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Arweave has just taken a MASSIVE leap towards empowering creators, writers, and artists in web3.
This little piece of magic is called the UDL, or Universal Data License.
Let's break it down 🧵👇
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Just the casual post that the month of February has the highest number of transactions on Arweave ever.
The graph below shows more than 5 and a half years of data.
The
@AO_ecosystem
just started up yesterday and brought with it an all-time high of over 600 txs per second. NFA.
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Solana Mobile is using Arweave to store dApps.
Yes. You heard that right.
📣 Repeating,
@solanamobile
is using
#Arweave
to store entire dApps.
Arweave is the new app store.
When builders launch a dApp in the dApp store, the metadata is stored on Solana as an NFT, and the application files (APKs) are stored permanently using Irys.
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Some key facts about Arweave's tokenomics:
- $AR is used for block rewards and to upload data to Arweave.
- The maximum supply of $AR tokens is 66 million.
- The majority of token fees are in a sustainable endowment.
A simple breakdown of Arweave's tokenomics below (NFA): 🧵👇
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.
@aoTheComputer
has now surpassed 1,000,000 messages logged (permanently on Arweave).
Shoutout to everyone on ^°!
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#Arweave
is a beast of tech.
No other platform offers a pay once, store permanent data mechanism.
What Bitcoin did for exchange of value, Arweave has done for data - a decentralized, immutable ledger which offers guarantees that your data will exist in 200+ years.
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We're pretty excited about today's event and the introduction of ªº.
Giving 10 t-shirts to the community.
RT.
See you soon! cc
@AO_ecosystem
.
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Arweave has hit some big milestones since its release:
- Surpassing over 1 billion transactions
- 5+ permanent backups of blockchains with
@KYVENetwork
- 140TB+ of data stored permanently onchain
Let's explore some of the most important moments stored on
#Arweave
:
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Level 2 unlocked.
Only 100 hours later and we're now at 2 MILLION messages via ao. That's about 10,000 messages per hour.
If we extrapolate at the current rate,
@aoTheComputer
may reach 10 million messages within the next month.
☑️ All on
#Arweave
.
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Looks like Arweave is experiencing:
✦ All time high of Transactions Per Second (TPS)
✦ All time high of daily transactions.
Info via
@viewblock
.
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Arweave: A Year in Review
#Arweave
has grown quite a lot in 2023.
Some key moments (there are MANY more):
- Arweave surpassed 2 billion transactions onchain
- Successful hard fork (2.7)
- Introduction of Universal Data License
🧵👇
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Arweave has one of the most compelling narratives in crypto:
Bitcoin, for data.
Transparent, onchain trustless ledger -> Transparent, onchain trustless data lake.
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Arweave, Open Data, and the Social Layer: Arweave as Layer 0 for Onchain Social
An "Arweave | 📑 In-depth" post:
@LensProtocol
,
@useOrbis
,
@farcaster_xyz
, and others, some of which are already using Arweave, have started gaining more adoption thanks to great interfaces and…
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Here are a few things in the
#Arweave
ecosystem happening:
- Arweave goes deflationary
-
@aoTheComputer
announcement 👀
- ATHs of transactions per second
Plus: Arweave Denver, store entire codebases permanently, an upcoming hackathon, and major builds in India.
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Want to explore the
#Arweave
ecosystem right here on X?
Here's the list, now go explore :)
Upload Files & more:
-
@ardriveapp
(use Turbo and top up with a credit card)
-
@AkordTeam
(beautiful interface)
-
@thealexarchive
(archive information publicly)
-
@sarcophagusio
(your…
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#Arweave
can flex.
- Storing ~160TB of data (88+ PiB on network!)
- Replicating data hundreds of times around the world
- Serving data over a network of 200+ gateways
Plus, over 400 transactions per second on average in March.
Not financial advice.
🔭
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Fully packed house for the introduction of ªº.
s/o to everyone attending
@aoTheComputer
launch.
The ªº era is here.
It's time to build fully scalable decentralized [anything]!
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Almost 40% of all web page links are broken after 7 years.
Of the remaining links, many point to content that has been edited and is no longer relevant or reliable.
Let's take a look at how
#Arweave
enables digital permanence. 👇
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A lot of people wonder about interoperability in "web3". Where does Arweave fit into this? 🤔
It's a data protocol, designed to be massive and appropriate for any blockchain to store information.
This makes Arweave the ultimate place for cross-chain friendliness.
🧵👇
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Imagine a digital time capsule that you can share with loved ones 100 years from now.
Oh yeah, and it's not owned by a corporation.
And there's no subscription.
And there are 800+ replicas around the world.
And it's on an immutable ledger.
And it can handle any file size…
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There’s a new stablecoin on the horizon, built for Arweave.
@CommunityLabs
has announced the new initiative to provide a stablecoin for the permaweb.
Let's take a look at what this might mean for the
#Arweave
ecosystem. 🧵👇
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#Arweave
is more than just a storage platform.
Arweave is:
◼ The home of the Permaweb (like the web, but permanent)
◼ The settlement layer for decentralized compute (
@aoTheComputer
)
◼ A safeguard for human history, knowledge, and information integrity
🧵
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Did you know that
@viamirror
uses
#Arweave
?
You can publish content under your ENS name, have it available everywhere on the web, and store posts permanently on Arweave.
Here's why Arweave is the ideal place to aggregate and store content 👇
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On
@aoTheComputer
, it doesn't matter if you're an Ethereum developer, Solana developer, or any other kind of developer.
You can write processes that compile to:
◽️ EVM
◽️ SVM
◽️ WASM
Or write them in Lua.
All stored permanently on
#Arweave
.
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How is
@aoTheComputer
more scalable than other blockchains?
And how does ao interact with Arweave storage?
The answer: computation and state, and ao's "holographic state" ✨
A quick explainer below 🧵👇
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Arweave is kicking off the New Year and 2024 with some wild stats.
Over 500GB+ of data has already been uploaded through
@ardriveapp
Turbo.
More than half a terabyte of data added to the weave. Why?
Hint: There's a new AI app on Arweave. 👀
A quick look into the figure:👇
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The first Arweave Africa presentation took place in Uganda, by
@KimMerdi
🙌.
Lots of great interest and even a number of first time Arweavers uploading data the day of the event :)
More to come for
#ArweaveAfrica
, including a technical workshop!
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Arweave is the place for onchain social media.
Here's why Arweave is a great base layer for Web3 social:
- Permanent data and cost-effective
- Ability to scale to massive social media levels (thanks to bundles!)
- Enabling a web of value for creators (licensing!)
Read on 🧵👇
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Arweave as the ultimate place for AI?
Why it's compelling:
① Entire LLM's can be uploaded in a single transaction.
② Outputs can immediately be stored permanently, including license tags, payment rails, and access logic.
③ Create actually open ai
@Hansa_Network
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Starting with permanent data enables a powerful foundation for anything to be built upon it.
#Arweave
exists for this reason.
And now, you can build just about anything with compute that scales.
This is the power of
@aoTheComputer
+ Arweave.
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What are some current trends with
#Arweave
transactions?
At a glance:
- Storing onchain oracle data
- Uploading JSON data and images
- Interacting with Permaweb enabled apps, including
@ardriveapp
and
@Phorevr
:)
A deeper dive into what's happening on Arweave 🧵
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Basic questions about Arweave:
Is it an L2?
▫️No, it’s an entire blockchain with over 2.5+ BILLION Tx’s.
Can you put big files on it?
▫️Yes. It's onchain data at ANY scale. Full-length films welcome.
If I don't have $AR, can I upload something?
▫️Yes! Support for 14+ tokens.
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It's official, the first-ever Arweave HackerHouse has begun via
@arweaveindia
.
The energy in Bangalore is amazing, with 30 devs and designers all in one spot for the next several days.
It's 100% Arweave, all day and night.
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February 27th, come meet ªº.
Scalable compute on top of scalable data.
You’ll need an invite to attend.
RT or drop ªº in the comments for a potential invite code.
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The
@aoTheComputer
event showcased major things for the
#Arweave
ecosystem!
In case you missed it:
✦ ao, a hyper-parallel, scalable computer, released its testnet
✦ DeFi apps already (!) built with ao
✦ ao is easy to program (lua!) and cross-chain friendly
More details👇
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#Arweave
is now storing over 160 TiB of data!
Plus, it's incredibly easy to access this permanent data.
Being able to search and index a tamper-proof ledger is 🔑.
How do you find what's relevant?
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Arweave enables global:
▫️Permanent storage network
▫️CDN (decentralized gateways)
▫️Execution environment (
@aoTheComputer
).
It's the trifecta of providing everything you need to build 100% decentralized ANYTHING.
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How to get started using
#Arweave
?
1️⃣ Grab an
@arconnectio
wallet
2️⃣ Swap for $AR using
@Permaswap
3️⃣ Use Arweave dApps!
A simple guide below🧵
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Arweave is "engineered to store data for the maximum possible term without change."
How?
✦ Cryptographic Proofs
✦ Storage Endowment
✦ Incentivized Evolution
These key components allow
#Arweave
to provide permanence. 👇
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A new
#Arweave
stat you should check out: Network Size.
Arweave is currently sitting at 84.9PiB of data!
(via
@viewblock
)
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Did you know that the name
#Arweave
comes from "archive" and "weave"?
Back in 2017, Arweave was initially called "Archain".
In 2018, it was changed to reflect the unique properties of Arweave.
Let's take a look at it. 🧵👇
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#Arweave
had over 282 MILLION transactions this month. 😱
The highlights:
- Peaked at 178 Transactions Per Second
- Reached over 140TB in weave size
- Served by over 300 gateway nodes
A deeper dive into the numbers 🧵👇
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Did you know that you can create a
@reactjs
app on Arweave?
One time payment - no monthly fees.
Entire applications can be stored on Arweave. And yes, there are smart contracts too: SmartWeave (in javascript and more).
Learn how 🧵👇
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So this happened today.
SURPASSED 3 BILLION TRANSACTIONS ON ARWEAVE.
ⓐ
3 billion transactions. Congratulations! 🥳🥳🥳
0 -> 1b: 1,868 days.
1b -> 2b: 153 days.
2b -> 3b: 55 days.
Even cooler: Users pay literally zero fees on top of base storage costs. And never will.
Coolest: Endowment contributions alone make Arweave sporadically deflationary.
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Arweave augments any chain or project with permanent storage.
It's here to make the data layer of the world decentralized and permanent.
Here are three projects and protocols using
#Arweave
:
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There's a reason
#Arweave
is referred to as the "friendly weave".
Just a few of the brands utilizing Arweave:
-
@paragraph_xyz
(Polygon)
-
@viamirror
(Optimism)
-
@heydotxyz
(Polygon)
-
@metaplex
(Solana)
-
@ethsign
(Ethereum)
And many more.
ⓐ = Layer 0.
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Did you know you can find out the
#Arweave
endowment size yourself - and it's super easy?
All it takes is two web requests in your browser. Plus, you'll learn a little about using the Arweave network directly!
Here's an example of how you can get started 👇
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There is over 140 Terabytes of data stored permanently on
#Arweave
.
But how do you make onchain data easy to explore?
Arweave utilizes two things to make this happen:
- Transaction Tags
- GraphQL
Let's dive into it, so you can easily explore the Permaweb. 🧵👇
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Here are three reasons to consider
#Arweave
for your next project:
🤝 No fee market, no monthly contracts [pay once, store permanently]
💡 A growing ecosystem: solid tools and docs (+
@aoTheComputer
!)
💽 Onchain storage at any scale [s/o to bundling!]
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Arweave is built to provide onchain permanent data.
For data to be permanent, it must be:
- Fault-tolerant
- Tamper-proof
- Paid for
Find out how
#Arweave
achieves this 🧵👇
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Have you noticed the massive increase in the transactions per second on Arweave?
Since November of 2023, it appears to be averaging around 200 TPS.
ⓐ
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There's a new token making a buzz in the Arweave ecosystem - geared towards the web of value.
Meet $U.
$U is fully compatible with SmartWeave, aka smart contracts on Arweave, which means it can be programmed.
Let's take a look at how $U works and how you can get it.
🧵👇
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#Arweave
is designed to store massive files efficiently and at ANY scale.
Yes, a blockchain specifically designed and optimized for storing massive amounts of data onchain.
Add tags, descriptions, and even smart contracts with your data, all in one transaction.
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A Beginner's Guide To
#Arweave
and the Permaweb:
1. Grab an
@arconnect
wallet
2. Upload your first free permanent file, using
@ardriveapp
3. Make your first swap to $AR on
@Permaswap
4. Launch your permanent web3 profile using
@permapages
A simple guide below! 🧵👇
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Arweave Bundles: What are they? Why do we need them?
✅ Onchain data at ANY scale.
Arweave is growing and is currently storing over 158TB of data.
Bundles bring
#Arweave
to the next level. And bundles within bundles. Yeah. Let's just say they're a big deal👇
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See the attached chart? Arweave being deflationary. How, you ask?
Data Fees > Block Rewards.
Over 95% of Tx fees go to the endowment, essentially removing $AR tokens from circulation. NFA.
Ps. Are you going to the event this week? Compute on Arweave:
February 27th, come meet ªº.
Scalable compute on top of scalable data.
You’ll need an invite to attend.
RT or drop ªº in the comments for a potential invite code.
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Did you know there's an
#Arweave
-based app in the Google Play Store?
With
@ardriveapp
on Android, you can access permanent storage directly from an app experience you're accustomed to on your phone.
✦ Zero data shared with third parties.
✦ Zero data collected from users.
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Arweave basics:
- How does "permanent" data work?
- What is the $AR token utility?
- Do I only need to pay once?
- How does $AR have deflationary properties?
Arweave's tokenomics, endowment, and specific protocol design make this possible.
Read on and share with a friend 🧵
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"This is the log of humanity's compute, that will be enormous."
@samecwilliams
shares his thoughts on AO & Arweave.
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So, you've uploaded your website to the Permaweb. How can you easily share it online?
Introducing ArNS: Arweave Name System.
ArNS brings human-readable domain names to
#Arweave
. And yes, it's Google searchable too.
Let's get into it! 🧵👇
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A friend asks, "Why use Arweave over a traditional cloud provider?"
- Pay once, store permanently
- No subscription fees
- No account deletion period
You have control over your data, not the other way around.
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New to the
#Arweave
ecosystem?
Here are some quick-fire concepts:
✦ Bundles: Group transactions together (increases TPS!)
✦ The Permaweb: Websites and dApps built on Arweave
✦ Atomic Assets: NFTs done right (contract + data + metadata all together)
Let's take a look🧵
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Did you know that
#Arweave
has a file system (ArFS) built on top of it thanks to
@ardriveapp
?
Arweave provides permanent storage, and ArFS provides flexibility - folders, encryption, file sharing, and more.
This shows just how extensible Arweave is!
🧵
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"We are nonchalantly throwing all of our data into what could become an information black hole without realizing it."
Vint Cerf,
@vgcerf
, co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols, has spoken about the potential of a "Digital Dark Age".
Arweave is designed to protect against this.
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Data stored on
#Arweave
is permanent and tamper-proof. How?
Cryptography!
Arweave uses hash functions to manage file tampering and corruption. But cryptography can get complex. Let's keep it simple.
A very friendly introduction to how it all works. 🧵
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Ever heard of ArNS?
You can use it to connect readable names to
#Arweave
sites, data, and more (similar to ENS, even more extendable)!
ENS ↔ .eth
ArNS ↔ , , + hundreds more :)
A guide on how it works 🧵👇
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This is THE thread of threads to learn about everything
#Arweave
. 🧵
It covers:
- Arweave's Endowment
- Mining Mechanisms
- The Universal Data License (UDL)
- $U
- FAQs
And more!
Check it out below, and be sure to bookmark!👇
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ao strengthens the goal of
#Arweave
.
Millions of messages, and thousands of processes being executed on
@aoTheComputer
, stored permanently on Arweave.
Housing humanities knowledge requires context, and that what ao is already delivering with millions of messages onchain.
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It’s ALL data, folks.
+ Input to AI models.
+ Output from AI models.
Do you think the amount of data we individually create is going to expand more than ever before in the history of humankind as we know it?
We do. And we think it needs a place to be stored outside of the…
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Did you know that
#Arweave
mining uses barely any energy?
How does it do this?
Arweave is not about computation and competition.
It's based on hard disk space, which is inexpensive and highly accessible.
A quick tour of Arweave's Succinct Proof of Access mechanism 🧵
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Arweave is a protocol primarily focused on the "flow" of information.
Information in the current age is "forgetful". Link rot, content drift, and intentional censorship of information means every year, valuable content on the internet is lost.
Centralized points of control are…
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Introducing, Arweave Today. Your daily dose of Arweave, delivered right to you.
→
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Arweave and The Permaweb: What's the difference? 🤔
Arweave = Permanent data storage
Permaweb = Permanent websites, applications, and more.
A massively underrated part of
#Arweave
🧵
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What's cool is creating something you care about.
✦ Something you think can make the world a better place.
✦ Something that enables your perspective and empathy towards others to shine.
✦ Something that can live on for generations to come.
#Arweave
, build with intention.
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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣|
| onchain data at any scale |
|＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿|
\ (•◡•) /
\ /
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| |
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Frontend developers love Arweave too.
- Permanent web hosting with a one-time fee
- Use the languages & frameworks you know and love
- Add an easy-to-use backend with SmartWeave
Learn a little bit of tooling, and you're ready to start building.
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Onchain web hosting with
#Arweave
:
- Pay once, store permanently.
- Permanent site version history (no link rot).
- Same stack (HTML, CSS, JS, and more).
Give it a whirl, you will likely be surprised how easy it is.
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So you want to upload to Arweave and don't have $AR, what do you do?
👇 You use any of the below:
$USD
$ETH
$MATIC
$SOL
$LINK
$NEAR
$DOT
$AVAX
$BNB
$APTOS
$ALGO
$FANTOM
$BOBA
$KYVE
It's a long list. Shoutout to
@BundlrNetwork
@ardriveapp
and
@AkordTeam
for making it easy.
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Permanence = Provenance.
#Arweave
creates an environment where files cannot be arbitrarily removed.
Track the history of a document or a web page, with no link rot or missing data.
A tamper-proof history of all our most important information.
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By utilizing Arweave, we look to the future while respecting what has happened in the past.
And apparently, there are quite a few of us, already.
👀 1.08 MILLION: number of users on
#Arweave
as calculated by
@TheDataOS
.
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An unofficial guide to the Arweave ecosystem (for users and developers)
This is a beginner friendly list of tools and applications for users and developers to get started using
#Arweave
.
Instead of wondering how to get started, or what tools you should choose from, this guide…
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Now is a great time to get started with
#Arweave
!
Lots happening in the ecosystem.
The
@LearnWeb3DAO
mini is a perfect introduction to Arweave for beginners.
Join 900+ individuals who have already completed it 🏆
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The metadata of the physical world needs an upgrade.
Arweave makes it possible to have an immutable record of physical infrastructure and machines.
Provenance for the physical world. This is a big deal.
Ever heard of DePIN? 🤝
#Arweave
.
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Arweave is unique when it comes to cross-chain compatibility.
Whether it's social platforms, NFTs, dApps, or something else entirely, Arweave has got you covered.
It's affordable onchain data (at any scale).
NFA.
🧵
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Where we store things can tell us a lot about ourselves.
Do we value autonomy, or are we okay with a cloud company having control of our data?
With
#Arweave
, we now have the ability to make this decision - and that's a big deal.
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When speaking with family & friends, you may get the question: "what can I do using blockchain?"
A simple response:
"Permanently store family photos outside the bounds of a corporation so that future generations can see your images. You pay once, no subscription".
#Arweave
.
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The unique feature of Arweave is the ability to preserve data for 200+ years with just a single, one-time fee.
But how are miners incentivized to store data permanently if users only pay a one-time fee?
Let's get into how it works. 🧵👇
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A question that is frequently asked about
#Arweave
is:
"Can I use other tokens to pay for storage?"
And the answer is: Yes, you can!
It's possible to pay for permanent storage with 12+ different cryptocurrencies.
Let's take a look at how it works. 🧵👇
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Want to get started developing
#Arweave
apps?
Here are some tools with great DX you can use or share with anyone interested in developing in the Arweave ecosystem.
Oh yeah, you can code in javascript and other common languages :)
Check out these resources, it's go time! 🔨 ⓐ
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A few favorite questions around permanent data on
#Arweave
when first learning about the protocol:
- How is explicit or harmful content handled?
- Is Arweave censorship-resistant?
Hint: content policies via individual miners and gateways.
Let's delve into the details. 🧵👇
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When it comes to uploading data to
#Arweave
, there's always one thing people want to know:
How much does it cost?
Let's take a look at how cost effective Arweave is and how pricing works. 🧵👇
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Some MAJOR reasons you'll appreciate
#Arweave
's "SmartWeave" contracts:
- Code in popular languages like JS/TS, Go, and Rust.
- Computation by the user, not nodes. Heavy lifting with tiny costs!
It's an awesome paradigm. Read on 🧵
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