Filecoin
Interacciones Cliente-Minero
Context
Figure 2 immediately follows Figure 1 in the Introduction and provides a visual, flow-oriented complement to the pseudocode sketch. It illustrates the temporal progression of a storage and retrieval interaction between a Client and a Miner, explicitly separating on-chain (Filecoin Blockchain) from off-chain (Orderbook, Allocation Table) components. The caption identifies this as showing 'Client-Miner interactions' with the Storage Market above the blockchain and the Retrieval Market below.
What This Figure Shows
The diagram is organized along a horizontal time axis moving from left (Order Matching) to right (Settlement). In the Storage Market flow (upper half), ask and bid orders are gossiped off-chain; when matched, a deal order is submitted on-chain, storage space is locked, and Filecoin tokens are transferred. In the Retrieval Market flow (lower half), the client submits a bid, a deal is matched, the miner splits data into parts, and the client sends incremental micropayments for each part received. The Filecoin Blockchain sits centrally in the diagram, handling the Orderbook and Allocation Table on-chain, while off-chain gossip handles the initial order discovery. Challenge/response interactions (challenge, response, payment) are shown as bidirectional arrows between Miner and Client at settlement time.
Significance
The figure clarifies the hybrid on-chain/off-chain architecture that is essential to Filecoin's scalability: storage orders are committed on-chain for auditability, while retrieval uses off-chain gossip and micropayment channels to avoid blockchain bottlenecks. It visually demonstrates that settlement is cryptographically enforced — the Network can verify storage proofs and the micropayment mechanism provides retrieval without requiring a trusted third party.
