Filecoin
FILDePIN
Listing suspended on 2026-09-14
No US principal contributor is evidenced. Protocol Labs, Inc. is a Delaware corporation (EDGAR) that still operates pl.xyz, but it has become a decentralized innovation network, and its only EDGAR address (a #51207 suite at 548 Market Street) dates from 2017. FilOz, which now maintains Lotus, discloses no legal entity or jurisdiction (its site footer reads only "Copyright © 2024 FilOz", and no New York, Colorado, Oregon or Texas registration was found). The Filecoin Foundation's formation jurisdiction is unevidenced; the Middletown, Delaware 501(c)(3) on ProPublica is Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, a differently named organization. Market data is withheld until verification meets the USCC evidence standard.
The verdict on record
Pathway: Foundation with a US principal contributor. Needs Tests 1 and 4, plus 2 or 3.
Test 1 · not met
Headquartered in the United States
No entity fills the role this pathway requires.
Test 4 · not met
Registered in a US state
No entity fills the role this pathway requires.
Test 2 · not met
American founding team
0 of 1 named founders are established US persons holding operational roles today; a majority is required.
Test 3 · not met
Primary operations in the United States
No US primary-operations claim is supported by a primary document or two independent sources.
- Foundation carve-out requires a recorded principal contributor.
Legal entities
Filecoin Foundation
Jurisdiction not established · foundation · Middletown, DE
1 source· 1 primary
- Legal termscareers.fil.org/privacy-policy2026-09-14
Protocol Labs, Inc.
Delaware · operating company
3 sources· 2 primary
- Filingdata.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0001675225.json2026-09-14
- Legal termspl.xyz/legal2026-09-14
- Projectpl.xyz/about/2026-09-14
FilOz
Jurisdiction not established · principal contributor
1 source
- Projectfilecoin.io/blog/posts/introducing-filoz/2026-09-14
Founders
Juan Benet
Founder, Protocol Labs · US status not established · no operating role today
1 source
- Projectpl.xyz/about/2026-09-14
Regulatory posture
SEC
The 2017 Filecoin token sale was restricted to accredited investors as an offering under the SEC Regulation D Rule 506(c) exemption from registration.
1 source
- Projectfilecoin.io/blog/posts/more-filecoin-token-sale-details-7-day…2026-09-14
Audits
Sigma Prime
Lotus daemon and storage miner (2020); proving subsystem (2020); drand reference implementation (2020).
1 source
- Projectspec.filecoin.io/appendix/audit_reports/2026-09-14
NCC Group
Bellman and BLS signature cryptographic primitives (2020).
1 source
- Projectspec.filecoin.io/appendix/audit_reports/2026-09-14
ConsenSys Diligence
Built-in actors implementation (2020).
1 source
- Projectspec.filecoin.io/appendix/audit_reports/2026-09-14
Least Authority
GossipSub v1.1 (2020); Venus daemon (2021).
1 source
- Projectspec.filecoin.io/appendix/audit_reports/2026-09-14
Oak Security
Filecoin EVM (FEVM) (2023).
1 source
- Projectspec.filecoin.io/appendix/audit_reports/2026-09-14
Record history
2026-09-14 · correction
Protocol Labs recorded as Protocol Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (SEC EDGAR), from its current legal page and filings; it is not recorded as principal contributor.
2026-09-14 · suspended
Suspended pending evidence of a US principal contributor and of the Filecoin Foundation's formation jurisdiction.
2026-09-14 · correction
Audits corrected to the official audit list: Trail of Bits removed (not listed); Sigma Prime scope corrected; NCC Group, ConsenSys Diligence, Least Authority and Oak Security added. Unsourced investor lead annotations removed.
2026-09-14 · correction
Protocol Labs is no longer described as principal contributor: it completed a transition to a decentralized innovation network in July 2024 and FilOz now maintains Lotus. Reg D 506(c) described as an exemption, not a registration.
2026-09-14 · correction
Removed the unsupported claim that the Filecoin Foundation is a Cayman Islands entity; its privacy policy gives a registered address in Middletown, Delaware, and its formation jurisdiction is unestablished.
About Filecoin
Filecoin is a decentralized storage network created by Protocol Labs, which ran the 2017 token sale as a Regulation D 506(c) offering to accredited investors. Protocol Labs completed a transition to a decentralized innovation network in July 2024, and the FilOz team now maintains the Lotus client. The Filecoin Foundation lists a registered address in Middletown, Delaware.