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# Bundles

Bundles are a method of grouping together many data transactions in
the Arweave into a single, larger transaction.

Bundles of data items on Arweave have a number of benefits to the
systems scalability and usability:

- Bundles allow the extremely large maximum data size (2^256-1 bytes)
of Arweave transactions to be split across many individual pieces of
data, avoiding the need for excessive numbers of base layer
transactions.
- Being a blockchain network, Arweave transactions can occasionally be
rejected by the network for a number of reasons. Using data bundles
lowers the likelihood that this will become an issue during uploads of
datasets containing many files.
- Data entry IDs can be relied upon without waiting for confirmation
on the Arweave network, as they can be submitted (and resubmitted) at
any time -- unlike normal TXs. This is particularly helpful if you
need to refer to a piece of data inside Arweave from a smart contract
on another network.

Notably, transactions that move tokens between Arweave wallets
_cannot_ be bundled.

You can read more about the intricacies of Arweave bundles in the
[spec](https://github.com/joshbenaron/arweave-standards/blob/ans104/ans/ANS-104.md),
and get started using them with the
[ArBundles](https://github.com/Bundler-Network/arbundles) library.

## Bundlers

Bundled data entries are signed by users, but paid for by the wallet
that signs the base-layer Arweave transaction. This allows for the
creation of 'bundler' services, which take signed data entries from
users, batch them with other user's submissions, then submit them to
the network in a single Arweave TX. This enables a number of distinct
benefits:

- Users can maintain accounts with bundler services that are paid for
in different currencies. For example, a bundler service may let users
deposit Bitcoin or a stablecoin on Solana into their wallet, then
spend from this balance as they send data netries to be bundled by the
service.
- Bundler services can offer instant, guaranteed finality to Arweave
data transactions. This is achieved by the bundler taking the burden
of handling any potential resubmissions that may be required in order
to settle a piece of data into the Arweave network.
- Developers and others may offer open bundler services which pay for
the upload of data transactions that match a certain patter n-- for
example, interactions with an application they have developed, etc.
- In certain circumstances, bundler services may be able to offer
economic guarantees that a data entry sent to the node will be
uploaded within a certain time period. These can be used as data
availability proofs in a number of situations.

A number of wallet services are presently discussing integration of
bundler service support into their offerings, and the first
decentralised bundler network -- [Simple.Storage](SimpleStorage) is
preparing for launch.