DePIN


Opinion

DePIN Can Power a More Sustainable GenAI Industry

The AI boom is overloading data centers and straining traditional energy resources. Can decentralization, in the form of DePIN, offer a solution? Mitch Liu, CEO and Co-Founder of Theta Network, makes the case.

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Opinion

DePIN Doesn’t Need New Infrastructure

The devices in our hands form the basis for a decentralized internet, says William Paul Peckham, Chief Business Officer of APhone.

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Opinion

DePIN 2.0: What the Next Generation of DePINs Is Doing Differently

The “second-mover advantage” phenomenon is playing out in real-time in the DePIN sector.

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Opinion

Welcome to DePIN Summer

Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) are flourishing across multiple businesses, creating an “economy of things,” where value is shared across all participants. Scott Foo, founder of DePIN Daily, digs in.

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Opinion

DePIN: It's Time for Crypto to Get Real

DePIN stands for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks, or in simple terms, real-world applications that are actually useful, says Max Thake, cofounder of Peaq, a layer-1 for DePIN.

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Opinion

DePIN Can Rebuild the Grid From the Bottom Up

As the U.S. electricity grid struggles with wide scale outages, crypto-powered demand response programs can save customers billions. These decentralized generative energy networks (or DeGEN) offer services valuable to customers and governments alike.

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Videos

How DePIN Solves Real World Problems

Helium Co-Founder, Sean Carey joins CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie to unpack why he believes DePIN will help make Web3 more mainstream. While Web3 can be complex and challenging, he says DePIN's tangible nature makes it easier to understand. Watch.

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Opinion

Who Draws the Lines? The Case for Decentralized Map Making

Today, a small group of cartography companies control the world’s maps. What if there was a way of creating an open-source system where on-the-ground mappers were incentivized to participate? Hivemapper CEO Ariel Seidman outlines the argument.

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Opinion

DePIN Is the Sharing Economy 2.0

Daniel Andrade, co-founder of Hotspotty, was deep in the DePIN space before it had a name. More than an incremental innovation for crypto, he sees it as a fundamental shift in how we manage everything from wireless networks to energy grids.

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Opinion

Every DePIN Has a Story

Sean Carey, the co-founder of Helium, says decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) can solve real-world problems while rewarding users. This is what he expects to see in the future.

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