Equipped with real data to the eternal ferry boat: web3 permanent network disk project

Author: Kyle, Permadao

With the outbreak of DEPIN concepts, decentralized storage tracks have once again attracted widespread market attention.Decentralized storage is an important infrastructure in the field of web3, but for ordinary users, it may be difficult to intuitively appreciate its charm.However, web disk products have always been one of the best choices for the general public to enjoy storage services.

XDrive, the earliest online disk project in traditional Internet, was born in 2002, and now the most popular network disk Google Drive has also launched for nearly 12 years, with more than 3 billion users.Net disk products have achieved “entering thousands of people’s homes”, but at the same time, the real world has also been lost or stolen due to centralized network disk.Data have gradually become an important asset of people, and decentralized storage is becoming a new guardian of private property.Among the many decentralized storage solutions, people often see FIL with higher market value, and I want to find out the more unique Arweave and its ecological network disk projects.

Arweave has been launched since 2018It has been running smoothly for nearly 6 yearsIts dedicated toDesigned permanent storage,haveUnique blockweave data structureAs well asSimple and elegant SPORA consensus mechanismas well asMature economic incentive mechanismEssenceAt the same time, Arweave also launched the native intelligent contract standard -Smartweave, allowing developers to develop applications on it.In addition, Arweave is an open agreement that supports any application integration to achieve permanent storage function.

At the beginning of 2024, according to incomplete statistics, more than 130 projects built around Arweave can be divided into 12 tracks.Arweave is already a huge and active ecology.This article will focus on the network disk project in the Arweave ecosystem -WEWEAVE, Ardrive, Akord, and MOSS, and conduct multi -dimensional comparative analysis of the four.

Weweave

WeWeave is aLight and easy -to -use network disk,,There is no too much fancy design on the webpage, you can seamlessly store files when you enter the official website, Especially applicable to users who pay attention to storage easy -to -use.Weweave is based onARSEEDING (Arweave light node gateway),useANS104 (transaction expansion agreement on Arweave)The storage application built is particularly suitable for the storage scenario with a large number of files.

At present, Weweave only supports Metamask wallets. Users can choose the assets of three public chains to pay the storage costs, including the Ethereum chain (USDT, AR, ETH), BSC chain (BNB), and Moonbeam (GLMR).

Users can enjoy the silky storage experience at WEWEAVE, and can label the file (TAG) when storing.In addition, Weweave also supports indexing functions. Users can search for keywords or labels. The search range includes all files stored on the chain through WeWeave.In other words, the current uploading to Weweave is publicly visible. Users can access the files they store online online, or to access the files uploaded by others by downloading.

Weweave official website:https://weweave.xyz/#/

Ardrive

Ardrive was founded in 2020. It is a modelMore mature network disk projectsEssenceJudging from the web interface and product experience, it is closer to the traditional Internet disk, which can be comparable to the web3 version of Dropbox or Baidu Cloud.

Only need toPaidCan easilyPermanent storageYou can only see your own data and support data encryption. At the same time, you can also create a folder management classification data.Developers can upload data through the Ardrive Cli tool, monitor the operating status and transaction status of the network.

At present, Ardrive only supports the ARCONNECT wallet (Arweave native wallet) login. At the same time, it is required to hold the AR tokens in the wallet to pay the storage fee, and the new user has a free upload amount of 500KB.Considering that users may be more unfamiliar with the Arconnect wallet, Ardrive optimization supports the creation of a new Arconnect wallet in one -stop in the application, which greatly reduces the cost of user entry.

In addition, by cooperating with the payment provider Stripe, Ardrive launched Ardrive Turbo to allow users to use (credit card or debit card) legal currency payment storage fee.At the same time, ARDrive issued its native currency ARDrive in 2023, and users can trade in the decentralized exchange Permaswap.

Ardrive official website:https://ardrive.io

Akord

Akord is a oneCollaborative network disk, Can provideStorage of end -encrypted end encryptionFunction, also supportMulti -person cooperation workandPrivate message sendingFunction.However, to be precise, AKORD’s project positioning is actually decentralized digital insurance library, but its product function is highly consistent with the network disk.Especially after the brand was reshaped, AKORD changed from one payment to the subscription model and focused on the direction of the product on safe storage and content release. This is also an extension of the network disk business.

AKORD is very friendly to Web3 Xiaobai users. It only needs a simple account registration to log in. It will automatically generate a helping word for each registered account to restore account information.In addition, AKORD also allows users to directly import files from Dropbox and Google Drive to store.

At the same time, AKORD not only supports permanent storage services, but also recently launched temporary storage functions that allow users to store files on the traditional cloud storage platform, and can delete this temporary storage data at any time, with more flexible options.In addition, AKORD also launched the tokens door control access function, allowing users to set access rules for the storage file settings and broaden their application scenarios.

Akord official website:https://akord.com

Moss

Moss is aSocial network disk, Launched by the 4EVERLAND (Web3 Cloud Computing Platform) team, at the same timeWith both centralized and decentralized storage methodsEssenceAccording to the current product design of the MOSS network disk, a model similar to Friend.tech is adopted to encourage creators to build a community based on its establishment of value exchange.The storage function may be only auxiliary dishes, and the social function of MOSS is the main course.

In terms of basic network disk functions, MOSS provides a variety of options.In terms of storage services, users can choose traditional cloud storage, decentralized temporary storage of IPFS and permanent storage services for Arweave.In terms of data sharing, users can open the access permissions of the data or set the access password.

The core components of MOSS include personal folders, mysterly of Moss Origins NFT, MOSS Stone, Key and Mossyland.

Myster of moss origins nft:The holder has the right to create Moss Stone.
Moss stone:The sharing space of the creator on the MOSS platform, stored valuable data, and built into the chat room.
Key:Each Moss Stone has its corresponding key. Users need to buy Key to allow Moss Stone to add Moss Stone.
Mossyland:Gathering all Moss Stone squares for users to explore and join.

For ordinary users, MOSS can store data, or you can also join the Moss Stone.For creators, Key’s economic model will promote them to provide high -value content to the community to achieve the positive flywheel of the economy.

MOSS official website:https://www.mymoss.io

Internet disk product comparison

The functions and characteristics of the four network disk projects are shown in the list below.

Combined with the characteristics of the project, the following analyzes Weweave, Ardrive, Akord, and MOSS:

Data security:All four projects support ARWEAVE to achieve permanent storage of data and cannot be tampered with, which fully guarantees the security of data.
Compatible storage method:AKORD also supports traditional cloud storage services; MOSS supports traditional cloud storage and decentralized IPFS temporary storage services.
Support multi -chain:Only Weweave is a multi -chain network disk, which is reflected in the use of multiple public chain assets to pay storage costs, and the data is stored in Arweave.
Storage cost:At present, Arweave’s storage cost is about 9 US dollars/GB. It only needs to be paid permanently at a time (theoretically 200 years), and only 0.00375 US dollars/GB is required every month.In addition, ARDrive offers 500kb free upload quota, and AKORD provides 100 MB free upload quotas.
User threshold:AKORD’s user threshold is the lowest, and simple registration can be logged in; WEWEAVE and MOSS support the most Metamask wallet with the audience. Ardrive needs to log in with the Arconnect wallet, which has the cost of user education.
Basic function:All four items have the functions of batches, online previews, sharing and download files.
Data search:Only Ardrive does not support the search/filtering function for the time being. Among them, WEWEAVE integrates the full -chain data index function of Adot (Web3 search engine based on large models). The user directly retrieves the mainstream content of Arweave network via WeWeave.
Collaborative sharing:MOSS has a chat room function to facilitate community communication and interaction; AKORD performed better in collaborative sharing. It has a built -in chat room. It supports setting access management authority and log query use records, which is especially suitable for multi -person collaboration.

summary

Web3 is not only hype, but now a number of real products have emerged.Although Arweave’s uniqueness in the permanent storage track, it is often underestimated by the market because of its weak financial attributes.As a storage infrastructure dedicated to solving problems, Arweave pays more attention to long -term stable development, not the pursuit of short -term wealth effects.

At present, ARWEAVE has a series of network disk projects with different characteristics such as WEWEAVE, Ardrive, Akord, and MOSS, which can be used by users directly to solve the real needs of users.As a familiar and unfamiliar product, with the continuous exploration of more application scenarios, the potential has the potential to become an entrance for people’s adopters and decentralization.