Blockchains were the first systems to allow guaranteed permanent storage of public data. As cryptocurrency technology has advanced, a rich ecosystem of permanent storage and compute has developed as well. One of these is Arweave, a system for permanent information storage. Sam Williams is a founder of Arweave and joins the show to talk through how Arweave works and his motivation for starting it. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com

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