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...

Eth Merge content, Session menu redesign, Lokinet release finalisation, and more in this weeks Oxen Labs Update!...

Session theming & menu redesign, new Session repository, upcoming WEDF stuff, and more in this weeks Oxen Labs Update!...

Emoji reacts release, Service Node updates, Oxen brand refresh, and more in this weeks Oxen Labs Update!...

Session Tapes podcast, Session theming, service node upgrades, and more in this weeks Oxen Labs Update!...

A new mandatory service node upgrade will be released on August 31, with a 2 week upgrade period ending on September 14. ...

Emoji reacts, ID blinding bugfixes, Framed by OPTF, and more in this weeks Oxen Labs Update!...

Session releases, Lokinet problem-solving, interview bonanza, and more in this weeks Oxen Lab Update!...

Session DB refactor, session release prep, marketing plans laid, and more in this weeks Oxen Labs Update!...

Session release prep, Lokinet Mac wrap-up, and a plague in marketing in this week's Oxen Labs Update...

Bug fixes on all sides, ID blinding improvements, PETS content consolidation, and more in this week's Oxen Labs Update!...

New Session Android release, Lokinet Mac GUI underway, PETS content creation, and more in this weeks Oxen Labs Update...

PETS party, CoinTelegraph collab, Ledger updates, and more in this weeks Oxen Labs Update...