After buying AR on Binance, you can use it to pay for website deployment storage fees, but that is different from "hosting a website on Binance." Binance is only the place where you get AR. The actual storage and access of the website happen on the Arweave network. You need to withdraw AR from Binance to your own Arweave wallet, then use command-line tools to upload a static website to Arweave, and finally access it through an ArNS domain name or transaction hash. When updating the website, you upload a new version. The old version remains permanently on-chain, and you only need to point the domain name to the new version.
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What to Do After Buying AR on Binance
The first step is to buy AR on the Binance spot market, then withdraw it to your own Arweave wallet. Binance itself does not provide website hosting. It is only an exchange. You need a non-custodial Arweave wallet to pay upload fees and hold ownership of the website.
For wallet choices, the browser extension wallet ArConnect is currently the most common entry point. After installing it, create or import a wallet, copy the address to Binance's withdrawal page, and select the AR network. Note that Binance may occasionally suspend AR withdrawals due to network upgrades. If that happens, wait until the network recovers before proceeding.
The Actual Path to Deploying a Static Website
Arweave can only host static websites. This means your website must be made up of files such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and images. It cannot contain code that needs to run on a server side, such as PHP, Node.js backends, or database queries. Mainstream static site generators like Next.js static export, Vite, Astro, and others all work, as long as the build output is a purely static folder.
There are several deployment tools for different preferences:
Command-line tools (recommended): permaweb-deploy or ario-deploy are currently the deployment CLIs with relatively complete documentation. The basic process is to install the tool, prepare the wallet file, run the build, and then execute the upload command. A typical command looks like permaweb-deploy upload --deploy-folder ./dist. The tool automatically packages the files in the folder into an Arweave manifest and returns a transaction ID.
No-code tools: If you are not familiar with the command line, you can use web tools like SiteUploaderOnArweave. Drag the entire website folder into it, make sure the homepage is checked as "Set as index", click upload, and the tool will handle manifest generation and return an access link. If the files are not large, the cost may only be around 0.01 AR.
After deployment is complete, you will get a permanent link in the form of https://arweave.net/{transaction hash}. This hash corresponds to the version you uploaded this time.
The Core Logic of Version Management: Immutable Storage + Mutable Pointer
Arweave data is immutable. Once you upload a version, it stays under that transaction ID forever and cannot be modified or deleted. This sounds like you cannot update a website, but the actual mechanism is that every "update" is a new upload. You simply point the domain name to the new transaction ID.
This is the role of ArNS, the Ar.io Name System. ArNS is a naming system built on Solana. You can register a human-readable name such as myapp.ar.io and use it to point to a certain Arweave transaction ID. When you want to publish a new version, upload the newly built folder, get the new transaction ID, and then update the ArNS record to point to this new ID. The old version data will not disappear. Anyone can still access it through the old transaction ID, but your domain name will point to the latest version.
The key point of version management is that every deployment should be a complete, self-contained build output. Do not try to do "incremental updates" or "patches" on Arweave. Directly upload the entire dist or out folder. Tools like permaweb-deploy usually have a dedupe cache that skips files whose content has not changed and only uploads new or modified parts, so repeated deployments will not make you pay twice for exactly the same files.
Two Things You Must Check Before Deployment
First, make sure your wallet has enough AR. Upload fees depend on the total file size. A 5-10 MB static website costs roughly the equivalent of 0.1-0.5 ARIO under the Turbo upload channel, though many small files are free. When withdrawing from Binance, it is recommended to withdraw a little extra and leave some margin. Deployment tools like ario-deploy also support "pay as you go." If the Turbo balance is insufficient, they will automatically top up using the ARIO or Base-ETH in your wallet.
Second, your website configuration must be compatible with Arweave gateways. Pay attention to path issues during the build. For example, a Vite project needs base: './' in vite.config.js to ensure asset paths are relative. Otherwise, the website may fail to load styles or scripts on an Arweave gateway. For Next.js static export, you need output: 'export' and handle image optimization settings.
After completing the above steps, your website is truly "hosted" on Arweave. Binance's role ends here. The remaining version updates, domain pointing, and fee payments all happen between Arweave ecosystem tools and your wallet.
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References
- Binance · AR network-related service announcement, page publication or update date: not indicated on the page; verification date: 2024-06-20.
- Binance · AR network upgrade-related announcement, page publication or update date: not indicated on the page; verification date: 2024-06-20.
- NPM · @permaweb/deploy package documentation, page publication or update date: not indicated on the page; verification date: 2024-06-20.
- ArDrive official documentation · Guide to deploying decentralized apps with ario-deploy, page publication or update date: not indicated on the page; verification date: 2024-06-20.
- Foresight News · Arweave static website deployment tutorial, page publication or update date: not indicated on the page; verification date: 2024-06-20.
- ArDrive official documentation · Permanent DApp deployment guide, page publication or update date: not indicated on the page; verification date: 2024-06-20.
- Ar.io · Ar.io official website homepage, page publication or update date: not indicated on the page; verification date: 2024-06-20.
- ArDrive official documentation · ArNS introduction, page publication or update date: not indicated on the page; verification date: 2024-06-20.
- Socket · @ar.io/deploy package documentation, page publication or update date: not indicated on the page; verification date: 2024-06-20.
