[DataCap Application] - PiKNiK - NEXRAD Slingshot Dataset 3/4

[jessie8o8]

Large Dataset Notary Application

To apply for DataCap to onboard your dataset to Filecoin, please fill out the following.

Core Information

• Organization Name: PiKNiK
• Website / Social Media: piknik.com
• Total amount of DataCap being requested (between 500 TiB and 5 PiB): 5 PiBs
• Weekly allocation of DataCap requested (usually between 1-100TiB): 100 TiBs
• On-chain address for first allocation: f13csteap4jcgl3a65qtsvmblzvelp4sgivddtpqa

Project details

Share a brief history of your project and organization

PiKNiK is the main client for the USC Shoah Foundation and has experience in allocation deals to other SPs. We work to help others learn how to store valuable data by hosting an accelerator program called ESPA. 

This application is the third of the four as the total datacap being asked is of 20 PiBs, thus having to split the datacap application into 4 parts

What is the primary source of funding for this project?

PiKNiK

What other projects/ecosystem stakeholders is this project associated with?

Slingshot competition hosted by Protocol Labs

Use-case details

Describe the data being stored onto Filecoin

Next Generation Weather Radar is a network of 160 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars that detect precipitation and wind patterns and movement.

Where was the data in this dataset sourced from?

Google Cloud Public Datasets, the Registry of Open Data on AWS, and Azure Open Datasets

Can you share a sample of the data? A link to file would work.

https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-nexrad/

Confirm that this is a public dataset that can be retrieved by anyone on the Network (i.e., no specific permissions or access rights are required to view the data).

Confirmed

What is the expected retrieval frequency for this data?

Slingshot retrieval requirements will be followed

For how long do you plan to keep this dataset stored on Filecoin?

For the duration of Slingshot

DataCap allocation plan

In which geographies (countries, regions) do you plan on making storage deals?

Europe, United States, Australia or any other SPs that are interested.

How will you be distributing your data to storage providers? Is there an offline data transfer process?

Offline

How do you plan on choosing the storage providers with whom you will be making deals? This should include a plan to ensure the data is retrievable in the future both by you and others.

PiKNIK plans to deal with select SPs that are reputable in the community and are reliable such as SPXs, SPs that have prominent presence in the community, SPs that PiKNiK has successfully worked with before or using sites that rank reliability of SPs.

How will you be distributing deals across storage providers?

Hosting files online where storage providers can download them.

Do you have the resources/funding to start making deals as soon as you receive DataCap? What support from the community would help you onboard onto Filecoin?

Yes. Additional support would come from Slingshot support channels in Filecoin Slack if needed.

[large-datacap-requests]

Thanks for your request!
Everything looks good. 👌

A Governance Team member will review the information provided and contact you back pretty soon.

[dkkapur]

Closing this one for now, please see #432 (comment) to align on next steps.

[data-programs]

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