Recently, I’ve been paying attention to a pretty interesting decentralized project—Swarm Network. The problem it aims to solve is actually quite practical: the traditional cloud computing model is centralized, data is monopolized by a few tech giants, privacy breaches happen all the time, and costs are sky-high. What Swarm wants to do is use blockchain and P2P protocols to create an open platform where everyone can participate.

To be fair, this project isn’t entirely new. As early as 2015, the Ethereum Foundation had people working on this concept. Back then, Viktor Tron led the development of a decentralized storage and communication protocol, which could be considered Swarm’s predecessor. However, the version we’re seeing now only officially spun off and began independent development in 2023. It’s somewhat similar to projects like IPFS and Filecoin, but Swarm focuses more on real-time data streams and integration with AI.

By December 2025, Swarm remains quite popular in the Web3 space. After all, who wouldn’t want a distributed solution that both protects privacy and reduces costs? Developers, users, and service providers can all find their place in this ecosystem. Of course, whether this kind of decentralized network can really take off depends on how the technology is implemented and how the community is managed.

The distributed storage field is highly competitive, but Swarm’s differentiated approach—especially its exploration of real-time data processing and AI integration—could be a breakthrough. That said, Web3 projects ultimately have to address real needs; telling a good story isn’t enough.