol JSON-RPC Auth Chain Client Create Eth Gas I Log Market Miner Mpool Msig Net Node Paych Raft Start State Sync Wallet Web3 Builder Cookbook Overview Table of Contents Data Storage Store Data Retrieve Data Privacy & Access Control dApps Chain-Data Query Oracles Cross-Chain Bridges Decentralized Database