Work | Protocol Labs
Protocol Labs starts, supports, and grows breakthrough computing projects
Our projects improve the internet and build more robust foundations for our digital future.
IPFS
IPFS is a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol designed to make the web faster, safer, and more open. IPFS addresses files based on content, not location.
Filecoin
Filecoin is a decentralized storage network powered by cryptocurrency.
libp2p
libp2p is a modular networking stack that lets developers build large, robust p2p networks.
Testground
Testground is a platform for testing, benchmarking, and simulating distributed and peer-to-peer systems at scale.
IPLD
IPLD is a set of standards and implementations for creating decentralized data structures that are universally addressable and linkable, doing for data what URLs did for HTML web pages.
drand
Drand is a distributed randomness beacon, providing verifiable, unpredictable and unbiased random numbers as a service.
Network Goods
Network Goods engineer tools and opportunities for revolutionary coordination systems.
IPC
IPC is the next frontier in blockchain scalability, unlocking unmatched capacity and enabling new use cases.
FVM
The Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) is a runtime environment for smart contracts on the Filecoin network.
COD
This working group aims to enrich the Filecoin ecosystem by providing a compute over data framework that integrates seamlessly with core functionality and can be a platform for future developers in any ecosystem.
Multiformats
Multiformats encode self-describing values to future-proof information systems.
Protocol Labs Research
Protocol Labs Research work spans the entire innovation pipeline, from the earliest research ideation to deploying end-user products.
Startups
PL connects more than 600 tech startups, funds, accelerators, foundations, open source projects, service providers, and other organizations. Their work spans the entire R&D pipeline, across fields like web3, AI, AR, VR, BCI, hardware, and more.
Get Involved
Protocol Labs is an innovation network driving breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward. PL connects more than 750 tech startups, funds, accelerators, foundations, open source projects, service providers, and other organizations. Their work spans web3, AI, AR, VR, BCI, hardware, and more.