This August, Lighthouse pushed the boundaries of what truly permanent storage means. We have now crossed 11 TiB stored across projects. From Base ecosystem integrations to privacy-first AI models, we doubled down on encryption, private data handling, and seamless cross-chain storage — and even made a stop in Japan to say こんにちは (Konnichiwa) to the future of decentralized storage!

🔧 Tech Updates

11 TiB Stored and Growing

Lighthouse has officially crossed 11 TiB of total storage, powering a growing ecosystem of dApps, AI models, and Web3 infrastructure. One-time payments with permanent storage continue to define our mission.

Lighthouse is now BASED

Projects on Base can now pay for decentralized storage using USDC or USDT directly via smart contracts. We also added encryption, token-gating, IPNS, and cross-chain access, making Base a true privacy-preserving infrastructure hub. 👉 Read announcement

AI and Privacy: Hermes 4 Weights Secured

In collaboration with Eternal AI, Hermes 4, an uncensored 70B open-source reasoning model built on Llama 3.1, now stores its weights on Lighthouse. This enables local AI privacy and peer-to-peer connections. 👉 Explore details

🎙️ Community Engagements

WebX Japan 2025 – Sushi, Sake, and Storage

Our co-founder Nandit Mehra represented Lighthouse in Tokyo, sharing our vision of 永久保管 (permanent storage), 暗号化 (encryption), and 分散化 (decentralization). Turby also tried sushi… verdict: “Tastes like permanent freshness!” 🍣 👉 See highlights

AI x DePIN Roundtable

Hosted by WOW EARN, this roundtable featured NivanaSoul, Sentient_io, Timesoul, and Lighthouse among others. The discussion explored how AI and decentralized infrastructure are shaping the future. 👉 Listen here

Golden Hour Ignited: AI and DeFAI Panel

Hosted by ChainSight and moderated by @defigirl_eth, the panel featured Sinthive, Replicats AI, Kinic, SingularityNET, and Lighthouse discussing how privacy-first storage is enabling the next wave of AI innovation. 👉 Catch the replay

🌐 Ecosystem Mentions

Filecoin x Lighthouse: AI Meets Storage

Filecoin highlighted our role in powering Hermes 4, reinforcing Lighthouse as a backbone for AI agents that need secure, verifiable, and long-term storage.

Base Ecosystem Builders

With encryption and token-gating live, more Base projects are choosing Lighthouse as their permanent layer for metadata, files, and onchain assets.

Wrapping Up

August focused on building trust through permanence with encrypted storage, Base ecosystem expansion, and AI collaborations — all while sharing our story in Japan with a side of sushi.