Irys

Irys, previously known as Bundlr Network, had plans to fork Arweave, which sparked significant controversy within the Arweave community. The primary contention was around Irys's intention to reset the token supply and drop the existing dataset, actions that were criticized by Arweave's founder, Sam Williams, as being not adhering to the established mechanisms for network evolution. This led to a temporary fallout where Irys was removed from Arweave's trusted settings, potentially causing delays in data availability for users. However, after negotiations and public discourse, the situation was resolved with Irys deciding not to proceed with the fork in the manner initially proposed.

Irys now offers its own datachain. Irys's bundlers and gateway for Arweave will continue to operate as normal.