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DePIN

Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks, crowdsourced real-world hardware, coordinated onchain.

What DePIN is

DePIN stands for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks: people contribute real hardware, wireless hotspots, GPUs, storage, sensors, and earn tokens for the service they provide.

Why it matters

DePIN bootstraps physical networks (telecom, compute, energy) without a single corporation owning them.

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