What is Arweave?

Arweave is a new type of technology that uses a form of database to store data that cannot be deleted or changed, and uses economics to incentive people to store the data for long periods of time for the first time ever. This combination makes either public or private data permanent.

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Is Arweave proof of work?

Areweave’s design also means that the way it checks the accuracy of transactions is different than most cryptocurrencies. Where Bitcoin asks computers on its network to compete to solve a mathematical puzzle — a process called proof-of-work — Arweave uses a different mechanism called “proof-of-access.”

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