‘Permanent Dropbox’ App Launches on Arweave

The new file sync app lets users pay a fee once, depending on the price of Arweave tokens, and have their data (documents, photos, videos) live forever on the web, without a data cap or fear of censorship. Arweave operates on the same idea as the recently launched decentralized file storage and content distribution network Filecoin, but with further ambitions toward a permanent and “virtually unlimited” digital Library of Alexandria.

Arweave founder and CEO Sam Williams added that a permanent Dropbox is an obvious use case of the network. At this stage, ArDrive is only for users who already hold Arweave tokens to upload their data.

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