Filecoin economics

How storage providers earn rewards, post collateral, and manage economic risks on Filecoin.

This section explains the financial mechanics of running a storage provider, including how rewards are earned, what collateral is required, and what penalties apply for failures.

Table of contents

• Storage proving — how providers prove they are storing data using Proof-of-Spacetime

• FIL collateral — the token commitment required to begin providing storage

• Block rewards — how providers earn FIL by mining blocks based on storage power

• Slashing — penalties for failing to prove storage or acting maliciously

• Committed capacity — sectors filled with placeholder data to earn consensus power

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