Audit log

Every state-changing event for Filecoin: moderation decisions on community submissions, plus corrections and updates from the news pipeline. URL-based decisions carry three independent witnesses — the original source, an Internet Archive snapshot taken at submission time, and a Solana memo signed by our publicly-disclosed publisher key.

1. #1publishby system:backfill

   2026-05-14 06:02:46Z
   Score: ? → ? (no score change)
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Used SAFT (Simple Agreement for Future Tokens) structure to comply with securities regulations.","heading":"Record ICO and SAFT Structure","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Medium: Filecoin ICO Raised $257M","type":"news_article","url":"https://medium.com/@jackleungau/how-the-filecoin-ico-raised-257m-febb0b213da8"}]},{"content":"SEC classified FIL as a security in lawsuits against Binance (June 2023) and Kraken. In July 2024, the SEC removed FIL's classification from the Binance lawsuit. Filecoin Foundation formally rejected the SEC's classification. The SEC's May 2025 staking statement created further regulatory ambiguity.","heading":"SEC Securities Classification","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"CryptoSlate: Filecoin Rejects SEC Classification","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptoslate.com/filecoin-foundation-rejects-secs-classification-of-fil-as-security/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Baker McKenzie: Filecoin Designated as Security","type":"news_article","url":"https://blockchain.bakermckenzie.com/2023/05/18/add-filecoin-to-the-list-of-tokens-the-us-sec-has-formally-designated-as-a-security/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Decrypt: SEC Believes Filecoin is Security","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/140512/sec-filecoin-security-grayscale-protocol-labs"}]},{"content":"Five of the project's largest miners quit in protest after mainnet launch in October 2020. Miners complained about the economic model requiring heavy upfront collateral. Juan Benet denied reports of a mining crisis.","heading":"Miner Protests at Launch","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Forkast: Filecoin Miners Strike After Launch","type":"news_article","url":"https://forkast.news/filecoin-miners-strike-after-mainnet-launch-space-race-decentralized-storage/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Decrypt: Filecoin Denies Mining Crisis","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/45529/filecoin-denies-mining-crisis"}]},{"content":"Binance delisted FIL/BNB pairs in October 2024 citing insufficient liquidity and stability, causing a 6.66% price dip within 24 hours.","heading":"Exchange Delistings","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"AInvest: Filecoin Regulatory Crossroads","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.ainvest.com/news/filecoin-regulatory-crossroads-assessing-long-term-investment-viability-market-volatility-2509/"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Y Combinator: Filecoin ICO","type":"official","url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/ipfs-coinlist-and-the-filecoin-ico-with-juan-benet-and-dalton-caldwell"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CryptoSlate: FIL Security Classification","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptoslate.com/filecoin-foundation-rejects-secs-classification-of-fil-as-security/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Decrypt: SEC Filecoin Security","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/140512/sec-filecoin-security-grayscale-protocol-labs"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Forkast: Miner Strike","type":"news_article","url":"https://forkast.news/filecoin-miners-strike-after-mainnet-launch-space-race-decentralized-storage/"}],"summary":"Filecoin (FIL) is a decentralized storage network built by Protocol Labs, founded by Juan Benet. Raised a record $257M in a 2017 ICO via SAFT structure. SEC classified FIL as a security in Binance/Kraken lawsuits but later removed FIL from the Binance complaint (July 2024). Miner protests erupted at mainnet launch (October 2020) over economic model requiring heavy collateral. Mining historically concentrated in China. Binance delisted FIL/BNB pairs in October 2024.","timeline":[{"date":"2017-09-01","event":"Filecoin ICO raises record $257M via SAFT structure","source":"medium.com","source_url":"https://medium.com/@jackleungau/how-the-filecoin-ico-raised-257m-febb0b213da8"},{"date":"2020-10-15","event":"Filecoin mainnet launches; five largest miners quit in protest","source":"forkast.news","source_url":"https://forkast.news/filecoin-miners-strike-after-mainnet-launch-space-race-decentralized-storage/"},{"date":"2023-06-01","event":"SEC names FIL as a security in Binance lawsuit","source":"bakermckenzie.com","source_url":"https://blockchain.bakermckenzie.com/2023/05/18/add-filecoin-to-the-list-of-tokens-the-us-sec-has-formally-designated-as-a-security/"},{"date":"2024-07-01","event":"SEC removes FIL classification from Binance lawsuit","source":"beincrypto.com","source_url":"https://beincrypto.com/sec-solana-no-longer-security/"},{"date":"2024-10-01","event":"Binance delists FIL/BNB pairs citing insufficient liquidity","source":"ainvest.com","source_url":"https://www.ainvest.com/news/filecoin-regulatory-crossroads-assessing-long-term-investment-viability-market-volatility-2509/"}]},"v":1}

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2. #2reviewby reviewerreviewer

   2026-06-09 20:39:52Z
   Score: 55 → 55 (no score change)
   The Filecoin investigation page is broadly accurate in its factual claims, with all major assertions about the ICO, Protocol Labs founding, miner protests, and delistings independently confirmed. The primary issues are a citation mismatch where the Baker McKenzie source covers the SEC-Grayscale comment letter rather than the Binance lawsuit directly, one inaccessible link (BeInCrypto, HTTP 403), and a minor misattribution of the mining crisis denial to Juan Benet when the Forkast source attributes it to network lead Molly Mackinlay. The page has significant coverage gaps in on-chain analysis, post-2024 SEC status, and network utility metrics.
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3. #3review approveby judgejudge

   2026-06-09 20:39:52Z
   Score: 55 → 55 (no score change)
   The review found no outright disputed claims across 17 factual assertions, with a disputed_pct of 6% — well within the approval threshold. The four partially_supported findings (claim_findings[4], [7], [10], [15]) represent citation documentation issues and one minor misattribution rather than contested facts: the Baker McKenzie source covers the SEC-Grayscale letter rather than the Binance lawsuit directly, the mining crisis denial is attributed to Juan Benet when the Forkast source credits network lead Molly Mackinlay, and the May 2025 staking statement's connection to Filecoin specifically is editorial inference rather than a directly sourced claim. One link rot instance (claim_findings[16], BeInCrypto URL returning HTTP 403) affects a non-critical timeline citation whose underlying fact is independently confirmed by an alternate Tier 2 source. Two high-priority coverage gaps — on-chain token distribution analysis and current post-2024 SEC posture — indicate areas for expansion but do not undermine the accuracy of existing content.
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