- Filecoin’s FilCDN uses PDP technology to enable instant data delivery without unsealing delays or complex infrastructure.
- FilCDN reduces latency and egress concerns, while opening new earning potential for storage providers.
Filecoin can finally make stored data not only cheap and secure, but also directly accessible quickly. The name of the solution is FilCDN. This is not just a new feature, but can be said to be Filecoin’s answer to the needs of the Web3 world which increasingly requires speed.
Through this content distribution network, developers can store data via Filecoin and serve it directly to users, without having to build their own retrieval system.
With @FilecoinCDN, developers can store with Filecoin and serve data instantly without managing retrieval infrastructure themselves. It’s built for PDP data, supports real user traffic, and helps Storage Providers handle delivery without high egress or latency tradeoffs. pic.twitter.com/4z3Dq9oiCj
— Filecoin (@Filecoin) June 13, 2025
FilCDN’s Core Upgrades Make Storage Fast and Frictionless
What makes it different? FilCDN utilizes Proof of Data Possession (PDP) technology—a feature that allows data storage to remain in a “hot” condition, aka ready to be served, without having to go through a time-consuming unseal process like traditional storage.
Not only that, the team that built FilCDN is also not a newcomer. They were previously known as the team behind Checker Network and Filecoin Spark, which now appears with a new face called Space Meridian.
FilCDN is not the only breakthrough by Filecoin this year. Last April, they also released the NV25 “Teep” update. This update introduced a simpler per-sector fee system, removed batch limits, and supported transient storage via EIP-1153. They want to make the days of storage providers less complicated and give developers more freedom to build something fast and efficient.
Filecoin Pushes Beyond Storage with Smarter Delivery
What’s interesting about FilCDN is its efficiency in reducing egress costs and lowering latency when serving data. The system is designed to handle real traffic from end users (not just synthetic traffic) and utilizes intelligent caching so that Storage Providers are not burdened with high costs when data demand increases.
In this way, FilCDN also opens up new monetization opportunities for Storage Providers, who can now earn additional revenue from data distribution services.
On the other hand, the previous CNF also highlighted an interesting step from Storacha, a platform that introduced a decentralized hot storage system based on PDP. This system even allows AI agents to store and retrieve data directly, without relying on a central server.
Storage is done via Storacha’s MCP Storage Server. So if you look at it, the race towards a fast and flexible decentralized data ecosystem is indeed underway, and all parties seem to be competing to show their best version.
Furthermore, FilCDN is not only relevant for dApps or public services. Even private projects or internal organizations can benefit from this network, as long as they need fast data delivery from a guaranteed source. If you have ever imagined storing videos or large digital assets on a decentralized network, and can be accessed like we watch YouTube—well, FilCDN is close to that experience.
Meanwhile, as of the writing time, FIL is swapped hands at about $2.43, up 1.31% over the last 24 hours, driving its market cap to surpass the $1.60 billion mark.
