Hey Lighthouse Fam 👋

April was nothing short of a breakthrough month for us! From protocol-level innovations to deep ecosystem integrations, we made solid strides in positioning Lighthouse as the go-to layer for decentralized storage. Let’s dive into what we’ve been up to:

💸 Stable Payments with USDFC We rolled out USDFC support—a FIL-backed stablecoin native to the Filecoin chain—to make storage payments predictable and smooth. Perfect for projects managing tight or recurring budgets. Read Here

📈 A New Way to Emit Tokens Say hello to our Performance-Based Token Emission Model! Token distribution is now tied to real metrics—like data stored, active users, treasury growth, and governance activity—ensuring the network grows in lockstep with real usage. Read Here

🌍 Meet the Ecosystem We launched a brand new ecosystem page highlighting projects building with Lighthouse—spanning NFTs, AI, decentralized web, and more. Got something cool? Drop us a line! Read Here

♾️ Perpetual Storage Is Here We introduced a yield-backed perpetual storage model—pay once, store forever. With interest-generating endowments covering long-term costs, this sets the foundation for $HOUSE integration. Read Here

Webhash.eth’s 8,000+ dWebs Lighthouse helped deploy thousands of decentralized websites—talk about scale! Read Here

SingularityNET x Lighthouse Storing AI metadata for verifiable pipelines and model provenance. Read Here

DeepSeek AI Integration Now powering onchain AI workflows with decentralized storage of weights, datasets, and outputs. Read Here

Scratchable Monads on Monad An NFT project with scratch-to-reveal logic, backed by Lighthouse’s data permanence. Read Here

📈 A New Way to Emit Tokens Say hello to our Performance-Based Token Emission Model! Token distribution is now tied to real metrics—like data stored, active users, treasury growth, and governance activity—ensuring the network grows in lockstep with real usage. Read Here

🏙️ Token2049 Dubai Our team was on the ground engaging with AI Agents,Desci, RWA and DePin builders, exploring modular infra, and strengthening collaborations

🎤 CoinferenceX: Storytelling Infra Founder Nandit gave a powerful talk on narrative-driven protocol growth: “Narrative is King: How Stories, Not Data, Move Markets” Read Here

🍛 Naan Fungible Dinner | 8th Edition – Dubai We co-hosted the 8th Naan Fungible Dinner on May 2nd alongside StationX, Raga, and Lucidly—a sold-out evening of ideas, laughter, and Naan with the global Web3 fam. This format is fast becoming our favorite way to connect.

April was a whirlwind—stablecoin support, sustainable emissions, infra for RWAs and AI… it’s all happening. We’re laying serious groundwork for what’s next in Q2. Let’s keep building together. 🔦