Filecoin will host the Sustainable Blockchain Summit EU in Paris
Filecoin, a decentralized storage network designed to store humanity’s most important information, will host the Sustainable Blockchain Summit EU on the heels of EthCC on July 22nd and 23rd at Le 28 George V in Paris.
Supported by UN Climate Change, attendees will join Filecoin Green, Filecoin Foundation and Protocol Labs for a summit consisting of two full days of expert talks, workshops and deep dives with top sustainability thought leaders.
Alan Ransil, Filecoin Green project manager, said: “We are proud to host the Sustainable Blockchain Summit EU. Putting together this program of workshops and discussions further demonstrates how Filecoin is laser-focused on researching, building and implementing the solutions that will leverage Web3 to drive renewable energy adoption, power transparency, protect our shared environment and ultimately reverse climate change. We look forward to welcoming more than 350 attendees and speakers to Sustainable Summit EU and working through these issues together.”
Confirmed speakers include Ransil, Protocol Labs CEO Juan Benet, UN Climate Change Technical Officer MDU Alex Paris, Gitcoin co-founder Kevin Owocki, Gryphon Mining chairman and Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Brittany Kaiser, ConsenSys’ head of partnerships Steven Haft, Digiconomist founder Alex DeVries and Troy Cross, professor of philosophy and humanities at Reed College, among many others.
More than 350 participants from around the world will be present, ranging from large enterprise software companies to startups, decision makers, NGOs and open source contributors – all interested in developing and building greener blockchain solutions.
About Filecoin
Filecoin, the world’s largest decentralized storage network, allows users to store, request and transfer data via a verifiable marketplace. Its advanced technology provides a robust foundation for storing the world’s most valuable data sets. The Filecoin network is an alternative to expensive cloud storage, offering efficiently priced and geographically decentralized storage, minimizing financial barriers and allowing users to take advantage of its unmatched network capabilities. Filecoin is completely open source, making it possible for people from all over the world to participate.
About Filecoin Green
The first self-organized green computing and decentralized storage platform, Filecoin Green, implements the power of Web3 verifiability to validate information and track activity to measure storage providers’ energy use and carbon footprint. Filecoin Green is focused on developing solutions to support and encourage the use of renewable energy sources among storage providers and set the standard for energy consumption transparency.
About Protocol Labs
Protocol Labs is an open source research and development laboratory that builds protocols, tools and services to radically improve the Internet. Protocol Labs’ projects include IPFS, Filecoin, Libp2p and more – all serving thousands of organizations and millions of people. The Filecoin project is a decentralized storage network with the task of creating a decentralized, efficient and robust foundation for humanity’s information.
