Smithsonian and others will use Filecoin to safeguard digital culture heritage

Museums are keeping real world images safe for posterity. But what about digital images? Filecoin Foundation is stepping up today to preserve cultural artifacts in digital form using its decentralized network technology.

Filecoin Foundation (FF) today announced the addition of new cultural datasets to the Filecoin network from renowned organizations, including Smithsonian Institution, Flickr Foundation, Internet Archive, and MIT Open Learning.

With over 500,000 culturally significant digital artifacts now safeguarded on the network, Filecoin is redefining data preservation in an age where integrity, provenance, and robustness of information are more critical than ever, Filecoin said.

Modern innovation thrives on data; it’s an essential building block for advancement across industries, including artificial intelligence (AI). However, as the dependence on data grows, so do the risks of depending on centralized storage systems. Natural disasters, human error, and outages can jeopardize access to critical information, potentially threatening the preservation of culture ...