Full disclaimer: I have no cryptocurrency assets, nor interest.
> Since the “decentralized web” includes all sorts of things, it is important to also mention things that we will not be doing with this grant. We are not looking at NFTs, blockchain, DAOs, smart contracts or related aspects of “Web3”.
This absolutely is Web3, and Filecoin is on a blockchain. This is a great use, though I understand why they wish to distance themselves (Web3 is popular amongst political opponents of the chattering class).
I'm keen for Spanner/CockroachDB!