Filecoin network mining operations strike just one day after platform launchProtocol Labs' Filecoin platform has effectively been brought to a halt do to insufficient mining resources. The architecture that Filecoin uses requires that miners stake a substantial number of FIL, or Filecoin tokens in order to build blocks, however, as the project is new, there are very few FIL tokens available. As a result, it is very hard for the miners to operate the platform, or even acquire FIL tokens in order to begin mining on the platform. As a result of the situation, Protocol Labs may distribute FIL tokens as a reward to miners, so that the system can begin operating in the way that the company had hoped it would.
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