11 MIN8 JUN 2026

State of the Logos Network: May 2026

Your roundup of recent developments from the Logos social movement and tech stack

Logos

Funding internet freedom with Tor and FTC; Logos LAN comes online in Berlin; Parallel Society live streams now available; and sharing the stack in Lisbon, Cluj, and Prague. We recap everything that happened in May 2026.

Funding internet freedom

In May, we teamed up with other pioneers of internet freedom to support a campaign led by Tor and Funding the Commons.

The campaign funds 10 nonprofit projects working on privacy, censorship circumvention, and secure communications, including SecureDrop, OnionShare, OONI, Onion Browser, and others. It accepts donations in BTC, ETH, ZEC, XMR, and GLM and runs until 18 June 2026.

Logos is part of the initial $115,000 matching pool alongside Cake Wallet, Zcash Community Grants, and Octant. Using quadratic funding, the campaign gives more weight to projects with broad community support, ensuring resources flow to the tools people actually rely on to communicate, organise, and stay free online.

Get involved and support projects defending our internet freedoms.

Parallel Society streaming now

Parallel Society live sets and a short series featuring stories from pioneers fighting for our right to live free and autonomously are now online. If you couldn’t join us in Lisbon or just want to relive the flagship event of the Logos calendar, you can do so via the Logos YouTube channel now.

Watch Parallel Stories (with Logos, Zu-Grama, Nym, Open Knowledge International, Tor, and DarkFi)
Live sets (with Apparat, Calibre, Gilles Peterson, Kode9, Los Bitchos, and Moses Boyd)

Planning is underway for another instalment of Parallel Society. Follow Logos on X to be the first to learn about our next counter-cultural convergence.

IRL / Upcoming

Logos LAN / Berlin

Logos LAN events are technical workshops, developer zones, hackspaces, and build sessions that you’ll start to see popping up around the world and while developer conferences are underway.

The first of these, Logos LAN / Berlin, will take place on 15–16 June alongside Dappcon during Berlin Blockchain Week.

On 15 June, Logos LAN will bring builders together at Park an der Spree in Berlin for a hands-on outdoor developer session focused on running and deploying apps on the Logos stack. Participants will run a Logos node through Basecamp or binaries; build on Logos Blockchain; test Logos Messaging and Storage; document what worked, what broke, and what was learned; and discuss future stack development.

The following day, we’re bringing Logos technologies to Dappcon itself. We’ll introduce builders to the stack, continue conversations about private-by-default infrastructure, and show how modules of the Logos stack combine to power truly decentralised apps.

We’ll also be hosting a Logos Circle alongside Berlin Blockchain Week. The day of action will bring people together for a community cleanup; food; conversation; and breakout sessions on local coordination, community building, and the parallel society movement. Get involved.

IRL / May

EthPrague

At ETHPrague (8–10 May), Logos ran a Privacy Builders Bootcamp; gave talks and appeared on panels; and introduced builders to Logos technologies, node running, λPrizes, RFPs, and hands-on experimentation with the stack.

Bootcamp attendees explored the Logos ecosystem, joined a node workshop, learned about contribution paths, and took part in a guided buildathon. The format enabled developers to engage directly with Logos tools and technologies.

Logos cofounder Jarrad Hope spoke on offshore financial centres, credible commitment, and institutional infrastructure. Logos engineer Václav joined a panel on decentralised infrastructure failure points, and presented LMAO, the Logos Module for Agent Orchestration: an open protocol for local AI agents using Logos Messaging and Logos Storage.

EthCluj

At ETHCluj (13–14 May), Logos hosted a two-day Logos Lounge, ran a Pop-Up Circle, led an in-person Privacy Builders Bootcamp, and presented the Logos technology stack.

The Logos Lounge became a space for discussion about Logos tech and the parallel society we’re building on it. It worked as a meeting point and idea lab, bringing together builders, privacy advocates, organisers, and curious newcomers around the shared belief that we can revive civil society on sovereign technologies.

During the programme, Václav presented “Build Like Nobody Can Stop You — YOLO on Logos”, a practical session on building with the Logos stack and experimenting with tools designed for permissionless coordination. Meanwhile, Logos’ Roxana presented privacy as a long-term social commitment needed to protect freedom, trust, and agency across generations.

Exploring deliberate democracy in Lisbon

Logos supported Plural Event #4 on 14 May with Hubs Network, Web3PrivacyNow, RadicalxChange, and Comms Gardening, bringing activists, builders, and organisers together in Lisbon to explore deliberate democracy in practice. The session focused on privacy, coordination, and collective action.

Online Privacy Builders Bootcamp concludes

The online Logos Privacy Builders Bootcamp with Encode Club has now wrapped up. The experience gave developers a hands-on introduction to building private-by-default applications with the Logos stack. Across four weeks, participants explored Logos Blockchain, Messaging, and Storage through technical workshops, office hours, and practical building sessions.

Participants learned how to run a Logos node, work with the Logos Execution Zone, integrate private communication and decentralised storage modules, and build apps on the stack. The programme ended with builders shipping projects and earning Logos Builder Certificates.

If you missed the bootcamp, you can catch up on all the sessions here.

Logos Circles

Circles are open, locally led gatherings where people come together to solve real problems. They focus on practical, grassroots solutions, using Logos and related technologies where it helps and drawing on local knowledge, collaboration, and action.

Circle meetups May:

/ Awka: Identified job readiness as a winnable issue in Anambra, Nigeria, and agreed to run CV training, expert sessions, and a pilot mentorship programme to help local tech talent access better opportunities. Full debrief.
/ Rome: Surfaced community views on governance, decentralisation, creator incentives, and data infrastructure, and validated the format for focused reflection during major ecosystem gatherings. Full debrief.
/ Porto: Awaiting debrief.
/ Lisbon: Advanced the Quinta do Mocho film, garden, and food initiatives, prepared for the Plural event, and planned a Logos node workshop. Full debrief.
/ Delhi: Identified education access and support for underprivileged children as a winnable issue, with plans to organise an NGO/community meetup around teaching, mentoring, and donating learning materials. Full debrief.
/ Accra: Deepened practical digital-skills development through hands-on training, individualised support, and stronger participant confidence, while setting plans to strengthen peer practice, structured follow-up tasks, and expanded June learning topics. Full debrief.
/ Abeokuta: Awaiting debrief.
/ Cluj: Pop-up Circle during the Ethereum conference introduced grassroots local action and explored community-led approaches to public goods such as water and funding. Inspired participants to start a Circle in Cluj.
/ Ebonyi: Awaiting debrief.
/ Kampala: Identified a smart-contract system for tracking school, hospital, and community fees as a winnable issue and made plans to build a testnet proof of concept with local pilot partners. Full debrief.
/ Los Angeles: Worked through a Logos Basecamp install and node-running demo, while planning LA partnership outreach and tracking a proposed Burbank Library maker space as a potential civic infrastructure project. Full debrief.
/ Berlin: Discussed Circle governance and steward succession, while exploring quadratic voting, contributor incentives, and a privacy education initiative for children’s online presence. Full debrief.
/ Kigali: Explored youth job-market transition support and legal compliance for future Circle action, while planning to research local guidelines and support a member’s payment platform. Full debrief.
/ Buenos Aires: Awaiting debrief.
/ Ruse: Showcased the Circle’s public progress website and onboarded new joiners to Transparent Ruse, a civic reporting platform, while building reusable project-management tools for other Circles. Full debrief.
/ Giza: Full debrief.
/ Benin: Advanced Iris, a wearable AI assistant, and Zeqah, a student support group, from Circle projects into real-world milestones, while continuing medical fundraising support and seeking neurosurgeon input for Iris’s next MVP. Full debrief.
/ Warri: Explored barriers to web3 and blockchain adoption, with plans to build a developer community, launch vocational web3 training, start a podcast, and explore a stablecoin payment app. Full debrief.
/ Uyo: Explored waste management and youth unemployment, with plans to launch community awareness efforts around proper waste disposal and introduce blockchain and web3 learning pathways. Full debrief.
/ Port Harcourt: Explored community safety challenges and made plans to develop a Buddy Platform for trusted contacts, safety check-ins, and emergency support. Full debrief.
/ Enugu: Awaiting debrief.
/ Boston: Awaiting debrief.
/ Online: The online Circle brings the community together to discuss ongoing initiatives in their communities. Join on X every Tuesday for the English-language Online Circle or Wednesdays for the Spanish-language Circle.

June Circles are already being organised in:

/ Porto (9 June): Get involved.
/ Lisbon (10 June): Get involved.
/ Accra (13 June): Get involved.
/ Benin (14 June): Get involved.
/ Berlin (18 June): Get involved.
/ Kampala (19 June): Get involved.
/ Ebonyi (20 June): Get involved.
/ Abeokuta (20 June): Get involved.
/ Uyo (25 June): Get involved.
/ Ibadan (27 June): Get involved.
/ Port Harcourt (27 June): Get involved.
/ London (29 June): Get involved.

Stewards in other cities around the world are planning more Logos Circles for June. Check the Logos events calendar later in the month for updates.

If there isn’t a Circle happening near you, contact us and start one.

Tech stack highlights

The headline activity for the technology stack in May was the runup to Testnet v0.1.3. Multiple release candidates were pushed, and a retrospective and testnet stake distribution event was livestreamed.

Across the rest of the stack, the teams made great strides in privacy-related infrastructure, including a major NAT traversal milestone, a finalised Mix payload encryption specification, and the first end-to-end demonstration of anonymous DHT lookups.

Teams collaborated on post-quantum readiness, ensuring the long-term viability of the protocols that underpin the stack. May was also a particularly strong month for research: two papers were submitted to top academic symposiums.

Logos Blog

The Logos Blog publishes technical, activist, philosophical, and community-submitted articles to further the Logos mission.

In June, we published:

Community contributions power the Logos Blog. If you want to write something for us, send us a proposal, and we’ll help you get it out into the world.

Logos Broadcast Network

Logos Broadcast Network streams various content each month, from Online Circles in English and Spanish to tech-heavy Logos Dev Club sessions, deeper philosophical conversations with guests from aligned organisations, and updates from across the Logos movement.

Check the Logos Broadcast Network calendar to see what content we have coming up.

Ideas

On Thursdays, we dive deep into the ideas underpinning the parallel society movement. June streams included:

Community-Owned Economies (with Leanne of GrowGood)
Security After AI (with Human.Tech)
E Mare Libertas (with Sealand)
The Morazán Parallel Experiment (with Mark Edge)

Follow Logos on X or Logos on YouTube to join these discussions every Thursday.

Circles

Logos Circle / Online meets every week. These sessions are open to anyone interested in Circles. Learn how to start a Logos Circle and gain insights from participants who are already creating impact in their local communities.

Logos Circle / Online is on Tuesdays in English and every other Wednesday in Spanish. Join us on the Logos X account or Logos YouTube channel.

Technical

June’s technical content included:

Logos Testnet v0.1.2 Data Deep-Dive: Stake Distribution, Forks, and the Blend Network in v0.2
From Zero to Logos App (demoing the fastest path from a blank terminal to a working Logos Basecamp module)
What is Logos Basecamp? (exploring the local-first app that runs the entire Logos stack on your hardware)
Node Runners (setting up a Logos Blockchain node on a Raspberry Pi)
Special Delivery (live demo of the Logos Delivery module)
Agentic Payments on Logos (how private, P2P payments for AI agents could look on Logos)
Two AI Agents Talking Over Logos Messaging (vibe coding on Logos Messaging)

Logos Office Hours are weekly sessions to help the community understand how to run and build on Logos. Put your questions directly to Logos engineers and deepen your understanding of the stack every Friday at 12:00 UTC.

Follow Logos Tech on X and subscribe to the Logos YouTube channel to take part in all of our technical deep dives and demos.

Community champions

Logos is the product of its builders, thinkers, and doers. We spotlight those who code with us, forward the mission, and contribute to the movement each month.

Here are May’s community champions:

Serejandmyself for adding Logos testnet to Validatorinfo.com.
Alisher for consistently vibe coding on Logos Basecamp.
G IRL for another inspiring Logos Press Engine submission.
Anyone making a λPrize submission.
All those listening in or taking part in a Logos Broadcast Network stream.
All the Logos Circles stewards and attendees.
Anyone running a Logos testnet node or building on Logos.

You could be featured in our next community shoutout. Share a thoughtful idea, build something exciting, uncover bugs in our code, or contribute in whatever way feels right to you. Logos grows stronger with every person who takes part and moves it forward.

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