Discovering DePIN Series
DePIN is hot for startups and investors! Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks allow platforms like compute, storage and sensors to be owned and built by many entities, with coordination, data security and monetization using blockchain and token economics.
Discovering DePIN is a presentation and conversation series delivered via Zoom. The debut of each episode will be augmented with an online meetup component for interactive discussion.
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DePIN 101
The DePIN 101 episode aired in December 2024 and provided examples of DePIN in action today, including for street mapping for vehicle navigation, weather data analysis, IoT networking, compute power, and data storage. In particular, DePIN’s alignment with the needs of artificial intelligence training and inference was discussed – a likely common theme for the series.
Episode Archives
How Solana is Powering DePIN
The How Solana is Powering DePIN episode in May 2025 featured a conversation and live Q&A with Solana Foundation’s Head of DePIN Amira Valliani. She spoke about her mission to help innovators adopt Solana for their DePIN projects and talked about the advantages of adopting Solana for DePIN. She also highlighted three of her DePIN favorites, namely Hivemapper, Helium, and Geodnet.