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WHO WE THINK IS IN THE CORE TEAM?
Who are the top chat mods?
Chat mods are unpaid volunteers and help other pioneers with problems. Some have been around a long time.
- GodOfThunderMjolnir – One of OG 1000 pioneers.
- Shadnuke – Can usually be found in Pioneers (English)
- Bamisonic – Probably the most experienced in node problems. Usually in Node Applicants (English)
Community Pi Websites
Official websites
Pi Github resources
Project Timeline
**PHASE 1 – DONE
Phase 1 was aimed at building the basic app, the recruitment system, starting the recruitment drive, developing in-app chat with volunteer moderators, building the windows app and it’s deployment system for fully configured nodes.
**PHASE 2 – CURRENT
The Pi testnet started on June 27th 2020. It’s based on open source Stellar core and is being reprogrammed by the Core team. Users are invited to install a performance test application and later may be upgraded to a consensus container.
There is no reward for helping the testnet.
Test net version 2 has ~ 12k nodes. The core team has 3 supernodes.
PC wallet on the node and mobile wallet released to all users.
The mobile wallet is contained in a new app called Pi Browser. This is a web browser that also contains it’s own dns name .pi (similar to how your need tor browser for .onion addresses)
The support portal http://pi.app/support is released.
The developers SDK for the testnet is released. https://github.com/pi-apps/pi-platform-docs Pioneers can apply to be a designated developer by taking an algorithm exam on codility.
**PHASE 3 – Estimated 2022
Mainnet will be started and you will receive Pi coins equivalent to your claim modified by KYC processes. Exchange listings may be sought.
What is Pi?
The Pi Network is a project which aims to produce a usable digital global currency called Pi and a platform in which to use this currency. Applications on this platform will mainly be created by 3rd party developers.
HOW MUCH IS PI WORTH?
Most Pi has no value. Some Pi unofficially(as far as we know) has fixed value through private communities like The Pi Lifestyle. Any website claiming a market value of Pi is mistaken or faking it. All binance smart chain Pi contracts are fake.
How many users does Pi have?
Pi officially has 18+ million engaged Pioneers. It’s widely understood than an “engaged pioneer” is someone who who has completed 3 mining sessions…ever. The number of EP excludes known bots and bad actors.
Is this real? Is Pi a scam?
Pi is not a scam. It is a project started by Stanford University computer scientist and lecturer Dr Nicolas Kokkalis to give everyday people access to the utility of cryptocurrency. The known members of the Core team are named above. They are real people with reputation.
This old article details how Pi came to be. https://www.stanforddaily.com/2019/09/16/stanford-grads-develop-cryptocurrency-for-smartphone-users-to-increase-its-accessibility/ It also mentions some initial consultation with Stanford Professor David Mazieres the Chief Scientist of the Stellar Development foundation.
Does Pi have investment?
According to recent court papers, there has been at least $800k of investment and the founders have put in money of their own.
The investments were formed of “SAFE” instruments. SAFE is an acronym for “Simple Agreement for Future Equity.”
We don’t know who the investors are.
What is the court case about?
We can’t comment on the complaint but you can read it here yourself: https://pdfhost.io/v/YQIZZzB5N_complaintpdf.pdf
Who owns Pi Network?
The core team work for “Social Chain Inc” whose parent company is called “Pi Community Company” – an entity registered in the Cayman Islands https://www.societe.com/societe/pi-community-company-879383214.html
What is mining?
Both Apple and Google have banned cryptocurrency mining apps.
The mining is not real. The role of the phone app is to generate Pi vouchers which will be redeemed for the Pi on the mainnet after you pass KYC.
Do I need to leave the app open to mine? Does the app drain my battery or data?
You don’t have to leave the app open. Your app knows how many vouchers to create for you per hour based on your engagement. Invite more people to get a higher hourly rate. Since there’s no mining, the app won’t drain your battery.
Why is the “mining” happening?
Pi Network is using a fork of Stellar Core which is the software XLM uses. In this software, when the mainnet starts, all the Pi supply exists in a special account. The mining app is a mechanism to help determine how much Pi supply will be created on Mainnet and distribute as much of it as possible to pioneers.
What type of consensus does Pi use?
Pi is uses Byzantine Fault tolerant consensus which is also used by Ripple, Stellar, Neo, Cosmos, Zilliqa, Hyperledger Fabric, Telegram Catchain, Facebook Diem, Hedera Hashgraph. Networks that utilize Proof of Authority typically include BFT mechanisms,e.g. Solana, Vechain.
Is Pi Open source?
Pi is effectively 2 projects. One is to develop a blockchain using open source software. The other is an app platform and api that sits between 3rd party apps and the blockchain. Apps created by pi Network that sit on this platform are chat, brainstorm and the a cryptocurrency wallet. These apps are in a separate mobile app called “Pi Browser”
The source code of the blockchain is here: https://github.com/PiCoreTeam/pi-node-docker which is a fork of https://github.com/stellar/docker-stellar-core-horizon
What (Android) Permissions does Pi Browser have?
Version 1.3.0 may request access to
- read your contacts
- run at startup
- read badge notifications
- view network connections
- prevent phone from sleeping
- view wifi connections
- use fingerprint hardware
- receive data from internet
- control vibration
- have full network acccess
- use biometric hardware
- Play install Referrer api
What (Android) Permissions do Pi Network App have?
Version 1.30.3 may request access to
- read your contacts
- run at startup
- view network connections
- read badge notifications
- prevent phone from sleeping
- view wifi connections
- receive data from internet
- control vibration
- have full network access
- Play install Referrer api
Why is ios asking to allow Pi to track activity across other apps and websites?
Asking this is a new feature of iOS introduced in April 2021. Any app that contains ad code will be doing this, the ad code is doing it not the app maker.
Pi contains ad code from Ironsource.
Why is Pi development taking so long?
Pi has had to develop many features that other cryptocurrencies don’t have
- A voucher system for the future cryptocurrency
- A performance test system for node candidates
- A node deployment system
- A windows app that monitors/deploys the nodes
- A mechanism to determine the trustworthiness of nodes
- Possibly their own KYC
Additionally, millions of users have thousands of problems and find hundreds of bugs. Having a lot of users makes a lot of work.
What is the total supply?
Every person that joins Pi Network adds an unknown amount to the total supply of the future cryptocurrency. This is what the Pi whitepaper says. It’s likely to be in the region of billions.
The total supply of Pi, if it’s not left at the default needs to be specified in the source code of the software.
Line 79 In this file : https://github.com/stellar/stellar-core/blob/master/src/ledger/LedgerManagerImpl.cpp
This value is the sum of all the fractions, e.g. each coin contains 10 million cents.
When phase 3 (mainnet) begins, the total supply first exists in a special genesis account which is then used to fund a new account with all the coins in. This account is from which distribution begins.
What is verification?
Verification is so you can retrieve your account on another device. Despite what the app says you don’t need to do both. Pi support themselves has said
If you have verified your Pi account with Facebook, then you are not required to verify your phone number.
What is KYC?
KYC stands for “know your customer”. It’s a system mainly employed by financial institutions to verify your identity with official documents such as Passport or Driving License. Pi Network uses KYC to ensure one pioneer one account and to ensure you don’t create 100 fake friends to boost your claim. It’s got nothing to do with the cryptocurrency side.
If any of your referrals quit or fail KYC, you will lose all the bonus you received from them.
I don’t have official Identification and can’t pass KYC – will I lose all my Pi?
Pi Network core team know a lot of people, especially in Africa/Asia, don’t have official ID or ID accepted by Yoti and they are actively working on other ways of validating identity.
Who is this “Yoti” company?
Yoti does identity checking for “Citizen Card” who produce national UK identity cards. It doesn’t get more convincing than that. https://www.citizencard.com/yoti-citizencard-new-id-solution-for-the-uk
A Yoti CitizenCard is the perfect ID solution making it safer for young people to prove their identity online and in person. The Yoti CitizenCard, which can be used to create cardholder’s identity on the free Yoti mobile app, bears a PASS (Proof of Age Standards Scheme) hologram endorsed by the Home Office. In addition, the 18+ photo ID card displays National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and Home Office Security Industry Authority (SIA) logos.
Should you trust YOTI, take a look at https://support.yoti.com/hc/en-us/articles/213164005-Has-Yoti-been-approved-by-any-regulators-and-organisations-
What information does Yoti give to Pi Network
take a look at https://support.yoti.com/hc/en-us/articles/208678229-What-are-sharing-receipts-and-what-do-they-show- and then check your YOTI account after completing the KYC process in Pi Network you’ll see that YOTI forwards the following information:
- Photo
- Full Name
- Given Name
- Family Name
- Date of Birth
- Mobile Number
- Gender
- Nationality
Remember Me ID (see https://support.yoti.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023523793)
While that seems like a lot, it’s important to point out that YOTI does at no point forward details of your IDs and that not even YOTI can see those details once your ID is verified.
Why did earlier members mine at a higher rate?
Pi Network uses a halving system that incentivizes users to join sooner rather than later. When the population increases by a factor of 10, a halving of the basic pi per hour rate occurs. This system also ensures that large pi holders are scarce.
What is the Ambassador role? How does the earning team work?
You become an Ambassador when new members join your earning team by using your referral code when they sign up. Each member of your earning team provides a small boost to your Pi per hour when they are active themselves. Once a member has joined they can’t switch teams.
What is the Contributor role? How do I become a contributor?
You get a bonus to Pi per hour by inviting 3-5 people to your security circle.
What is the security circle for?
Currently the SC enables you to get a boost to tokens per hour. In phase 3 (mainnet) the security circle will help determine which nodes are trustworthy. This is necessary because Pi Network doesn’t have trusted organizations running its nodes, anonymous people will be running the nodes.
Can I withdraw my Pi? What is the timeline for withdrawals?
We think withdrawals of some kind will become available in 2022. Some methods to donate tokens are available in the current app.
Why are there ads in the Pi app?
There were no ads for the first year and a half. The core team asked the community on how to raise money to help with the server cost and ads were voted by the pioneers.
You can disable the ads for 2 weeks by going to the profile settings. Approx 20% of pioneers have issues disabling ads.
What happened to Fever IQ
Fever IQ was created by the Liphardt Lab at Stanford to track covid symptoms. This later became a company called Enya AI and the Pi app became this website FeverIQ.com.
How can I learn about Pi Blockchain?
Pi blockchain is a fork of Stellar Core which is used by the cryptocurrency XLM. In Pi some of the features of Stellar will have different names and some of the features will be different. The Pi Whitepaper details some of these modifications.
You could learn about Pi Blockchain by installing a Stellar Core node
Dr David Mazières, Professor of Computing at Stanford invented “Stellar consensus protocol” which is based on “Byzantine Fault Tolerance consensus”. There’s a google talk of his about Stellar Consensus on Youtube
You can learn about specific features of Stellar with the Stellar Quest programme. These are a series of challenges involving stellar features and some rewards of XLM.
What is a Node, Explain like I’m 5, ?
When you pay in a shop by card, the card machine checks with your bank that you have money. In cryptocurrency, the card machine knows how much money you have and doesn’t have to ask your bank.
In Pi Network the nodes are equivalent to the card machine.
Obviously it would be a problem if you go in 1 shop spend some money then go in another shop whose card machine isn’t up to date and spend the same money again.
A cryptocurrency network ensures this situation doesn’t happen.
What is the Node really all about?
Nodes submit and verify transactions on the Pi network. Currently there’s only the Pi Network testnet.
There’s a block explorer here: https://pi-blockchain.net/
There’s 2 versions of Pi nodes.
The first version tests the performance of your computer and checks you’ve successfully opened and forwarded ports. Whilst running this version the windows application periodically sends performance data to PiHQ
The most important metric of performance at this stage is uptime. If you have high uptime i.e. 90%+ you will have the consensus container deployed to your computer.
The current consensus container is a stellar Core v15.2 Node.
You can install the performance test node from https://node.minepi.com/
This software requires virtualization enabled in the bios, Hyper-V, Windows subsystem for linux v2, docker
There are many guides at https://github.com/pi-node/instructions/wiki
There’s also a comprehensive guide at https://node-pi.com/pinode_eng
How to free up diskspace the Node is using.
See this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/PiNetwork/comments/n3t0qg/node_044_what_to_do/
Where to go with node problems?
Ask here: https://github.com/pi-node/instructions/issues
What evidence of the testnet is there?
Testnet Block explorer
Testnet Stellar Horizon server
Will there be a linux node?
Dr Nic said in the developer chatroom that they’re working on it. It’s low priority and I wouldn’t expect it till after phase 3.
What if I’m not convinced?
If you’re unconvinced and still think Pi is a scam of some kind, please report it to the SEC who investigate fradudent American companies
https://www.sec.gov/tcr