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Bee Version 2.7.1 Release Announcement
Bee v2.7.1 is a patch release focused on improvements to the implementation of the multiple p2p protocol support introduced in 2.7.0. It also includes faster startup times, a crash fix, and general maintenance. The release goes live on March 23rd.
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State of the Network: January 2026
This report provides an overview of the Swarm network's key metrics for January 2026, including rewards, participation levels, and node distribution, and places them in context with recent monthly trends.
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Monthly Development Update – February 2026
February was a strong month of steady execution across the stack: Bee 2.7.0 rolled out smoothly and is already followed by active testing for the next patch release...
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Monthly Development Update – January 2026
This month’s update covers progress across the Bee, Research, and JS tracks. On the Bee side, the 2.7 implementation is complete, key issues found during testing have been fixed, and final validation is now underway ahead of rollout.
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Bee Version 2.7.0 Release Announcement
Bee 2.7.0 is now live. This release introduces support for AutoTLS and secure WebSocket connectivity, improves the flexibility of the networking layer with support for multiple underlay addresses, and includes targeted improvements to durability, reliability, and overall node stability.
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State of the Network: December 2025
This report provides an overview of the Swarm network’s key metrics for December 2025, including rewards, participation levels, and node distribution, and places them in context with recent monthly trends.
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Monthly Development Update – December 2025
December closed out a focused month of release readiness and ecosystem momentum across Swarm.
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State of the Network: November 2025
November saw significant changes across several network metrics compared to the previous two months. Total rewards, win values, and average earnings per active node increased, while the number of active staking nodes, winning nodes, and reachable full nodes decreased. This report summarizes the observed values for rewards, participation, and geographic distribution during the month.
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Swarm Strategic Focus Framework (2026)
The strategic direction for 2026 is structured around five key themes that define where Swarm will concentrate research, core development, and ecosystem efforts over the year.
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Monthly Development Update – November 2025
November brought coordinated progress across Swarm’s protocol, research, tooling, and ecosystem layers. On the protocol side, the Bee 2.7 release candidate is now live on public testnet...
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State of the Network: October 2025
October brought a month of steady performance across the Swarm network, with rewards, win values, and node participation settling into tight, predictable ranges. Following September’s normalization phase, operators saw stable incentives, balanced win distributions, and a consistent global node footprint.
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Monthly Development Update – October 2025
This month’s efforts continued to concentrate on delivering the Bee v2.7 release, now in its final testing phase. The work brings several significant improvements...
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State of the Network: September 2025
September marked a month of recalibration for the Swarm network, following two strong months of growth in July and August. While total rewards and win values adjusted downward from August’s peak, the network maintained strong participation levels, and both active and reachable node counts remained stable.
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Monthly Development Update – September 2025
Bee 2.7 is close to having all release items finalized, with a strong mix of performance improvements and new features. The research track is benchmarking different scenarios in the ongoing research into Swarm’s incentive systems...
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State of the Network: August 2025
August brought another month of strong performance for the Swarm network. Total rewards climbed to the highest level seen this year, and both median and average win values continued to rise, further improving payouts for node operators.
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Monthly Development Update – August 2025
The Bee team made steady progress on the WASM implementation contributions, a key part of assisting in the otherwise community driven development of Bee in the browser.
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