eli5

whats the difference between arweave and ipfs? why choose one over the other?

Ethereum

IPFS is a file sharing protocol, Arweave is a tokenized storage solution (Filecoin is the attempt to tokenize IPFS). Arweave has a goal of making content permanent, whereas IPFS is just a protocol that gives you the option to persist content or not (but Filecoin could be used to make it more archival).

Farcaster and IPFS at Scale | https://docs.pinata.cloud/farcaster/farcaster-api

DX Engineer | DevRel at OpenZeppelin | Building orbiter.host & bhvr.dev | opinions are my own

I think both can have their place but they work totally differently. IPFS can be run by yourself or by a provider; it’s open software peer to peer software like torrent (but better). It can be run by individuals or by services (@pinatacloud). Arweave and its fate is tied to a token, which is good & bad imo

Biases stated makes me lean in so much more. I love that Steve. Respect! ✊🏻💯

But of course I am biased; take my opinions as such ;)