About Protocol LabsToday, we are focused on how we store, locate, and move information.Protocol LabsPL_3a101fb8-f806-11e7-8c11-52bee8215f3cProtocol Labs is a research, development, and deployment lab for network protocols. Protocol Labs Core TeamJUAN BENETVICTOR BJELKHOLMJEROMY JOHNSONSKYLAR NORRISFRIEDEL ZIEGELMAYERLARS GIERTHMATT ZUMWALTNICOLA GRECOHECTOR SANJUANJAKUB SZTANDERAJESSE CLAYBURGHDAVID DIASProtocol Labs InvestorsUSVSTARTXSEMIL SHAHNAVAL RAVIKANTYCOMBINATORVINODAN LINGHAMJAAN TALLINNFRED EHRSAMDIGITAL CURRENCY GROUPSTANFORD UNIVERSITYWINKLEVOSS CAPITALBLUEYARDDYLAN FIELDFUNDERSCLUBSignificant challenges are solved ..._3a102102-f806-11e7-8c11-52bee8215f3cTo build protocols, systems, and tools to improve how the Internet works._3a1021b6-f806-11e7-8c11-52bee8215f3cHumanityWe believe the internet has become humanity's most important technology.TechnologyOpen SourcingIf you are reading this, chances are you are using the fruits of open work done every decade since the 1970s. We have all benefitted enormously from Open Source. It's everywhere: from the software we use daily, our OS kernels, our network stacks, and our web browers; to open work processes like the IETF and W3C working groups; to the libraries we use and the contributions we get. The internet is what it is today thanks in great part to an Open work culture. We are the same: our code and our work is Open Source.Software SystemsCreate software systems that tackle significant challenges._3a102260-f806-11e7-8c11-52bee8215f3cWe create software systems that tackle significant challenges. We aim to solve them with new technology breakthroughs, great user experience design, and an open-source approach to creation.IPFSEnable the creation of completely decentralized and distributed applications._3a102314-f806-11e7-8c11-52bee8215f3c1IPFS is a new protocol to decentralize the web. IPFS enables the creation of completely decentralized and distributed applications, using content addressing and digital signatures.IPFS makes the web faster, safer, and more open.FilecoinProvide a cryptocurrency powered storage network._3a1023be-f806-11e7-8c11-52bee8215f3c2Filecoin is a cryptocurrency powered storage network. Miners earn Filecoin by providing open hard-drive space to the network, while users spend Filecoin to store their files encrypted in the decentralized network.libp2pMake it easy for developers to build p2p networks._3a102468-f806-11e7-8c11-52bee8215f3c3Developerslibp2p is a modular networking stack. libp2p brings together a variety of transports and peer-to-peer protocols, making it easy for developers to build large, robust p2p networks.IPLDConnect data through cryptographic hashes._3a10251c-f806-11e7-8c11-52bee8215f3c4IPLD is the data model for the Decentralized Web. It connects all data through cryptographic hashes, and makes it easy to traverse and link to.MultiformatsMake systems interoperable and upgradable._3a1025c6-f806-11e7-8c11-52bee8215f3c5The Multiformats Project is a collection of protocols to future-proof systems, today. Self-describing formats make your systems interoperable and upgradable.2018-01-12https://protocol.ai/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net