GM fellow Arweaver!
There are endless reasons to store data on Arweave, far too many to fit in a single email. So we’re listing 99 today. Some will be familiar, others may surprise you.
Read on to see the list.
99 problems but the weave ain’t one 🐘
We got the inspiration for this list from an OnlyArweave banger posted in summer 2025 that listed 25 use cases for Arweave.
(Fun fact: that post was saved onchain by Permabutler.)
As mentioned in the post, that list was just a start. So how could we possibly follow up on that thread?
26 use cases for 2026?
52 solutions (one per week)?
69 reasons (to satisfy the memelords)?
Or how about 99 problems that permanent storage can handle. It’s a wild enough concept, and the blockweave can match it.
So let's give it a shot. Here goes…
Memory and culture
- Time capsule journals for descendants
- Family photos and videos
- Online discussion board archives
- 3D scans of historic buildings
- Historical society books and images
- NFT media and metadata
- Augmented reality statues and coordinates
- Audio recordings of oral histories
- Genealogy records
- Community newspaper archives
- Sound files for language preservation
- Digital gardens
- Memories of loved ones
Public record
- Digital libraries
- Public government documents
- Campaign speeches and websites
- Land titles and deeds
- Court records, evidence, and rulings
- City council meeting minutes
- Patent filings
- Census and population data
- Timestamps for creative works
- Historical maps and land surveys
Free expression
- Banned and challenged books
- Dissident writing and essays
- Investigative journalism
- Peaceful protest footage
- Underground zines
- Satire and political cartoons
Science and health
- Open research datasets
- Climate and weather records
- Clinical trial results
- DNA records
- Wildlife and biodiversity surveys
- Vaccine and drug safety reports
- Academic papers
- Personal health records
- Tamper-proof sensor data
- Satellite and space imagery
- Medical imagery
Business and markets
- Vehicle service histories
- Signed contracts and agreements
- Financial audit trails
- Invoices and receipts
- Product manuals and warranties
- Carbon credit records
- Royalty and licensing agreements
- Supply chain records and pricing
- Stock market data
- Decentralized exchange data
- Centralized exchange proof of reserves
Trust and intelligence
- Provenance for AI-generated content
- Encrypted identity data
- Diplomas and credentials
- Whistleblower document drops
- Audit logs for AI decisions
- Prompt and output histories
- Benchmark results for AI models
- Website proofs via signed HTTP messages
- Reviews and ratings histories
- AI model weights
Web and software
- Entire websites and applications
- App version histories
- Snapshots of public webpages
- Web fonts and icon libraries
- Hackathon project submissions
- Open source code
- Community wikis and knowledge bases
- Early GeoCities-era homepages
- Game assets and saves
Blockchain and compute
- Compute logs from any chain
- Entire blockchain ledgers
- Rollup transaction data
- Cross-chain bridge records
- Stablecoin reserve attestations
- Smart contract audit reports
- Block explorer data
- Governance votes and proposals
- Token metadata and logos
- DAO treasury records
- Airdrop eligibility snapshots
- Zero-knowledge proof archives
- Testnet records
Way out there
- Baby’s first words
- Handwritten love letters
- Dad joke collections
- New Year’s resolutions to revisit
- Treasure hunt puzzles
- Wedding vows and proposal videos
- Virtual pet memorials
- Messages for future civilizations
- Letters to open in 100 years
- Family recipes passed down
- Bedtime stories for great-grandchildren
- Instructions for rebuilding civilization
- World record proofs
- Pub quiz archives
- Digital wills and final wishes
- Sealed predictions to check years later
We kept you a spot
That’s 99 ideas, and Arweave has plenty of room for more.
Tag us on X and tell us what you’d add to spot 100. Who knows, we might just feature it in an upcoming issue.
ICYMI 👀
Here’s a quick snapshot of what’s been unfolding across Arweave and AO.
- Explore the Forever Garden labyrinth
- 10 new components for PermawebOS
- Important security announcement from Keystone
This week's community feature 🎲
Does this image seem random to you? That’s because it is.
Community member Marcin recently shared a project that serves random files stored on Arweave. Roll the dice at Arweave Roulette and filter between images, video, audio, text, websites, and PDFs.
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