Pi App Studio has released two updates to help creators build more engaging and useful app experiences.
1. Backend support enables persistent user experiences for newly created App Studio apps: Apps can save and retrieve user-specific data across sessions, enabling experiences that continue even after users leave and return.
2. AI-assisted App Planning Phase: Creators can develop their ideas with the help of AI before App Studio generates the app. This helps guide creators from an initial idea toward a more complete app concept in a more interactive and dynamic way.
Go to the Pi mining app to learn more, and create new apps with these features today!
1. Backend support enables persistent user experiences for newly created App Studio apps: Apps can save and retrieve user-specific data across sessions, enabling experiences that continue even after users leave and return.
2. AI-assisted App Planning Phase: Creators can develop their ideas with the help of AI before App Studio generates the app. This helps guide creators from an initial idea toward a more complete app concept in a more interactive and dynamic way.
Go to the Pi mining app to learn more, and create new apps with these features today!
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/
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/
The new App Planning Phase feature in Pi App Studio allows creators to develop their ideas with the help of AI before App Studio generates the app.
For example, App Studio may ask for more detail about the app’s:
- Main idea
- Goal
- Design
- User experience
This helps guide creators from an initial idea toward a more complete app concept in a more interactive and dynamic way.
Watch the video walkthrough to learn how the planning process works! https://youtube.com/shorts/9xWEpmodTW4?feature=share
For example, App Studio may ask for more detail about the app’s:
- Main idea
- Goal
- Design
- User experience
This helps guide creators from an initial idea toward a more complete app concept in a more interactive and dynamic way.
Watch the video walkthrough to learn how the planning process works! https://youtube.com/shorts/9xWEpmodTW4?feature=share
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Pi App Studio: New AI-Assisted App Planning Phase
The new App Planning Phase feature in Pi App Studio allows creators...
The Pi mining app side menu and app profile page have been redesigned!
As the first step of a broader mining app design refresh, this update makes important Pioneer info and ecosystem features easier to find, understand, and navigate. Tap the hamburger (☰) icon in the top left of the Pi mining app to check it out.
Since the mining app is a central part of the Pioneer experience and its interface has supported the Pi community’s growth to over 60 million engaged Pioneers, changes to its design and user experience must be introduced thoughtfully and iteratively to improve clarity, style and usability while maintaining core functionalities.
Go to the Pi mining app to learn more, and provide feedback on the new design and style!
As the first step of a broader mining app design refresh, this update makes important Pioneer info and ecosystem features easier to find, understand, and navigate. Tap the hamburger (☰) icon in the top left of the Pi mining app to check it out.
Since the mining app is a central part of the Pioneer experience and its interface has supported the Pi community’s growth to over 60 million engaged Pioneers, changes to its design and user experience must be introduced thoughtfully and iteratively to improve clarity, style and usability while maintaining core functionalities.
Go to the Pi mining app to learn more, and provide feedback on the new design and style!
Pi Launchpad has completed the distribution of its second Testnet token, SLICE!
Explore the post-launch experience and see how liquidity pools work through the new price tracking feature!
The Launchpad app in Pi Browser shows individual allocation details, the launch and effective token prices, access to the SLICE liquidity pool, and a chart tracking changes in the SLICE price relative to Test-Pi.
Go to the Pi mining app to learn more about the SLICE launch and liquidity pool mechanics.
Explore the post-launch experience and see how liquidity pools work through the new price tracking feature!
The Launchpad app in Pi Browser shows individual allocation details, the launch and effective token prices, access to the SLICE liquidity pool, and a chart tracking changes in the SLICE price relative to Test-Pi.
Go to the Pi mining app to learn more about the SLICE launch and liquidity pool mechanics.
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/
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/
Pi Network
Pi Launchpad Distributes SLICE Test Tokens and Introduces Liquidity Pool Price Tracking
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.
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.
Reminder: the Pi Mainnet is upgrading to Protocol v26. All Mainnet node operators must complete the upgrade by August 11 to remain connected to the network.
Protocol v26 is a major milestone that improves contract safety, state management, interoperability, and cryptographic capabilities ahead of the final planned upgrade, Protocol v27.
Details here minepi.com/pi-node
Protocol v26 is a major milestone that improves contract safety, state management, interoperability, and cryptographic capabilities ahead of the final planned upgrade, Protocol v27.
Details here minepi.com/pi-node
The Pi2Day 2026 Ecosystem Quest saw incredible participation with over 2.56 million Pioneer participants, and over 1.78 million of them completing every step to claim this year’s special-edition badge.
Congratulations to everyone who celebrated Pi2Day by exploring the Pi ecosystem and the new Pi2Day releases: SoloHost, Pi-Sign-in, and PiVerify.
Learn more in the Pi app.
Congratulations to everyone who celebrated Pi2Day by exploring the Pi ecosystem and the new Pi2Day releases: SoloHost, Pi-Sign-in, and PiVerify.
Learn more in the Pi app.
The Pi Node version 0.6.2 has been released!
This introduces improvements to SoloHost, Node connectivity, and the Pi Desktop user experience.
In parallel, Pi has successfully completed a distributed computing test through a SoloHost app, further advancing the utility of Pi Nodes beyond supporting the Pi blockchain.
Together, these updates make it easier to run and manage applications on Pi Nodes and SoloHost, while advancing their distributed computing utility.
Go to the Pi app to learn more!
This introduces improvements to SoloHost, Node connectivity, and the Pi Desktop user experience.
In parallel, Pi has successfully completed a distributed computing test through a SoloHost app, further advancing the utility of Pi Nodes beyond supporting the Pi blockchain.
Together, these updates make it easier to run and manage applications on Pi Nodes and SoloHost, while advancing their distributed computing utility.
Go to the Pi app to learn more!
Following the successful completion of the Protocol 26 upgrade on Pi Mainnet, Pi Testnet is upgrading to Protocol 27!
Protocol 27 introduces more flexible and secure smart contract authentication capabilities, enabling more advanced ways for accounts and applications to authorize transactions. The upgrade continues Pi’s broader work to incorporate newer protocol features and expand the network’s smart contract capabilities.
The target date for the Mainnet upgrade to Protocol 27 is September 15, 2026.
Protocol 27 introduces more flexible and secure smart contract authentication capabilities, enabling more advanced ways for accounts and applications to authorize transactions. The upgrade continues Pi’s broader work to incorporate newer protocol features and expand the network’s smart contract capabilities.
The target date for the Mainnet upgrade to Protocol 27 is September 15, 2026.
🚀 Pi Network: The Bigger Picture
Pi’s real story isn’t just about today’s price.
The bigger opportunity is whether Pi can build a useful ecosystem where users, developers, and businesses actually use Pi in everyday transactions.
As the network evolves, adoption and utility could become more important than short-term market moves.
📌 Price gets attention. Utility creates value.
The next chapter for Pi may depend less on hype — and more on what people can actually do with Pi.
Pi’s real story isn’t just about today’s price.
The bigger opportunity is whether Pi can build a useful ecosystem where users, developers, and businesses actually use Pi in everyday transactions.
As the network evolves, adoption and utility could become more important than short-term market moves.
📌 Price gets attention. Utility creates value.
The next chapter for Pi may depend less on hype — and more on what people can actually do with Pi.
Pi Is Built for Real Utility 🌐
Most people judge a cryptocurrency by its charts and ticker symbols.
But Pi was designed for a different purpose than speculative trading.
Real value comes when pioneers can use Pi to exchange goods and services in a peer-to-peer ecosystem.
Apps, local commerce, and digital utility build an economy that chart movements alone can never create.
In the long run, what people can actually do with Pi will always matter more than short-term market noise. ⚡
Most people judge a cryptocurrency by its charts and ticker symbols.
But Pi was designed for a different purpose than speculative trading.
Real value comes when pioneers can use Pi to exchange goods and services in a peer-to-peer ecosystem.
Apps, local commerce, and digital utility build an economy that chart movements alone can never create.
In the long run, what people can actually do with Pi will always matter more than short-term market noise. ⚡
New SoloHost Apps Featured on Pi Desktop
OpenClaw and the Atlassian MCP Server are now featured in SoloHost on Pi Desktop, released alongside Node version 0.6.2.
OpenClaw is a local AI agent operating inside a container to assist with tasks while restricting default access to local computer resources.
The Atlassian MCP Server allows users to run a local server that connects compatible AI tools with Jira for workflow organization.
These applications expand Pi Desktop utility by making it easier for Pioneers to discover and run self-hosted software on their devices.
Learn more: https://minepi.com/blog/new-solohost-apps/
OpenClaw and the Atlassian MCP Server are now featured in SoloHost on Pi Desktop, released alongside Node version 0.6.2.
OpenClaw is a local AI agent operating inside a container to assist with tasks while restricting default access to local computer resources.
The Atlassian MCP Server allows users to run a local server that connects compatible AI tools with Jira for workflow organization.
These applications expand Pi Desktop utility by making it easier for Pioneers to discover and run self-hosted software on their devices.
Learn more: https://minepi.com/blog/new-solohost-apps/
A Currency Lives Through Its Utility 🛍️
Most people open a crypto app just to check a changing chart.
Pi takes a different path by focusing on everyday commerce instead of pure speculation.
When a local merchant accepts Pi for a cup of coffee, the token shifts from an abstract number into money.
Speculation creates noise, but practical applications build permanence.
The power to buy and sell real items is what turns a token into an economy. 🛠️
Most people open a crypto app just to check a changing chart.
Pi takes a different path by focusing on everyday commerce instead of pure speculation.
When a local merchant accepts Pi for a cup of coffee, the token shifts from an abstract number into money.
Speculation creates noise, but practical applications build permanence.
The power to buy and sell real items is what turns a token into an economy. 🛠️
Protocol v27 introduces key technical enhancements for smart contract security and decentralized authentication on Pi Network.
This update provides core protocol improvements designed to bolster security and efficiency for ecosystem developers:
- Upgraded signature verification models to ensure robust protection against unauthorized contract interactions.
- Advanced authentication primitives enabling secure, low-latency communication between ecosystem apps and network nodes.
- Refined smart contract state validation to improve transaction throughput and execution reliability.
Developers building on Testnet are encouraged to test their decentralized applications against these upgraded security standards.
For more details, visit the official developer documentation at minepi.com or open the Pi mining app.
This update provides core protocol improvements designed to bolster security and efficiency for ecosystem developers:
- Upgraded signature verification models to ensure robust protection against unauthorized contract interactions.
- Advanced authentication primitives enabling secure, low-latency communication between ecosystem apps and network nodes.
- Refined smart contract state validation to improve transaction throughput and execution reliability.
Developers building on Testnet are encouraged to test their decentralized applications against these upgraded security standards.
For more details, visit the official developer documentation at minepi.com or open the Pi mining app.
Merchant QR Payments for Physical Goods
Local offline merchants can accept Pi payments directly at brick-and-mortar storefronts using QR code integration powered by the Pi Developer SDK.
Key integration steps for local businesses:
- Merchant Profile: Register business app details through the Pi Developer Portal to generate a payment profile.
- QR Code Generation: Display dynamic or static payment QR codes generated via Pi Payment APIs at checkout counters.
- Pioneer Scanning: Customers scan the QR code using the Pi Wallet inside the Pi Browser to authorize the transaction.
- Instant Settlement: Merchants receive real-time cryptographic confirmation of the transaction on the Pi blockchain before completing physical handoffs.
Access full integration guidelines and API documentation at minepi.com or navigate to the Developer Portal through the Pi mining app.
Local offline merchants can accept Pi payments directly at brick-and-mortar storefronts using QR code integration powered by the Pi Developer SDK.
Key integration steps for local businesses:
- Merchant Profile: Register business app details through the Pi Developer Portal to generate a payment profile.
- QR Code Generation: Display dynamic or static payment QR codes generated via Pi Payment APIs at checkout counters.
- Pioneer Scanning: Customers scan the QR code using the Pi Wallet inside the Pi Browser to authorize the transaction.
- Instant Settlement: Merchants receive real-time cryptographic confirmation of the transaction on the Pi blockchain before completing physical handoffs.
Access full integration guidelines and API documentation at minepi.com or navigate to the Developer Portal through the Pi mining app.
How to Set Up a Pi Desktop Node for Distributed Computing
Pioneers can contribute compute infrastructure to the ecosystem by configuring a Pi Desktop Node. Follow these steps to prepare your machine for distributed network tasks:
1. Download and install the official Pi Desktop application from minepi.com.
2. Install Docker Desktop on your system to enable containerized environment processing for background tasks.
3. Open the Pi Desktop app, navigate to the Node tab, and run the automated port-forwarding check for ports 31400 through 31409.
4. Complete the node application survey within the interface and toggle your node switch to active.
Maintaining high uptime and a stable internet connection ensures your node remains reliable for upcoming test workload distributions.
Visit minepi.com to download the desktop client and review complete technical requirements.
Pioneers can contribute compute infrastructure to the ecosystem by configuring a Pi Desktop Node. Follow these steps to prepare your machine for distributed network tasks:
1. Download and install the official Pi Desktop application from minepi.com.
2. Install Docker Desktop on your system to enable containerized environment processing for background tasks.
3. Open the Pi Desktop app, navigate to the Node tab, and run the automated port-forwarding check for ports 31400 through 31409.
4. Complete the node application survey within the interface and toggle your node switch to active.
Maintaining high uptime and a stable internet connection ensures your node remains reliable for upcoming test workload distributions.
Visit minepi.com to download the desktop client and review complete technical requirements.
Pi App Studio now supports AI-assisted creation of persistent backend data storage for ecosystem applications.
Developers building on the Pi platform can now leverage AI prompting directly within Pi App Studio to design, configure, and connect persistent databases to their decentralized apps.
Key features include:
- Automated Schema Generation: Describe your data model in plain text to automatically generate database schemas and serverless backend logic.
- Integrated Pi Authentication: Pre-configured backend templates automatically securely tie user storage to Pi Network authentication.
- One-Click Testnet Deployment: Instantly deploy persistent storage configurations alongside your app frontend without managing external infrastructure.
Read the complete developer documentation at minepi.com or access Pi App Studio to start building.
Developers building on the Pi platform can now leverage AI prompting directly within Pi App Studio to design, configure, and connect persistent databases to their decentralized apps.
Key features include:
- Automated Schema Generation: Describe your data model in plain text to automatically generate database schemas and serverless backend logic.
- Integrated Pi Authentication: Pre-configured backend templates automatically securely tie user storage to Pi Network authentication.
- One-Click Testnet Deployment: Instantly deploy persistent storage configurations alongside your app frontend without managing external infrastructure.
Read the complete developer documentation at minepi.com or access Pi App Studio to start building.