Oxen Blogs

Onion routing is normally slow — but there's a better way. Lokinet is an onion-router with a lightweight protocol that can carry anything that fits inside an IP packet....

Oxen is using blockchain technology to make the apps you use every day more private. ...

Everyone knows Proof of Work consensus uses a lot of energy. People care about the climate — and crypto needs to catch up....

Ever since service nodes were first introduced to the network, the foundation has been operating service nodes. It makes sense for the OPTF to run service nodes — but we wanted to see how the network would fare without our help....

Today, we are announcing the next Oxen hardfork. Check out the timeline for the release of Audacious Aurochs!...

Eth 2.0 is live. As of 12am UTC on Tuesday, 1 Dec, the first stage of Ethereum’s evolution into a Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchain has now begun. If PoS sounds familiar, that’s probably because Oxen has been full PoS since the Salty Saga hardfork back...

We’ve talked a lot about the benefits of Proof of Stake for the Oxen blockchain, but there’s another huge upside to PoS compared to our old hybrid PoS-PoW consensus mechanism: it’s a lot kinder to the planet....

Hey Y’all,  As with the last Dev Update, the majority of the Loki team is still enjoying their holidays over the Christmas and New Year break. Last week, most of our work went into the release of the new Nimble Nerthus Loki suites, which included new...

Running a masternode or service node is a great way to earn a passive income through cryptocurrency rewards. However, doing so requires staking (locking away) a certain amount of cryptocurrency. For some blockchain projects, the staking requirement i...

Sybil attacks are a security threat against blockchains which involve someone trying to take over a network by operating lots accounts, nodes or computers. ...

So you’ve heard that running a masternode or service node for a blockchain project can earn you cryptocurrency rewards — enticing, right? But have you factored in the costs? Is it worth the time and effort? This article will help you figure that out ...

Hey Y’all, This Dev Update is a little late due to the craziness around Consensus. Nearly the whole team has been travelling this week to get to the United States. Last week we improved the stability of a special Testnet called Consensus Net and also...

Disappearing messages QA, video content strategising, Session Token messaging, and more in this weeks Oxen Labs Update!...

This week in the Oxen Labs, its all things closed groups, LibQUIC and content production. ...

This week in the Lab, its all things Disappearing Messages, libquic integration and Q4 socials planning. ...

New Session release, disappearing messages work, Q4 planning and more in this weeks Oxen Labs Update!...

Session test builds, new C++ library, Session newsletter genesis, and more in this weeks Oxen Labs Update!...

QA for push notifications update, libSession integration work, new branding progression, and more in this week's Oxen Labs Update!...

Further SENT planning, libQUIC integration progress, community AMA, and more in this weeks Oxen Labs Update!...

The Oxen top brass recently sat down to answer some of your burning questions about the future of the project. We're here with a summary of all the questions they answered, or you can check out the video for the full experience....

SENT Planning, AMA preparation, Push notification progress, and more in this weeks Oxen Labs Update!...

Last week in the Oxen Labs it was all things Session Network Token, user config and disappearing messages....

Lokinet Datagram support, Session backlog tasks, What is Metadata video, and more in this weeks Oxen Labs Update!...

User Config public release, Privacy Experts answering your questions, Hackernoon startup of the year, and more in this week's Oxen Labs Update!...