Sample DePIN use cases

Different kinds of DePINs today exist, with each catering to different types of customer bases. Here are a few examples:

1. Akash Network provides decentralized, censorship resistant cloud to applications looking for non-mission critical jobs such as data processing, front-end hosting, hosting applications and micro-services and more.

2. Tashi is building a decentralized gaming protocol where developers can build and deploy games close to their user base, providing a superlative experience without heavy cloud bills. The games can persist forever.

3. Roam and Helium are marketplace that allows people to resell their unused or dedicated internet to validated users, with built-in firewalls and user identity management.

4. Aethir and Spheron offer a marketplace for people to rent GPUs and run their AI applications.

5. ur.io helps deliver VPNs that can enable developers test their applications across multiple platforms, devices and IPs across the globe before taking it live.

6. Geodnet: Creates a precise positioning network (a much better and decentralized google maps), contributed by users with data shared with enterprises.

7. Nubila: Installs weather stations, collects data for use cases such as insurance use cases, asset tokenization and much more.

And there are many more coming everyday.