📦 CID Inspector brought to you by ProbeLab! Break any @ipfs.tech CID down into its parts. Paste a CIDv0 or CIDv1 and see its multibase, multicodec, and multihash (hash fn, size, digest) decoded instantly, plus a one-click retrieval check. Try it at: probelab.io/ipfs/cid-ins...

1/5 New dashboards are live for @filecoin.io Onchain Cloud (FOC). Track approved storage providers, approval criteria, and raw performance — all in one place with detailed description of what's what. Brought to you by ProbeLab! 💪 Check it out at: probelab.io/filecoin/foc/

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Decentralized storage marketplace with comprehensive network analytics.

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We shipped content addressing to millions of users, then spent ~10 years pretending the spec already existed. 😅 Well, billions of CIDs later, it's finally real: the official CID spec is live on the @ipfs.tech specs. specs.ipfs.tech/cid/ Thanks @lidel.org and @robin.berjon.com

🚨 New Tool Suite Alert from ProbeLab 🚨 🔧 LiveProbers — no-install tools for Web3 devs. ⏱️ Chrono — convert @ethereum.org slot to epoch to timestamp to date 🔍 ENR Viewer — decode @ethereum.org Node Records 📦 CID Inspector — decompose @ipfs.tech CIDs Try them out: probelab.io/tools/

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Analytics and monitoring for Web3 and P2P networks

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Read the full breakdown on the IPFS forum: discuss.ipfs.tech/t/probelab-s...

ProbeLab’s Notable IPFS Performance Results - Week 29, 2026

Following up on our last major update back in Week 18 (late April), we are looking across the data from May and June to bring you the most notable network performance trends up to today (July 13, 2026...

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📊 New report is live, tracking @ipfs.tech network performance trends from late April up to today. Highlights: 🚀 Kubo v0.39+ publish times holding strong under 1s ⏱️ DHT lookup latencies constantly below 0.4s ✅ IPNI keeping >99% uptime with 0% delayed ingests under heavy load.

While AutoNAT v2 excels in controlled environments, the case is not the same out in the wild. 🛠️ Upstream tracking issues filed 📘 Best practices runbooks included Read the blogpost to find out all the details. And reach out if you need assistance.

How reliable is reachability detection in @libp2p.bsky.social ? We conducted a thorough performance audit of libp2p’s AutoNAT protocol across go, rust, and js implementations— we uncovered 5 critical findings where the reachability stack breaks: probelab.io/blog/perform...

Performance Audit of libp2p’s AutoNAT

Is your libp2p node publicly reachable? A performance audit and node operator guide on libp2p's AutoNAT.

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At ProbeLab, we're pleased to announce Chrono, a small but powerful tool that makes working with Slots, Epochs, and Dates simple. Convert in any direction, across networks and custom devnets. We hope you find it as useful as we do: probelab.io/chrono/

Chrono — Slot, Epoch & Time Converter | ProbeLab

Free slot, epoch and time converter. Convert between slot, epoch, unix timestamp and calendar date in any direction across networks and custom dev-nets.

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We've said it before, but if your kubo #ipfs node recently got faster, read this to find out why: blog.ipfs.tech/2026-05-opti.... An impressive optimisation originally proposed by the ProbeLab team 🚀

Optimistic Provide: How We Made IPFS Content Publishing 10x Faster

How a statistical approach cut IPFS content publishing times by over one order of magnitude.

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Analytics and monitoring for Web3 and P2P networks

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Watch our latest talk of @yiannisbot.bsky.social at #MoneroKon2026 about spy node prevalence in  #monero’s P2P network. Spoiler: it’s concerning!

Not unlikely that even with these reports at hand, you still need more assistance - don't hesitate to reach out.

DHTs are complex structures. Not everyone that is using a DHT understands the nuts and bolts around it and ProbeLab's guide is here to help you. Plus bonus report on kad DHT configuration parameters: probelab.io/blog/libp2p-...

libp2p Kademlia DHT Configuration Parameters

The definitive guide to every libp2p Kademlia DHT configuration parameter; what each one does, why defaults exist, and when to override them.

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So, you want to use a DHT and glancing @libp2p.bsky.social kad DHT? Check ProbeLab's comprehensive guide on how to set things up, what to use and what not to use, what to avoid and what to pay special attention to: probelab.io/blog/libp2p-...

So, you want to use a DHT? Let us help you configure it correctly.

From public servers to private clusters: a practical configuration walkthrough for every libp2p DHT deployment pattern.

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Week 18 2026 ProbeLab's update on the most notable results on @ipfs.tech from the past few weeks is here: discuss.ipfs.tech/t/probelabs-... Follow all the action at: probelab.io!

ProbeLab's Notable IPFS Performance Results - Week 18, 2026

After a longer than usual gap, and following up from our previous report in Week 10, 2026 on the notable results on IPFS’s performance ( ProbeLab's Notable IPFS Performance Results - Week 10, 2026 ), ...

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If you've noticed @ipfs.tech's upload/publish performance is so much faster lately, wonder no more! ProbeLab's Optimistic Provide is finally in production and it's working like a charm! Check how and why at: probelab.io/blog/optimis... Here's how big the improvement has been!

Check out ProbeLab's update on the most notable results on @ipfs.tech from the past few weeks here: discuss.ipfs.tech/t/probelabs-... and, as usual, follow all the action at: probelab.io.

ProbeLab's Notable IPFS Performance Results - Week 10, 2026

Here is ProbeLab’s update on the state of the IPFS network over the past few weeks (20th Feb to 12th March). The intention of these reports is to direct efforts to parts of the protocol that need atte...

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We crawled the Monero P2P network and here's what we found: - 16,454 reachable nodes - 81.6% flagged as spy nodes - 80%+ running on a single cloud provider (Spruce Creek) Monero's transaction privacy is strong but its P2P layer tells a different story. Full methodology and data in: bit.ly/40BzFgh

Peering into Privacy: A Deep Dive into the Monero Network Topology

Mapping Monero's P2P network: 16,000 nodes, one dominant provider, and a lot of spy nodes.

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Notice the significant decrease of Kubo's "Provide Duration" with release v0.39.0 more than 13s to less than 1s! probelab.io/ipfs/kubo/#c... An optimisation originally proposed and implemented by the ProbeLab team!

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The [InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)](https://ipfs.tech/) is a peer-to-peer distributed file system protocol designed to make the web faster, safer, and more open by addressing content …

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Here's ProbeLab's summary on the highlights and notable results for the @ipfs.tech network for the past few weeks: discuss.ipfs.tech/t/probelabs-... Follow all the action at: probelab.io

ProbeLab Analytics

Monitoring and analytics for 9+ Web3 networks. Explore network topology, bootstrapper health, client diversity, and protocol metrics across IPFS, Ethereum, Filecoin, and more.

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ProbeLab has improved its tooling to distinguish between different service classes for requests that hit the traditional @ipfs.tech (ipfs.io and dweb.link) gateways. Follow the action at: probelab.io/ipfs/gateway...

Exciting news from the ProbeLab team! We've just added Monero crawling functionality to Nebula, our network-agnostic P2P crawler! 🕵️‍♂️📈 Measuring privacy-centric networks like Monero is notoriously difficult, but Nebula can now do the following:

As part of ProbeLab's revamp of @ipfs.tech metrics, we now have data on the performance of traditional, as well as service worker gateways! Read more at: probelab.io/blog/ipfs-ga... and head over to probelab.io/ipfs/gateways/ for all the dashboards!

IPFS Gateway Performance Measurements

The ProbeLab team has been busy building new IPFS Gateway performance measurements

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With the necessary slight delay, here's a thorough review of ProbeLab's activity and achievements in 2025 and our focus areas for 2026: probelab.io/blog/probela.... Looking forward to work with more networks and enhance the P2P layer of decentralised blockchain networks!

ProbeLab's 2025 Review and 2026 Outlook

What we've achieved in 2025 and what we're targeting in 2026

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Here's ProbeLab's summary on the highlights and notable results for the @ipfs.tech network for the past few weeks: discuss.ipfs.tech/t/probelabs-... Follow all the action at: probelab.io!

ProbeLab Analytics

Monitoring and analytics for 9+ Web3 networks. Explore network topology, bootstrapper health, client diversity, and protocol metrics across IPFS, Ethereum, Filecoin, and more.

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New metrics on @ipfs.tech just landed on probelab.io! Among others, check Kubo e2e performance, number of daily unique CIDs on the Amino DHT, and IPNI status. Check more details at: discuss.ipfs.tech/t/probelab-s.... Check all of this and more at: probelab.io/ipfs/

ProbeLab Analytics

Monitoring and analytics for 9+ Web3 networks. Explore network topology, bootstrapper health, client diversity, and protocol metrics across IPFS, Ethereum, Filecoin, and more.

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ICYMI, ProbeLab has launched a brand new website to showcase the metrics we're publishing for @ipfs.tech, @ethereum.bsky.social, @filecoin.bsky.social, @polkadot.bsky.social, Gnosis, Celestia, Optimism, Base, Avail, with several more coming soon! Head to: probelab.io to see what's new!

ProbeLab Analytics

Monitoring and analytics for 9+ Web3 networks. Explore network topology, bootstrapper health, client diversity, and protocol metrics across IPFS, Ethereum, Filecoin, and more.

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If you think this is US-only, it's not. If you think the GDPR protects you, it's doesn't. If you hadn't realised privacy is a national security and corporate espionage issue, it is. If you think politicians can't tackle this, they can. If you believe that tech or business need this, they don't.

michael veale@michae.lv · 10mo ago

Either real-time bidding data or app SDK data is being bought and used by ICE to seize people from the streets. If you didn’t believe that the adtech stack is a human rights concern, I’m not sure what more evidence you need. www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

The ProbeLab team participates in FIL-rPGF Round 3 to showcase the extensive set of results that we've been producing for the Filecoin network. Thanks to @protocollabs.bsky.social @fil.org LotusPond Association for supporting this round. Check our extensive results at: probelab.io