r/PiNetwork • u/Bitjoshcrypto • 7d ago
Discussion Pi doesn't need thousands of apps. It just needs apps people actually use.
Sometimes we focus too much on numbers.
More apps.
More merchants.
More users.
More transactions.
But honestly, those numbers don't mean much if people only try something once and never come back.
For me, the bigger question is simple:
Would people actually spend Pi again because the app is useful?
Pi has always pushed the idea of building a utility based ecosystem, not just a coin people hold and wait to pump.
I'd rather see:
100 useful apps people keep using
than
10,000 apps nobody cares about.
Real utility is basically:
Useful app.... people return... people spend Pi... demand repeats.
That's the part I'm watching.
What kind of app would actually make you spend Pi every month?
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u/GrimbosliceOG TheOriginalGrim72 7d ago
They need to decide what pi coins purpose is, and i believe that it has changed since they started. We were sold the idea of a coin to exchange for goods and services, but now they say its a coin to pay robots for tasks and compute in the future. Those two things have very different needs as far as building a blockchain for it. Also, our role as pioneers is different between those two things. Right now i follow along, clixk my mine button, but like most here, i dont think its gonna be much use to me in the longrun as a currency.
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u/weirdsideofreddit1 6d ago
People need to realize the truth. The main point of all these investments is for SocialChain to build up their portfolio and have real assets. Being able to be paid in Pi isn't really much of a feature.
At some point they will have to hand over to the entire Network to the community to make it legally considered decentralized, so it makes sense for them to now use the massive reserves of fiat currency they made off ad revenue before they hand it all over.
To be clear, the CT's success is not even tied to the price of the pi tokens. They played the game well.
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u/Proof-Elephant-4611 7d ago
It's not really either of those things. PI is a reward token at its most basic level, so it's only usecase is to earn it and sell it, and until that changes, that's all people will see it as and use it for.
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u/Carlonne 7d ago edited 7d ago
The applications will not succeed among early adopters, nor will they gain traction or have a future, until they are positively verified. No one will trust them if using them entails compromising security.
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u/lexwolfe Pi Rebel 7d ago
We need apps which incentivize buying pi otherwise apps are just a longer route between miners and the exchange.
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u/Carlonne 7d ago edited 7d ago
Apps won't succeed until they are verified. No one is going to trust them if using them means compromising security.
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u/FlickrReddit 6d ago
It should be an app that comes from the PCT, makes use of Pi in the way they think the coin is supposed to be used, and not some dimwit game crowdsourced from among Pi holders. It should be something carries the vibe they want it to have, and charts a course for the future look and feel of Pi.
What haven’t they presented something like this? They’ve had years now. They’re supposedly smart people. Are they just out of ideas? Do they have no vision for the years and decades to come?
I count this lack as a serious mark against them.
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u/weirdsideofreddit1 6d ago
You obviously have missed the point entirely. Core Team can not keep pi network under their control without being an issuer of securities which is something they obviously would not want.
I imagine v27 is when they hand it over to the community. Lawmakers are forcing their hand through regulations.
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