#460: Sam Williams, Founder of Arweave, on Solving Blockchain Storage, The Migration to Cyberspace, and Humanity's Digital Transition

Sam Williams is the creator of AO and Arweave, as well as founder and CEO of Forward Research, a venture protocol development company dedicated to growing the permaweb ecosystem. AO is a decentralized supercomputer empowering internet-scale applications, integrated with Arweave's perpetual data storage. Sam is building towards a vision of a truly decentralized web, where user rights are immutably protected and software and data is permanent. He believes that the permaweb’s unique approach to data storage and its potential for creating truly decentralized applications will revolutionize the way we interact with the internet.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- There are centuries where nothing happens and decades where everything happens
- Protecting user speech
- Don’t digitally die is more important than don’t physically die
- Building the right cyberspace
- Solving blockchain storage limitations
- Permanent storage economics:
- The Migration to Cyberspace
- Humanity's Digital Transition
- Why AO Was Built
- Fair Launch & Economic Philosophy
- Rejecting VC-Dominated Models

AO
Website: ao.arweave.net
X: @aoTheComputer

Sam Williams
X: @samecwilliams

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