Arweave Co-Founder on Building an Archive of History Using Blockchain

<p>Do you have a digital storage problem? As almost everything begins to be stored digitally, customers are often looking for sustainable but secure and permanent storage for their assets.</p><p>What was once considered science fiction has been created by <a href="https://www.arweave.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arweave</a>. One of the company’s goals is to create a permanent archive of all of humanity’s knowledge through its cryptographically verifiable method.</p><p>“The simple way of explaining what Arweave is to people that have read <em>1984</em> is, well, you know the memory hole? Well, we make the memory hole impossible,” says Sam Williams, Arweave co-founder and CEO.</p><p>Listen as Sam talks to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete-townsend-1b18301a/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Pete Townsend</u></a>, Techstars managing director and leader of the <a href="https://www.techstars.com/accelerators/web3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Techstars Web3 Accelerator</u></a>, about the story of Arweave, and how hope and resilience led to extraordinary success. Also, don’t miss Sam sharing advice for future Web3 founders that he learned throughout this process.</p><br><p>Follow David Cohen on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/davidcohen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@davidcohen</a></p><p>Follow Pete Townsend on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteTownsendNV" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@PeteTownsendNV</a></p><br><p>Listen &amp; subscribe to the Give First podcast on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/give-first/id1462357721" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5dA6Pl7MU6C2mygaxc9mCi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, and <a href="https://givefirst.techstars.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">more</a>.</p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_bl