Blocky saysArweave offers permanent storage — pay once, stored "forever" via an endowment model.
Where IPFS needs ongoing pinning, Arweave aims for permanence: a one-time fee funds an endowment that pays for storage indefinitely as costs fall. It's a blockchain-like "permaweb" for data. Good for content that must never disappear (NFT media, archives, immutable web pages). The trade-off is trusting the endowment economics to hold over decades.
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Pay once, stored permanently (endowment model)
The "permaweb" for durable data
Good for NFT media and archives
Bet: endowment economics hold long-term
Double-Spend Dan attacks — common mistakes
Assuming "permanent" is risk-free
Using it for frequently-changing data
Confusing Arweave with IPFS (pinning model)
Boss battleContrast Arweave’s pay-once model with IPFS pinning.
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Arweave: pay once → endowment funds storage forever</pre></body></html>