{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f15aaf5ea96cb0d9679b721/63a1c359fcb5610011d6bd5e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Arweave Co-Founder on Building an Archive of History Using Blockchain","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f15aaf5ea96cb0d9679b721/1671546042474-d0602522132d79271df418402a0b25d0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Do you have a digital storage problem? As almost everything begins to be stored digitally, customers are often looking for sustainable but secure and permanent storage for their assets.</p><p>What was once considered science fiction has been created by <a href=\"https://www.arweave.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Arweave</a>. One of the company’s goals is to create a permanent archive of all of humanity’s knowledge through its cryptographically verifiable method.</p><p>“The simple way of explaining what Arweave is to people that have read <em>1984</em> is, well, you know the memory hole? Well, we make the memory hole impossible,” says Sam Williams, Arweave co-founder and CEO.</p><p>Listen as Sam talks to <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete-townsend-1b18301a/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Pete Townsend</u></a>, Techstars managing director and leader of the <a href=\"https://www.techstars.com/accelerators/web3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Techstars Web3 Accelerator</u></a>, about the story of Arweave, and how hope and resilience led to extraordinary success. Also, don’t miss Sam sharing advice for future Web3 founders that he learned throughout this process.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow David Cohen on Twitter <a href=\"https://twitter.com/davidcohen\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@davidcohen</a></p><p>Follow Pete Townsend on Twitter <a href=\"https://twitter.com/PeteTownsendNV\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@PeteTownsendNV</a></p><p><br></p><p>Listen &amp; subscribe to the Give First podcast on <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/give-first/id1462357721\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/5dA6Pl7MU6C2mygaxc9mCi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify</a>, and <a href=\"https://givefirst.techstars.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">more</a>.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Techstars"}