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...

The Landing Hardfork was activated at 00:00 UTC (block height 1,852,079) on May 21st, 2025, coinciding with the token generation event of Session Token (SESH). Registered operators and contributors have now had their staked OXEN automatically swapped...

The Landing Hardfork software upgrade was released today, Wednesday May 14th. Operators have until Wednesday 21 May 2025, 00:00 UTC at block height 1852079, to complete the upgrade....

With the migration fast approaching, key parameters have now been finalised for the new Session Network, including the staking requirement for a Session node, and the conversion rate for the swap from OXEN to SESH for OXEN holders and stakers....

The Anchor Hardfork software upgrade was released today, Tuesday April 22nd. Operators have until Tuesday April 29th, 00:00 UTC at block height 1836239, to complete the upgrade. At this point, the Anchor Hardfork will be activated and new service nod...

Oxen is announcing changes to the rollout of Oxen Anchor Hardfork. A new point release (version 11.1.0) will be released in advance of the Anchor Hardfork release. ...

As TGE draws closer, many things are falling into place and being finalised, including Session Token's official ticker. The official ticker for Session Token will be: $SESH. ...

A non-mandatory Service Node upgrade is now available, with bug fixes for Oxen Core and Lokinet....

Session Token is planned to launch between February 5, 2025 to March 20, 2025 to ensure migration readiness and ecosystem sustainability. Here's what it means for Oxen service node operators....

After two Mandatory Service Node Upgrades (MSNUs) in the last few weeks, there are two more on the horizon....

Oxen is announcing another MSNU, with 10.6.0 Wistful Wagyu releasing on July 24 2024 with a one week mandatory upgrade period....

Everything that network operators need to know about the upcoming mandatory service node upgrade....

After multiple years of development, the Oxen team has shifted their focus from Oxen to Session Token. ...