Swarm Development updates
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.
Monthly Development Update – May 2025
Node onboarding became even faster—nodes now spin up in under 5 minutes thanks to improved warm-up logic and postage snapshot support. The in-browser node project kicked off, spearheaded by Pavel with the Bee team’s protocol-level support, initially focused on WebSocket integration and more.
State of the Network: April 2025
April saw a return to declining xBZZ-denominated rewards and node participation, reversing the brief rebound observed in March. However, it is important to note that this apparent downturn coincided with a near 100% increase in the fiat price of BZZ.