Swarm Development updates
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.
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.
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...
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.