Announcing Filecoin-Polygon Bridge and Free Storage for Developers

Filecoin is announcing a collaboration with Polygon to accelerate Web3 interoperability between both ecosystems.

The collaboration kicks off with the recently-created Filecoin-Polygon Bridge by the Textile team. To further encourage developers to try out and build on the bridge, Filecoin and Polygon are offering free storage costs for any projects using the Textile bridge. Both projects have also lined up two upcoming joint hackathons where developers can try their hands at the bridge and try building new applications.

Filecoin-Polygon Storage Bridge and the Vision of Web3 Interoperability

Textile’s release offers a fully functional storage bridge that allows developers to easily store data from any Polygon address without any new signups, secrets, or API keys — a first for the network. The bridge enables a simple, permissionless storage endpoint for developers and their Polygon application users. Currently it is operational on the Polygon mainnet and Mumbai testnet. In addition, Textile has a roadmap to gradually increase the usability of the bridge, and eventually, to decentralize governance of the bridge.

Starting today, you can use the Polygon bridge on Mumbai and Mainnet.

To get started on the bridge deployment on Polygon, simply visit the instructions and documentation at: https://eth.storage/. All storage costs using the bridge are free.

Do also stay tuned for upcoming joint Polygon x Filecoin challenges at hackathons. More details will be shared over coming weeks.

Stay tuned for more details of the Filecoin and Polygon collaboration!

SOURCE: https://filecoin.io/blog/posts/announcing-filecoin-polygon-bridge-and-free-storage-for-developers/