Goal

• Improving Monetary Policies
• Improving the quality of Storage Provider services, by also reducing costs
• Increase usage of the Filecoin network with new applications and storage offers

Themes

Monetary Policy Changes

Faster Cheaper Better Storage Capabilities

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Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs

Name	Status	Priority	Sub-theme	Team ability	Current Risk	Stage	Team	Old teams	Portfolio
Supranational Sealing Improvements	In progress	P0 - Urgent and Important	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs	external	no risk - engineering stage	project	protocol		70% - Core
🛡️ Testudo	In progress	P1 - Urgent	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs	cryptonet only	medium risk - late research stage	project	research		70% - Core
🥁 Optimistic SnapDeal	Ready to start	P1 - Urgent	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs	cryptonet preferred	medium risk - late research stage	project	protocol	storage-protocols	70% - Core
🔍 Lookup SNARK (for SHA)	In progress	P2 - Important	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs	cryptonet only	very high risk - conception stage	project	research		70% - Core
🔭 Proof of Space Exploration	In progress	P2 - Important	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs	cryptonet only	very high risk - conception stage	project	research		20% - Future
Memory Efficient Sealing	Icebox	P4 - Extra	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs	cryptonet preferred	very high risk - conception stage	idea	protocol		20% - Future
Replacing Merkle trees with Vector Commitments [impact: lower costs, new capabilities]	Icebox	P4 - Extra	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs	cryptonet preferred	medium risk - late research stage	project	research		70% - Core
Faster SnarkPack with reduced trusted setup	Not started	P4 - Extra	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs	cryptonet preferred	low risk - protocol design needed	project			20% - Future

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Remove Protocol Inefficiencies

Name	Status	Priority	Sub-theme	Team ability	Current Risk	Stage	Team	Old teams	Portfolio
Safety and security (w/ Lotus): safe cron [impact: more chain capacity, robustness]	Ready to start	P1 - Urgent	Remove Protocol Inefficiencies	PL	low risk - protocol design needed	project	protocol		70% - Core
Cheaper PublishStorage Deal	Icebox	P1 - Urgent	Remove Protocol Inefficiencies	cryptonet preferred	very high risk - conception stage	project	protocol		70% - Core
ReSnap: Repeatable SnapDeals	Ready to start	P2 - Important	Remove Protocol Inefficiencies	cryptonet preferred	low risk - protocol design needed	project	protocol	storage-protocols	70% - Core
📈 Neutron: Off-chain miner state	Icebox	P2 - Important	Remove Protocol Inefficiencies	cryptonet preferred	high risk - early research stage	idea	protocol		20% - Future
5️⃣ 5y-deals	Ready to start	P3 - Useful	Remove Protocol Inefficiencies	PL	low risk - protocol design needed	idea	protocol		70% - Core

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Streamlined and Outsourceable Pipeline for Mining

Name	Status	Priority	Sub-theme	Team ability	Current Risk	Stage	Team	Old teams	Portfolio
NI-PoRep - [impact: more/cheaper onboarding, unlimited sector lifetime, sealers]	Ready to start	P0 - Urgent and Important	Streamlined and Outsourceable Pipeline for Mining	cryptonet only	high risk - early research stage	project	protocol	storage-protocols	70% - Core
Inactive CC for a CC market	Ready to start	P1 - Urgent	Streamlined and Outsourceable Pipeline for Mining	cryptonet preferred	low risk - protocol design needed	project	protocol	storage-protocols	20% - Future
🧩 DailyPost	Ready to start	P2 - Important	Streamlined and Outsourceable Pipeline for Mining	PL	medium risk - late research stage	project	protocol	storage-protocols	20% - Future
🦿 Synthetic PoRep	In progress	P2 - Important	Streamlined and Outsourceable Pipeline for Mining	cryptonet only	no risk - engineering stage	project	protocol	storage-protocols	70% - Core

Increase Filecoin Network Utilization

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Improve existing storage offerings

Name	Status	Sub-theme	Team ability	Current Risk	Stage	Team	Portfolio	Impact if succesful
Verifiable Off-chain Data Aggregation	In progress	Improve existing storage offerings	cryptonet preferred	no risk - engineering stage	project	protocol	70% - Core	high
🤝 Filecoin cross-chain interoperability	In progress	Improve existing storage offerings	cryptonet only	high risk - early research stage	project	protocol	20% - Future	high
Programmable storage markets [impact: more/cheaper deals and storage utilisation]	In progress	Improve existing storage offerings	PL	low risk - protocol design needed	project	protocol	70% - Core	high
🌐 Privacy-Preserving Content Routing	In progress	Improve existing storage offerings	cryptonet preferred	very high risk - conception stage	project	research	10% - High risk	medium
Merkle Tree translation for any CID	Not started	Improve existing storage offerings
Deal to span across sectors	Not started	Improve existing storage offerings	cryptonet only	high risk - early research stage	idea		70% - Core
PayloadCID === PieceCID (in the Deal)	Not started	Improve existing storage offerings	cryptonet only	high risk - early research stage	idea		70% - Core	medium

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New FVM apps

Name	Status	Sub-theme	Team ability	Current Risk	Stage	Team	Portfolio	Impact if succesful
FVM native lending market	Paused	New FVM apps	external	low risk - protocol design needed	project	product	20% - Future	high
Medusa	In progress	New FVM apps	cryptonet preferred	no risk - engineering stage	project	product	10% - High risk	medium

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New storage products

Name	Status	Sub-theme	Team ability	Current Risk	Stage	Team	Portfolio	Impact if succesful
📦 Retriev.org	Paused	New storage products	external	no risk - engineering stage	project	product	10% - High risk	high
PeSto - perpetual storage smart contract [impact: demonstrate a pattern toward more utilisation]	Ready to start	New storage products	external	no risk - engineering stage	project	protocol	20% - Future	medium
Blockchain data persistence (incl FilFil) - store Filecoin or other chain in Filecoin [impact: utilisation]	Ready to start	New storage products	external	no risk - engineering stage	project	protocol	20% - Future	medium
Data preparers market	Icebox	New storage products	external	low risk - protocol design needed	idea	protocol	20% - Future	low
FVM L2 storage deal market [impact: product → utilisation, lower costs, app revenue?]	Icebox	New storage products	external	very high risk - conception stage	idea	protocol	20% - Future	low

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Cryptonet-preferred projects

Filecoin improvements & prioritization

Number	Name	Team	Theme	Priority	Impact if succesful	Stage	Team ability	Current Risk	Sub-theme	Old teams	Status	Portfolio
7	NI-PoRep - [impact: more/cheaper onboarding, unlimited sector lifetime, sealers]	protocol	Faster Cheaper Better storage	P0 - Urgent and Important	high	project	cryptonet only	high risk - early research stage	Streamlined and Outsourceable Pipeline for Mining	storage-protocols	Ready to start	70% - Core
34		econ	Monetary policy changes	P1 - Urgent	immediate	de-risk	cryptonet preferred	very high risk - conception stage	Increase the FIL locked by decreasing the collateral burden on SP		Ready to start	70% - Core
1	🛡️ Testudo	research	Faster Cheaper Better storage	P1 - Urgent	high	project	cryptonet only	medium risk - late research stage	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs		In progress	70% - Core
2	🥁 Optimistic SnapDeal	protocol	Faster Cheaper Better storage	P1 - Urgent	high	project	cryptonet preferred	medium risk - late research stage	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs	storage-protocols	Ready to start	70% - Core
3	Verifiable Off-chain Data Aggregation	protocol	Increase Filecoin Utilization	P1 - Urgent	high	project	cryptonet preferred	no risk - engineering stage	Improve existing storage offerings		In progress	70% - Core
5	🤝 Filecoin cross-chain interoperability	protocol	Increase Filecoin Utilization	P1 - Urgent	high	project	cryptonet only	high risk - early research stage	Improve existing storage offerings		In progress	20% - Future
9		econ	Monetary policy changes	P1 - Urgent	immediate	de-risk	cryptonet preferred	high risk - early research stage	Reduce New Circulating Supply		Ready to start	20% - Future
28	Cheaper PublishStorage Deal	protocol	Faster Cheaper Better storage	P1 - Urgent	high	project	cryptonet preferred	very high risk - conception stage	Remove Protocol Inefficiencies		Icebox	70% - Core
27	Inactive CC for a CC market	protocol	Faster Cheaper Better storage	P1 - Urgent	high	project	cryptonet preferred	low risk - protocol design needed	Streamlined and Outsourceable Pipeline for Mining	storage-protocols	Ready to start	20% - Future
31	Memory Efficient Sealing	protocol	Faster Cheaper Better storage	P4 - Extra	medium	idea	cryptonet preferred	very high risk - conception stage	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs		Icebox	20% - Future
12	🦿 Synthetic PoRep	protocol	Faster Cheaper Better storage	P2 - Important	medium	project	cryptonet only	no risk - engineering stage	Streamlined and Outsourceable Pipeline for Mining	storage-protocols	In progress	70% - Core
6	🔍 Lookup SNARK (for SHA)	research	Faster Cheaper Better storage	P2 - Important	medium	project	cryptonet only	very high risk - conception stage	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs		In progress	70% - Core
18	ReSnap: Repeatable SnapDeals	protocol	Faster Cheaper Better storage	P2 - Important	medium	project	cryptonet preferred	low risk - protocol design needed	Remove Protocol Inefficiencies	storage-protocols	Ready to start	70% - Core
24	📈 Neutron: Off-chain miner state	protocol	Faster Cheaper Better storage	P2 - Important	low	idea	cryptonet preferred	high risk - early research stage	Remove Protocol Inefficiencies		Icebox	20% - Future
15	🔭 Proof of Space Exploration	research	Faster Cheaper Better storage	P2 - Important	high	project	cryptonet only	very high risk - conception stage	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs		In progress	20% - Future
17	Medusa	product	Increase Filecoin Utilization	P3 - Useful	medium	project	cryptonet preferred	no risk - engineering stage	New FVM apps		In progress	10% - High risk
23	🌐 Privacy-Preserving Content Routing	research	Increase Filecoin Utilization	P3 - Useful	medium	project	cryptonet preferred	very high risk - conception stage	Improve existing storage offerings		In progress	10% - High risk
22	Replacing Merkle trees with Vector Commitments [impact: lower costs, new capabilities]	research	Faster Cheaper Better storage	P4 - Extra	low	project	cryptonet preferred	medium risk - late research stage	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs		Icebox	70% - Core
	Deal to span across sectors		Increase Filecoin Utilization	P2 - Important		idea	cryptonet only	high risk - early research stage	Improve existing storage offerings		Not started	70% - Core
	PayloadCID === PieceCID (in the Deal)		Increase Filecoin Utilization	P2 - Important	medium	idea	cryptonet only	high risk - early research stage	Improve existing storage offerings		Not started	70% - Core
	Faster SnarkPack with reduced trusted setup		Faster Cheaper Better storage	P4 - Extra	medium	project	cryptonet preferred	low risk - protocol design needed	Reduce cost of sealing and cost of proofs decrease hardware needs		Not started	20% - Future