Decentralizing NFT metadata on OpenSea

When I started minting some NFTs on OpenSea I wondered where OpenSea uploaded the image file for the NFT. It turns out it is stored in Google Cloud. That didn’t make any sense to me. I’m doing this great web3 decentralized stuff, but it is using the ultimate in centralized storage. Why not use IPFS? Well…

OpenSea has supported NFTs with decentralized metadata since we launched in 2017. Today, we’re announcing the ability for creators to decentralize their metadata using the Interplanetary File System (IPFS) and Filecoin when creating on the platform. We’re also providing a way for collectors to see when the metadata for an NFT is immutable or not, further augmenting the toolkit that OpenSea collectors have at their disposal when valuing NFTs.

This is a great step and I a great use for Filecoin to preserve these assets forever. Also see Filecoin's announcement as well.