Remember to participate in the Pi2Day 2025 Ecosystem Challenge to celebrate Pi2Day’s various ecosystem and utility-supporting updates! Go to the Pi mining app to get started.

Creating apps through Pi App Studio means anyone, regardless of technical knowledge, is able to own and run an online product and business built around their expertise and ideas. https://youtu.be/BF40GMKJ5Co

This is made possible through the use of AI and supported by the blockchain ecosystem of Pi. Watch this video walkthrough on creating apps in Pi App Studio—no coding required!

Node Version 0.5.2 was released on Pi2Day 2025! Among numerous other updates, the Pi Node app was renamed “Pi Desktop” to be more general to include current and future integrations, including access to the Pi App Studio. Version 0.5.3 was released shortly afterwards to address specific bugs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5GZ-I2164A

Important message for Pioneers who have not migrated to Mainnet yet: Check Step 3 of the Mainnet Checklist to make sure you’ve completed two-factor authentication for your Pi Wallet! This is an essential requirement for Mainnet migration.

Creating apps through Pi App Studio means you are able to own and run a business and product built entirely around your knowledge and ideas, which is made possible through the use of AI and supported by the blockchain ecosystem of Pi. Watch the Pi App Studio walkthrough and get started today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF40GMKJ5Co&feature=youtu.be

Remember you can voluntarily choose to lock up your Pi to boost your mining rate! The Lockup will be immediately binding until your duration ends. https://minepi.com/blog/pi-lockup/

Locking up your Pi helps support a healthy ecosystem and incentivize long-term engagement with the network. You can set your pre-migration Lockups (if you haven’t migrated to Mainnet) via the “Mainnet” tab in the Pi app menu. You can set your post-migration Lockups, which enables up to a 200% Lockup, in the Pi Wallet.

Reminder: the .pi Domains Auction deadline is extended to September 30, 2025 in order to provide Pioneers more time to innovate, build functional apps, and bid for .pi Domains for their apps. https://youtube.com/shorts/4JDbLzXHGFE

As initially announced on Pi2Day, the Pi Wallet now integrates Onramper, a third-party, KYB-verified on-ramp aggregator that simplifies on-ramp services for Pioneers. This integration offers a streamlined way to participate in the Mainnet ecosystem! Onramper can be accessed through the Pi Wallet where Pioneers can choose from available KYB-compliant on-ramp services and utilize the one they prefer, subject to each on-ramps’ regional availability and other restrictions. Note: the only KYB-verified on-ramp partners are Onramp. money, Transfi and Banxa.

Pi Network has launched Pi Hackathon 2025, the first community-wide hackathon since the launch of Open Network! Developers are invited to build Mainnet apps that empower real-world utility using Pi and help shape the ecosystem—and compete for a chance to win up to 160,000 Pi in total prizes.

Register now, form a team, and submit a working app, demo video, and the required forms by Oct 15. Go to the Pi Developer Portal and use the invitation code “hackathon25” to get started!

https://minepi.com/blog/pi-hackathon-2025/

Reminder: Pi Hackathon 2025 begins this Thursday, August 21! Participants should get started now to register for the hackathon and begin forming or joining teams. https://minepi.com/blog/pi-hackathon-2025/

Pi Hackathon 2025 participants: are you ready to build and deploy meaningful Pi Apps that empower real-world utility using Pi and help shape the ecosystem—and compete for a chance to win up to 160,000 Pi in total prizes?

https://minepi.com/blog/pi-hackathon-2025/

Pi Hackathon 2025 has officially begun! This is the first hackathon in the Open Network era, inviting developers to create real-world Pi Apps that expand utility and serve millions of Pioneers. https://minepi.com/blog/pi-hackathon-2025-begins/

Register now, form a team if needed, and submit a working app, demo video, and the required forms by Oct 15. Read the full blog to learn more about timelines, prizes, participation details, and current registration stats of the event.

As a platform-level utility, the .pi Domains Auction directly harnesses the collective resources of the Pi community—attention, authenticity, and the large community ready to transact—that make .pi domain names useful. https://youtube.com/watch?v=IBWhF2OU3Ew

Create apps through the Developer Portal or Pi App Studio, and bid for and secure your .pi Domains by the September 30, 2025 deadline!

Pi has released a Linux Node version and is preparing protocol upgrades. The highly requested Linux Node will provide standardized and easier infrastructure for partners and services. https://minepi.com/blog/pi-linux-node/

There will also be an upcoming rollout of protocol upgrades that begins with Testnet1 this week, and continue with Testnet2 and Mainnet upgrades into the next few weeks, which may potentially require planned outages of the blockchain services. Specific outages, if any, will be announced in advance. The protocol upgrades will enable functionalities including embedding KYC authority in the protocol that will maintain Pi as a KYC-verified blockchain while offering a more distributed, community-driven KYC process at the protocol level.

Pi Network’s protocol upgrades will enable functionalities including embedding KYC authority in the protocol that will maintain Pi as a KYC-verified blockchain while offering a more distributed, community-driven KYC process at the protocol level. https://youtube.com/shorts/FPmp7kkwL6Y

Dr. Chengdiao Fan, one of two Founders at Pi Network, will be a speaker at the TOKEN2049 conference, which takes place on October 1-2 in Singapore! https://minepi.com/blog/token2049-speaker/

As one of the largest crypto events in the world, this conference is a great opportunity for Pi Network to engage with the wider blockchain community and to share its unique perspective on real-world utility, community building, and the broader future of blockchain adoption. Learn more about the focus of Dr. Fan’s discussion, and stay tuned for more information!