In 2025, a key focus of the DecentraTech Collective is DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks), aiming to expedite deployment and lower costs for AI infrastructure. Our Discovering DePIN series kicked off with “DePIN 101” followed by "How Solana is Powering DePIN," featuring Amira Valliani, Head of DePIN at the Solana Foundation. She discussed her role in aiding developers within the Solana ecosystem and shared her insights on promising projects and the future

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Everyone’s talking about DeepSeek: Performance, Chinese origin, open-source distribution. It’s also DePIN-friendly for Decentralized AI.

A set of converging trends - including decentralization and tokenization - are supporting the emergence of trustworthy AI.

Trustworthy AI models can leverage decentralization technologies like blockchain to make accurate, reliable, and transparent decisions.

In this blog, we discuss how DePIN can address an infrastructure bottleneck that limits AI – access to vast amounts of trustworthy data.

It’s no secret that the popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) has exploded for both business and consumer applications. Along with...

Note: This blog was originally written early in 2020. I am reposting it in the Lighthouse Beacon as it still seems relevant and useful....

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