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Protocol Benchmarking & Optimization for the Decentralized Web. Check out our network insights at probelab.io

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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

🛡️ Network Health: -> IPNI (cid.contact) maintained remarkable (99.9%) uptime while handling 198M+ daily queries. -> Keyspace density analysis shows zero localized clustering at depth 10. Dive into the data and charts on the forum: discuss.ipfs.tech/t/probelab-s...

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 08/09/2026

🚀 Speed & Regional Latency: -> Kubo v0.39+ publish gains hold: consistently <1 second. -> Lookup times are fastest in Europe and scale up as requests move east/west toward US and APAC regions. -> Service Worker Gateways show snappy 150–250ms TTFB on cache hits.

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 08/09/2026

⚡ Traffic & Node Influx: -> DHT client nodes doubled in mid-August, peaking near ~800k nodes per week. -> Public HTTP gateway traffic spiked to several billion requests/day alongside the client influx. -> Core DHT servers stayed calm and steady at 23k–25k, per week.

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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...

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...

Can libp2p punch through NATs?

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

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...

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 27/07/2026

5/5 If you want the full picture click "All Storage Providers" to see every SP dealbot has probed — approved or not — with individual scores and metrics. probelab.io/filecoin/foc...

Filecoin | ProbeLab Analytics

Decentralized storage marketplace with comprehensive network analytics.

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 27/07/2026

4/5 Raw Performance – Approved Providers Upload/download latency (TTFB) and throughput charts, pooled across the approved set of SPs — measured from Europe on 10MiB files. probelab.io/filecoin/foc...

Filecoin | ProbeLab Analytics

Decentralized storage marketplace with comprehensive network analytics.

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 27/07/2026

3/5 Approval Criteria What it takes to get approved: ≥97% Data Storage Success (200 checks), ≤0.2% Data Retention Fault (500 proving periods), ≥97% Retrieval Success (200 checks). probelab.io/filecoin/foc...

Filecoin | ProbeLab Analytics

Decentralized storage marketplace with comprehensive network analytics.

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 27/07/2026

2/5 Network Performance – Approved Providers See how the entire approved Storage Provider (SP) set performs against FOC's approval criteria, and explore 90 days of daily network health status. The clearest read on how FOC storage performs as a whole.

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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/

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/

ProbeLab Analytics | ProbeLab

Analytics and monitoring for Web3 and P2P networks

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 15/07/2026

⚠️ We're tracking recent DHT keyspace density spikes - stay tuned.

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 15/07/2026

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

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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...

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.

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 09/07/2026

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.

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...

Performance Audit of libp2p’s AutoNAT

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

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 03/07/2026

Just a glance of how it looks 🚀

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/

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.

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 🚀

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.

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 29/06/2026

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ProbeLab Analytics | ProbeLab

Analytics and monitoring for Web3 and P2P networks

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!

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 10/06/2026

Stay tuned for more reports like this one on libp2p's AutoNAT, NAT Hole Punching, and of course, Gossipsub!

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 10/06/2026

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

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 10/06/2026

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.

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-...

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.

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 28/04/2026

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!

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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 ), ...

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 30/03/2026

Thanks for the shoutout! We’ve been discussing this internally, and since we already track similar metrics for other projects, it’s right in our wheelhouse. Is there a community call or a specific channel where we can explore this further?

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!

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 16/03/2026

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.

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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...

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 10/03/2026

Once the full service is out, you’ll be able to find out about: transport connection establishment success, list of protocols supported by the peer, RTT measurements from several locations, list of open ports and more. Stay tuned!

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 10/03/2026

This is the first step towards a self-service tool that will give Ethereum node operators critical information about their node’s operational health and behaviour.

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 10/03/2026

Existing ENR viewers don’t give the level of detail that we wanted. Our ENR viewer offers a few quality of life improvements: -> Provides Geo Information -> Calculates the custody columns -> Parses the attnets subscriptions -> Maps the chain ID to human readable names

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/.

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

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.

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 25/02/2026

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!

IPFS | ProbeLab Analytics

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 …

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

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.

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 20/02/2026

-> It’s interesting to see that the vast majority (over 99%) of Blocked requests are Badbits requests, i.e., requests for flagged content that is not served by the gateways. -> It’s also interesting to see that the vast majority of Badbits requests (over 97%) comes from Taiwan.

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 20/02/2026

Instead of only Served and Blocked requests, we now also present the percentage of Badbits requests, which were previously grouped under Blocked. We also show the number of requests that were Redirected.

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...

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 16/02/2026

This update brings the same level of transparency to Monero that we've already built for @ipfs.tech, @ethereum.org, and @filecoin.bsky.social , among other networks. Stay tuned for a detailed report on the Monero network!

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 16/02/2026

- Crawl the Monero P2P layer - Monitor node churn and geographic distribution - Detect spy nodes by correlating peer IDs - Provide real-time insights into the network's health and decentralization properties.

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:

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 09/02/2026

If you have improvement ideas, get in touch (probelab.io/contact/), or add to the forum thread: discuss.ipfs.tech/t/new-ipfs-g...

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New IPFS Gateway Performance Measurements Dashboard

Hey everyone 👋 The ProbeLab team has been busy building new IPFS Gateway performance measurements which are now live on our website at: Gateways | ProbeLab Analytics This work was carried out as pa...

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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!

IPFS Gateway Performance Measurements

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

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!

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!

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.

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/

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.

ProbeLab @probelab.io · 18/01/2026

Stay tuned and ping the team if you want to see metrics for your network at probelab.io

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