🚀 OpenPay is Ready for Production! 🚀
Today marks a major milestone for the Pi ecosystem. @PiCoreTeam@nkokkalis@Chengdiao@OpenPayTeam@OpenAppOfficial
OpenPay is now a complete payment infrastructure built for the Pi Network, enabling businesses, developers, and Pioneers to accept and use Pi seamlessly—both inside and outside the Pi Browser.
✨ Production-Ready Features:
✅ Send & Receive Payments
✅ Scan-to-Pay QR Codes
✅ POS (Point of Sale) Checkout
✅ Payment Links
✅ QR Pay
✅ Checkout Buttons
✅ Embeddable Payment Buttons
✅ NFT Payments & Integrations
✅ Merchant APIs & Developer Tools
✅ Internal & External Payment Support
OpenPay is designed to become the universal payment layer for Pi, making Pi payments accessible across websites, applications, online stores, and real-world businesses.
🌐 One Infrastructure. Endless Possibilities.
Whether you’re a merchant, developer, or Pioneer, OpenPay provides everything needed to build and power the next generation of Pi-powered commerce.
As we celebrate Pi2Day, it’s time for the Pi community to:
💜 Use OpenPay
💜 Integrate OpenPay
💜 Share OpenPay
💜 Give it the spotlight it deserves
Together, we can accelerate Pi’s utility and help make Pi a truly spendable digital currency worldwide.
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PiVerify is a KYC identity verification service available to third-party companies, making Pi’s real-human verification capabilities available outside the Pi ecosystem.
With PiVerify, external platforms can verify their users, reduce fake or duplicate accounts, and support compliance-related identity workflows.
For businesses and platforms, the need is straightforward: many digital services need to know whether users are real people. Verified identities are needed for any meaningful transactions, especially in real-world economies.
PiVerify services are also paid for in Pi, which increases Pi utility.
By making this infrastructure available to third parties, the Pi2Day 2026 PiVerify release extends the utility of Pi’s verified identity technology and resources beyond Pi’s own apps and services.
Learn more at https://t.co/azUeoeGENF
Pi Sign-in allows supported third-party websites and apps to offer Pi accounts as a sign-in or sign-up option.
It helps provide the infrastructure that allows applications and services to recognize, connect, and serve users across and outside the ecosystem.
This means Pioneers can access supported services with their Pi account instead of creating a new account or password for every app.
Why would third-party services or websites want to integrate Pi Sign-in? Pi Sign-in creates a simpler way to connect them with Pi’s large user base and bring Pi users into their own product experiences. It also gives Pi more presence in third-party contexts while offering a way to tap into the additional benefits and resources of Pi Network, besides user traffic.
Learn more about the Pi2Day 2026 release at https://t.co/lMgJBEMbYj
SoloHost expands the utility of Pi Nodes beyond just blockchain validation.
Released in Beta on Pi2Day 2026, SoloHost on Pi Desktop gives Pioneers new ways to use their computers to run local apps, AI utilities, distributed computing, and other compute-based use cases.
Pioneers can also remotely engage with the corresponding app through mobile devices on Pi Browser.
SoloHost also lets developers build and list these local apps through an open, permissionless framework to reach the over 420,000 Pi Node operators who are already running Pi Desktop.
Local is key. With SoloHost streamlining access to local applications through Pi Desktop, people can benefit from AI while keeping their data on their own devices, not third-party remote servers.
This means:
- More privacy.
- More control.
- Less reliance on cloud services
Learn more at https://t.co/lMgJBEMbYj
Open Letter to @PiCoreTeam@nkokkalis & @Chengdiao
I have always supported Pi Network, but I have to be brutally honest with the Pi Core Team.
With the exception of AI Studio, most of what has been delivered so far could have been delivered by 2022 at the latest.
I am honestly not sure what has been built over the past 7 years, especially after Open Network.
The community has had enough builders, but many gave up because they could not cover basic running costs. So the question is simple: where is the $100 million Foundation money going?
I still have not seen a single community builder who has received meaningful support from the $100 million allocated.
The community has been patient, loyal, and supportive for years. But patience should not be taken for granted.
Pi Core Team, it is time to deliver with urgency.
Happy Pi2Day 2026 Pioneers!
Pi Network is celebrating Pi2Day with new releases advancing Pi’s practical utility both within and beyond the Pi ecosystem, and across compute, AI, and identity.
By first providing useful services and resources for external third-parties—such as Pi’s blockchain infrastructure, identity verification, and large globally engaged network—Pi offers multiple unique incentives to not only use Pi’s services but also join and contribute to Pi’s existing ecosystem.
Head to the Pi mining app and read the Pi2Day announcement to learn more about the new SoloHost, Pi Sign-in, and PiVerify releases today!
Also, take part in the Pi2Day Ecosystem Quest to learn more about the new releases, test features, and earn a special in-app badge to commemorate Pi2Day 2026—and show it off!
Pi2Day (tomorrow, June 28) is a moment to engage with new product releases and gain insight into the direction and priorities of the network.
Reminder: This year, Pioneers also have a timely opportunity to take part in app utilities expansion, community growth, and ecosystem development feedback before the events end tomorrow on June 28.
Participate in the two initiatives, the vibe coder campaign and Pi Launchpad Testnet token, now and stay tuned tomorrow for Pi2Day!
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Does anyone else feel that running AI models and agents locally, on your own computer, should be much easier?
The privacy benefits are clear: your data stays with you. But while there are many open-source models and projects out there, turning them into a usable local AI agent is still far too hard for non-engineers.
🚨📢 BREAKING: Binance "navigates" MiCA not leaving Europe, just taking a different road 🔥
Gillian Lynch, Binance's Head of Europe, just stated clearly:
"Binance is not abandoning Europe. We are simply taking a different path."
Instead of holding on in tough markets, Binance is pivoting toward countries with faster, more accessible licensing processes like Ireland and Latvia.
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↳ Why did Binance withdraw its application in Greece?
Not because they wanted to relocate.
According to Reuters and European sources, Binance had filed for a CASP license under MiCA in Greece but received a strongly negative response from regulators.
The core concerns raised:
→ A history of AML (anti-money laundering) violations
→ The record-breaking $4.3B U.S. fine in 2023
→ A complex global corporate structure
→ Lingering influence of CZ (Changpeng Zhao)
→ A risk governance culture considered too aggressive
Facing a high probability of formal rejection, Binance chose to withdraw proactively.
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↳ Withdraw before being rejected the smart play
This is a well-known tactic in heavily regulated finance:
→ A formal rejection creates a legal "black mark" other regulators can look it up, and approvals elsewhere become harder
→ A voluntary withdrawal leaves no rejection on record, keeps the door open to reapply in another country, and preserves negotiating leverage
Binance has confirmed the Greece withdrawal and will target another EU country for its next application.
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↳ The MiCA message: no exceptions for the giants
This episode sends a clear signal
Even the world's largest exchange with over 300 million users gets no special treatment.
The immediate cost falls on European users.
Starting July 1, Binance has begun sending account restriction notices by country, moving to avoid sanctions from ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority).
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↳ Viewed through the lens of Pi Network
Watching Binance a giant sitting on hundreds of billions in liquidity scramble from country to country hunting for a MiCA passport, one thing becomes clearer:
A clean compliance identity built from day one carries real, durable value.
While established exchanges face mounting legal barriers that directly impact their users, Pi Network is quietly moving forward
→ KYC baked in at the protocol level
→ A self-sufficient Token Issuer model
→ Zero exposure to derivatives or complex leverage products
Pi is steadily preparing for a major ecosystem upgrade around the upcoming Pi2Day. 🥧
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↳ Conclusion
Big money and massive scale do not guarantee a fast pass through the regulatory gate.
Playing by the rules from the very beginning that is the most durable advantage of all.
Even the largest exchanges are struggling.
Projects that built compliance into their foundation are the ones moving forward with confidence.
That is the clearest lesson MiCA has delivered in 2026. 🇪🇺
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六年了,当全世界都在嘲笑“手机挖矿”是天方夜谭,当身边的人都觉得你在浪费电、做白日梦,你没解释,只是每天默默点亮那个绿色闪电。
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