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Expanding $ARIO beyond its native environment to connect with new networks and ecosystems. This bridge will make the Permanent Cloud more accessible, liquid, and interoperable.
Use Wayfinder to track and analyze real-time network performance and behavior.
Launch a grants program that supports builders to launch decentralized apps, tools, and protocols that grow the permaweb.
Introduces a new capability to Arweave Name Tokens (ANTs) by allowing each record (aka undername) within an ANT to have its own independent owner. https://github.com/ar-io/discussions/discussions/6
Enable ArNS purchases with popular cryptocurrencies like ETH to eliminate onboarding friction for new users.
Leverage x402 payment protocol to support payments for gateway egress
Optimize how gateways cache and verify popular content to improve responsiveness and data reliability.
Develop a "Wayback App and Toolset" to rewind the permaweb by surfacing any historical ArNS information, like old expired names. https://github.com/ar-io/ar-io-grants/issues/36
Launch a curated library of optional gateway extensions and modules to enhance gateway functionality and encourage community-driven innovation.
Develop and launch a beta of the Wayfinder protocol, making ar:// content discovery fast, verifiable, and location-independent.
Add new payment options and supported cryptocurrencies within ar.io payment services.
Enable $ARIO as an option within ar.io payment services for use with uploading data to Arweave.
Provide tooling for gateway operators to quickly extract and load index data, reducing time to utility for querying any data set stored on Arweave.
A robust testnet and faucet that makes it easy to experiment with ArNS and gateway features risk-free.
Enable ArNS purchases with credit cards to eliminate onboarding friction for new users.
Enhance Wayfinder routing for x402-enabled gateways.
Create an intuitive marketplace where aftermarket for ArNS domains.
Add x402 payments to support payments to gateways for data uploads.
Expand the Observation Protocol's monitoring and reporting of ar.io network gateways, improving the network's health and reliability.
Enable the ar.io network process to use AO Hyperbeam for high-speed read access to network information like names, gateways and token balances, improving performance across the network and downstream apps.
Quickly onboard users from new ecosystems, like Solana, by enabling supporting their native wallets across ar.io protocols and apps.
Demonstrate the power of open, verifiable data and its alignment with established preservation standards.
Improve deployment, monitoring, error handling, and day to day management for operators managing ar.io nodes.
Continuously improving docs, SDKs, and onboarding tools to create a world-class developer experience.
Steward a grants program to empower developers building the next generation of permaweb apps.
Engage new userbases and ecosystems that are synergistic with the ar.io network and the permanent web through fair and transparent reward mechanisms.
Increase token availability and accessibility to new markets around the world.
Form new partnerships to increase usage, expand integrations, and bring in new developers into the ar.io ecosystem.
Enable more apps and protocols to plug into ar.io's core services: uploading, hosting, querying, and naming.
Tooling for gateway operators to identify malicious content and moderate it as they see fit.
Support x402 payments using $ARIO token.
Introduces a scalable, mathematically sound bulk discount model for purchasing ArNS undernames. https://github.com/ar-io/discussions/discussions/3
Investigate the role of Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) in enhancing the integrity, verifiability, and decentralization of ar.io gateway operations.
Remove multisig controls and finalize the protocol's core logic so it can never be changed or censored.
Shift ar.io message verification to a decentralized, trustless AO model, reducing reliance on core operators.
Create a decentralized mining pool protocol that incentivizes gateways to store, replicate and secure Arweave data, earning $ARIO in return.
Launch an onchain indexing protocol and marketplace where users pay $ARIO to request custom indexing tasks from gateways.
Introduce AO decentralized sequencing to eliminate single points of failure in message processing.
Introduce gas fees for AO-based actions in the network to prevent spam, ensure scalability and fund infrastructure growth, without impacting user experiences.