What is Arweave? (AR)

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Arweave is a software that seeks to store files permanently across a distributed network of computers. Its goal is to build something not unlike the fabled Library of Alexandria: a digital archive that persists in perpetuity.

As such, Arweave has much in common with other decentralized storage platforms like Filecoin and Sia, both of which also use cryptocurrencies to create marketplaces for users who want to buy and sell data storage services.

Like these ambitious protocols, Aarweave, too, is seeking to disrupt a market dominated by existing storage giants like Google, Amazon and Microsoft.

However, what sets Arweave apart from competitors is its commitment to permanently storing data through unique incentives built around its AR cryptocurrency.

Arweave’s design means that it should, in theory, enable people who store data to receive revenues, even after initial payments for its decentralized storage service are made.

Further, files stored on Arweave are accessible through traditional web browsers, meaning they don’t require any special wallet or blockchain service. Other notable features in development include a voting mechanism that allow its users to moderate illicit content.

As of 2020, Arweave has already begun storing data from the Internet Archive in a partnership that it hopes will help keep that storied institution’s data resistant from tampering.

To follow all the latest updates from Arweave, bookmark its Medium page here.

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Who created Arweave?

Arweave最初于2017年命名为Archain，但在2018年Arweave团队接受参加Techstars初创加速计划后，Arweave被重新命名。

Arweave在2019年从著名风险投资公司，包括Andreessen Horowitz和Union Square Ventures等筹集了500万美元的资金。

在2020年3月， Arweave宣布追加830万美元的资金，用于发展基于Arweave上的用户和开发者的社区。

How does Arweave work?

Arweave并不完全是一个区块链。 Arweave不是一个包含交易和数据的区块链（就如大多数加密货币的典型设计一样），而是一个将其数据存储在区块图中的结构。

这意味着Arweave可通过一个称为“blockweave"的结构，将每个区块与Arweave上的兩个先前的区块相互连接。这与比特币形成对比，比特币的区块是按顺序连接以形成一条链的。

（其他使用图表结构的加密货币包括Hedera Hashgraph。）

访问证明共识机制

Areweave的设计还意味着，它检查交易准确性的方式是与大多数加密货币不同的。

在比特币要求其网络上的计算机竞爭解决数学难题的情况下 — 一个被称为工作证明的过程 — Arweave则使用一个被称为“访问证明”的机制。

简而言之，Arweave要求参与网络的每台计算机检索新的交易捆是否包含早期交易梱中随机选择的标记。

如果该标记存在，那么新的交易就可以被添加到网络中。增加一个新交易的计算机可以已AR加密货币的形式获得奖励。

访问证明有助于确保Arweave网络上的计算机可以验证所有新交易的准确性，而且还确保旧的交易并没有受到篡改。

内容审核

Arweave网络的另一个特点是，任何运行该软件的用户都可以选择他们希望存储的数据类型。这个过程在Arweave中被为内容审核。

即是，网络上的计算机可以决定他们想要托管的内容类型。

也许计算机想托管音频文件而不是图像。当新的内容被上传到网络时，Arweave会询问每台计算机是否要托管这些数据。

尽管如此，用户执行更密集的数据存储将会获得更大比例的交易费用作为奖励。

Why does AR have value?

AR is the currency of the Arweave network.

Users who wish to store data must buy AR to pay for distributed data storage, and computers on the network that provide storage services must accept payment in AR tokens.

Of note for investors is that the number of AR tokens in circulation is limited to 66 million units. The first tranche of AR cryptocurrency was created in June 2018 when Arweave was launched. At that time, 55 million AR tokens were created.

An additional 11 million AR tokens are scheduled to be gradually released to the computers performing storage services on the network.

Token Economy

Notably, payments on the network are calculated with the assumption that storage costs will keep falling over time. As a result, paying for storage on the Arweave network is like paying a one-time, upfront fee for permanent data storage.

Like other blockchain data storage schemes, AR payments go to the computers on the Arweave network who provide storage services. However, the payments aren’t paid directly to each user. Instead, they are pooled and distributed gradually over time to the computers.

This pool of fees is known as the Storage Endowment. Like other types of endowments, it aims to generate returns from the pool of capital invested with it.

The pool of fees paid by users for storage gains in value over time, like cash in a bank account accumulating interest. Because this pool gains in value, it is able to make regular payouts to the computers performing storage over a number of years.

Why use AR?

如果您认为网络过度依赖如亚马逊、谷歌、微软或阿里巴巴等的中心化服务的存储，您可能会对Arweave感兴趣。

此外，您可能使用Arweave，如果您相信Arweave对未来的特殊愿景。

与Filecoin和Sia等竞争对手不同的是，Arweave的目标是永久存储。这意味着，如果您认为数字数据需要永久存储，即类似于传统的博物馆或图书馆，那么您则可能会对AR代币感兴趣。

通过出售存储空间以赚取金钱和实现一个更好、更永久的网络为计算机运营商提供了一个具有吸引力的方式。

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