FIL36 is the 36-month futures contract for Filecoin.
The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a global, peer-to-peer distributed version file system designed to complement—or even replace—the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) that currently dominates the internet. It aims to connect all computers with the same filesystem. The principle involves using content-addressing instead of domain-addressing, meaning users look for content stored somewhere rather than an address, not needing to verify the sender’s identity but instead verifying the contents hash. This can make web pages faster, safer, more resilient, and more permanent.
Filecoin is an incentive layer built on IPFS, creating a decentralized storage market through a token incentive model on the IPFS network.