Happy holidays, Pioneers!

To celebrate, participate in Pi’s community commerce holiday initiative to promote your app or business, discover and shop, and take part in a raffle for a chance to win Pi-branded merch. Also, try out the holiday-themed design update of the FruityPi game.

https://youtube.com/shorts/NynQSKW4DOg

As 2025 comes to a close, Pi remains focused on steady progress, responsible building, and long-term utility creation. Thank you to all Pioneers for being part of the journey, and happy new year! https://minepi.com/blog/pi-2025-year-end/

Read the end of year blog for a look back at Pi’s accomplishments in 2025 and its continued long term strategy.

As the new year starts, it’s time to build! Pi Network has released a new developer library that enables Pi payments to be integrated into Pi apps in under ten minutes. The library combines the Pi SDK and backend APIs into a single setup, reducing integration time across common stacks.

By simplifying payment integration, developers can instead spend more time creating and improving actual products for users, aligning with Pi’s longer term strategy to strengthen and expand Pi’s utility-driven ecosystem. Learn more and check out the documentation and demo videos explaining how to use the library.

https://minepi.com/blog/10-minutes-pi-payments/

Pi App Studio is expanding app creation in 2026 with a new creator event and new features, including an easy, non-technical and interactive way to integrate Pi payments and cost-free route for app deployments.

For the event, Pioneers can complete a short survey, and the first 1,000 qualified responses will receive 5 Pi credits for the respondent to use only in the App Studio. These updates lower barriers to app creation, increase experimentation and iteration, and support the creation of more useful App Studio apps and Pi utility.

https://minepi.com/blog/app-studio-event-payments-ads/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=app-studio-event

Pi App Studio now supports in-app payment integration—initially using Test-Pi—which helps enable App Studio apps to contribute to Pi’s utility through integrating Pi payments in their app experiences.

Watch the video walkthrough to learn more!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jb4XlsRTPIE

Pioneers can now deploy their app iterations in Pi App Studio without having to pay Pi, by watching ads. This option enables more Pioneers—especially those who are not yet Mainnet-migrated and are unable to pay Pi—to experiment, learn, and create apps without being limited by migration status or Pi balance.

Learn more
https://minepi.com/blog/app-studio-event-payments-ads/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=app-studio-event

Integrating Pi payments in an app normally requires time and technical expertise from developers. Pi App Studio turned the complexity of payments integration into simple, non-technical and interactive steps in its app creation workflows for creators, enabling them to benefit from Pi payments integration just like developers can.

This marks an important step toward not only enabling non-technical people to create and own functional apps, but also generating creator monetization incentives and fostering sustainable business models for App Studio apps.

Learn more
https://minepi.com/blog/app-studio-event-payments-ads/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=app-studio-event

Nearly 2.5 million Pioneers in certain regions are unblocked by a new technical update to migrate to Mainnet, if they’ve completed the Mainnet Checklist and are active in mining. Over 700,000 additional accounts can also soon submit KYC applications! With these updates, more people are able to participate in the Mainnet ecosystem. Pi has reached 16 million Mainnet migrated Pioneers overall, distinguishing Pi as a massive identity-verified blockchain. Complete your KYC and Mainnet Checklist steps as needed to ensure your account is prepared for next steps.

https://minepi.com/blog/migration-kyc-palm-print/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=palm

KYC validator rewards distribution continues to make progress in line with the previously announced timeline! Its design was finalized, implementation was completed, and currently the work is being tested. Testing is incredibly important, as it affects the distribution of Pi payments to KYC validators for their work in the KYC process of millions of Pioneers. The target remains deployment by the end of this quarter (March 2026).

Every First Friday of February (FFF day), Pi celebrates Moderator Appreciation Day! Today is about recognizing the moderators who make the Pi Network community what it is. Thanks to all Pi moderators for their incredible volunteer efforts in supporting the Pi community—assisting Pioneers, translating content, managing Pi Chats, answering questions, and more. https://youtu.be/RDMES5HLAUw

Watch the celebration video and remember to thank Pi moderators for their hard work and commitment to Pi’s global community!

Important reminder for Nodes: The Pi Mainnet blockchain protocol is currently undergoing a series of upgrades. The deadline for the first upgrade step is February 15. All Mainnet nodes must complete this step to remain connected to the network. More information is available here https://minepi.com/pi-node/

Network Update: Protocol v19.6 migration successfully completed ✅ Next up is v19.9 — the final step before v20. Node operators should make sure they’re upgraded and stay tuned for further instructions: https://minepi.com/pi-node/

Happy first anniversary of Open Network!

To celebrate this milestone, Pi Founders Chengdiao Fan and Nicolas Kokkalis dive deeper into Pi’s strategy, approach, and current work since Open Network—while also providing greater visibility into the direction and priorities guiding Pi’s continued development, including Pi’s ecosystem tokens design on Mainnet, KYC as a service, and AI.

Watch the full video to learn more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYihqhAcMRQ

Read the Open Network anniversary blog for a high level overview on Pi’s strategy, approach, and current work since Open Network!

https://minepi.com/blog/open-network-anniversary/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=on-anniversary

Pi has released specific details on the Ecosystem Token Design on Pi Network as a Pi Request for Comment (PRC) to the community. Learn more about ecosystem token design here, and read the GitHub page for further details. https://minepi.com/blog/open-network-anniversary/#ecosystem-token-design-mainnet

Feedback is welcome, and Pioneers are encouraged to comment, discuss with other community members and share specific suggestions on specific sections of the design using GitHub features like issues or pull requests. For those who do not have a GitHub account, a Google Form is also available to submit high-level feedback.

Since the launch of Open Network, Pi has continued expanding across multiple dimensions of the ecosystem—from KYC and Mainnet migrations to developer activity and overall network participation. These milestones reflect the steady progress made possible through the collective contributions of Pioneers, developers, businesses, and KYC validators around the world.

Check out some of the key ecosystem growth metrics achieved during the past year since Open Network launched!

Why does Pi feel so different from other blockchains? Why does utility matter? Pi Founder Chengdiao Fan explains Pi’s emphasis on utility and how Pi distinguishes itself in the blockchain industry.

Protocol upgrades in progress (Step 2 – Deadline: March 1): The Pi Mainnet blockchain protocol continues to undergo a series of upgrades. All Mainnet nodes are required to complete this step before the deadline to remain connected to the network. Details here: https://minepi.com/pi-node

What is the network working on now?

Pi Founder Nicolas Kokkalis offers an overview on how the network will continue the general work that matters to Pioneers such as KYC and Migration, and to developers such as improving and expanding the tools that enable them to build easier on Pi, and various initiatives that are intended to facilitate more utility on Pi.

What are Pi ecosystem tokens and what is the design thinking for ecosystem tokens on Mainnet?

Pi Founder Chengdiao Fan dives deep into Pi’s unique approach to ecosystem token design — Pi’s focus is not on tokens for their own sake, or on mechanisms and integrations in isolation, but on enabling useful, utility-driven tokens and supporting the real innovation behind them.

Learn more on the specifics of ecosystem token design here. Pioneers are encouraged to comment, discuss with other community members and share specific suggestions on specific sections.
https://github.com/PiNetwork/PiRC