Create IPFS SOUKO

Author: Noritaka Kobayashi

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+## Project Name
+NonEntropy Japan, IPFS SOUKO　and Joint Research with Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
+
+![logo](https://gyazo.com/eac5a61fcdde999d269721c7ce5b4227.jpeg)
+
+## Category 
+Application, IPFS/Filecoin cloud storage services.
+
+## Project Description
+IPFS SOUKO is a digital archive service that enables smooth uploading and downloading of data between conventional storage (including cloud) and IPFS/Filecoin distributed storage.
+
+IPFS and Filecoin are cutting-edge technologies, and there are still very few people who are proficient in handling them. The simple UI/UX of IPFS SOUKO allows anyone to store (upload) or retrieve (download) their data to IPFS or Filecoin distributed storage.
+
+NonEntropy Japan Launches Joint Research with Osaka University on
+* The Optimization of the IPFS/Filecoin network performance, and labor-saving and data allocation in the distributed network.
+* Security Enhancement to Promote IPFS/Filecoin Distributed Storage
+
+![osaka univ](https://gyazo.com/b3d56626d62d4550ca6ddfa7f1e87d53.jpeg)
+
+## Project Status
+<!--brainstorming, fundraising, under development, beta, shipped, etc-->
+Joint research with Osaka university has started on 1st April, 2021.
+IPFS SOUKO has released the first version, which has completed basic functions on 19th April. More functions are being developed.
+
+
+## Previews
+<!--Add some screenshots to give a preview of your product-->
+![IPFS SOUKO image](https://gyazo.com/748f7b883779a2163332d8442a73e662.jpeg)
+![IPFS SOUKO structure](https://gyazo.com/fda07acd1415e71eed26b429510f6516.jpeg)
+
+## Target Audience
+<!--Describe who will be your project's users-->
+Those who manage digital archive and take care of Filecoin storage system
+
+## Rough estimated user base (if applicable)
+<!--How many users do you have right now?-->
+About 5,000 as of April 2021.
+
+## Github repo
+<!--Attach a link to your GitHub repo if it's OSS-->
+Currently, it is not OSS but part of our IPFS gateway API set will be OSS.
+
+## Website
+<!--Link your website if available-->
+https://ipfs-souko.nonentropy.jp/
+
+News release about Joint research
+https://nonentropy.jp/news/nonentropy-japan-to-begin-joint-research-with-graduate-school-of-information-science-and-technology-osaka-university/
+
+## Docs
+<!--Including a link to your project docs!-->
+https://nonentropy.jp/news/ipfs-souko/
+
+## Team Info
+<!-- Introduce your amazing team - how many team members are working on this project and who are they?-->
+
+### Team Size  
+About 20
+
+Our team have been engaged on Filecoin network since 2017. Our goal is to build the largest Filecoin distributed storage center in Japan.
+
+### Team members  
+* Noritaka Kobayashi, Ph.D, blockchain specialist, founded crypto exchange in 2016, and ICO in 2016 as well. Member of Microsoft blockchain startup
+https://www.linkedin.com/in/noritaka88ta/
+https://nonentropy.jp/company/boardmember/
+
+## How the community can engage
+GitHub Discussion: <!--Start a disucssion with the community here: https://github.com/filecoin-project/community/discussions/new and attach the link!-->  
+Email:info@nonentropy.kjp  
+Slack:  coming soon
+Twitter: coming soon  
+
+
+## How to Contribute
+<!--How can the community contribute to your project?-->
+* Discussion 
+* Joint development for improvement of Filecon network security