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Pi2Day 2026 reflects how Pi’s utility continues to grow through infrastructure and participation. - Through SoloHost, Pi Desktop and Nodes can support new local AI app and compute use cases - Pi Sign-in can help connect those experiences across users, devices, and services - PiVerify can extend Pi’s real-human verification capabilities to third-party clients. Together, these releases point to a broader direction for the ecosystem: Pi products are built both for the Pi ecosystem and to extend Pi services and resources to the external world. This, in turn, enriches and strengthens the Pi ecosystem. Pi’s practical utility is built not only by product releases but by the Pioneers, Node operators, developers, KYC validators, app teams, merchants, and third-party services that use them, test them, and build on them. Read the Pi2Day 2026 blog to learn more https://minepi.com/blog/pi2day2026/

Pi App Studio backend support has been enabled! Backend capabilities begin with persistent storage for newly created App Studio apps, allowing apps to save and retrieve user-specific data across sessions. Creators can now build App Studio apps with user experiences that continue even after users leave and return. For example: - Game apps can remember a user’s high scores - Productivity apps can remember a user’s to-do lists - Note-taking apps can preserve notes automatically Before, Pi App Studio apps were largely limited to frontend-only, single-session experiences, where app data such as preferences or progress would disappear if users left the app. Adding backend support is a significant App Studio platform milestone because it expands what AI-created apps can practically do on Pi Network. Persistent storage is the first capability built on this foundation, enabling a broader range of useful, everyday applications. Learn more and create apps with this new feature in Pi App Studio today! https://minepi.com/blog/app-studio-backend-updates/

In the Pi Launchpad model, projects issue tokens as tools to acquire users for their applications and integrate those tokens directly into product functionality, such as access, payments, rewards, and governance. Instead of being taken by the issuing project, the proceeds of Pi from their token launch go to a liquidity pool with the ecosystem token, which bootstraps a healthy liquidity foundation from the start. For the SLICE test launch on Testnet, this results in a liquidity pool containing SLICE and Test-Pi. In addition to matching individual buyers and sellers through a traditional decentralized order book on the Pi DEX, the pool uses an automated market maker algorithm to calculate swaps based on the amounts of both assets it currently holds. Learn more about how the SLICE liquidity pool works. https://minepi.com/blog/launchpad-liquidity-pool/

The Pi Mainnet is upgrading to Protocol 26. Deadline: Aug. 11. All Mainnet node operators must complete the upgrade before the deadline to remain connected to the network. Details here: https://minepi.com/pi-node Protocol 26 is a major milestone ahead of the final planned upgrade, Protocol 27. With 8 successful upgrades completed over the past few months, these final two upgrades will bring the network up to date with the latest protocol features, improvements, and functionality.

Update to Pi App Studio creation pricing on August 24, 2026! Read to learn more. https://minepi.com/blog/app-studio-pricing/

Along with the new Node 0.6.2 release, Pi has completed an initial distributed computing functionality test through SoloHost with five volunteer Node runners. The devices operated by all five participants successfully completed the computing tasks sent to them automatically through a SoloHost app. The test validated the end-to-end flow of tasks across real devices, including connecting to a Pi coordinator, receiving and processing computing jobs, and reporting results back. Learn more https://minepi.com/blog/pi-node-0-6-2/

SoloHost gives Pioneers more ways to use their computers for local AI and easier access to other self-hosted applications, further extending the utility of Pi Desktop and Nodes beyond blockchain infrastructure. OpenClaw and the Atlassian MCP Server show how SoloHost can support different types of self-hosted software for different user needs, from local AI agents to more specialized developer utilities. Through SoloHost, people can benefit from AI while keeping more of their data and computation on their own devices and reducing reliance on third-party remote infrastructure. Learn more https://minepi.com/blog/new-solohost-apps/

Supporting developers is essential to expanding utility at the application level. Developers create products, services, and experiences that give Pioneers more ways to participate in the Pi ecosystem. Improving the underlying development environment helps turn Pi’s technical capabilities and ecosystem resources into applications that Pioneers can use. Learn more about Pi's newly released developer capabilities and developer documentation. https://minepi.com/blog/dev-capabilities-documentation/

Pi has released several technical updates to KYC and Mainnet migration processes that address specific KYC application corner cases, improve verification processes, and help eligible Pioneers who were previously unable to progress. KYC and Mainnet migration involve many different checks designed to allow genuine Pioneers to progress while preventing bad actors, bots and those with policy violations. While most Pioneers move through these processes continuously, certain groups can become stuck because of specific corner cases that require additional evaluation or custom technical solutions. Learn more https://minepi.com/blog/kyc-mainnet-migration-9-26/