Swarm news
Development updates
Releases, the monthly development report and the state of the network — newest first.
October was a month of preparation for Devcon 8. Bee 2.8.3 shipped with faster storage incentive sampling and quicker synchronization.
Releases
Bee Version 2.8.3 Release Announcement
Bee v2.8.3 is now available. It includes security fixes, and all node operators should upgrade as soon as possible. It also lets operators pause redistribution without a restart, fixes a bug that could silently stop uploads, and makes reserve sampling much lighter on memory.
Development updates
Bee Version 2.8.2 Release Announcement
Bee v2.8.2 is a security-hardening release, focused on keeping nodes running when the data they receive is not what it claims to be. It is available now, and every node operator should upgrade.
Development updates
Bee Version 2.8.1 Release Announcement
Bee v2.8.1 is a non-disruptive release focused on performance, data durability, and developer experience, with some operational cleanup. It brings faster chunk hashing, crash-safe local storage, reduced blockchain RPC traffic, and a step toward browser-based uploads.
Development updates
Bee Version 2.8.0 Released
Bee v2.8.0 is a security-focused release that hardens Bee's p2p layer with improvements to handshake validation, peer address records, underlay handling, signed timestamps, nonce validation, chequebook verification, and protocol compatibility. It includes breaking p2p protocol changes, so node operators should upgrade promptly.
Development updates
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.
Development updates
Monthly development update
What moved across the protocol, research, tooling and the ecosystem. The summary changes every month, so it earns a line.
- October 2026October was a month of preparation for Devcon 8. Bee 2.8.3 shipped with faster storage incentive sampling and quicker synchronization.
- September 2026September brought work on faster syncing, greater operator control and reliability as the Bee team prepared the next release. Research set a firm direction for moving stamp handling to Ethereum, while SDK and app updates improved feeds, file management and video streaming.
- August 2026Bee 2.8.2, Bee-JS 13 and the Core SDK; the call streamed over Swarm
- July 2026Back to pace after the 2.8.1 stabilization release
- June 2026Bee 2.8.1 locked in; Swarm-CLI 3.3.0 redesigned ACT access control
- May 2026Bee 2.8.0 shipped; the tokenomics roadmap moved toward publishing
- April 2026Performance, cleaner tooling, reliability and smoother user flows
- March 2026Bee 2.7.1 patch debrief and the Building on Swarm guides
- February 2026Bee 2.7 retrospective and the Building on Swarm developer guides
- January 2026What is shipping in Bee 2.7, and two ecosystem integrations
- December 2025The Solstice edition: half a year reviewed in one pass
- November 2025Devconnect Buenos Aires, and a deep dive into Swarmonomics
State of the network
The month’s rewards, participation and node distribution. Same report, new figures — so the row is the month, and nothing else.