Welcome to another edition of the Permaweb Journal Changelog: a weekly newsletter covering the latest Journal content, ecosystem news, media recaps, and upcoming events.
This week’s changelog is packed with updates from across the ecosystem. Let’s get into it.
New articles from the Journal:
How data redundancy works on the Arweave network: Learn how Arweave ensures long-term data redundancy through SPoRA mining, Merkle proofs, and network-level replication incentives. This article breaks down how storage is verified, why miners are rewarded for holding full datasets, and how replication is measured across the network.
Derad and AR.IO bring ADS-B data to Arweave: Discover how Derad Network is decentralizing flight tracking and storing real-time ADS-B data on Arweave, enabling permanent, verifiable air traffic records and new use cases for autonomous agents and DePIN systems.
Arweave and AO ecosystem updates:
Beacon Wallet recovers $500,000 in lost AO tokens in Ledger wallets: Beacon’s Ledger recovery tool has helped users reclaim over half a million dollars in AO. Recover your tokens here.
Social logins from permaweb apps with WAuth: Forward Research’s Ankush introduces WAuth, allowing users to log into permaweb apps using Google accounts. Try it here or view the GitHub repo.
StarGrid Battle Tactics $SMONEY updates: $SMONEY goes deflationary with new token burn mechanics, summer ranked passes, wager matches, and custom match features.
StarGrid: Galaxy War teased in DUH Space: The StarGrid team also teased an upcoming game mode, Galaxy War, during this week's DUH Space.
iExec demos Web3Telegram: iExec shows off its privacy-first messaging app powered by Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) and AR.IO’s permanent cloud infrastructure.
PermSign shares new product updates: The PermSign team added AO-generated agreement templates, improved performance, and a redesigned UI.
Looking for daily updates between Changelogs?
Taylor from Forward Research, sharing near-daily vlogs covering ecosystem activity
Media coverage of the permaweb this week:
The Winston Show Ep. 9: Prasan from Arweave India hosts another community livestream highlighting the latest ecosystem stories.
Phil Mataras on the DePINed Podcast: The AR.IO co-founder talks about the future of decentralized infrastructure and the power of permanent domains.
LiquidOps Deep Dive - Alea Research Newsletter: A breakdown of how LiquidOps is bringing native DeFi primitives to Arweave and AO.
El Tio interview with Rallo from Music District: Jorge shares his journey into web3, the role of Bazar, and his work supporting creators on the permaweb.
iExec x AR.IO Livestream: Martin from iExec joins Kemp from AR.IO to discuss private messaging with Arweave and trusted compute.
Contribute to the Journal: Submit a guest article, share your ideas, or help expand the documentation. All contributors welcome.
The Journal is migrating to a new publishing protocol built on Arweave. Stay tuned for the Portal launch.
Upcoming events across the permaweb ecosystem:
AO DUH Space - Thursdays, 12 PM EST: Bi-weekly community call. Next session: August 7 (Hackathon kickoff)
Bazar Creator Lounge - Fridays, 9 AM EST: Weekly space for creators to share tools and project updates
Agents of the Permaweb Hackathon
Registration closes: August 7
Hackathon runs: August 11 – September 2025
Demo Day: September 5 (virtual)
$39,000 in AR prizes
Thank you for reading. If you’re building with Arweave or AO and want to be featured, DM us on X. Let’s keep pushing the permaweb forward.
This newsletter is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Always do your own research.
Permaweb Journal Team
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