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title: 🐘 Arweave
tags: crypto
description: Arweave
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">🐘 Arweave</h1>

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<a href="https://arweave.org" target="_blank">arweave.org</a>
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# 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](https://web3index.org)
- *Listen [Sam Williams - Founder & CEO at Arweave](https://fountain.fm/episode/8806520892) on GRTiQ Podcast 2022-07-01*

#### Community

- Twitter
- [@onlyarweave](https://twitter.com/onlyarweave)
- [@ArweaveNews](https://twitter.com/ArweaveNews)
- [@ar_io_network](https://twitter.com/ar_io_network)
- Discord: [discord.com/invite/NJwx6NYAeP](https://discord.com/invite/NJwx6NYAeP)

#### Token

- [AR](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/arweave)
- Exchanges for US users
- [crypto.com](https://crypto.com/) mobile app
- [simpleswap.io](https://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](https://arwiki.wiki)

#### Related topics

- Metrics to compare: [Decentralization of SafeDAO Discord](https://forum.gnosis-safe.io/t/decentralization-of-safedao-discord/2261/7?u=adamhurwitz.eth) *in SafeDAO forum 2023-01-07*
- Ethereum compatibility: [@adamshurwitz Tweet 2023-02-27](https://twitter.com/adamshurwitz/status/1630415575745740800)
- Investors: [arweave.org](https://www.arweave.org) > *Our partners*
- Automate Arweave uploads with GitHub Actions: [Cooking with the Permaweb > Guides > App Deployment > GitHub Action](https://cookbook.arweave.dev/guides/deployment/github-action.html)

# Apps

#### Wallets

- Arweave.app
- Site: [arweave.app](https://arweave.app)
- Setup: [docs.arweave.org/info/wallets/arweave-wallet](https://docs.arweave.org/info/wallets/arweave-wallet)
- [Fund Your Wallet](https://ardrive.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/help/pages/86540310/Fund+Your+Wallet)
- ArConnect
- Site: [arconnect.io](https://www.arconnect.io)
- GitHub: [github.com/arconnectio/ArConnect](https://github.com/arconnectio/ArConnect#arconnect)
- Twitter: [twitter.com/arconnectio](https://twitter.com/arconnectio)
- Opportunities
- Manage an Arweave account with Ledger hardware devices
- See [Ledger](https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/17j_9Qpc2qB5dqYWTP20TAnqWHbmjx1NkPdgGDZo1M2Y/edit)
- [Wallet FAQ](https://docs.arweave.org/info/wallets/wallet-faq) *by Arweave*
- [Arweave (AR)](https://support.ledger.com/hc/en-us/articles/8225376336925-Arweave-AR-) *by Ledger Support*

#### Block explorer

- [viewblock.io](https://viewblock.io)

#### Akord

- *See [hackmd.io/@openinfo/akord](https://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](https://ardrive.io)
- Twitter: [twitter.com/ardriveapp](https://twitter.com/ardriveapp)
- Apps: [ardrive.io/mobile](https://ardrive.io/mobile)
- Security: [What are the privacy and encryption standards?](https://ar-io.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/5300397200283-What-are-the-privacy-and-encryption-standards-)
- Open-source: [github.com/ardriveapp](https://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](https://pca.st/4zk7unaw) *on Permaweb Pioneers show 2022-09-01*

#### Permafy

- About: Permanently store and share data.
- Site: [permafy.com](https://permafy.com)

#### Email

- Weavemail: [permamail.app](https://t.co/fwvX5Ry78v)
- [Weve](https://biuq26pcmjwrr22godqmwehtd5mof25encuxiy4rxapxdmrz5m.arweave.net/CikNeeJibRjrRnDgyxDzH1ji66RoqXR_jkbgfcbI56w/index.html#/)

#### PermaPages

- About: Build permanent landing pages.
- Site: [permapages.app](https://permapages.app)
- Dev: [permapages.arweave.dev](https://t.co/LmGkSMoEJm)
- Twitter: [twitter.com/permapages](https://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](https://permapages.arweave.dev) > *Account > Edit Profile*
- Option to enable/disable Weavemail icon in profile widget
- Built by [@rakis_me](https://twitter.com/rakis_me)

#### PermaNotes

- Site: [permanotes.app](https://permanotes.app)
- [About](https://permanotes.app/#/notes/Xx8lQw1q9xOUn1mB7CMagKHgv8XUy9NxsrQLtfqZItY)

#### Permafacts

- Site: [permafacts.arweave.dev](https://permafacts.arweave.dev)

#### Alex

- Site: [https://alex.arweave.dev](https://alex.arweave.dev)

# Smart contracts

#### SmartWeave

- Site: [cookbook.arweave.dev](https://cookbook.arweave.dev)
- Developed by the core Arweave team
- GitHub: [github.com/ArweaveTeam/SmartWeave](https://github.com/ArweaveTeam/SmartWeave)
- Blog: [Introducing SmartWeave: Building smart contracts with Arweave](https://arweave.medium.com/introducing-smartweave-building-smart-contracts-with-arweave-1fc85cb3b632) *2020-06-11*

#### Warp

- Site: [warp.cc](https://warp.cc/)
- Built by RedStone
- Site: [redstone.finance](https://redstone.finance/)
- Twitter: [@redstone_defi](https://twitter.com/redstone_defi)

#### EXM

- Site: [exm.dev](https://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](https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenehrlich/2022/02/25/a-blockchain-based-noahs-ark-is-being-used-to-preserve-a-record-of-the-ukraine-conflict/?sh=f5b559e6651b) *by Forbes 2022-02-25*
- [Watch Crypto Report: Blockweave Technology to Maintain Records](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-02-25/crypto-report-blockweave-technology-to-maintain-records-video) *by Bloomberg 2022-02-25*

#### Publishing

- [Mirror](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pfGXa-DCOBQ6Ed7w1Q_XNaTtiUwuWRQSLgJ6vZ4v85I/edit#bookmark=kix.4u2nt8oll8kq)
- [Lens Protocol](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pfGXa-DCOBQ6Ed7w1Q_XNaTtiUwuWRQSLgJ6vZ4v85I/edit#bookmark=kix.eybrrahxoxqa)

#### Wikipedia

- Back up Wikipedia data *by [@sayestheorem 2022-11-16](https://twitter.com/sayestheorem/status/1592679370342428672?t=-Iw_fwTaj9_jr2iWufrfww&s=09)*

#### 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](https://twitter.com/adamshurwitz/status/1555609056475226114)*
- Related topics
- [Arweave+IPFS: Persistence for the InterPlanetary File System](https://arweave.medium.com/arweave-ipfs-persistence-for-the-interplanetary-file-system-9f12981c36c3) *by The Arweave Project 2019-06-27*
- [Arweave vs Filecoin](https://ardrive.io/arweave-vs-filecoin) *by ArDrive*
- [Content persistence](https://nftschool.dev/concepts/content-persistence/#why-content-persistence) *by NFT School*

<p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic">This is not financial and/or technical advice. Always consult a financial and/or technical professional and do your own research.</p>