Most DePIN pitches start with the token. @Acurast starts wit

Multicoin Capital Invests in DePIN Project Grass, Which Earned $17M in the First Half of 2025

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Most DePIN offers start with a token. @Acurast starts with the hardware: your dead phone in a drawer, now clocked by real uptime and performance instead of just plugging it in and hoping. What stands out is the pricing based on the standard. Devices don’t set their own computing prices anymore, the network links them to the actual performance of the devices. This is a small shift, but it means that inactivity is not beneficial.