When you login into your account you may only see a portion of your files at first – this is because ArDrive is still syncing with the permaweb. Don’t worry! All of your files are still there and safe forever. It should not take too long for all of them to appear. If you want …
Yes, you can edit your files after uploading them. ArDrive will allow you to save a revised copy of the same file, and you will also get to have all of the revised copies of these articles. Again, it is your choice whether you make these files private or public.
Yes, all of your public files will be made permanent on the web and will be given a unique URL – which includes a long string of numbers and letters. The URL given will be based on arweave.net, and will be searchable. You can access the URL for your public file by pressing the ‘preview …
Once you’ve created a public drive, you can share the contents of that drive with any other ArDrive user at no cost to you or to them. To share your public drive: Click on the public drive folder (left hand of screen) Click on the globe icon that appears on the right side of the …
No. You can upload a file onto the permaweb, and walk away from it for 1, 2, 5, 10, 50 years and it will still be there. You will never receive a message that your account is going to be closed due to inactive use or a missed payment. Think of it as your safety …
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No, there are no data size limits on accounts. Feel free to put as little or as much on as you like on the permaweb. Whether you want to store 1 kb, 1 MB, 1 GB, 1TB or 1 PB – it is up to you!
No. But single file uploads of 1.5 GB or more are not recommended at this time.
Downloading from the permaweb is about as fast as downloading from the internet, and will only continue to get better. As the permaweb network grows, there will be more nodes all over the world. This will mean that your data will have a redundancy and proximity that will make download speeds continue to increase.
Permanent data storage doesn’t happen in an instant. But most files are uploaded in just a few seconds. Larger files can take several minutes to upload. When the circle icon is completely filled, your files are uploaded to the permaweb. After files are uploaded with ArDrive they are then distributed to the nodes, which can …
With ArDrive it is easy to upload more than one file at a time. After you hit the ‘Upload File(s)’ button in ArDrive a browser will appear that allows you to select which files to choose from. Simply choose the desired files and then upload them. Remember to keep the amount of files you upload …