With Akord, you own the keys that encrypt and decrypt your data. Your keys are generated when you sign up and are represented by your backup phrase. In this article article, we'll explain the backup phrase, how we store and manage it, and demonstrate exactly how you 'own the keys'.

You’ve probably been with Dropbox for a while now.

I’m sure you’ve used cloud services such as Google Drive and OneDrive?These services are helpful to store and share your data with friends and family… until they are not. Users store their data on these cloud services, assuming it will not disappear.

This blog post is based on a Twitter Spaces AMA we held with RedStone. You can listen to the event here.

We've just deployed a new feature I’m particularly excited about: Akord Notes.

When my great grandmother died she was the last of that generation of our family. I remember going to her old house in the French countryside with my mum and going through boxes of old photographs. If we were lucky, on the back there was sometimes written the dates, places and names of who was in the photo. Some of the photos were from the late nineteenth century; the kind where you can imagine everyone had to sit still for an eternity while the photographer worked his magic under a hooded camera.

Series: The Akord Beat

On September 9, all going according to plan, we’ll be deploying a new version of Akord that will integrate the Arweave blockchain for Akord’s storage. In this short post, I’ll discuss what this means in practical terms for Akord and our users.

Permanent data storage has the potential to create incredible benefits in a number of spheres of life. By fully appreciating why we want to store something permanently, the context and the social dynamics at play, we can best provide the kind of products that will tap into this potential.