Since ENSIP-7 standardized the `contenthash` field in 2018, ENS is a foundational pillar in the decentralized web. This technology enables websites like Vitalik's to exist independently of any single server and to ensure that the content was not changed maliciously.
So far, most of these websites were uploaded to IPFS but there was a missing incentive layer to make sure they stayed available on IPFS. Filecoin Pin makes it easy for developers to leverage the Filecoin network to ensure their websites stay online and unchanged.
$3M was drained in May 2025 via DNS hijacking. Attackers compromised the registrar and redirected the real domain to a fake site.
ENS + IPFS + Filecoin could have prevented this:
• No registrar to hack
• Content hash verification
• Distributed storage
Filecoin Pin launches in alpha today. Here's how it works... 🧵🧵
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