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Run a light or full Bee node — A Devcon workshop by Attila Gazsó

In this informative workshop recorded during Devcon VI, Bee product lead Attila Gazsó takes the audience through the process of setting up light and full Bee node.

Tutorials

Swarm & Swarm testnet Package Available at the DAppStore

NOTE: This blog post is geared towards running a bee full node. If you are wanting ONLY TO ACCESS / UPLOAD unstoppable content from/to Swarm, checkout Swarm Desktop.

Tutorials

Monthly Ecosystem Call, 29 September 2022 — Recap

The September Monthly Ecosystem Call was dedicated to storage incentives — their upgrade roadmap, specific launch dates and their different features, such as the price oracle.

Events

Monthly Development Update — September 2022

September has seen a lot of action across all tracks. The Bee track released a breaking version of the Bee client (1.8.0) and two additional releases with a patch and an update. Because of the new Bee client version, the JS Track also had to update Swarm Desktop to make it compatible with the changes.

Development updates

Towards the world computer. The Swarm network upgrade has started.

On 13 September 2022, the Swarm Foundation began the most substantial upgrade to the Swarm network since its mainnet release. The upgrade will unfold in several phases and enable node operators to receive rewards for their services to the network.

Development updates

Storage incentives — when, what and how. An EthBerlin meetup recap.

On 14 September 2022 the Swarm Foundation hosted a meetup titled “Storage incentives: The missing piece to make blockchains complete”. The event took place during EthBerlin at the famous c-bas

Events

Breaking changes are coming to the Swarm network

his release will activate the first phase of the upgraded storage incentives. It is the first step that will later open the doors to rewarding node operators for providing storage to the network.

Development updates

Monthly Development Update — August 2022

In August, the spotlight was on the upcoming storage incentives rollout. The Bee and JS Track have been working closely with the Research Track to get everything ready for the rollout. This includes updating the Bee client and the Swarm Desktop (Beta) dApp.

Development updates

Monthly Ecosystem Call, 28 July 2022 — Recap

On 28 July 2022, the Swarm network Discord hosted the main Swarm network community event, the Monthly Ecosystem Call. The first to take the microphone was Bee Product Lead, Attila Gaszo.

Events

How to… Bridge DAI from Ethereum Mainnet to Gnosis Chain

This tutorial will explain how to bridge MakerDAO DAI from Ethereum Mainnet to Gnosis Chain, using the Gnosis Chain bridge.

Tutorials

Monthly Development Update — June 2022

The Swarm Foundation’s JS Track released Swarm Desktop (Beta), its biggest software release since the mainnet launch. Swarm Desktop enables one-click setup of a Swarm network node, simple interaction with the network without crypto onboarding and introduces two additional modes of operation — ultra light and light mode. It’s available for download here for Windows, MacOS and Linux.

Development updates

Announcing: 50k DAI prize to make Wikipedia unstoppable

The Swarm Association is announcing a 50,000 DAI “Wikipedia on Swarm ”prize (paid in BZZ) for a solution that observes a Wikipedia offline archive and uploads it to the Swarm network

Ecosystem

Onwards, Swarm! — programme & schedule

Everything is ready for the Onwards, Swarm! event on 21 June 2022. Tune in to the YouTube livestream at 16:00 CET for the latest updates on the Swarm network.

Events

Onwards, Swarm — 21 June!

Join us on the summer solstice, 21 June 2022 at 16:00 CET and share the excitement as we gather to announce a special release

Events

Monthly Development Update — May 2022

May has been a truly exciting month for different tracks that keep the Swarm network going. The BeeJS Track released a new Bee Dashboard version, along with several Bee-js releases.

Development updates

It’s Finally Here: Bee Mainnet Launch and the Swarm Public Token Sale

Swarm Foundation is proud to announce that the Bee mainnet soft launch will happen on 13 June 2021. And immediately following it, the BZZ public token sale is scheduled to happen on 14 June 2021 via CoinList.