ArDrive Permanently Stores NFT.NYC Artwork on AR.IO Cloud

ArDrive, an application built on the Arweave blockchain, has made a significant stride in the preservation of digital art. On June 26, 2025, ArDrive successfully saved all artwork created for NFT.NYC on the world's first permanent cloud, AR.IO. This achievement ensures that all NFT.NYC creations are securely and immutably stored, providing a robust solution for the long-term preservation of digital art.

The permanent cloud storage solution offered by ArDrive leverages the Arweave blockchain, which is designed to provide a decentralized and immutable storage system. This means that once data is uploaded to AR.IO, it cannot be altered or deleted, ensuring the integrity and permanence of the stored artwork. This is particularly important for digital art, which is often at risk of being lost or corrupted due to the ephemeral nature of digital files.

ArDrive's partnership with NFT.NYC underscores the growing importance of blockchain technology in the art world. By using Arweave's permanent storage solution, NFT.NYC can ensure that its digital artworks are preserved for future generations, providing a level of security and permanence that traditional storage solutions cannot match. This collaboration also highlights the potential of blockchain technology to revolutionize the way digital art is created, distributed, and preserved.

ArDrive's decentralized storage app safely stores data on-chain in a way that proves the origin and ownership of a creator’s work regardless of how it may be copied or misused, resisting current AI trends and placing power back in the hands of artists. Thanks to Arweave’s “pay-once-store forever” model, nothing stored through ArDrive and on AR.IO can ever be lost. This feature is crucial for digital art, which often faces issues of censorship, deletion, and loss.

ArDrive has previously saved notable NFT collections from oblivion, including Nike’s NFT collections, CrypToadz, Degenerate Ape Academy, and Solana Monkey Business. These successes demonstrate ArDrive's capability in preserving digital art and ensuring its longevity. The app's founder, Phil Mataras, emphasized the importance of this partnership, stating that preserving NFT.NYC artwork permanently aligns with ArDrive's mission to provide forever data storage to everyone, ensuring creators own their work and legacies without compromise.

With over 18 million files permanently stored in the last five years, ArDrive has permanently preserved almost 2,000 pieces of art, making them censorship-resistant, tamper-proof, and verifiable. This ensures that digital art can endure and be appreciated by future generations. As the digital art ecosystem matures, permanence has become a critical missing layer, and ArDrive is raising awareness of this issue through its sponsorship of NFT.NYC, giving creators the ability to permanently store and preserve their art for generations to come.

ArDrive is the leading decentralized storage app on AR.IO, the world’s first permanent cloud network built on Arweave. Designed for creators, developers, and everyday users, ArDrive makes it easy to store, organize, and share important files forever. Whether preserving NFTs, AI datasets, or critical documents, ArDrive ensures data is immutable, censorship-resistant, and accessible for generations to come.

AR.IO, supported by the Arweave permaweb, is the first permanent cloud network, enabling decentralized and censorship-resistant access to data, storage, and domains that never disappear. By decentralizing access, AR.IO ensures that information remains permanently available, tamper-proof, and free from centralized control. Its incentivized gateway network enhances reliability, while the Arweave Name System (ArNS) introduces self-sovereign, permanent domains that never expire and never need renewing. AR.IO empowers developers, creators, and businesses to build on a truly resilient, open internet.