Swarm Development updates
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.
State of the Network: July 2025
July was a standout month for the Swarm network, delivering the highest increase in rewards we’ve seen in a long time. Total rewards, average payouts, and median wins all climbed sharply — and with fewer nodes actively staking, those who did participate enjoyed significantly larger individual payouts.
Monthly Development Update – July 2025
In July, the Bee team released Bee 2.6.0, drastically reducing node spin-up times and improving the onboarding experience. The Research team also reached a significant milestone with the completion of the BeePort app, which allows users to pay for storage on Swarm from other chains. A revision of the entire incentives and staking structure is also underway, following community proposals.
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.