FilBeam at FOC launch 2025-11

Miroslav’s talk (90-120 seconds)

Thank you, Jenny. I am excited about how much easier it is to store data on Filecoin now. However, storing data is only half the story.

The real magic happens when that data comes alive - when it’s instantly accessible, globally available, and economically sustainable to retrieve.

Data access in DePIN storage networks has historically been a challenge due to a lack of protocol-level incentives and service-level indicators that customers could trust. Additionally, retrieval performance was tied to the location and uptime of the node storing the data.

Today, we are launching Filecoin Beam - the data delivery layer for the decentralised web, with pay-per-byte billing and on-chain verifiability.

Beam makes every piece of data stored on Filecoin Onchain Cloud instantly retrievable from anywhere in the world, with Web2-grade performance and reliability.

For storage customers, Beam provides insights into the retrieval performance of individual storage providers, allowing the customers to make choices informed by data.

Finally, Beam pays storage providers for serving retrievals, changing data access from a cost sink into a sustainable business.

Looking ahead, we are implementing the x402 protocol. This emerging protocol enables users and AI agents to pay directly without subscriptions or intermediaries, and allows creators to monetise their content.

Filecoin Beam is generally available on the Filecoin mainnet. Learn more at https://filbeam.com.

Now let’s talk about the people that keep Filecoin up and running. A global network of service providers is one of the Filecoin's biggest assets, it’s the foundation that Filecoin Onchain Cloud and Filecoin Beam relies on. Tippy, one of OG Filecoin service provider, will tell you about <TBD>

Pitch (by ChatGPT)

Filecoin Beam: Fast, Reliable, Pay-as-You-Go Retrieval for the Decentralized Web

Today, if you store data on Filecoin, each Storage Provider serves it from a different URL — it’s fragmented, slow across continents, and dependent on individual SP uptime. Filecoin Beam fixes that.

Beam unifies all retrievals under one canonical URL — filbeam.io — and sits on top of a global CDN-style cache. That means every piece of data stored on Filecoin becomes instantly retrievable from anywhere in the world, with Web2-grade performance and reliability. Developers don’t have to worry about which SP holds the data or whether it’s online — Beam makes Filecoin data just work at the speed and resilience users expect.

For storage customers and SPs, Beam goes even further. It acts as a protective perimeter, shielding providers from unpredictable internet traffic, scraping, and DDoS attacks, while introducing something the Filecoin network has always needed — retrieval incentives. Through a trustless, pay-per-byte model, SPs can finally get rewarded for egress — completing the economic loop of storage and retrieval.

Looking ahead, we’re implementing x402 — the long-awaited revival of the HTTP 402 “Payment Required” code — powered by crypto wallets and stablecoins. This lets users pay directly for what they consume, without accounts or intermediaries. And Filecoin is uniquely positioned to power it:

• Store with Filecoin Onchain Cloud.

• Retrieve through Filecoin Beam.

• Pay with Filecoin Pay.

Together, they form the foundation for a programmable, user-sovereign web — where digital resources are instantly accessible, trustlessly verifiable, and natively monetized.

In short: Filecoin Beam turns Filecoin into the access layer for the new internet — fast, fair, and fully decentralized.

Detailed version (by ChatGPT)

(1) Selling Point for Clients Retrieving Data via Filecoin Beam

Seamless, Fast, and Reliable Access to Filecoin Data

Filecoin Beam delivers a Web2-grade retrieval experience on top of Filecoin’s decentralized storage layer. For developers and users retrieving data, the value proposition is clear:

• One URL for All Retrievals: Filecoin Beam consolidates data from multiple Filecoin Storage Providers (SPs) into a single canonical endpoint (https://filbeam.io), removing the integration complexity of dealing with disparate SP URLs. This dramatically simplifies developer integration and creates a uniform access experience across the ecosystem.

• Global Performance: Through its globally distributed cache and CDN network, Filecoin Beam eliminates the latency issues inherent in cross-continental retrievals from SPs. Data is cached close to the user, enabling high-speed, low-latency delivery — comparable to leading Web2 CDNs.

• High Reliability: Filecoin Beam abstracts away the risk of relying on a single SP’s uptime. It ensures resilient access by serving from multiple cached locations and fallback SPs, offering high availability even if certain nodes are offline.

In short: Filecoin Beam makes Filecoin's verifiable data retrieval feel as smooth and performant as traditional services.

(2) Selling Point for Customers Storing Data on Filecoin OC / FWSS

Verifiable Storage Meets Verifiable Access

For customers storing data via Filecoin Onchain Cloud (FWSS), Filecoin Beam extends the value proposition from verifiable storage to fast and secure data distribution and delivery.

• Performance-Optimized Distribution: FWSS ensures verifiable storage. Filecoin Beam complements it by delivering globally cached retrievals — turning stored data into immediately and reliably accessible assets.

• Security and Load Protection: Beam acts as a firewall for SPs, filtering out malicious or excessive traffic and shielding the underlying storage nodes from DDoS or scraping attacks. This improves the operational stability of the Filecoin Onchain Cloud network.

• Incentivized Retrieval: Filecoin Beam introduces a long-awaited retrieval incentive layer — paying SPs for data egress in a verifiable, pay-per-byte manner. This not only rewards SPs for serving content but also lays the groundwork for a fully trustless, two-sided Filecoin economy (storage + retrieval).

Together, FWSS + Filecoin Beam = the complete Web3 storage stack: verifiable storage, programmable payments, and fast, reliable delivery.

(3) New Kinds of Customers and Use Cases Unlocked by Filecoin Beam

Enabling the Next Generation of Onchain Applications

Filecoin Beam expands the Filecoin Onchain Cloud value chain beyond archival and backup storage to include interactive, consumer-facing use cases where speed, reliability, and pay-per-use economics are essential.With this in mind, Beam could servve the  following new classes of customers and applications:

• Pay-per-Access Content Platforms: With x402 integration, Beam makes it possible to gate retrieval behind micropayments — enabling decentralized paywalls for datasets, media, or APIs. No accounts, no intermediaries — just wallet-based access.

• High-Performance dApps, videos and Web3 Games: These apps require low-latency data retrieval globally. Beam’s data delivery and cache layer make it possible to deliver game assets, metadata, or NFTs at real-time speeds, with verifiable pay-per-byte economics.

• AI & ML Pipelines: Beam’s high-throughput, pay-per-byte retrieval layer enables machine learning workloads to fetch training data from Filecoin efficiently and trustlessly, paving the way for decentralized AI compute systems.

In essence: Filecoin Beam turns Filecoin OC from a storage network into an application delivery network for Web3, bridging the gap between decentralized infrastructure and user-ready performance.