Published in Ethereum Swarm·Mar 5Monthly Development Update — February 2023February was a big month for the Swarm network. The price of postage stamps has been recalibrated with the release of Bee 1.20, which marks a major milestone for Swarm’s self-sustaining network. …Updates4 min readUpdates4 min read
Published in Ethereum Swarm·Mar 3Swarm Community Call, 23 February — RecapTL;DR Storage price recalibration by 6000x Data Upload Sponsorships First public registries are starting to evolve on Swarm Dig deep into the Schelling game with the MonSI app Storage price recalibration by 6000x The main topic of the February Swarm Community Call was the postage stamp price calibration, which took place on 22 February. The…Latest4 min readLatest4 min read
Published in Ethereum Swarm·Feb 21Postage Stamp Price Increases as Swarm Network Reaches Milestone of Self-SustainabilityPostage stamp price set to increase Last December, the second phase of five of the storage incentives upgrade went live on the Gnosis Mainnet. This upgrade is a significant milestone in the development of the Swarm network, as it enables Swarm node operators to earn rewards in exchange for contributing their storage resources to the network…Latest4 min readLatest4 min read
Published in Ethereum Swarm·Feb 3Monthly Development Update — January 2023In January, the Bee Track released a new version of the Bee client (1.11) that brings an important update to uploads with mutable batches. This update causes newer chunks in a batch to replace older ones on the network. …Updates4 min readUpdates4 min read
Published in Ethereum Swarm·Jan 5Monthly Development Update — December 2022December was a big month for releases. Bee 1.10 was released on the mainnet and with it Storage Incentives Phase 2. The latter allows node operators to participate in the redistribution of storage fees. …Latest3 min readLatest3 min read
Published in Ethereum Swarm·Dec 22, 2022Swarm network’s storage rewards go live as it moves towards a Web3 PCThe Swarm Foundation announced exciting updates at its recent semi-annual solstice event. Phase 2 of its ambitious network upgrade is now live on mainnet, allowing Swarm’s storage node operators to be compensated for their contributions. Introduction of staking and +1000x storage rent fee increase Staking has been introduced to enable participation in the redistribution mechanism. The mechanism resembles Ethereum’s…Latest4 min readLatest4 min read
Published in Ethereum Swarm·Dec 13, 2022Swarm Odyssey 2023“For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk.” (Stephen Hawking) On 21 December, when light symbolically conquers winter darkness, the Swarm Foundation invites you to the winter solstice event. …Latest1 min readLatest1 min read
Published in Ethereum Swarm·Dec 5, 2022Monthly Development Update — November 2022The Bee Track team have been busy throughout November, continuously improving the deployment and testing process to improve its efficiency. They have recently cleaned out and fixed issues on their testnet and are now working on having new testnets — beta, public, and internal. …Updates4 min readUpdates4 min read
Published in Ethereum Swarm·Nov 23, 2022The Mechanics of Swarm network’s Storage IncentivesAn economically self-sustaining mechanism to gather storage operators. Introduction Historically, people had two choices when it came to hosting their data: they could either store it themselves or upload it to a trusted third party computer. Regarding the latter, the source of this trust is typically that the host — usually…Latest7 min readLatest7 min read
Published in Ethereum Swarm·Nov 21, 2022Storage incentives — Timeline updateThe upgrade of the Swarm network storage incentives, which began on 13 September, is now in full swing. Both, Phase 2 and 3 of the upgrade, are currently undergoing extensive testing: Phase 2 on the public testnet and Phase 3 on a closed testnet. During the testing period of Phase…Latest2 min readLatest2 min read
