Wolfram Blockchain Labs (WBL), a provider of distributed ledger technology (DLT) ecosystems with the tools necessary to assist in the development of a wide variety of smart contract-based applications, today announced the integration of WBL’s DLT platform with open-source protocols IPFS and Filecoin.
Bringing IPFS and Filecoin’s decentralized storage network to WBL’s platform adds new functionality that complements existing blockchain support. WBL already hosts nodes from ARK, Bitcoin, bloxberg, Cardano, Ethereum, Tezos, and others in its high-performance cluster; providing direct connections for Wolfram Language integration for desktop (Mathematica) and in the cloud (the Wolfram Cloud).
These blockchains already make use of Protocol Labs’ solutions in their transactions; adding new storage functionality expands the overall availability of decentralized technologies through the Wolfram Language.
“We’re excited to work with Wolfram to bring Filecoin into their product line, offering resilient and decentralized storage to the scientific research community. This integration will ease storage and retrieval of very large datasets, and opens up new opportunities for research collaboration in ways which protect author provenance and ensure long-term availability of data.”
– Molly Mackinlay, IPFS and Filecoin Engineering Lead at Protocol Labs
Initial App
With guidance from the Max Planck Digital Library, Wolfram created an initial app using the Wolfram Language and IPFS integration. The application helps scientists hash data on the open scientific-focused bloxberg while storing metadata and data in IPFS for sharing.
WBL is also using IPFS and Filecoin integrations to build functionality and use-cases that can be incorporated into decentralized apps used by researchers.
“The addition of a decentralized storage option by WBL to enhance bloxberg’s Certify & Verify service with their IPFS integration will provide users who do not operate a dedicated storage the possibility to nevertheless store their certified data. We see the implementation as an important step to enhance the user-friendliness of blockchain-powered services, thus providing more users the opportunity to benefit from the unique possibilities of blockchain tech in science.”
– Friederike Kleinfercher, Deputy Manager, Max Planck Digital Library
Collaboration between Wolfram Blockchain Labs, IPFS, and Filecoin will provide extensive Wolfram Language tools for the development of dApps; with an initial focus around data, storage, and analytics. WBL, IPFS, and Filecoin anticipate the broad application of these tools and aim to gradually expand their usage across enterprise, decentralized finance, academic research, and education.
“Distributed storage is one of the fundamental pieces that will push forward the blockchain revolution, so we’re very excited to work with IPFS and Filecoin. Adding them to the Wolfram Language will undoubtedly provide new capabilities for developers and users of our growing ecosystem. We can’t wait to see what applications will emerge from this integration.”
– Johan Veerman, CTO, Wolfram Blockchain Labs
