I haven't followed Arweave closely at all recently but the creator seemed genuine and capable enough to warrant attention. As to tech itself, assuming commodity

I haven't followed Arweave closely at all recently but the creator seemed genuine and capable enough to warrant attention. As to tech itself, assuming commodity storage costs continue to drop ~indefinitely and somewhat predictably it feels intuitive to me how such a scheme can be viable. It's ultimately a bet on ever-reducing storage costs.