Arweave vs Filecoin
Both are decentralized data storage solutions built on blockchain technology. Arweave is focused on the problem of long-term data storage, whereas Filecoin is trying to disrupt the existing cloud storage market.
Both are decentralized data storage solutions built on blockchain technology. Arweave is focused on the problem of long-term data storage, whereas Filecoin is trying to disrupt the existing cloud storage market.
As the world has entered the information age a new problem has arisen for basically everyone on the planet: How do I keep my data stored for long periods of time?
Most invention and innovation happens in small incremental steps. But once in a while, an innovation takes a giant step forward and completely changes the space it is in. Arweave is one of these disruptive types of innovation.
This New Year’s Eve was different because I spent most of the evening like many evenings of the past 6 months — strategizing about ArDrive, learning from mistakes and plotting what we will accomplish in 2021. For the first time, I wasn’t thinking about personal or family goals, but community goals.
The past decade in IT have shown me so many apps, platforms, vendors and “as a Service’s”. The crypto world has shown me so many tokens, dapps, mining schemes and impossible claims. But there was one particular protocol that I was drawn to as soon as I heard about it and started to use it.