The Rise of Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks: Exploring the Current Status and Prospects of DePIN
Introduction
The Internet, as a symbol of globalization, actually originated from the products of the Cold War era.
In 1969, the U.S. military needed a network that could avoid single points of failure and autonomously recover to respond to potential nuclear strikes. Therefore, the prototype of the Internet, "ARPAnet" (, was born, adopting a decentralized distributed architecture design.
However, over the past 55 years, from Web1 to Web2, with the rapid development of the internet, a centralized architecture has formed amidst the waves of commercialization and globalization. Web2 giants have monopolized the discourse and value distribution in the online world.
In recent years, the wave of Web3 has emerged, emphasizing Decentralization and de-platforming. However, simple application-layer Decentralization is difficult to solve the fundamental problems; how to transform the internet from the underlying technology stack is the solution.
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