Lately, I’ve been tinkering with crypto again—not trading, but exploring how to make it more interesting. A few years back, when Bitcoin broke $10K, a friend dragged me into reading the whitepaper. I didn’t get it, so I bought some ETH instead, only to get hit by insane gas fees that drained my wallet. Since then, I’ve been on and off with this space.
The other day, while scrolling X, I stumbled across Arweave. I was originally looking for a way to store old photos without handing them over to big cloud companies. After digging in, I found it’s different from typical storage—Arweave offers permanent storage, where data stays up forever in theory, and anyone can run a node to join the network. So, I downloaded the client and started storing some stuff. Now my beat-up home computer’s been running 24/7, holding a few docs and pics. 0 reply
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On the crypto side, I don’t chase hot projects—those meme coins with 100x pumps aren’t my thing. I’ll glance at stuff like Ethereum or Polkadot, though. ETH’s smart contracts are solid, but gas fees hurt; Polkadot’s cross-chain idea is cool, just still growing. If Arweave’s permanent storage ties in deeper with chains, it could lead to some new tricks—like NFTs with data stored forever, not just a link.
I messed up once running the node—config was off, and uploads crawled. Took half a day to fix. The process isn’t bad, feels more involved than chasing pumps and dumps. Crypto’s noisy sometimes, all “to the moon” everywhere, but Arweave feels pretty grounded.
What’ve you been up to in crypto lately? Trading, mining, or tinkering with tech? Drop your thoughts—I’ve got this node running, ready to store something if you want to test it out. 0 reply
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