Swarm

Why use Swarm?

Permissionless and private

Censorship resistant and private by design, Swarm nodes provide leak proof messaging and private, unfiltered access to data via a distributed network.

Secure & unstoppable P2P messaging

PSS (Postal Service over Swarm) is a secure-by-design messaging protocol with end-to-end encryption powered by Swarm's decentralised P2P network of nodes. PSS allows for truly unstoppable messaging.

Designed for builders

With powerful primitives such as Single Owner Chunks and Postal Service over Swarm, the Swarm network provides a fertile basis for you to build never before seen completely decentralised applications.

Completely decentralised

Swarm exists so the internet can again be decentralised. Swarm’s vision is to become the operating system of the re-decentralised internet. It provides a scalable and self-sustaining infrastructure for the data economy of tomorrow.

Scalable with zero hosting costs

Cost of hosting stays same no matter if the content or dapp is accessed by one person or one million due to cryptoeconomic incentives of the network. No more VCs or monetisation needed in order to support popular dapps or content.

Public interest

Since anyone can contribute, Swarm establishes a system for important data commons such as Open Street Maps data to be collectively funded by the public.