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Filecoin Plus DataCap (faucet + allocators)
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- Free allowance
- 1 TiB of free DataCap per verified client, instantly, via Gitcoin Passport (score >= 20) on Optimism.
- Verdict
- fails: egressdata cannot be read back out at a usable rate or price
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- per-ip-shaping1 TiB/day
- Evidence
- reported4 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | 1 TiB of free DataCap per verified client, instantly, via Gitcoin Passport (score >= 20) on Optimism. Fil+ allocators can grant more. DataCap is a one-time, non-transferable credit — 'If a client needs more DataCap, they must request additional allocations.' unit TiB; metered on unstated |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Limits | - per-ip-shaping (binding) 1 TiB/day source
64 GiB+ via GLIF (GitHub age dependent), 1 TiB via the faucet; deal duration fixed at signing; retrieval metered; FCSS minimum 6-month term. |
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| Identity | email (placeholder) not published |
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| Egress | Not free, and this is what kills it. DataCap buys storage deal quality, not bandwidth. On Filecoin Onchain Cloud the retrieval layer is Filecoin Beam: 'Up to $14/TiB (≈ $0.014/GiB) egress'. FCSS: 'Retrieval is billed per TiB retrieved, with one free full-dataset retrieval a year'; unsealed HTTP retrieval returns 402 Payment Required per paid piece. |
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| Per-object cap | not stated |
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| Retention | not stated |
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| Interface | rest rest |
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| Tooling | Lotus/Boost deal-making, Singularity (github.com/data-preservation-programs/singularity), Spade for renewals, synapse-sdk for FOC, retrieval-client for FCSS. |
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| Composes with | DataCap is per verified client and explicitly non-transferable; GLIF Verify caps re-verification at once per 30 days and grants from 64 GiB by GitHub account age. Multiple Gitcoin Passports are an identity-farming exercise, not a technical multiplier — and even a successful farm buys storage, not egress. |
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| Reliability | Storage free, egress paid is a fail against hard filter #2. |
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| Parsed numbers | - has-free-tier 1
- per-ip-shaping 1 TiB / day
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Evidence 4
| date | source | what it proved |
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| 2026-10-21 | faucet.allocator.tech/ | 'provides 1 TiB of free DataCap to users looking to store verified data on the Filecoin network'; requires Gitcoin Passport score >= 20 |
| 2026-10-21 | fil.org/filecoin-plus | 'DataCap is a one-time credit and cannot be transferred between addresses. If a client needs more DataCap, they must request additional allocations.' |
| 2026-10-21 | docs.filecoin.cloud/introduction/about/ | 'Add-on Retrieval (Filecoin Beam) | Up to $14/TiB (≈ $0.014/GiB) egress'; 'Storage | $2.50/TiB/month/copy (minimum 2 copies)' |
| 2026-10-21 | docs.filecoin.io/build-on-filecoin/filecoin-onchain-cloud/fc | 'Retrieval is billed per TiB retrieved, with one free full-dataset retrieval a year'; 'A paid piece returns 402 Payment Required' |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "1 TiB of free DataCap per verified client, instantly, via Gitcoin Passport (score >= 20) on Optimism. Fil+ allocators can grant more. DataCap is a one-time, non-transferable credit — 'If a client needs more DataCap, they must request additional allocations.'","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
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Unknown values 4
- per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- per object cap stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read