Roadmap

Welcome to the roadmap tracing the Swarm Network’s journey from its recent past to its near future.


With the main features now complete, the core development team is shifting its focus to three crucial areas: improving UX and accessibility, optimizing performance and scalability at the network level, and fortifying the economic-incentives model. These efforts aim to deliver tangible, real-world impact—turning the vision into reality.

Bee v2.0

Bee v2.0 introduces erasure codes to fortify data integrity across the network, marking a critical first step in our journey.

  • Erasure codes implemented on Swarm
  • /bzz endpoint added: obtains the content type and length of uploads
  • Sepolia blockchain set as the default testnet
  • Neighborhood suggester tool introduced

Bee v2.1

Bee v2.1 consolidates core functionalities and upgrades systems to ensure robust, reliable service under growing demands.

  • Freezing quota upgrade
  • Localstore DB transaction package upgrade
  • Merge of the /Bee and /debug APIs

Bee v2.2

Bee v2.2 brings fine-grained, enterprise-level control over data and economic improvements, streamlining data management and enhancing incentives for node operators.

  • ACT implementation feature deployed to mainnet
  • Neighbourhood hopping with transferable stake, allowing easy network redistribution of nodes
  • Fair stake withdrawal mechanism

Bee v2.3

Bee v2.3 enacts upgraded reward mechanisms and advanced pricing models, promoting readiness for rapid growth and sustaining community trust.

  • GSOC enables multiple version uploads of the same Single-Owner-Chunk
  • Sister node neighbourhood game introduced to reduce variance in rewards
  • Enhanced Price Oracle released for real-time storage pricing

Bee v2.4

Bee v2.4 pays tribute to ldeffenb by introducing a new node startup message: “Share the knowledge.”

Bee v2.5

Bee v2.5 enhances blockchain adaptability, introducing multichain support and improving upload/download performance to boost Swarm’s efficiency and versatility.

  • Multichain support
  • Upload/Download performance improvements

Bee v2.6

Bee v2.6 brings performance improvements and protocol changes, enhancing the efficiency and robustness of the Swarm network.

  • Performance improvements & protocol changes

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Disclaimer:

The dates and milestones outlined in this roadmap are subject to change.