Arweave
Peer-to-peer storage in Hosting & cloud
People recommend Arweave for permanent, tamper-proof storage of files and data that must not disappear or change.
People recommend Arweave for permanent, tamper-proof storage of files and data that must not disappear or change.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 90%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 9 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Permanent, tamper-proof data storage
“the exact use case it was built for, preservation of news data in a way that it cannot be tampered with”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “XCancel service is suspended until further notice” “A permanent and decentralized web inside an open ledger.”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: How to make my website exist for 100 years?” “You might be looking for Arweave for better permanence”
Comment from 10 Oct 2026 in “Bitwarden Dual License Model” Reliable for valuable, rarely changed files
“A bit expensive but super reliable, it's what the GTA leaker is using”
Comment from 23 Aug 2026 in “How to archive Everything and share It” “for small, valuable, rarely updated and heavily targeted files”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “IPFS Maintainers Winding Down”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPFS | 48 | 65 | 42% | 11 | 5 yrs3 owners | — |
| ArweaveThis page | 9 | 1 | 90% | 7 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“You might be looking for Arweave for better permanence”
“the exact use case it was built for, preservation of news data in a way that it cannot be tampered with”
“Arweave does what it's designed for right now.”
“for small, valuable, rarely updated and heavily targeted files”
“A bit expensive but super reliable, it's what the GTA leaker is using”
“Good for agents to collaborate on branches without UI-based fiddling.”
“Love seeing apps on Arweave!”
“A permanent and decentralized web inside an open ledger.”
“Projects like Filecoin and Arweave have focused on solving Global Permanence by relying on Global Consensus”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.