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HyperBEAM Milestone 3 Launches in Beta

June 11, 2025

Milestone 3 (Beta 1) marks a critical turning point for AO. It enables legacynet process execution inside HyperBEAM and introduces a confidential compute device called ~greenzone@1.0.

The case for Permaweb Romanticism

May 28, 2025

With Arweave and AR.IO live on mainnet, and AO’s HyperBEAM entering maturity, the permaweb is ready for its next evolution: Permaweb Romanticism.

Arweave is for thoughtcrimes

May 20, 2025

Arweave and the permaweb stack is the last refuge for digital thoughtcrimes in a world of censorship, protocol capture, and institutional creep.

Permabites is a new grassroots initiative bringing permaweb builders together through local meetups. From Nigeria to India, AO community members are already hosting events. Learn how to start your own and connect with the ecosystem.

Bazar launches Community Hub support on Discord

May 09, 2025

Bazar launches Community Hub support on Discord, allowing permaweb creators and projects to host micro-communities without needing their own servers.

Arweave Day India Preview

April 18, 2025

Explore Arweave Day India, a community-driven event in Bengaluru uniting builders, developers, and researchers shaping the future of the permaweb and AO. Preview the agenda, featured projects, and what to expect from the ecosystem’s first Arweave Day India.

HyperBEAM: Everything You Need to Know

April 15, 2025

HyperBEAM is the client implementation of AO Core, powering verifiable, message-based computation for scalable and permanent apps on the permaweb.

Utility of the AO Token: Powering the Decentralized Supercomputer

April 14, 2025

Explore how the AO token powers a decentralized supercomputer by securing the network, fueling computation, and supporting sustainable ecosystem growth through a Bitcoin-inspired economic model.

HyperBEAM eliminates the need for DryRuns

April 11, 2025

Learn how HyperBEAM removes the need for DryRuns in AO by enabling direct, verifiable access to process state via HTTP. A simpler, faster path to building on the permaweb.

AO-Core: Everything you need to know

April 9, 2025

AO-Core is a decentralized computation protocol built on Arweave. Learn how it uses hashpaths, modular devices, and verifiable messages to power scalable, trustless applications on the permaweb.

Copus Product Review: A New Way to Link Creative Work Across the Web [Guest Post]

April 8, 2025

Copus is a web-based platform that lets creators link and contextualize their work across the open internet. This review explores how Copus rethinks online publishing by building a network of creative relationships—beyond the walls of traditional social platforms.

How AO processes fetch Arweave data with assignments

April 3, 2025

The traditional web is ephemeral. APIs go down, links rot, and compute is detached from memory. AO and Arweave offer a solution to this.

How Arweave scales (and why that matters for AO)

March 31, 2025

Explore how Arweave achieves scalable, permanent data storage through bundled uploads and sustainable economics, and why it’s powering the future of decentralized compute with AO.

Chance to win a pure GOLD floppy disk by running a HyperBEAM node

March 29, 2025

Less than a week left in the Gold Standard Nodes PURE GOLD floppy disk (valued at over $10,000) giveaway to onboard new node operators and decentralize the AO network.

AO is shaping up to become a gaming chain

March 26, 2025

Gaming on AO is one of the most exciting areas to watch. This post explores why AO is positioned to become a leading gaming chain.

The transition from AO legacynet to mainnet: What builders and users need to know

March 25, 2025

This post explains why the transition from legacynet to mainnet matters, the current state of HyperBEAM, and how both developers and users can prepare.

Legacynet SU compatibility: What this latest update means for HyperBEAM

March 24, 2025

AO-Core just hit a major milestone: legacynet processes can now execute on HyperBEAM. This update brings seamless interoperability, improved performance, and a smoother transition from testnet to mainnet. Learn what this means for developers and the future of AO.