Uplink Says 25,000 Routers Join Daily As DePIN Growth Raises Questions On Scale, Reliability
Decentralized wireless platform Uplink says it is adding more than 25,000 routers daily, with more than three million devices now registered, highlighting both the rapid growth of decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN) and the operational challenges of scaling them.
“Right now, every new router is registered through our app, which helps filter out fake or misconfigured devices,” said Carlos Lei, Uplink’s co-founder and CEO, in an interview with Benzinga.
Lei added that validation will be expanded in an upcoming feature, “verifying/mapping routers in a way similar to Pokémon Go.”
The company has designed mechanisms it calls telemetry, uptime monitoring and “useful work” incentives to ensure devices contribute to connectivity before earning rewards.
“By tying rewards to ‘useful work,’ we ensure that only devices genuinely providing connectivity will earn incentives, keeping quality high,” Lei said.
Lei argued that decentralized design gives DePIN …
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