In the Web3 world, we have long been accustomed to two kinds of helplessness: seeing tweets about 'significant benefits to the project' but not daring to believe them for fear of falling into pitfalls; relying on external data when using DeFi protocols, only to find out later that a single node was the problem. Deepfake technology has made the cost of synthesizing information lower and lower, while traditional oracles cannot solve the problem of 'privacy and trust coexisting'. Until the emergence of Swarm Network (@GetSwarmed), this project focused on 'privacy-preserving oracle layers' is building a 'trustworthy filter' for Web3 with technology.
Many people easily confuse Swarm with other projects of the same name, but its positioning is extremely clear: Ethereum Swarm focuses on decentralized storage, Swarm Markets emphasizes RWA trading, while Swarm Network only does one thing: using 'AI + Blockchain + Zero-Knowledge Proofs' to turn vague information and private data into on-chain verifiable 'truth assets'. This focus on 'not overreaching, but doing thorough work' allows it to stand out rapidly in 2025.
From a technical perspective, Swarm's 'Truth Protocol' completely reconstructs the logic of information verification. It does not rely on a single AI or a few nodes for judgment, but instead allows AI agents to form a 'collaborative cluster' to divide the work: retrieval agents gather evidence from global news sources, on-chain data, and collaborative databases, and can even dig deep into niche data sources such as supply chain statements and customs records; inference agents use multiple models for cross-comparison to identify logical flaws and data contradictions. For example, a piece of news about 'company layoffs' might be broken down into atomic claims such as 'attendance at the meeting', 'mention of layoffs', and 'accuracy of the ratio', avoiding the risk of 'one mistake leads to a total failure'. Finally, consensus agents generate conclusions with a 'truth score' by weighted voting based on historical credibility. More importantly, the entire process's evidence chain is stored on the Sui chain, accompanied by an unalterable hash value, making it impossible for anyone to commit fraud.
The incorporation of zero-knowledge proofs (ZK) further addresses a major pain point in the industry. For instance, if a company needs to verify 'quarterly revenue meets standards' to trigger on-chain financing, or a hospital needs to confirm 'patient medical records meet reimbursement conditions', traditional solutions either expose sensitive data or fail to gain the trust of smart contracts. However, Swarm's ZK-Graph Layer can generate cryptographic proofs, proving to the contract that 'conditions have been met' without disclosing any original data. Currently, it has collaborated with Plume Network (a leading project in the RWA track) to provide privacy verification services for real estate tokenization, turning the concept of 'private data being usable on-chain' into reality.
As the ecological core, the $TRUTH token is by no means just a target for speculation. Its value runs through the entire verification economy: running AI agent nodes requires staking TRUTH, with the stake amount linked to historical credibility. If incorrect verification is provided, it will also be confiscated, ensuring node honesty through mechanism; enterprises calling Swarm's API services must pay TRUTH as a fee, and this portion of revenue will be shared with node operators and the ecological treasury; holders can also vote to determine protocol parameters, such as confiscation ratios and reward release speed, truly participating in project governance.
It is worth mentioning that Swarm's ecological progress has long departed from the 'pie-in-the-sky' phase. In early 2025, it completed a $3 million seed round of financing, led by Y2Z Ventures and ZeroStage, who have also invested in Mask Network. The Sui Foundation also participated, with total financing reaching $13 million. The cooperative landscape covers privacy computing (Oasis Protocol), AI auditing (Mira), and data storage (Storacha), forming a full-link service capability. The X platform has 283,000 blue V followers, and a single financing announcement has over 140,000 views, while the flagship application Rollup News has processed over 3 million pieces of social content verification, providing on-chain results in as fast as 30 seconds.
If you are tired of being misled by false information and want to find a solid, practical Web3 project to follow long-term, you might want to check out the updates from X and @Get Swarmed. You will find that the true 'trustworthy foundation' of Web3 is slowly taking shape here.
