- Ramo helped transfer Dr. Fielding’s 5PB astrophysics simulation data into Filecoin’s decentralized storage network.
- Filecoin ensures long-term, immutable storage for massive scientific data beyond institutional storage limitations.
If one video frame is usually only a few megabytes, imagine the work of Dr. Drummond Fielding from Cornell University: one frame of his 3D simulation reaches 80 terabytes. That’s just one image. In one full run, the total data can exceed 5 petabytes.
Crazy, right? And clearly, the usual campus storage system is not designed to accommodate such a large load. Especially when talking about long-term storage. The risk of data being lost or suddenly deleted always looms.
This is where Ramo’s role begins to be seen. This team helps Fielding move his giant data to Filecoin’s decentralized storage network. The process turns out to be not complicated.
Ramo uses the Globus protocol for transfer, then the data goes directly to the Filecoin network which is known to be durable and anti-delete. In fact, he said, it only takes a few minutes to start moving everything. So you don’t have to wait for hours like uploading regular files.
One frame of Dr. Drummond Fielding’s 3D simulation is over 80 TB. A full run exceeds 5 PB. With institutional systems under strain, storing that much data was nearly impossible, until Ramo (@ramo_io) helped him offload it to Filecoin’s decentralized network. pic.twitter.com/eOCT2Y9bzY
— Filecoin (@Filecoin) July 5, 2025
Filecoin Becomes a Safe Place for Big Data
Filecoin itself is indeed increasingly active in the realm of scientific data storage and real-world applications. Not long ago, they collaborated with Magmar to launch File Vault. This feature allows users to store files directly from their smart wallets in an encrypted and censorship-resistant way.
It is perfect for Web3 applications that require extra privacy and security. The storage can even be permanent because it is combined with Lighthouse as a complementary infrastructure.
Furthermore, in early July, there was also a project from OpSci that successfully archived more than 500 terabytes of neuroimaging data to the Filecoin network. The collection includes data from OpenNeuro, ABIDE, and NeuroVault.
Interestingly, thanks to the Filecoin Plus program, all of this data can be stored for free by researchers as long as they meet the standards of open access and research reproducibility. So, more scientists can use it without having to be burdened with high costs.
Well, it’s not just the research world that is starting to move to Filecoin. On the other hand, on July 25, we also highlighted a project called Portrait that combines IPFS and Filecoin to keep websites accessible, even if the original hosting is lost or deleted. Similar to a decentralized version of automatic backup. So if the hosting goes down, the site is still there.
As of press time, FIL is changing hands at about $2.24, down 1.16% over the last 24 hours, with a $1.52 billion market cap.
Data is Not Just Stored, But Opened to the World
Back to Dr. Fielding’s simulation, all that big data is not just stored to be safe. The main goal is to make it accessible to other researchers from various countries without fear of being damaged, lost, or difficult to download.
Because this data is very important for studying the universe, transparency and openness are key. With the Filecoin system, data can be verified, shared, and kept intact without having to rely on just one institution or server.
Maybe in the past we thought that storing 1 PB of data was the business of super large institutions. But now, with technology like this, it starts to make sense for anyone who really needs it.
