Pi Network has announced ecosystem tokens for Mainnet in a video presentation by co‑founder Chengdiao Fan. These community‑created assets are already live on Testnet and are in final stages before Mainnet deployment.
Fan said the tokens are intended to support products and user acquisition rather than act primarily as capital‑raising instruments. He argued that many tokens on other networks are structured mainly to raise funds and often fail to deliver real utility or innovation. Pi’s design emphasizes integrating tokens into product workflows and launch programs so projects can issue tokens to acquire users and provide in‑app utility.
Users will obtain tokens through Pi launch programs and use them inside products. Fan noted that building user engagement is usually time‑consuming and costly, but Pi’s Web3 tools—including the ecosystem tokens—can lower those costs. The framework is meant to hold projects accountable: underperforming apps will naturally phase out while those delivering value retain users.
Fan stressed that Pi ecosystem tokens are not a copy of traditional token models; the team deliberately avoided established approaches and expects token design to evolve through iteration in practice.
The announcement comes amid ongoing community discussion about project timelines as Mainnet upgrades, migration, and validator rewards ramp into early March. PI currently trades near $0.17, about 91% below its $2.99 all‑time high, having slipped roughly 8% over the past week with a modest 24‑hour move of −0.6% and roughly $15 million in daily volume. Market action into March 1 may depend on whether the current bullish‑flag structure resolves higher toward the $0.20–$0.21 resistance zone or falls back toward the $0.15 support level as traders reassess the upgrade timeline and on‑chain positioning.
