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Mobile participation, consensus by trust.
Pi Network is built around people joining through a mobile app and confirming each day that they are active. Consensus follows a design based on the Stellar Consensus Protocol, where trust between participants aggregates into agreement. Four ideas make that work.
Mobile participation
People join through a mobile app and tap a button daily to confirm they are an active participant. This is intentionally low-energy and does not perform heavy computation on the phone. It is not Proof of Work device mining.
Security circles
Participants build security circles of people they trust. These trust graphs aggregate into the network's global trust for consensus, following the Federated Byzantine Agreement model.
Independent nodes
Pi Nodes run on desktops to help run consensus. They process and validate the shared record alongside the trust circles that mobile participants build.
KYC for migration
Migrating balances to the live network requires completing KYC, identity verification. This step ties participation to verified identities before balances move onto the mainnet.
Participate
People join through the mobile app and confirm daily that they are active. Roles range from Pioneer, the mobile participant, to Contributor, who builds a security circle.
Build trust
Contributors add people they trust to a security circle. These overlapping trust graphs aggregate into the network's global trust under the Federated Byzantine Agreement model.
Reach consensus
Independent Pi Nodes run consensus software on desktops, using the SCP-based design to agree on the shared record. Verified balances migrate to the live network after KYC.
- Layer 1 blockchain designed around mobile participation
- SCP-based consensus, a Federated Byzantine Agreement model
- Security circles of trusted participants drive agreement
- KYC required to migrate balances to the live network
Pi Network was started by a team that includes Stanford PhDs and launched on Pi Day, March 14, 2019. Its consensus design draws on the Stellar Consensus Protocol rather than Proof of Work device mining.
A large, mobile-first base.
Pi Network grew through a mobile-first onboarding model and reports one of the largest user bases in crypto. Here is how the network is built and secured, described qualitatively rather than with numbers we cannot confirm.
Built over years. Pi Network grew its participant base through mobile-first onboarding from its 2019 launch, reporting one of the largest user bases in crypto. We keep this qualitative rather than citing a specific number.
Pioneer, Contributor, Ambassador and Node, the four roles that make up participation and consensus on the network.
What Pi Network is built around.
The network centers on mobile participation, trust-based consensus and a path from app onboarding to verified mainnet balances. Here is how its pieces fit together.
Mobile app onboarding
People join the network through a mobile app, confirm activity daily, and take on roles such as Pioneer and Contributor. The action is low-energy by design.
Trust-based consensus
Security circles of trusted participants aggregate into global trust, following a Federated Byzantine Agreement model based on the Stellar Consensus Protocol.
Independent nodes
Pi Nodes run consensus software on desktops to help run the network, working alongside the trust circles built by mobile participants.
KYC & migration
Completing KYC is required to migrate balances to the live network, tying participation to verified identities as people move onto the mainnet.
A network built around people
Pi Network organizes consensus around trust between participants rather than mining hardware. Learn the basics in our crypto basics guides.
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