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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: https://t.co/9VehO7hhj1
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.
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: https://t.co/9VehO7hhj1
All nodes are required to be on version 24.1 by Jun 2, 2026.
Windows nodes are designed to update themselves.
Linux nodes can be updated with Pi CLI or manually deploying the new container
PiDex and Smart Contract availability are Ecosystem updates not blockchain updates and that is why nothing has happened with them.
v24 contains various changes and upgrades to the ledger but nothing relevant to users.
We are trained to go bigger, more money, more crypto, more AI agents, more friends, more projects, more plans, more everything, and less happy.
Happy people have a small circle of friends and simple routines.
Watch Pi Founder Nicolas Kokkalis speak in the Consensus 2026 panel “How to Prove You’re Human in an AI World (Without Doxing Yourself)”.
The discussion focused on how digital trust and identity verification systems must evolve as AI makes it possible to generate bots, agents, and synthetic identities that closely resemble real human behavior at scale.
The panel explored a core question for the AI era: how systems can continue to verify real human participation without requiring unnecessary disclosure of personal information.
A key theme was that proof of humanity is context-dependent, with different systems requiring different levels of verification depending on use case and risk.
The importance of privacy-preserving design was also highlighted, ensuring verification can scale while remaining usable for real users.
As AI lowers the barrier to building and interacting online, the harder challenge may be connecting digital systems to real users, trusted participation, and meaningful utility.
Pi’s Layer 1 blockchain, identity verification, payments infrastructure, non-custodial wallets, smart contracts, and engaged global community are all part of Pi’s ongoing work to address that challenge.
Watch the full presentation now!
https://t.co/nFCz9nF7RR