Protocol Labs YC 申请

Summer 2014Active

Protocol Labs 在 Summer 2014 批次的 Y Combinator 中作为一家 B2B 公司进行过。以下是：公司做什么、谁创立了它，以及其 YC 申请，按照真实 YC 表格逐题重建。

YC 批次: Summer 2014
行业: B2BInfrastructure
团队规模: 130
状态: Active
已发布: 2014

创始人

Juan BenetFounder/CEO, Engineer

Protocol Labs 做什么

Protocol Labs is an open-source research, development, and deployment laboratory. Our projects include IPFS, Filecoin, libp2p, and many more. We aim to make human existence orders of magnitude better through technology. Some of our projects. IPFS makes the web work peer-to-peer. IPFS is a protocol for storing, addressing, and transferring data, designed to replace HTTP in many contexts. IPFS uses content-addressing to uniquely identify and link to information. IPFS is one of the leading protocols of Web3, crypto, and the decentralized web movements. IPFS serves millions of end users and tens of thousands of developers. It powers the websites and applications of small startups, large enterprises, and even blockchains. Filecoin is a decentralized storage network, designed to store humanity's most important information. Filecoin is a cryptocurrency incentivized decentralized market, where storage providers earn filecoin tokens for renting out storage space. (Think airbnb for cloud storage). Filecoin is one of the leading projects in the cryptocurrency/blockchain space.

Protocol Labs 的 YC 申请，重建版

Y Combinator 申请

Protocol Labs，Summer 2014 期。来自公开数据的真实申请问题解答。

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Protocol Labs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Protocol Labs makes internet protocols: IPFS, Filecoin, and more.

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We build open-source protocols for decentralized data storage and distribution. IPFS replaces HTTP by enabling peer-to-peer content addressing and data sharing, powering websites and apps. Filecoin adds a cryptocurrency-backed decentralized storage market where users rent out disk space, creating an incentivized system to store data securely and redundantly.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in Palo Alto, CA, and have distributed remote contributors globally. The company will be based in Palo Alto after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Palo Alto is a tech hub with access to talent and investors. Our team is also remote, so we leverage flexible locations for contributors while keeping HQ in Palo Alto.

21 更多回答在完整申请中

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference 包含在完整版中。创建免费账户即可在 YC Insights 中打开，紧邻每个其他 YC 批次。

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常见问题解答

这是 Protocol Labs 的真实 YC 申请吗？

不是。Y Combinator 对提交的申请保密。这是重建版：使用 Protocol Labs 的公开数据（发布笔记、创始人背景、产品描述）回答真实的 YC 表格问题。它展示了像 Protocol Labs 这样的公司会如何向 YC 自我介绍，而不是他们提交的文本。

Protocol Labs 是哪个 YC 批次的？

Protocol Labs 是 Y Combinator Summer 2014 批次的成员。

谁创立了 Protocol Labs？

Protocol Labs 由 Juan Benet 创立。

Protocol Labs 做什么？