The Filecoin project relies on better data and demonstrates stable growth

Researchers Messari summed up the results of the 1st quarter of 2025 for Filecoin (Fil). They confirmed the strategic transformation: the project switched from the race for the maximum volume of storages to the provision of verified and valuable services for data storage. Despite the decrease in the number of active transactions and the total amount of information, the ecosystem demonstrates confident development in the Web3, AI and institutional use segments.

Against the background of a decrease in storage volume from 1,500 to 1300 PIB and a reduction in the number of transactions by 13% (from 43 million to 38 million), Filecoin has achieved progress in quality metrics. Thus, the number of Onboarded Datasets increased by 3% to 2340, and 804 clients loaded more than 1 thousand TIB data each-this indicates an emphasis of the accent to larger and long-term storage facilities, in demand from academic and archival organizations, such as Smithsonian Institute, MIT and INTERNET Archive.

On the technological front, the ecosystem is actively developing. More than 5,000 smart contracts were deployed on Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM), providing more than 3.2 million transactions. The launch of the Proof of Data Possession (PDP) protocol is also approaching, and the improvement of Filecoin Fast Finaly (F3) should reduce transactions confirmation from 7.5 hours to minutes. These initiatives are aimed at improving the efficiency and confidence in the network.

Particular attention is paid to integration with AI projects. Aethir, Kiteai, Akave and others use Filecoin as a platform for decentralized and verified storage of large volumes of data. Along with this, Fil Propgf was launched in the ecosystem – a blockchain -based grade fund to finance socially useful initiatives.

In the field of Defi, it is worth noting the launch of the USDFC – stablecoin provided by FIL. The new asset allows you to make stable payments and participate in decentralized finances without the need to sell the main cryptocurrency. At the same time, the quarterly growth of fil-detonated tributaries amounted to 11%, which indicates healthy activity inside the network.

A decrease in the level of use of storages from 32% to 30% and the drop in network capacity from 4.2 EIB to 3.8 EIB reflects not problems, but the Filecoin transition to a more stable business model. Support was provided by FIP-0092 (Ni-Porep), which reduced and simplified the data loading process.