Save the date: FFM token pre-sale starts soon. When you buy FFM tokens, you get permanent storage and an early beta access to the Library. Don’t miss out and join our whitelist now: files.fm/library What are FFM tokens? FFM tokens are the currency of Files.fm Library. They will be used to reward user participation — when…
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This is an article about blockchain and not about bitcoins
It hasn’t been a good year for bitcoin, the most famous cryptocurrency. In the last 12 months, its price has dropped from a record high of 20 000 dollars to meager 6300 dollars. Lots of people lost their money. Lots of people got sad — or annoyed: you probably remember that one friend who couldn’t…
Library for the modern age
We talked about the need for a library in our previous article (which you can read here) — and how you will soon be able to support ours. Before the crazy development process is shared with a larger public, it would do well to step back and look at how we got here.It is no news…
We want to see your cat videos and your philosophy lecture notes
Libraries can be found in the strangest places. In remote regions, librarians often use buses or cars to reach their customers. Around the world, ‘traveling libraries’ can be found on the backs of donkeys and camels. There are library vending machines in Beijing. A floating library ship services tiny islands in the Norwegian Sea. They…
Community needed. Find where you belong.
If monkeys could write, they would use social networks and file-sharing platforms. Information sharing is hard-wired in the brains of every primate. Research shows: ever since the first ancestors of humans walked the Earth, our brains have been developing to process socially gained information. Without this skill, we would have died out a long time…
Files.fm Library — best of both worlds
Files.fm Library will be created by joining the best technologies and practices from both centralized and decentralized worlds. Both of these network types have their advantages and disadvantages, so Files.fm will combine them both to limit their drawbacks and accentuate their perks. Bittorrent and other decentralized P2P networks are known for not being very reliable,…
Filling the void in online file library space
Currently existing file libraries do a great job of archiving and storing important files, but they frequently have some limitations or problems that have not really been addressed. This blog post will outline the biggest issues that we have noticed and how files.fm Library is looking to solve them. Issue 1: Where to Store Files That Are…
Creating a P2P digital file library — the who, the how, the why
In one of our first posts we outlined the most notable problems with online file storage and sharing and briefly mentioned our ambitious plan to solve them by creating the Files.fm Library. In this article we will briefly introduce the main concepts and technological aspects involved in creating it. Files.fm Library will combine all existing files.fm services…
The advantages of selling your files using a file storage platform
Nowadays there are many platforms where you can sell your digital files, however none of these file shops is operated by a file storage service. This gives us some unique advantages that distinguish us from our competitors. Embed the file shop in your website There are many file shop services available, but all of them…
Redesigning files.fm for a more user-friendly experience
Today we’re announcing the biggest change to files.fm look in our 10-year history. Well, the second biggest, if we want to be honest — in 2008 we looked even more different. But still, even if our design transforms, our core values and functionality remain unchanged. The decision to revamp our design did not come easy…