The "Maker Comment" Hey, Product Hunt! Simo here, the founder of iwasthere.watch. Why did I build this? I've been obsessed with a single, terrifying question: In 100 years, will any of our most important digital photos still exist? The answer is likely no. Our most precious memories—our family histories, our artistic legacies, our greatest adventures—are at risk of digital oblivion, saved on hard drives that will fail and cloud services that will disappear. I built iwasthere.watch to solve this. What's new and unique? Most "photo NFTs" are just fragile links to a centralized server. If the server goes down, your image is gone. This is a fatal flaw. iwasthere.watch is different. We have built an "Etched in Stone" model. We don't just save a link; we permanently archive the actual, high-resolution photo data on-chain. This is not a backup; it is a true Digital Heirloom that is as permanent as the blockchain itself. What am I most proud of? I am most proud that we have built a tool that offers a real, profound promise: Digital Immortality as a Service. We've turned a complex technical process into a simple, emotional experience, allowing anyone to create a permanent, unchangeable, and verifiable chronicle of their most important memories. We're incredibly excited to finally share this with you. I'll be here all day to answer your questions and hear your feedback. To get us started, I'd love to know: What is the one photo you would choose to make eternal?

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Permanently archives your photos on-chain

Permanently archives your photos on-chain