# Arweave

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/arweave/

5 people recommended Arweave in Hacker News comments, 3 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Arweave for permanent, tamper-proof storage of files and data that must not disappear or change.

Summary written by Claude from 9 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Permanent, tamper-proof data storage (3 comments in the sample): "the exact use case it was built for, preservation of news data in a way that it cannot be tampered with" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49694725)) "A permanent and decentralized web inside an open ledger." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46642749)) "You might be looking for Arweave for better permanence" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50036498))
- Reliable for valuable, rarely changed files (2 comments in the sample): "A bit expensive but super reliable, it's what the GTA leaker is using" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407635)) "for small, valuable, rarely updated and heavily targeted files" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49432531))

## What people recommend instead

- [IPFS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ipfs/): 30 recommend, 16 mixed, 62 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.arweave.org/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Arweave", https://hackerapproved.com/p/arweave/ (5 recommend, 3 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.