Atomic Form uses a combination of two onchain archiving tools to store users’ attestations (aka “lore”). We’ve intentionally chosen to use both due to the individual merits each service provides, and feel that the combination of both IPFS and Arweave provides an exponential benefit to our users. 

‍Arweave is a permissionless data storage service in which a one-time payment upfront is required to store information indefinitely. That fee is currently covered by Atomic Form. 

‍IPFS is a content-addressable pinning service that allows Atomic Form to more efficiently serve users’ onchain content. Atomic Form owns and maintains an IPFS node, which will continue to be paid for and maintained at the discretion of Atomic Form.

All lore uploads may be accessed indefinitely on Arweave and/or repinned on IPFS through the IPFS content identifier (IPFS-CID) saved in the Arweave token metadata. You can read more about this here. 

“Saving” or “signing” lore is another way of saying users register significant information to the blockchain. This is through attestations, which are digitally signed statements or pieces of information, data, or media. Every time an attestation is signed, you’re archiving it into a digital registry that can be accessed any time, and has no expiration date or ongoing fee. 

Atomic Lore currently offers the following provenance templates to save lore onchain:
- Comments – plain text  
- Farcast – Warpcast posts
- Media Citation – links from media publications such as blogs, journals, magazines, and newspapers
- Media Upload – a PNG, JPEG, GIF, PDF, or MP4 with 4.5 MB maximum size 
- Offchain Sale – a sale that took place offchain or over the counter (OTC), with users opting in to require a counter signature
- Proof of Exhibition – an NFT’s inclusion in an exhibition, with users opting in to require a counter signature
- Tweet – X (Formerly Twitter) posts

Atomic Form uses both IPFS and Arweave, so let's break down how both services benefit our users and plan for long-term storage. 
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Arweave is what we consider to be “permanent storage.” Currently, when users save information on Arweave, the one-time upfront storage fee covers both the storage costs of your information for around 200 years, and a payment into an endowment for future storage fees. This is economically viable due to the decreasing costs of storage and the growing Arweave endowment. If you’d like to learn more, we recommend reading “What is Arweave?” and check out arweave.org. 

Atomic Form chose to use IPFS for its ability to serve content to our website faster, and is an ongoing short-term digital storage solution. While IPFS is also an onchain network for storing and sharing files, IPFS nodes require ongoing payment to “pin” them in order for the content to be accessed. 

The combination of IPFS and Arweave mean that we save users’ information permanently, and can fetch that information quickly.

Any information saved on Atomic Lore is saved permanently, even if Atomic Form goes away. All lore uploads can be accessed indefinitely on Arweave and/or repinned on IPFS through the IPFS content identifier (IPFS-CID) saved in the Arweave token metadata. You can read more about this here. 

Atomic Form adheres to  intellectual property laws and has a section for “Prohibited Activities” in our Terms and Conditions. You can find Arweave’s Privacy Policy here and IPFS’ Privacy Policy here.