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content/foundation/posts/swarm-cryptomondays-partnership.md

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+banner = "/uploads/cryptomondays.png"
+images = [ "/uploads/cryptomondays.png" ]
+categories = [ "Ecosystem" ]
+date = 2025-11-13T00:00:01.000Z
+description = "Swarm Foundation Partners with CryptoMondays to Power the Future of Decentralized Media"
+references_and_footnotes = [ ]
+title = "Swarm Foundation Partners with CryptoMondays"
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+slug = "CryptoMondays-partnership"
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+Swarm Foundation is proud to announce a new partnership with **[CryptoMondays](https://www.cryptomondays.io/)**, the world’s largest IRL Web3 community, naming Swarm the **Official Decentralized Storage and Streaming Partner** for CryptoMondays.
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+This partnership formalizes a long-standing collaboration and signals a shared belief: that the next generation of the internet must be open, permissionless, and owned by its users.
+
+
+## Building the Future of Web3 Media, Together
+
+Since its beginnings as a New York City meetup in 2018, **CryptoMondays** has grown into a truly global movement — a network of over **150,000 members**, spanning **56 active chapters in 18 countries**. Every Monday, founders, investors, developers, and creators gather in cities around the world to share knowledge, discuss ideas, and strengthen local crypto communities.
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+More than just meetups, CryptoMondays has evolved into a **multifaceted ecosystem** that includes:
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+* an **Advisory Service** with over 300 Web3 experts,
+* an **AI Web3 Accelerator**,
+* a **Token Foundry**, and
+* **MonDAI**, its community-building AI agent.
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+Together, these initiatives embody the same values that drive Swarm: openness, collaboration, and technological sovereignty.
+
+
+## Decentralized Streaming Meets Decentralized Community
+
+CryptoMondays’ mission is clear — to become the **largest Web3 content streamer**, amplifying community-driven voices across borders. With Swarm as its decentralized infrastructure partner, CryptoMondays gains a censorship-resistant foundation for storing and streaming content — ensuring that talks, panels, and insights shared within their global network remain **accessible, permanent, and free from central control**.
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+*“We have the opportunity to be the largest streamer of content in Web3, and we’ve partnered with Swarm to help us enable that,” said **Lou Kerner**, founder of CryptoMondays.*
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+The collaboration represents a powerful alignment of vision: a truly user-run network meeting a truly user-run community. Together, both sides are proving that decentralization is not a theory — it’s a practice.
+
+
+## Beyond Partnership: Education and Ecosystem Growth
+
+This collaboration goes beyond infrastructure. Together, CryptoMondays and Swarm Foundation will **educate and engage** the broader community about decentralized storage, streaming, and communication through:
+* live **webinars and AMAs**, 
+* **IRL meetups** hosted across CryptoMondays chapters,
+* **X Spaces** and **community discussions**, and
+* joint **blog posts** and educational resources.
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+By merging CryptoMondays’ extensive global reach with Swarm’s experience in decentralized technology, the partnership aims to **expand awareness** and **accelerate adoption** of truly user-owned infrastructure.
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+*“We’re thrilled that CryptoMondays, Web3’s largest IRL community, has chosen Swarm as its official decentralized storage and streaming partner,” said **Daniel Weber**, Head of Partnerships at Swarm Foundation. “It’s a strong vote of confidence in user-run infrastructure and the power of Web3 on both sides. Together, we’ll make decentralized media easy to share and impossible to silence.”*
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+## A Shared Vision
+
+At its heart, this partnership celebrates a shared belief: that communities should own their content, creators should keep control of their work, and the digital commons should belong to everyone.
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+CryptoMondays has been building this reality in person, every week, in cities around the world. Swarm Foundation is proud to help bring that same spirit of freedom and collaboration to the infrastructure layer of Web3.
+
+## About CryptoMondays
+CryptoMondays is a global decentralized community that brings together individuals passionate about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Since its founding in 2018, it has grown into the largest IRL Web3 community, spanning 56 chapters across 18 countries. The organization supports builders, founders, and investors through its advisory network, accelerator, and token-foundry initiatives.
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+| Channel|Link  | 
+| -------- | -------- | 
+| CryptoMondays Events   |https://luma.com/CryptoMondaysOfficial  |
+| Collective Linkedin  |https://www.linkedin.com/company/cryptomondays-collective/ |
+| Meetups Linkedin  |https://www.linkedin.com/company/cryptomondays/ |
+| X  |https://x.com/Crypt0Mondays|
+| Instagram   |https://www.instagram.com/cryptomondays/|
+| CryptoMondays Website   |https://www.cryptomondays.io/ |
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+banner = "/uploads/sotn-october-25.jpg"
+images = [ "/uploads/sotn-october-25.jpg" ]
+categories = [ "Development updates" ]
+date = 2025-11-10T00:00:00.000Z
+description = "October brought a month of steady performance across the Swarm network, with rewards, win values, and node participation settling into tight, predictable ranges. Following September’s normalization phase, operators saw stable incentives, balanced win distributions, and a consistent global node footprint."
+references_and_footnotes = [ ]
+title = "State of the Network: October 2025"
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+### **October 2025 State of the Network Report**
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+October brought a month of steady performance across the Swarm network, with rewards, win values, and node participation all saw no significant changes from the previous month. Following September’s network adjustments, metrics for rewards and network participation have all settled into a steady range over the previous two months.
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+{{< admonition info >}}
+***Active nodes*** are full nodes identified by a unique Gnosis Chain address with the required minimum staked xBZZ that have submitted a [commit](https://docs.ethswarm.org/docs/concepts/incentives/redistribution-game/#redistribution-game-details) transaction during the month.
+{{< /admonition >}}
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+{{< admonition info >}}
+All rewards are denominated in xBZZ. Since the fiat value of xBZZ fluctuates monthly, these metrics may not reflect the real-world returns for node operators.
+{{< /admonition >}}
+
+## Network Total Monthly Rewards
+
+This metric shows the total storage incentive rewards paid out across the network each month.
+
+| Month     | Total Network Rewards (xBZZ) |
+| --------- | ---------------------------- |
+| May       | 27,851                       |
+| June      | 24,545                       |
+| July      | 37,249                       |
+| August    | 41,496                       |
+| September | 28,162                       |
+| October   | 28,337                       |
+
+![Total Network Rewards (xBZZ) vs. Month](/uploads/chart-Total-Network-Monthly-Rewards-October-2025.png)
+
+Total rewards for October reached **28,337 xBZZ**, a slight increase from September. 
+
+## Monthly Median Win Values
+
+| Month     | Median Win Values (xBZZ) |
+| --------- | ------------------------ |
+| May       | 8.12                     |
+| June      | 7.38                     |
+| July      | 10.00                    |
+| August    | 11.07                    |
+| September | 8.33                     |
+| October   | 8.10                     |
+
+![Median Win Values (xBZZ) vs. Month](/uploads/chart-Monthly-Median-Win-Values-September-2025.png)
+
+Median win values landed at **8.10 xBZZ**, holding closely to September’s level. 
+
+## Monthly Average Win Values
+
+| Month     | Average Win Values (xBZZ) |
+| --------- | ------------------------- |
+| May       | 8.24                      |
+| June      | 7.44                      |
+| July      | 11.07                     |
+| August    | 12.28                     |
+| September | 8.60                      |
+| October   | 8.34                      |
+
+![Average Win Values (xBZZ) vs. Month](/uploads/chart-Monthly-Average-Win-Values-October-2025.png)
+
+Average win values followed the same stable pattern, coming in at **8.34 xBZZ**. 
+
+## Active Staking Node Monthly Average Earnings
+
+| Month     | Avg Total Earnings per Node (xBZZ) |
+| --------- | ---------------------------------- |
+| May       | 5.28                               |
+| June      | 4.97                               |
+| July      | 10.79                              |
+| August    | 11.33                              |
+| September | 7.73                               |
+| October   | 8.33                               |
+
+![Avg Total Earnings per Node (xBZZ) vs. Month](/uploads/chart-Avg-Total-Earnings-per-Node-October-2025.png)
+
+Average earnings per active node rose to **8.33 xBZZ**, continuing a modest upward trend. 
+
+## Total Active Staking Nodes by Month
+
+| Month     | Total Active Staking Nodes |
+| --------- | -------------------------- |
+| May       | 5,277                      |
+| June      | 4,934                      |
+| July      | 3,453                      |
+| August    | 3,663                      |
+| September | 3,643                      |
+| October   | 3,400                      |
+
+![Total Active Staking Nodes (xBZZ) vs. Month](/uploads/chart-Total-Active-Staking-Nodes-October-2025.png)
+
+Active staking nodes dipped to **3,400**, continuing the gentle downward trend since spring. 
+
+## Total Reachable Full Nodes Regardless of Active Status
+
+| Month     | Total Reachable Full Nodes |
+| --------- | -------------------------- |
+| May       | 9,371                      |
+| June      | 8,473                      |
+| July      | 9,753                      |
+| August    | 7,097                      |
+| September | 7,063                      |
+| October   | 7,071                      |
+
+![Total Reachable Full Nodes vs. Month](/uploads/chart-Total-Reachable-Full-Nodes-October-2025.png)
+
+Reachable full nodes held steady at **7,071**, marking a second month of consistent connectivity across the network.
+
+## Total Winning Nodes by Month
+
+| Month     | Total Winning Nodes |
+| --------- | ------------------- |
+| May       | 2,052               |
+| June      | 2,197               |
+| July      | 1,806               |
+| August    | 1,738               |
+| September | 1,701               |
+| October   | 1,668               |
+
+![Number of Winning Staking Nodes by Month](/uploads/chart-Number-of-Winning-Staking-Nodes-by-Month-October-2025.png)
+
+Winning nodes dipped slightly to **1,668**, consistent with the slow drift downward observed since midsummer. 
+
+## Total Active Staking Nodes by Country
+
+| Country       | Unique txSenders |
+| ------------- | ---------------- |
+| Finland       | 1664             |
+| China         | 1650             |
+| Unknown       | 61               |
+| Hungary       | 7                |
+| Ireland       | 4                |
+| United States | 4                |
+| Estonia       | 3                |
+| Germany       | 2                |
+| Martinique    | 1                |
+| Japan         | 1                |
+| Portugal      | 1                |
+| Russia        | 1                |
+| Spain         | 1                |
+
+Finland and China continued to dominate October’s geographic distribution, remaining nearly tied in active staking node counts. Smaller but steady participation across several other countries highlights the network’s ongoing global diversity.
+
+## Conclusion
+
+October proved to be a stable and predictable month for the Swarm network. Rewards, win values, and participation metrics all remained within tight ranges, indicating that network metrics have stabilized following midsummer volatility. Geographic node distribution has likewise remained mostly in line with the previous month.