9 MIN6 OCT 2025

State of the Logos Network: September 2025

Your roundup of recent developments from the Logos community and ecosystem

Logos

"Farewell to Westphalia" released worldwide, build needed activist tools with Privacy in Practice, Circles expand into new territories, new js-waku release, and Nomos advances Cryptarchia.

Cultivating community

Logos is a movement devoted to reimagining how people connect and collaborate. Bringing this vision to life relies on the energy of a committed, creative community. If our values speak to you, we welcome your talents and ideas. Those who build alongside us are recognised and supported.

The Logos Contribute portal simplifies the process of making technical and non-technical contributions to Logos. If you have an idea for a project that leverages our tech or have something to add to the alternative governance conversation, submit a proposal via the portal, and we’ll help you get up and running.

Campaigns

Privacy in Practice

Last month, we kicked off a major ongoing initiative with Funding the Commons to support the development and maintenance of the privacy-preserving communication network Tor. The Privacy in Practice campaign aims to empower individuals and communities to reclaim digital freedoms by humanising privacy technologies through real-world stories, use cases, and tool building. Crucially, the campaign encourages the development of tools and apps that real people actually need today.

As part of Privacy in Practice, Logos is sponsoring the Resilient Activist Technology and Logos x Tor Privacy Infrastructure tracks at the RealFi Virtual Hackathon (23 Sept–16 Oct). Get involved. Win bounties. Advance privacy technologies. Learn more and register.

The RealFi Virtual Hackathon is just one of several initiatives that we’ll be running to support the ongoing development and adoption of privacy-preserving technologies. Follow Logos on X to stay up to date with the Privacy in Practice campaign.

Learning

Farewell to Westphalia

Logos Press Engine published its first book in September. Farewell to Westphalia, coauthored by Logos cofounder Jarrad Hope and author of Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias, Peter Ludlow, explores blockchain technology’s application to all levels of human cooperation, making the case that overhauling our governance processes will disincentivise corruption while encouraging ongoing experimentation and optimisation.

The book is available in both physical and ereader editions via major online bookstores and as a free digital download. Read it now.

We’re calling on the Logos community to support us in bringing Farewell to Westphalia into traditional educational spaces. If you have connections at universities, libraries, or bookshops that might be interested in carrying the book, please contact Logos Press Engine.

If you’ve read it already and found it valuable, please take a moment to leave a review on Goodreads or Amazon to help its discoverability. The book is foundational to the Logos mission, and the wider we can spread its message, the more people will join the Logos cause.

Logos Press Engine

Logos Press Engine also published a new article about the Logos Circles initiative and the success of our first Circle in Africa in September. The Zanzalu Circle proved to be an ideal case study for identifying best practices for those organising their own Circles going forward. Read it now.

Got insights to share on alternative governance? Propose an article for Logos Press Engine through the Logos Contribute portal and add your voice to the conversation.

X Spaces

Our September X Spaces placed a strong emphasis on cypherpunk values, with discussions exploring both the defence of privacy and the creation of parallel governance structures. We opened the month with Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation, who spoke on cosmolocalism and its potential to enable communities to flourish.

Midway through September, we hosted Monero community members who shared their perspective on privacy, financial freedom, and activism. To close the month, Logos brought together contributors and long-standing community members for an open conversation on the transition from traditional governance structures to network-based forms of human coordination.

Follow Logos on X to listen in and join these discussions every Thursday.

Logos IRL

Logos Circles

Logos Circles are recurring gatherings hosted both online and in local hubs worldwide. Aiming to deploy Logos technologies and collective grassroots action to solve local challenges, Circles seek out opportunities to improve lives while growing the Logos community.

Learn more about Logos Circles.

September Logos Circles:

Lisbon (3 Sept): Lisbon implemented an engagement ladder: introductory sessions for newcomers to Logos and a focused work group for those pushing forward with winnable issues. Our support for the Quinta do Mocho diaspora community continues, with Logos sponsoring the Rare Effect festival to secure an opportunity for community artists to showcase their own.
Barcelona (9 Sept): Drew around 40 participants for open discussions on misinformation, borders, local economies, and free speech. The conversational format fostered connections, with collaborations already emerging around regional education initiatives.
Brno (11 Sept): Conversations flowed naturally into themes like nation-state failures and the potential of alternatives. The open format sparked deep discussions, though feedback suggests some would prefer more structured talks to anchor debate. Future sessions will experiment with blending both approaches.
Benin (12 Sept): Logos’ first community-hosted Circle was enthusiastically attended by tech founders, NGOs, and students. A group chat was created to stay connected, and planning is underway for the next Circle. FundBrave emerged as a potential winnable issue for exploration.
Los Angeles Work Group Session (23 Sept): Following Lisbon’s lead, LA implemented the engagement ladder approach. Its first Work Group session surfaced a need for a privacy-first tool for neighbourhood engagement. Research and validation are underway ahead of the next sessions. Learn more.
Online (Tuesdays): Our online Circles remain a key venue for sharing updates from local Circles and refining the winnable issues each of our IRL Circles is focused on. These digital meetups continue to bring new voices to the stage to share challenges, explore cypherpunk ideas, and discuss local problems through the lens of activism and community building. Join these community conversations every Tuesday on X.

Logos Circles coming up in October:

Brno (8 Oct): Learn more and register.
London (8 Oct): Learn more and register.
Barcelona (8 Oct): Learn more and register.
Lisbon (8 Oct): Learn more and register.
San José, Costa Rica (9 Oct): Learn more and register.
Rome (17 Oct): Learn more and register.
Berlin (17 Oct). Learn more and register.

We’re looking to expand the Circles initiative globally and need committed, aligned community members to lead them. If want to start your own Circle, introduce yourself in the #intros channel in Logos Discord, mention where you want to start a Circle, and tag @amelia__cares. New Circles will be added to Logos Events as they form.

Parallel Society

Parallel Society is a fluid, touring gathering and counterculture convergence, rooted in each city it passes through. Core to our strategy is supporting local creative and technological communities. In Lisbon, partners such as Planting A.I.R., Rare Effect, and Arroz Estúdios embody this spirit.

PS will be supporting Arroz Estúdios’ Planting Artists in Residence, which works with emerging artists with low income or from underrepresented communities. Residents are integrated into the Arroz Estúdios community and receive mentoring from art industry professionals, as well as hands-on training in digital design. We’re excited to run a workshop for the residents, sharing our knowledge on digital rights, privacy, and how they can be defended with decentralised technology.

The residents will showcase their work at Rare Effect, one of the largest digital arts and decentralised technology festivals in Europe. Creatives from Quinta do Mocho, one of Portugal’s most culturally vibrant neighbourhoods, will be invited to showcase at Rare Effect. Once home to Europe’s largest open-air street art gallery, its legendary murals were removed by authorities, but they still remain deeply associated with the area. We look forward to supporting this artistic spirit at the Rare Effect festival.

Logos Circle: Lisbon has been working alongside community leaders in Mocho to develop winnable initiatives that can amplify its creatives and support its neighbourhood autonomy. We’re making an open call to residents to participate in the production of a short film documenting community life, with the narrative focused on bringing creatives together from neighbouring communities with whom there has been historic conflict.

A trailer for the film will be showcased at Rare Effect Lisbon alongside a Circle roundtable discussion with the participants. The finished film will be presented at the main Parallel Society event (March 6–7, 2026).

Community shoutouts

Each month, we spotlight Logos community members whose contributions carry the movement forward. Here are our shoutouts from September:

Adam Stallard for making several promising proposals (one directly inspired by Farewell to Westphalia) on the Logos forum. Check out Pacta, Aura, and Restate, and get involved in the discussions and development.
Luis, for their efforts to support the Spanish-speaking Logos community and for stepping up to lead the San José Circle.
Paschal for leading Logos Circle: Benin and becoming the first community member to form a Circle.
Xav for being extremely active and pushing ahead with the Ethos webcrawler.
Vladdy for their work on their Codex and Waku “sonic identity” initiative.
All the community members who attended or joined the conversation during Logos Spaces.
Everyone who brought their enthusiasm and passion to an in-person Logos Circles meetup.
Everyone who is already reading Farewell to Westphalia.

Want to be highlighted in our community spotlight? Share your work through the Logos Contribute portal and add your voice to the movement. If you’re developing a project and looking for feedback, start a thread on the Logos Forum and drop the link in Discord to connect with other collaborators.

Technology development

Waku

Released js-waku v0.0.35, delivering improved peer longevity, experimental reliable channels, and LightPush v3 refinements, including error handling and peer support detection.
Successfully compiled Status Desktop with Scalable Data Sync (SDS) on Windows. Progress made on integrating SDS in iOS and Android Status apps.
Proposed an MVP for a ticket-based payment protocol for Waku store service incentivisation underpinned by ZK-proofs.
Hosted several vibe coding livestreams, attended Logos Circles events, and, through Logos's partnership with Funding the Commons, Waku is being used to build privacy-preserving tools in the RealFi virtual hackathon.

Waku’s September monthly update provides a more detailed account of the team’s recent progress. If you’re a developer, get involved and build Waku with us.

Codex

Revisiting core architecture to make Codex more usable, more resilient, and better aligned with real-world needs.
Aligning the project more closely with other Logos protocols and the wider vision of the Logos ecosystem.
Laying the groundwork for a new Codex testnet based on an improved core protocol.

If you’re a developer, get involved and build Codex with us.

Nomos

Proof of Leadership migrated to Groth16, fully removing reliance on RISC0 and advancing the zero-knowledge stack toward production readiness.
Cryptarchia advancements included block reconstruction, blob validation, and faster IBD strengthen core consensus.
Road to production: Runtime profiling, CI/test upgrades, and Rust 2024 migration.

Nomos’ September monthly update provides a more detailed account of the team’s recent progress. If you’re a developer, get involved and build Nomos with us.

We see the rise of blockchain-based governance as inevitable and need developers, designers, writers, and all forward-thinkers who care about new models of human cooperation to help us shape a freer and more prosperous future for us all. Contribute to the movement today and be part of a long overdue wave of governance innovation now.