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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 25/09/2026

ProbeLab's Sonar is about to be released! You'll be able to see your node the way the network sees it - stay tuned!

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 08/09/2026

How has IPFS performed over the last 7 weeks? @ProbeLab's performance update for Weeks 29–36 (2026) is out! Here are the key takeaways from our network crawlers & probe infrastructure: 🔗 discuss.ipfs.tech/t/probelab-s... 🧵 Glance through all the metrics at: probelab.io

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ProbeLab’s Notable IPFS Performance Results - Week 36, 2026

Following up on our update back in Week 29 (mid-July), we are looking across the data from July and August to bring you the most notable network performance trends up to today (Week 36, September 2026...

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 07/08/2026

~91% of IPFS peers sit behind a NAT. So how often does libp2p actually punch through? We classified 43k live peers by NAT type and hole-punched the eligible ones. Read the full report at probelab.io/blog/can-lib...

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Can libp2p punch through NATs?

How efficient is libp2p’s DCUtR protocol in connecting actual peers directly?

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 30/07/2026

📦 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...

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 27/07/2026

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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Filecoin | ProbeLab Analytics

Decentralized storage marketplace with comprehensive network analytics.

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yiannis @yiannisbot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🚨 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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ProbeLab Analytics | ProbeLab

Analytics and monitoring for Web3 and P2P networks

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 15/07/2026

📊 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.

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 09/07/2026

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...

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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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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 03/07/2026

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/

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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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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 01/07/2026

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 🚀

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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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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 29/06/2026

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

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 10/06/2026

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-...

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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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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 23/03/2026

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!

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 10/03/2026

At ProbeLab, we just launched an ENR viewer! The tool allows to decode and inspect @ethereum.org Node Records. Inserting your ENR will give information about your node’s ID, public key, IP address, ports, and GeoIP, hosting provider. Check it out at: probelab.io/enr-viewer/.

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 26/02/2026

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

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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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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 25/02/2026

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

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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 @probelab.io · 20/02/2026

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...

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 16/02/2026

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:

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 09/02/2026

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!

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IPFS Gateway Performance Measurements

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

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 04/02/2026

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!

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ProbeLab's 2025 Review and 2026 Outlook

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

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yiannis @yiannisbot.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

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!

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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 @probelab.io · 26/01/2026

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/

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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 @probelab.io · 18/01/2026

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!

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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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Mosh Lee @mosh.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Wow, the new @probelab.io website is really good. Detailed health monitoring for 9 p2p networks (@ipfs.tech's public network, Ethereum, & more). probelab.io/networks

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Networks | ProbeLab Analytics

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 25/09/2025

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

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IPFS @ipfs.tech · 01/08/2025

Nice overview of network health monitoring in IPFS, Ethereum, and other libp2p-based networks (from Mikel & Dennis at @probelab.io). www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q8...

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A Toolbox for libp2p Network Monitoring - Dennis Trautwein

YouTube video by libp2p

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 27/06/2025

Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade went live on May 7th - how did the p2p network react to the event? 🔍 Our deep dive looks at changes in the peer-to-peer network topology, block arrival times, bandwidth throughput, and more! Dive in 👉 www.probelab.network/blog/ethereu... #Ethereum #Pectra #ETHDev

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Behind the Scenes of Ethereum's Pectra Upgrade: A Data-Driven Analysis

The Pectra Upgrade in Numbers from the P2P Network

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 14/04/2025

New data drop from the ProbeLab team! We re-ran our Optimism Superchain composition analysis — and total nodes tripled since Nov 2024. Base leads the mainnet pack, Europe’s node share grows, and infra diversity widens. 📊✨ Full breakdown 👉 www.probelab.network/blog/optimis... #Superchain #OPStack

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Insights into Optimism’s Chain Composition [Repeated]

We're looking into how the Superchain has evolved during the last five months.

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Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

You’ve never seen blockchain data like this before, literally! For the first time ever, Baselight & @probelab.io are making onchain infrastructure insights public, so builders can monitor, analyze, and scale decentralized systems. Query @ethereum.bsky.social , @filecoin.io, Polkadot and more!

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yiannis @yiannisbot.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Weekly Network Health Reports for the Filecoin DHT are now a thing - brought to you by @probelab.io! Reports live on probelab.io - latest one is here: probelab.io/filecoin/dht... - and are produced weekly on Mondays.

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kasteph.eth @steph.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

It may come as a surprise, but most @ethereum.bsky.social nodes are not on the big 3 cloud providers. Only 1003/8825 nodes are on AWS, 83/8825 on GCP, 50/8825 on Azure. You can read about it in our weekly reports on @probelab.io For this week's report on Ethereum: probelab.io/ethereum/dis...

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 21/08/2023

Week 33 2023 🗓️ Check out our newest report on @ipfs.tech network statistics: 🔍 Dive into the details: bit.ly/3QNnlG5 👥 Join the conversation: bit.ly/3qvTNCt

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 07/08/2023

Week 31 of 2023 🗓️ Check out our newest report on @ipfs.tech network statistics: 🔍 Dive into the details: bit.ly/3qnKPag 👥 Join the conversation: bit.ly/443cNFU

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IPFS @ipfs.tech · 03/08/2023

Introducing... An Observatory for the IPFS Network 🔭 We're excited to share that @probelab.io has worked hard over the past year to build a resilient & fully-automated infrastructure to monitor the performance of core IPFS stack protocols. Dive-in here: blog.ipfs.tech/2023-ipfs-observatory

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An Observatory for the IPFS Network

The ProbeLab team has built a resilient and fully-automated infrastructure to monitor the performance of core IPFS protocols!

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 10/07/2023

Week 27 of 2023 🗓️ Check out our newest report on @ipfs.tech network statistics: 🔍 Dive into the details: bit.ly/3pzBL1F 👥 Join the conversation: bit.ly/43d91cN

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 03/07/2023

Week 26 of 2023 🗓️ Check out our newest report on @ipfs.tech network statistics: 🔍 Dive into the details: bit.ly/3NJ5Cga 👥 Join the conversation: bit.ly/3NEk1Kg

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 26/06/2023

Week 25 of 2023 🗓️ Check out our newest report on @ipfs.tech network statistics: 🔍 Dive into the details: bit.ly/3JwUEcm 👥 Join the conversation: bit.ly/3r9523i

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 19/06/2023

Week 24 of 2023 🗓️ Check out our newest report on @ipfs.tech network statistics: 🔍 Dive into the details: bit.ly/3Pk4mT5 👥 Join the conversation: bit.ly/3XbFYVv

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 12/06/2023

Week 23 of 2023 🗓️ Check out our newest report on @ipfs.tech network statistics: 🔍 Dive into the details: bit.ly/3NkA1Ch 👥 Join the conversation: bit.ly/3oZ1IHu

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 05/06/2023

Week 22 of 2023 🗓️ Check out our newest report on @ipfs.tech network statistics: 🔍 Dive into the details: bit.ly/43lLreM 👥 Join the conversation: bit.ly/43Iaybq

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 30/05/2023

Our brand new weekly report on @ipfs.tech network statistics is out: 🔍 Dive into the details: bit.ly/43PPRdN 👥 Join the conversation: bit.ly/3IIDJmw 📈 The network has done it again and grew by another 3k peers compared to last week! 🌟 This means we've reached 32k DHT server peers 🚀

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 22/05/2023

📢 Exciting news! 🚀 Since the start of the year, we've been producing weekly reports on #IPFS and the decentralized web. Check out our latest report showcasing a massive deployment of 3000 new nodes! 🌐📊 🔍 Dive into the details: bit.ly/41Y81bF 👥 Join the conversation: bit.ly/3BPDa6F

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 15/05/2023

📢 Exciting News!📊 Introducing @probelab.io, your go-to source for network measurement results of the decentralized web! 📡 Stay updated with performance benchmarks and deep insights from the protocols that power the decentralized ecosystem. Follow us as we uncover the potential of a new internet era!

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