[DataCap Application] <Internet Archive > <2025-09-01T15:56:42.902Z> #178
Description
Version
2025-09-01T15:56:42.902Z
DataCap Applicant
Data Owner Organization Name
Internet Archive
Data Owner Country/Region
United States
Website
archive.org
Social Media Handle
Social Media Type
Slack
What is your role related to the dataset
Data Preparer
Total amount of DataCap being requested
500TiB
Expected size of single dataset (one copy)
1PiB
Number of replicas to store
4
Weekly allocation of DataCap requested
150TiB
On-chain address for first allocation
f1skjgotikvvlx3uzhzltiq2ejmwdmtxt5doa5vpy
Data Type of Application
Public, Open Dataset (Research/Non-Profit)
Identifier
Share a brief history of your project and organization
Every four years, before and after the U.S. presidential election, a team of libraries and research organizations, including the Internet Archive, work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations.
The EOT Web Archive project is part of the Internet Archive’s daily routine of recording what’s happening on the web. For more than 25 years, the Internet Archive has worked to preserve material from web-based social media platforms, news sources, governments, and elsewhere across the web.
Is this project associated with other projects/ecosystem stakeholders?
Yes
If answered yes, what are the other projects/ecosystem stakeholders
This broad comprehensive crawl of the .gov domain includes as many federal .gov sites as we could find, plus federal content in other domains (such as .mil, .com, and social media content) and FTP’d datasets.
Each EOT collection houses a wide range of file types preserved in WARC files, including:
HTML files
Images (JPEG, PNG, GIF)
PDF documents
Spreadsheets (CSV, Excel, etc.)
Videos and other multimedia
GeoJSON and other specialized formats
Describe the data being stored onto Filecoin
This broad comprehensive crawl of the .gov domain includes as many federal .gov sites as we could find, plus federal content in other domains (such as .mil, .com, and social media content) and FTP’d datasets.
Each EOT collection houses a wide range of file types preserved in WARC files, including:
HTML files
Images (JPEG, PNG, GIF)
PDF documents
Spreadsheets (CSV, Excel, etc.)
Videos and other multimedia
GeoJSON and other specialized formats
Where was the data currently stored in this dataset sourced from
My Own Storage Infrastructure
If you answered "Other" in the previous question, enter the details here
If you are a data preparer. What is your location (Country/Region)
United States
If you are a data preparer, how will the data be prepared? Please include tooling used and technical details?
Nomad-orchestrated singularity instance hosted by Internet Archive
If you are not preparing the data, who will prepare the data? (Provide name and business)
Has this dataset been stored on the Filecoin network before?
If answered "yes", please explain why you want to store this dataset on the network again. Include details about the dataset's preparation and/or the distribution among Storage Providers.
Yes, partially
Please share a sample of the data
Confirm that this is a public dataset that can be retrieved by anyone on the Network
Yes
If you chose not to confirm, what was the reason
What is the expected retrieval frequency for this data
Sporadic
For how long do you plan to keep this dataset stored on Filecoin
Permanently
In which geographies do you plan on making storage deals
North America, Europe
How will you be distributing your data to storage providers
HTTP or FTP server
How did you find your storage providers
Partners
If you answered "Others" in the previous question, what is the tool or platform you used
Please list the provider IDs and location of the storage providers you will be working with.
f02011071 (IA, CA, US)
f02639429 (Milad, TX, US)
f03468521 (DCENT, NL, US)
How do you plan to make deals to your storage providers
Singularity
If you answered "Others/custom tool" in the previous question, enter the details here
Can you confirm that you will follow the Fil+ guideline
Yes