Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup Arweave says its decentralized 'permaweb' is fighting coronavirus misinformation in China

REUTERS/Stringer CHINA OUTA woman uses her mobile phone behind barbed wire at an entrance of a residential compound in Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province, China February 22, 2020.Berlin-based Arweave is a startup which is building a decentralized internet archive that it calls its 'permaweb.'This permaweb contains information from across the globe that Arweave says cannot be changed, bypassing censorship or disinformation. Arweave is backed by Andreessen Horowitz and says it is helping people in China accurately report on the coronavirus crisis.Click here for more BI Prime stories.Berlin-based startup Arweave hopes to change an internet dominated by misinformation and rumor.The startup, founded in 2017, operates on two layers to ensure that internet content

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