Arweave: Unlimited Permaweb Document Archival

[Undiscussed Horrific Abuse, One Victim of Many]

If you're not aware, another blockchain called Arweave is also
purpose-built around preserving data for eternity via small payments in
their AR currency.

In summary, it works because miners need only store part of the chain, and
are rewarded based on how much they store.

https://arweave.org/

It's still engaging growing pains here and there. Its primary language is
still node.js and there are presently some gateway caching issues people
are repairing this month.

A group called "textury" have set up a set of systems on top of arweave
which attempt to provide increased ease of use, reliability, and
automation. A primary tool is arkb, which provides automated upload from
the command line: https://github.com/textury/arkb

Arweave community telegram: https://t.me/arweavers
Ardrive telegram: https://t.me/ardriveapp
Textury discord: https://discord.gg/GtS2NzVAJG

Here's the readme of arkb:

# arkb
Arweave Deploy that saves you data costs.

## Features
- No file size limit.
- No amount of files limit.
- Doesn't upload files that you have already uploaded.

## How to use
arkb runs using NodeJS and NPM. You must have both installed on your
machine for it to work.

Install arkb:

```
yarn global add arkb # recommended
```

or

```
npm install -g arkb
```

> **Note:** The installation of arkb needs node >=15.11.0 or you will get an error when using `arkb`.  To manage multiple active nodejs, we recommend you have [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) installed on your computer, then you can switch different node in a simple command.

And run:

```
arkb help
```

> **Note:** If you are planning to upload large batches of data transactions to the Arweave network, it is *strongly* advised that you use the `--use-bundler` option instead of regular deploy to avoid transaction failures. You can read about bundles and their advantages on the [Arwiki](https://arwiki.wiki/#/en/preview/WUAtjfiDQEIqhsUcHXIFTn5ZmeDIE7If9hJREBLRgak).



```
                    d8b        d8b
                    ?88        ?88
                     88b        88b
 d888b8b    88bd88b  888  d88'  888888b
d8P' ?88    88P'  `  888bd8P'   88P `?8b
88b  ,88b  d88      d88888b    d88,  d88
`?88P'`88bd88'     d88' `?88b,d88'`?88P'



Usage: arkb [options] [command]

Options                                 Description
--auto-confirm                          Skips the confirm screen
--concurrency -c <number>               Multi thread, default is 5
--debug                                 Display log messages
--fee-multiplier -m <number>            Set the fee multiplier for all
transactions
--force -f                              Force a redeploy of all the files
--gateway -g <host_or_ip>               Set the gateway hostname or ip address
--help -h                               Show usage help for a command
--ipfs-publish                          Publish to Arweave+IPFS
--license                               Specify the license of your
upload with an spdx li
--no-colors                             Print to terminal without fancy colors
--tag-name <name>                       Set a tag name
--tag-value <value>                     Set a tag value
--timeout -t <number>                   Set the request timeout
--bundle                                Locally bundle your files and
deploy to Arweave
--use-bundler <host_or_ip>              Use an ans104 bundler service
--wallet -w <wallet_path>               Set the key file path

Commands (alias)                        Description
balance (b)                             Get the current balance of your wallet
deploy (d) <folder_or_file>             Deploy a directory or file
fund-bundler <amount>                   Fund your bundler account
help (h)                                Show usage help for a command
network (n)                             Get the current network info
status (s) <txid>                       Check the status of a transaction ID
transfer <address> <amount>             Send funds to an Arweave wallet
version (v)                             Show the current arkb version number
wallet-export (we)                      Exports a previously saved wallet
wallet-forget (wf)                      Removes a previously saved wallet
wallet-save (ws) <wallet_path>          Saves a wallet, removes the
need of the --wallet option
withdraw-bundler <amount>               Withdraw from your bundler balance
```

## Contributing

1.  Create a fork
2.  Create your feature branch: `git checkout -b my-feature`
3.  Commit your changes: `git commit -am 'Add some feature'`
4.  Push to the branch: `git push origin my-new-feature`
5.  Submit a pull request 🚀
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