IPFS
Portable, not automatically permanent
Content-addressed storage can be replicated and removed by providers without changing its hash.
Storage
Choose where the bytes live—and what that means.
Public objects can use replaceable content-addressed or permanent storage, but availability and deletion promises differ.
Authorization required
Activation ledger
What must be true first
- Storage adapters
- Not connected
- Receipt verification
- Not connected
- Deletion policy
- Provider-specific, unresolved
No operation attempted
No storage policy was changed.
No browser upload adapter, storage credential, provider health check, or receipt verifier is configured. Selecting a provider here would create a preference the app cannot yet honor.
Arweave
Permanent means a different choice
Permanent storage needs an explicit consent step because later deletion cannot be honestly promised.
Receipt
Uploads need evidence
Every adapter returns bytes, digest, media type, provider, and read-back verification.