The Filecoin Foundation and development team FilOz announced on the 18th the official launch of Filecoin Onchain Cloud, a next-generation decentralized cloud platform built to provide verifiable storage, fast data retrieval, and programmable payments entirely on-chain.
1/ Introducing Filecoin Onchain Cloud: an open, verifiable cloud built on content-addressed data, transparent service delivery, and programmable payments.
All onchain. No vendor lock-in. pic.twitter.com/EEmYEmqx9E
— Filecoin (@Filecoin) November 18, 2025
The initiative targets one of Web3’s biggest weaknesses: despite the push for decentralization, many decentralized applications still rely heavily on centralized cloud services. The new platform aims to eliminate this dependency by creating a provable, auditable, and autonomous infrastructure layer.
A Fully Verifiable Data Layer for the Internet
Unlike traditional service-level guarantees, Filecoin Onchain Cloud leverages Filecoin Warm Storage, enabling proof-based uptime verification and transparent, trustless transactions. Developers can use the Synapse SDK to build applications backed by verifiable guarantees.
According to the announcement, this launch marks “the next phase in Filecoin’s evolution toward a fully verifiable and programmable data layer for the internet.” It builds on five years of ecosystem collaboration involving hot storage proofs, composable smart contracts, and a globally distributed storage network.
The push comes after several high-profile outages in centralized cloud providers disrupted decentralized apps and crypto wallets. Filecoin describes this contradiction as “the paradox of decentralized web systems relying on fragile centralized infrastructure.”
To achieve true resilience, the team emphasizes that the underlying storage and compute layers must also be decentralized and verifiable.
FilOz CEO Molly McKinley said the new platform allows “storage, retrieval, and payments to be configured and audited fully on-chain,” making Web3 dApps, agents, and infrastructure “truly unstoppable.” The shift addresses rising demand for transparent, user-owned infrastructure, which is an increasingly important factor for crypto investors seeking clarity and reliability.
Testnet Live, Mainnet Scheduled for 2026
Filecoin Onchain Cloud has been in its testnet phase since 2025, with a full mainnet rollout planned for January 2026.
In October 2025, the ecosystem released its first developer toolkit, Filecoin Pin, designed to make it easier to permanently store IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) content on the Filecoin network using simplified tools. The foundation calls this milestone pivotal, enabling an expected surge in on-chain services from global providers.
Early integrations are already underway with key projects including Ethereum Name Service (ENS), Monad, and KYVE.
The announcement event, held in Buenos Aires, highlighted Filecoin’s ambition to become foundational infrastructure for the next era of data, AI systems, and decentralized applications. The team also suggested future expansion into autonomous AI agents integrated with cryptocurrency.
