Case Studies

Real-world examples of how ar.io powers permanent, decentralized applications.

CrimConsortium (CrimRxiv): Permanent Preservation for Open-Access Scholarship

CrimConsortium partnered with Permanent Data Solutions (PDS) to migrate CrimRxiv’s 3,700+ open-access publications from PubPub to permanent decentralized infrastructure on Arweave and ar.io—preserving DOIs, discoverability, and OAIS-aligned provenance.

RTFKT - Digital Asset Rescue

RTFKT partnered with ArDrive and ar.io to migrate ~30,000 CloneX and Animus NFT media assets to Arweave, ensuring permanent access via ArNS (ar://RTFKT).

Meta: Permanent Storage for Instagram Digital Collectibles

For the launch of Instagram Digital Collectibles in the U.S., Meta selected permanent storage to ensure NFT media and metadata remain accessible, verifiable, and intact over time—protecting creators and collectors from broken links, mutable assets, and future platform or infrastructure changes.

Derad Network: Decentralizing the DePIN Data Stack

Derad Network is building the world’s largest community-powered aviation safety DePIN on the Permanent Cloud. By combining incentivized ADS-B antennas with ar.io’s decentralized storage and gateway infrastructure, Derad ensures real-time and historical flight data is permanently archived, openly acc

iExec x ar.io: Building a Decentralized Future with Privacy, Permanence, and Programmable Messaging

Discover how iExec leverages ar.io to power privacy-first, decentralized messaging with permanent, tamper-proof storage. See how Web3Telegram integrates confidential computing and the permanent cloud to serve thousands of users.

StarGrid Battle: A Crypto Game That Doesn't Suck

StarGrid Battle is a tactical brawler that runs fully onchain—game logic, match data, and randomness on AO + Arweave, delivered to players via ar.io gateways.

Inference Labs: Bringing Trust and Permanence to AI

Inference x ar.io

ArDrive: Arweave’s OG App

ArDrive is Arweave’s flagship “pay once, store forever” app—now supercharged by ar.io with ArNS naming, decentralized gateways, and Turbo uploads.

ArLink: One-Click Deployments for the Permaweb

All about Arlink

Redstone: The Modular Oracle for a Modular World

Partnership with RedStone

Trackgood: Using AI and Blockchain to Bring Transperancy

Trackgood fights greenwashing with AI and NFT-backed supply-chain records stored permanently on Arweave via ar.io.

KYVE and ar.io : A Powerful Partnership for Decentralized Data

KYVE validators can now seamlessly and cost-effectively store blockchain data on Arweave by using KYVE tokens.

Anyone.io: Privacy and Data Control

AnyOne is leveraging ar.io to host critical assets like their rewards dashboards & consensus endpoints on Arweave. The 200+ online gateways in ar.io ensure these assets remain highly available & resistant to censorship.