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Filecoin storage

Filecoin's economics favor datacenter-scale Storage Providers. The calculator gives an honest verdict per tier — and shows alternatives when the math doesn't work.

FIL price

$0.81

model score

0.74

1. Operator scale

Filecoin's economics favor large operators. Picking a tier sets realistic defaults — you can still tweak.

Hobby (1-10 TiB)Home setup · may not be profitableSmall node (10-100 TiB)Garage / closet · marginal economicsProduction (100+ TiB)Datacenter-grade · viable operator scale

2. Storage capacity

TiB

3. Network utilization

What % of your declared capacity is actually sealed and earning. New SPs ramp from 0 to ~70% over months.

4. FIL+ verified data (DataCap)

Verified FIL+ deals get a ~10× quality-adjusted-power boost. This is how SPs actually earn — committed capacity alone earns ~10× less.

Storing FIL+ verified data (10× QAP)Off = committed capacity only (~10× lower rewards)

5. Sealing speed

Sectors per day your hardware can seal. Affects ramp-up time, not steady-state earnings.

sectors/day

Est. ~77 days to seal remaining capacity at this rate.

5. Electricity cost

$/ kWh

Datacenter operators: ~$0.05-0.10. Residential: $0.12-0.40.

6. Hardware cost (for ROI)

Suggested for Production (100+ TiB): $50,000

Marginal — depends on FIL price and utilization

Positive but slim. A 20% FIL drop could flip this negative.

Estimated earnings · live FIL $0.81

Net per month (after electricity)

$37.88

≈ 140.0 FIL/mo · range $18.94–$75.76

Gross / mo$112.76

Electricity / mo-$74.88

Net / mo$37.88

Net per day

$1.26

Net per year

$442.08

Locked collateral: committing 200 TiB pledges ≈ 1,080 FIL ($869.86) as collateral — capital you must lock, not a cost. Block rewards also vest 25% now / 75% over 180 days, and faults can be slashed. FIL+ 10× QAP applied.

ROI on $50,000 hardware

~110.0 years

Excludes the $869.86 locked collateral above.

Network percentile (approx.)

80%

Filecoin SP percentile by tier and net profitability.

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Estimates use a committed-capacity baseline (~0.1 FIL/TiB/mo), with a 10× boost only when FIL+ verified data is toggled on. Real SP earnings vary with network QAP, FIL price, pledge collateral, and sealing/gas costs. Recalibrate before committing capital.