On the recordRead 5 Oct 202624 facts
Swarm
Plans and prices
Swarm network storage
Priced on request
Storage access and persistence use BZZ postage stamps; publishers prepay storage rent.
Read 5 Oct 2026 · ethswarm.org
On the record
- Data routing
- Swarm nodes use Kademlia routing to distribute and retrieve data in 4 KB chunks.ethswarm.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Desktop app
- Swarm Desktop is in beta and provides access through a lightweight node, with features to browse, upload, download, and manage data.ethswarm.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Desktop app data collection
- The Swarm Desktop beta page says it includes Sentry monitoring and bug reporting software that automatically collects data to help improve the software.ethswarm.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Desktop beta and security
- Swarm Desktop is in beta, includes Sentry monitoring that automatically collects data, and comes with no guarantees of stability, efficiency, or security at this stage.docs.ethswarm.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Desktop download limit
- The default ultra-light desktop node is limited to downloading data within the free threshold allowed by other nodes.docs.ethswarm.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Desktop platforms
- Swarm Desktop installers are available for Windows, Linux, and OSX.docs.ethswarm.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Developer stack
- Its developer stack includes Bee, the Bee-js JavaScript library, Swarm-CLI, and a Bee HTTP API.ethswarm.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Developer tools
- Bee is the peer-to-peer client for joining the network, and Bee-js is its complementary JavaScript library for building decentralized apps.ethswarm.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker lists fairOS, Fairdrive, and the Fair Data Protocol as ecosystem tooling for databases, personal data storage, and interoperability; it says these projects are under development and their performance is not guaranteed.ethswarm.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Maker
- The Swarm Foundation is a nonprofit established in 2021 and based in Switzerland.ethswarm.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Messaging
- Postal Service over Swarm (PSS) is described as an end-to-end encrypted messaging protocol running on Swarm’s decentralized P2P network.ethswarm.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Node operators
- Full node operators share disk space and may receive BZZ through a blockchain-based incentive system.ethswarm.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Swarm describes its code as open source and its network as open and permissionless.ethswarm.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Organization
- The Swarm Foundation is a nonprofit established in 2021 and based in Switzerland.ethswarm.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Payments and storage
- Publishers use BZZ to buy postage stamp batches for writing data and paying for storage; the displayed current storage price is 0 BZZ per 1 GByte for 1 month.ethswarm.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Privacy and messaging
- Swarm describes its network as private by design and says its PSS messaging protocol uses end-to-end encryption.ethswarm.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Privacy and resilience
- The maker describes Swarm as censorship resistant and private by design, with local replication intended to preserve availability when nodes drop out or data is lost.ethswarm.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Resilience
- The site says local replication helps keep data available despite node dropouts or data loss.ethswarm.org · read 4 Oct 2026
