Date : September 22, 2025 - October 13, 2025
This opening phase provides projects with a platform to showcase their impact on the Filecoin ecosystem and receive early feedback from the community. If you've been building in the Filecoin space over the past year, this is your moment to highlight your accomplishments.
Start showcasing your project **today!!**
The first phase has two steps:
In a Github comment on the FIL-RetroPGF Round 3 Filecoin Community GitHub thread, briefly describe your project (Name + Project Category + 50 word description of your ecosystem impact + Website URL).
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Project Name: IPFS
Project Category: Infra + Deps
Description: IPFS is a decentralized, peer-to-peer file system that enhances resilience, efficiency, and censorship resistance. It delivers content faster by fetching from nearby nodes, ensures data integrity with cryptographic hashes, and enables permanent, tamper-proof storage without reliance on centralized servers. Perfect for decentralized apps and data sharing!
Website:
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Share your GitHub comment on Twitter and other social platforms, tagging the FIL-RetroPGF and Filecoin accounts using hashtags #filretropgf #filecoin. Here's a sample post:
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“We’re taking part in FIL-RetroPGF Round 3 with @FILRetroPGF! [2-3 sentences about your project and what makes it valuable, especially to the Filecoin ecosystem]
Thanks to @protocollabs @FilFoundation and LotusPond Association for supporting this round. Excited to use the @dripsnetwork platform!
Check out our project: [GitHub comment link] #filretropgf #filretropgfr3 #filecoin #drips
”
Important Note: Visibility on the projects happening to people outside of the Filecoin ecosystem is valuable to the whole Filecoin community. Badgeholders will be advised that increasing visibility this way is valuable, and be advised to take it into account as a factor when scoring projects.