what's Pipe Network?
Pipe Network is a decentralized infrastructure platform built on the Solana blockchain, designed to create a permissionless network for content delivery, storage, and data routing. It transforms everyday devices and virtual machines into hyperlocal points of presence (PoPs) for a global edge supercloud, enabling faster content distribution by leveraging community-contributed computing resources. Through smart contracts, the network incentivizes node operators to provide bandwidth and storage, reducing latency and improving resilience against centralized failures. The protocol integrates cryptocurrency rewards to align participants' incentives, allowing anyone to deploy nodes and earn based on performance metrics like uptime and throughput. Features such as automated routing and staking mechanisms ensure efficient data transfer, supporting applications from streaming to AI inference with sub-10ms latencies in local areas. By decentralizing traditional CDN models, Pipe Network aims to democratize internet infrastructure, making high-speed delivery accessible and economically viable for developers and users worldwide.
Pipe Network partnered with Layer33 for Solana health, performance, decentralization; discussed DDoS resilience.
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Established partnership with Layer33 as a Layer33 advocate, focused on Solana health, performance, and decentralization.
Contributed to ecosystem analysis and public discussion of Solana's resilience during a sustained DDoS attack that peaked at approximately 6 terabits per second over the week of December 16, 2025.
Jito receives $50M strategic investment from a16zcrypto and the DAO reports $22m/yr in revenue.
LovePIPE liquid staking token launches with integration into Jito (Re)staking ecosystem, enabling users to earn staking rewards while maintaining liquidity.
Protocol implements hybrid proof of work/proof of stake reward model where users must both contribute valuable work and stake to the network to receive rewards.
Staking program launches October 15th allowing users to stake $PIPE for LovePIPE liquid staking tokens through partnership with Jito (Re)staking infrastructure. LovePIPE represents pro-rata share of deposits including rewards and can be traded across Internet Capital Markets.
TGE occurs on October 8th on the Solana blockchain.
Testnet has delivered over 60 petabytes of data across approximately 290,000 Point of Presence nodes.
Kraken exchange listing confirmed with trading starting October 8 at 15:00 UTC, currently in post-only mode.
Mainnet goes live with concurrent Token Generation Event.
Gate.io announces initial listing with PIPE/USDT trading pair starting October 8th at 15:00 UTC.
First exchange listings are scheduled for next week, with $PIPE included among projects identified as having high potential for early gains from this market event.
$PIPE token is about to launch to market with anticipated significant impact based on comparison to $2Z launch performance.
Launches Firestarter Storage, first decentralized full-stack CDN on Solana, positioning as Cloudflare competitor.
Firestarter Storage launches with 50% daily growth rate
New SolanaWave AI platform provides signup-free, instant access to complete Solana blockchain history including transactions, contracts, and NFTs.
Active token sale offers immediate unlock at $250M FDV (non-US) and 1-year vesting at $200M FDV (global).
Infrastructure integration partnership with Shelby (Aptos/Jump) for decentralized storage solutions.
Token sale offering 30M $PIPE tokens (3%) at $250M FDV, running June 26-July 3 on CoinList.
Token sale launching on CoinList on June 26, 2025 at 17:00 UTC with multiple sale options.
Testnet launches, marking key development milestone.
Testnet launches with PoP node rewards system, marking first decentralized CDN on Solana blockchain.
Testnet launches with PoP node rewards on Solana's first decentralized CDN.
Raised $10 million in funding to deliver content up to 10x faster than competitors like Amazon & Azure.