arweave

name	arweave
description	Arweave protocol and node API — permanent storage, HTTP interface, transactions, blocks, gateways, path manifests.
metadata	{"author":"hairy","version":"2026.2.24","source":"Generated from https://github.com/ArweaveTeam/arweave"}

Skill based on Arweave (official Erlang node/gateway), generated 2026-02-24. Docs from sources/arweave/ (README, http_iface_docs, http_post_unsigned_tx_docs, doc/).

Arweave is a distributed, cryptographically verified permanent archive. Data is stored in a decentralised peer-to-peer Blockweave; amounts are in winston (1 AR = 10^12 winston). The node exposes an HTTP API for transactions, blocks, wallets, price, and peers; gateways serve content by domain with optional path manifests and custom domains.

Core References

Topic	Description	Reference
Protocol Overview	Blockweave, AR/winston, node vs gateway	core-protocol-overview
Transactions	TX structure, id, owner, target, quantity, data, reward, signature, tags	core-transactions
Blocks	Block fields, indep_hash vs hash, height, current block	core-blocks
Wallets and Balances	Address, balance, last_tx, txs, deposits	core-wallets-balances

Features

HTTP and Internal API

Topic	Description	Reference
HTTP API	Info, tx, block, wallet, price, peers, POST tx	features-http-api
Internal API	Wallet generation, unsigned tx (internal_api_secret)	features-internal-api

Gateway and Data

Topic	Description	Reference
Path Manifests	Multi-path apps, manifest schema, index path	features-path-manifests
Gateway Setup	TLS, main domain, custom domains, DNS TXT	features-gateway
IPFS Pinning	ipfs_pin, IPFS_Add tag, monitoring	features-ipfs-pinning

Best Practices

Topic	Description	Reference
Units and Encoding	Winston strings, base64url, Content-Type tags	best-practices-units-and-encoding

External Links

• arweave.org
• Yellow paper
• ArweaveTeam/arweave GitHub
• HTTP API Postman