Swarm Development updates
Bee Version 2.6.0 Goes Live!
Bee v2.6.0 brings faster than ever startup times (~10x faster!) so you can get busy uploading and downloading from Swarm in just a couple minutes.
State of the Network: June 2025
The June 2025 edition of the State of the Network report presents an overview of key activity and performance metrics across the Swarm network. These figures provide insight into node participation, reward distribution, and geographic activity throughout the month.
Monthly Development Update – June 2025
In June 2025, the Bee Track took a pause to rethink its entire testing strategy after an unexpected delay to the 2.6 release. Meanwhile, the Bee and Research Tracks continued their collaborative work on the SWIP for pullsync protocol improvements and made notable progress on the in-browser node project.
State of the Network: May 2025
May saw a modest rebound in xBZZ-denominated rewards and node participation compared to April. Although some metrics remained below their earlier peaks, the network demonstrated signs of stabilization.