Pi Launchpad has updated its participation flow and model, incorporating data and feedback from the first Testnet token that launched on Pi Day 2026! The first Launchpad test token attracted over 478,000 participating Pioneers and generated valuable feedback on the Launchpad mechanism. That feedback has now been incorporated into a simpler participation flow, updated Launchpad mechanics, and an improved user experience. A second test token “SLICE” is now live on Testnet to help evaluate if the updates can achieve these goals, and to give Pioneers another chance to learn the new ecosystem token mechanics. As a reminder, SLICE is a Testnet token and will never go onto Mainnet. To participate: • Open Pi Launchpad in Pi Browser • Review the SLICE test token and project • Choose a commitment amount in Test-Pi • Confirm participation • Engage with the Slice of Pi app and provide feedback Participation will remain open until Pi2Day on June 28. Learn more on the Pi home screen!

Want to help grow the Pi ecosystem? Invite vibe coders to bring their AI-created apps to Pi’s real distribution network and utility ecosystem through Pi App Studio! Here’s how to participate: 1. Identify communities of active vibe coders such as a Subreddit, X Communities, Facebook group, or developer forum. 2. Join and contribute to the specific vibe coder community. Engage with community members on topics around vibe coding and app creation. 3. Introduce Pi Network as a distribution network to vibe coders looking for users for their app. 4. Submit the link to your post through the “Vibe Coder” button in the Pi mining app. Spread the word: Vibe coders can easily bring their AI-created apps to the Pi ecosystem, where those apps can be discovered, used, supported, and improved by real people! Any creator can benefit from what Pi ecosystem has to offer: a large, engaged community of 60M Engaged Pioneers, plus infrastructure including global payments, Pi Wallet, Pi Ad Network, and social network access. Learn more minepi.com/blog/vibe-code-so…

The Pi Mainnet is upgrading to Protocol 25. Deadline: June 18. All Mainnet nodes are required to complete this step before the deadline to remain connected to the network. This upgrade takes longer to complete. Plan accordingly. Details here: minepi.com/pi-node

Network Update: Upgrade to protocol 24 has been completed successfully. Great job to all Nodes! This was one of the most challenging migrations. Next up will be v25, deadline June 18.

CiDi Games, a Pi Network Ventures portfolio company, launched their beta app in the Pi Browser! This brought Pioneers 10 instant-access games along with skill-based tournaments, platform progression through CiDiScore, the Pi ELF companion experience, Elf Continent, and developer infrastructure for Pi-integrated games. In less than one week after the beta launch, CiDi Games independently attracted over 81,000 Pioneers across 160 regions and 1.2 million game sessions organically, demonstrating how the Pi Platform can help utility-focused apps reach real users, drive engagement, and monetization, which in turn expands utility across the Pi ecosystem. Go to the Pi app today to learn more!

The Pi Mainnet is upgrading to Protocol 24 – Deadline: June 2. The Pi Mainnet has successfully upgraded to Protocol 23. All Mainnet nodes are required to complete this step before the deadline to remain connected to the network. Details here: minepi.com/pi-node

🚨🚨EL VÍDEO MÁS PODEROSO QUE VERÁS. con pruebas sobre la Pandemia y sus consecuencias ante la Cámara de los Comunes 🇬🇧 DEMOLEDOR!! Se cerró el círculo cuando el Dr. David Martin informó a 16 miembros del Parlamento del Reino Unido que: "El Covid era un plan de 56 años en desarrollo que comenzó en el Reino Unido cuando Welcome Trust decidió utilizar el virus corona como la "forma preferida de manipulación humana" 👇😳 Un plan implementado por Bill Gates, la Fundación Rockefeller, la OMS y otros para la implementación de una vacuna universal para 2020. ¿Estamos ante un genocidio global sin precedentes? ¡¡ESPELUZNANTE!! 👇🔥

Banxa helps connect Pi's community to real-world fiat rails. Embedded directly into the Pi Wallet, Pioneers can on-ramp via card, digital wallets, or bank transfer. Regulated, compliant, and built into the experience.

Pi's consensus model, using Federated Byzantine Agreement (FBA), leverages global trust graph and coordination, verification, and social trust signals to revolutionize crypto mining, turning it into a lightweight, environmentally sustainable, and mobile-native action.

Since launching in 2019, the Pi community has grown into 60M engaged users driving 100M app downloads worldwide. Strictly invite-only, new joiners require a code from an existing pioneer, making trust the network's main growth engine.

Pi Network (@PiCoreTeam) is a mobile-first L1 blockchain founded by two Stanford PhDs. Pi’s vision: to create an inclusive, utility-driven, and widely adopted cryptocurrency that is broadly accessible.

A meaningful shift in crypto mining is already underway. Think no rigs, no warehouses. This week, we kick off #BuildwithBanxa featuring Pi Network (@PiCoreTeam). Here's how Pi’s community of over 16.7 million KYC’d & Mainnet-migrated users changes the game with mobile mining 🧵

For the first time, OKX has made Pi available to millions of people in the US through its platform, adding another access point to the Pi ecosystem for US users. Pi continues to expand its global network of Pioneers and partners, and strengthen ecosystem participation, utility, and real user adoption across the world. More users. More usage. Stronger network

Big kudos to Mainnet Node operators for upgrading to v23. Most major Nodes have now been upgraded, and the protocol is expected to move to v23 soon. This was one of the most challenging upgrades to date, as it involved multiple subsystem upgrades and optimizations that required internal data reprocessing. Protocol 22 -> 23, Ubuntu 20 -> 24, PostgreSQL 12 -> 16

AI is creating a new wave of builders. People are turning ideas into apps faster than ever before. But most creators still face the same problem after building: How do you actually reach users? Pi App Studio can now help close that gap. Creators can now take apps built with external AI coding tools and connect them directly into an ecosystem with: 60M engaged users Integrated payments Decentralized human workforce Platform-level infrastructure If you know builders, vibe coders, indie creators, or AI communities looking for distribution and real users, share this with them. The next generation of apps will come from more people than ever before. Now they need places where those apps can actually be used. Read more: minepi.com/blog/vibe-code-ap…

Vibe coders and creators can now tap into Pi Network’s massive user base of over 60 million Engaged Pioneers by easily bringing their external AI-created apps to Pi’s real distribution network and utility ecosystem through Pi App Studio! Creators, who may be technical developers or non-technical product people, can build apps using platforms such as Codex, Claude Code, Replit, Cursor, Lovable or other AI-assisted coding tools, and then use Pi App Studio to convert those apps into Pi Apps. That changes the equation for creators. AI can already help people generate apps quickly; the harder part is distribution and turning those apps into products people actually use. Pi helps close that gap. Instead of rebuilding infrastructure from scratch, creators can connect their apps to an existing ecosystem with users, payment capabilities, identity verification, decentralized human infrastructure and platform-level tools already in place. This feature makes Idea → App → Users that much faster. Because your ideas are too good not to be seen. Try the Pi App Studio Now! If you’re a vibe coder or know someone building apps with AI who needs distribution, head to Pi App Studio today to convert AI-created apps into Pi Apps and access the Pi ecosystem’s users, infrastructure, and monetization opportunities.

The Pi Founders are featured speakers at Consensus 2026 in Miami this week. Chengdiao Fan will speak on Wednesday, May 6 (11:15–11:35 AM EDT, Convergence Stage) on “Aligning Web3, AI, and Blockchain for Utility,” exploring how Pi’s blockchain infrastructure, verified identity, and globally engaged network can support utility‑driven products and AI‑era business models. Nicolas Kokkalis will join a panel on Thursday, May 7 (10:15–10:45 AM EDT, Convergence Stage) titled “How to Prove You’re Human in an AI World (Without Doxing Yourself),” exploring how the internet’s trust model is breaking as AI systems become capable of creating bots that can generate profiles and interact like real users. Together, these sessions highlight Pi’s approach to the AI era: supporting utility-driven products and sustainable business models through blockchain, verified identity, and a globally engaged network, while enabling global identity verification and providing authenticity solutions through Pi’s native KYC solution. See you there, Pioneers!

The first session on our dedicated AI track, sponsored by @PiCoreTeam, asks the trillion-dollar question: What’s the Framework for Agentic Payments? Agentic experts from across the industry share their takes: @programmer of @CoinbaseDev & x402, @0xbury of @virtuals_io, @lei_lei0904 of @GoKiteAI, @rohinlohe of @cloudfare, moderated by Carole House of Penumbra Strategies

The Pi Mainnet is upgrading to Protocol 23 – Deadline: May 15. All Mainnet nodes are required to complete this step before the deadline to remain connected to the network. This upgrade takes longer to complete, so plan accordingly. Details here: minepi.com/pi-node

Network Update: The Pi Mainnet has successfully upgraded to Protocol 22! Node operators, please ensure your systems are up to date and stay tuned for instructions regarding the upcoming v23 upgrade.