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[ DECENTRALIZED DURABILITY ENGINE ]

Storage that can't
be stopped.

Sovereign storage.

Encrypted. Dispersed. Verified.

$ archivist \
--data-dir=datadir \
--disc-port=8090 \
--listen-addrs=/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/8070 \
--nat=any \
--bootstrap-node=spr:CiUIAhI...

Your data is not your own.

Centralized storage means centralized control. One policy change, one hack, one bankruptcy—and your data disappears.

Deplatforming

Accounts banned. Content removed. No recourse, no appeal, no ownership.

Censorship

Governments and corporations decide what stays online. Truth becomes negotiable.

Data Loss

Services shut down. Backups fail. Single points of failure become single points of loss.

Proofs, not promises.

Data that cannot disappear, cannot be censored, and can prove it still exists. No single point of failure. No single throat to choke.

  • 11-nines durability — 99.999999999% data durability
  • Zero trust architecture — Encrypted before it leaves your device
  • Commodity hardware — No specialized equipment required
// DATA FLOW
1Encrypt locally on your device
2Erasure code into redundant shards
3Disperse across independent operators
4Verify with zero-knowledge proofs
5Auto-repair any lost shards

The R.A.P.I.D. Framework

Five components that must work in tandem or the system breaks.

R
Redundancy

Erasure coding splits data across nodes

A
Auditing

ZK proofs verify data without revealing it

P
Repair

Detect and correct corruption and loss automatically

I
Incentives

Economic rewards for reliable storage

D
Dispersal

Geographic distribution prevents failure

Built for the future

Ethereum-Native Marketplace

Seamless integration with L1/L2 ecosystems. Storage contracts settle on-chain with full transparency.

Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Lightweight ZK-PoR audits verify storage without revealing content. Privacy by default.

Stablecoin Settlement

Predictable pricing in stablecoins. No volatility surprises, no complex tokenomics.

Minimal Overhead

Efficient erasure codes keep storage overhead to ~1.3-2x. Store more, pay less.

Who uses Archivist?

JOURNALISTS & ACTIVISTS

Protect sensitive sources

Store documents that can't be subpoenaed, seized, or deleted by hostile actors.

DAOs & PROTOCOLS

Decentralized archives

Governance records, treasury docs, and protocol data that outlives any single entity.

DEVELOPERS & BUILDERS

Censorship-resistant backends

Build apps where the data layer can't be taken down. REST API or middleware integration.

PRIVACY ADVOCATES

Personal sovereignty

Your photos, documents, and memories—encrypted and distributed. No cloud provider has access.

NODE OPERATORS

Earn by storing

Run a node on commodity hardware. Get paid in stablecoins for providing storage to the network.

ENTERPRISES

Compliant backups

Geographic distribution meets data residency requirements. Immutable audit trails built in.

Built by cypherpunks

Veterans of decentralized systems, cryptography, and distributed storage.

Dmitriy Ryajov
Dmitriy Ryajov
CEO, Founder
Jessie Santiago
Jessie Santiago
COO, Co-Founder
Mark Spanbroek
Mark Spanbroek
CTO, Co-Founder
Slava
Slava
System Engineer
That Ben
That Ben
System Engineer

Your data. Your rules. Your sovereignty.

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