DePIN Data Layer AIOZ Pin Pushes to Keep Web3 Files Permanently Online

One of the internet’s biggest challenges has centered on ensuring older content remains online. A 2024 study by the Pew Research Center found that 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible—a form of “digital decay” that eliminates our shared history and memories.

However, as Web3 comes to the fore, one platform says it is making a concerted effort to ensure files remain permanently available.AIOZ Pin, a distributed, IPFS-based data layer, is based upon a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN), in which anyone with spare disk space and bandwidth can run a community-operated node, contributing real storage to the network and unlocking potential token rewards.

Whereas content used to be kept on one server, creating a single point of failure, AIOZ Pin replicates that data as multiple, independent copies, chunked and addressed as one or more Content Identifiers (CIDs)—meaning there are backups in the event of an outage. Nodes are also tasked with providing cryptographic proofs to verify that files are actually being stored, providing peace of mind. With an estimated network of over 300,000 contributor devices across 198 countries, AIOZ Pin’s infrastructure is already robust and widely distributed.

AIOZ Pin’s approach is complemented by low levels of latency, AIOZ Network Founder and CEO Erman Tjiputra explained. Replication means other areas of its network can pick up the slack during outages or periods of high demand—and as a result, performance and usability isn’t compromised by decentralization.

“Instead of treating persistence as an afterthought, AIOZ Pin makes permanence, verifiability, and cost efficiency part of the infrastructure,” Tjiputra said. “It anchors the content, metadata, and digital records that Web3 applications rely on.”

Several use cases have already emerged for this method of data storage, he explained. NFT artwork and metadata remain both secure and accessible, while protocols and decentralized autonomous organizations can ensure governance archives remain retrievable for years to come.

AI agents can use this storage to persist prompts, configurations, knowledge, and execution logs, enabling autonomous systems to maintain long-term memory, verifiability, and continuity without relying on centralized infrastructure.

Other advantages include censorship resistance, ensuring files are tamper-proof, Tjiputra added.

“The DePIN base ensures no single operator can quietly unhost or alter the data,” he said, adding that, “Because content is spread across independent nodes, attempts to remove it in one place do not erase it from the network.”

Software development kits and APIs have been rolled out to make it easier for developers to start using its services, meaning they can focus on building their own products instead.

This data layer is also part of the wider AIOZ Network ecosystem that brings together a streaming service, a decentralized storage network and a platform bringing new AI tools to Web3 users. As more nodes and assets come online, the network aims to function as “the archive of a people-powered internet,” Tjiputra said.

“If Web3 is going to live up to its promise, the data behind it has to stay online,” he said, adding that AIOZ Pin “gives developers and creators a way to make that part of their architecture.”