Introduction

As well as earning xBZZ and supporting the network, Bee is our entrypoint to Swarm's unstoppable data storage and distribution system. Swarm is a distributed system designed to work together with smart contracts, powering the infrastructure that enables the development of full service applications running entirely on the decentralised web.

Here's just a few of the amazing things you can do with Bee!

Decentralise Your Files

Bee provides several convenient ways to upload your data into the Swarm. Once your data has been uploaded, it will be distributed, stored and retrievable by a worldwide network of p2p nodes, and made available from Swarm's web gateway.

Upload Whole Directories

Find out how to upload whole directories at once using Bee's HTTP API.

Host Your Website on the Decentralised Web

Swarm is a distributed international network of nodes that provides hosting for your unstoppable websites. See this guide to hosting your website on swarm.

Sync With the Network

Watch as your uploaded data is synced with the network of thousands of nodes worldwide!

Keep Your Data Alive

Learn how to assign xBZZ to your data using postage stamps so that it remains live on the Swarm network.

Pinning

Learn how to pin your data so it remains available locally on your Bee node, and then repair the network in case your postage stamps run out, using Global Pinning.

Light Nodes

When accessing the Swarm network for certain use cases a Bee might not want to take part in forwarding and storing data. Find out how to use Bee in Light Node mode.

Ultra Light Nodes

For the cases when we want to get started quickly we can run the Bee instance without a blockchain. Find out how to use Bee in Ultra Light Node mode.