🐘 Arweave

arweave.org

About

Overview

• Permanent data storage
• Open-source/non-encrypted
• Miners store data on the network
  • Proof-of-work as a means for storage rather than as an end to solving hashing equations.
  • Miners can inspect data and decide whether they want to store it.
  • Nodes are similar to web servers.
• Pricing: One-time fee
• Similar: Filecoin, Sia, Archive.org, The Wayback Machine, Perma.cc, and AWS Glacier Deep Archive
• Fees: web3index.org
• Listen Sam Williams - Founder & CEO at Arweave on GRTiQ Podcast 2022-07-01

Community

• Twitter
  • @onlyarweave
  • @ArweaveNews
  • @ar_io_network
• Discord: discord.com/invite/NJwx6NYAeP

Token

• AR
• Exchanges for US users
  • crypto.com mobile app
  • simpleswap.io
• Smallest unit of AR: Winstons

Content moderation

• Nodes can choose to ignore malicious and harmful data.
• If 51% of the network does not validate data it is effectively removed from the network.

ArWiki

• Arweave documentation
• Site: arwiki.wiki

Related topics

• Metrics to compare: Decentralization of SafeDAO Discord in SafeDAO forum 2023-01-07
• Ethereum compatibility: @adamshurwitz Tweet 2023-02-27
• Investors: arweave.org > Our partners
• Automate Arweave uploads with GitHub Actions: Cooking with the Permaweb > Guides > App Deployment > GitHub Action

Apps

Wallets

• Arweave.app
  • Site: arweave.app
  • Setup: docs.arweave.org/info/wallets/arweave-wallet
  • Fund Your Wallet
• ArConnect
  • Site: arconnect.io
  • GitHub: github.com/arconnectio/ArConnect
  • Twitter: twitter.com/arconnectio
• Opportunities
  • Manage an Arweave account with Ledger hardware devices
    • See Ledger
    • Wallet FAQ by Arweave
    • Arweave (AR) by Ledger Support

Block explorer

• viewblock.io

Akord

• See hackmd.io/@openinfo/akord

ArDrive

• About
  • Permanent data storage
  • Supports < 100 mb file sizes for private drives
  • Pay with Arweave account in $AR.
• Site: ardrive.io
• Twitter: twitter.com/ardriveapp
• Apps: ardrive.io/mobile
• Security: What are the privacy and encryption standards?
• Open-source: github.com/ardriveapp
• Opportunities
  • Interstitial warning message for sharing public links to private files and folders
  • Choose to "forget" data since data cannot be deleted.

• Related topics
  • The future of files and decentralized gateways with founder of ArDrive/Ar.io Phil Mataras on Permaweb Pioneers show 2022-09-01

Permafy

• About: Permanently store and share data.
• Site: permafy.com

Email

• Weavemail: permamail.app
• Weve

PermaPages

• About: Build permanent landing pages.
• Site: permapages.app
• Dev: permapages.arweave.dev
• Twitter: twitter.com/permapages
• Sign-in types
  • Arweave.app
  • ArConnect
• Subdomains
  • ArNS is used for subdomain test tokens
  • Update subdomain

1. Update page: Pages > Edit > Publish > Submit > Accept transactions.
2. Should automatically update subdomain
   1. Troubleshoot older versions: ArNS > Actions > CHG > Permapage > Select your page. > Accept transactions.
   2. It may take a few minutes for the transaction to finalize on-chain.

• Opportunities
  • QR code generator
    • Download JPG/PDF
    • Icon in profile widget: permapages.arweave.dev > Account > Edit Profile
  • Option to enable/disable Weavemail icon in profile widget
• Built by @rakis_me

PermaNotes

• Site: permanotes.app
• About

Permafacts

• Site: permafacts.arweave.dev

Alex

• Site: https://alex.arweave.dev

Smart contracts

SmartWeave

• Site: cookbook.arweave.dev
• Developed by the core Arweave team
• GitHub: github.com/ArweaveTeam/SmartWeave
• Blog: Introducing SmartWeave: Building smart contracts with Arweave 2020-06-11

Warp

• Site: warp.cc
• Built by RedStone
  • Site: redstone.finance
  • Twitter: @redstone_defi

EXM

• Site: exm.dev

Adoption

Ukraine

• Backing up information during the Russian 2022 invasion
• A Blockchain-Based Noah's Ark Is Being Used To Preserve A Record Of The Ukraine Conflict by Forbes 2022-02-25
• Watch Crypto Report: Blockweave Technology to Maintain Records by Bloomberg 2022-02-25

Publishing

• Mirror
• Lens Protocol

Wikipedia

• Back up Wikipedia data by @sayestheorem 2022-11-16

IPFS

• Data loading: Content delivery network, e.g. P2P like Limewire
• Business model
  • Pricing: Subscription
  • Miners earn fees for storing data
    • Increases the likelihood of data permanence due to the economic incentives
• Data permanence: @adamshurwitz Tweet 2022-08-05
• Related topics
  • Arweave+IPFS: Persistence for the InterPlanetary File System by The Arweave Project 2019-06-27
  • Arweave vs Filecoin by ArDrive
  • Content persistence by NFT School

This is not financial and/or technical advice. Always consult a financial and/or technical professional and do your own research.