ArGo is an easy-to-use decentralized platform for deploying and hosting web apps, powered by blockchain technology called the Arweave Permaweb. The Arweave Permaweb is a decentralized cloud environment that helps developers with a suite of tools and supports the internet’s goal of real permanence, with censorship resistance.

When users launch apps or websites through ArGo, they pay once, with no ongoing charges for server hosting, security, or database operations. Because ArGo leverages miner hosting space, users can also keep business assets or ideas available on the internet permanently.

Overall, ArGo’s decentralized hosting is designed to deliver better security, privacy, and reliability while keeping costs lower.

How It Works

ArGo runs on the Arweave Protocol, which maintains a durable and permanent ledger for all knowledge and historical data stored on it. Information placed on Arweave is immutable and resistant to tampering. Arweave achieves this immutability by timestamping everything, and it stays precise to the minute through ArGo’s latest blockweave data structure iteration. By embedding transaction details in block hashes and recall blocks, the system keeps records from being altered during storage or retrieval, and makes them available across the network whenever needed.

System User Cases

Web3 Web Deployment ArGo offers web deployment capabilities and additional tools for tracking, auditing, and working with other team members from a single workspace.Web3 Assets Storage ArGo can store and retrieve assets, and also enables developers and admins to monitor version changes for those assets.DeFi And DEX Services ArGo can store and retrieve large hybrid datasets for these use cases, such as payout schedules and token bonding curves. Many of these records aren’t accessed often, but they still need to be kept for a very long time or indefinitely.Blockchain-based Game ArGo supports game developers with low-cost, dependable storage for large volumes of data related to players’ activities. These records must be archived and kept for extended periods to support different goals, helping make game flow, payments, and rewards more transparent and auditable). 

Types of Nodes

Deployments on ArGo use a dedicated Arweave wallet that gets topped up periodically. This wallet is preloaded with AR (Arweave Token) to cover deployment fees for storing applications on Arweave. Billing is handled off-chain and users must recharge it regularly according to their usage. The billing system can take both crypto and fiat payments, and it is based on how users consume the platform and the pricing defined in the smart contract to improve transparency. Only DAO members can modify pricing, via proposals. 

1. Hosting API Node This node manages all user interactions with the app and persists data in the DB. It receives deployment requests and forwards them to the Deployer Node. It also communicates with Logs Persistent Node and shares deployment details. This node records build time and calculates pricing according to the rates in the Smart Contract.2. Deployer Node This node is responsible for building the app and carrying out deployments. It works with the Arweave Protocol to deploy the compiled app to Arweave. It also publishes logs to Redis channels or event streaming services that Logs Persistent Node and users are monitoring. 3. Logs Persistent Node The only job of this node is to watch the Redis event stream and write it to a file, then save the full file to Sd or another storage option. It also records the file’s unique identifier in the DB tied to the deployment.4. Logs Archival Node This node handles archiving any new file added to S3 to Arweave so it becomes permanently accessible to users. It also listens for mining confirmation and then updates the unique identifier in the DB. It also helps reduce ongoing S3 expenses by shifting toward a one-time payment model using Arweave.