New Trends in the DePIN Industry Development: The Roam Project Integrates AI to Lead Innovation

The decentralized physical infrastructure network ( DePIN ) track is undergoing a new round of transformation. With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, the DePIN field is also actively seeking integration with AI to gain new development momentum. Among them, the Roam project, as a representative of the combination of DePIN and AI, is worth our attention.

The Essence and Classification of DePIN

The core of DePIN lies in integrating decentralized resources through token incentives. It encourages users to share personal resources to build infrastructure networks, covering various fields such as storage space, communication bandwidth, cloud computing, and energy. The DePIN project can mainly be divided into three categories:

1. Storage Category: Provides decentralized cloud storage services
2. Computing Power: Build a Decentralized GPU Rendering Platform
3. Network category: Establishing a global WIFI network through token incentives.

DePIN is similar to the Bitcoin model, requiring an initial investment to purchase physical equipment, followed by continuous "mining". By connecting with the real world, DePIN brings positive externalities to the entire industry.

Current Status of the DePIN Market

According to the data, the DePIN industry currently has approximately 4.56 million devices in nearly 200 countries and regions worldwide, with a market value of 7.1 billion USD. Among them, Roam ranks first with 1.18 million devices. In terms of geographical distribution, DePIN devices are mainly concentrated in the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia, with the highest concentration in Southeast Asia, particularly in South Korea.

Introduction to the Roam Project

Roam is an emerging leader in the network segment of DePIN, positioned as a decentralized wireless network and telecommunications operator. Roam offers a variety of products, including WIFI hardware and eSIM cards. Users can mine by purchasing hardware or can apply for an eSIM card and complete tasks to obtain free data.

In the technical architecture of Roam, the Roam telecom data layer is a core concept, achieving functionality through four ecological modules:

1. Roam Network: Responsible for the construction of network infrastructure
2. Roam Growth: Encourage user participation through incentive mechanisms.
3. Roam Discovery: Support new projects, promote innovation
4. Roam Community: Focus on community building and governance

The Integration of Roam and AI

Roam is actively integrating with AI technology, leveraging its own communication data advantages to provide high-quality data for AI projects. In the current development of AI, data is a key bottleneck, especially since communication data is often monopolized by traditional operators. Roam provides operator services through a Web3 approach, and under the premise of protecting privacy, uses the generated data as a data source for AI companies.

Roam adopts decentralized identity (DID), verifiable credentials (VC), and zero-knowledge proof (ZK) technology to protect user privacy. The Roam Discovery Program is expanding service boundaries and collaborating with multiple DePIN ecosystem partners to build a rich ecosystem of AI training datasets.

Roam not only provides basic carrier-grade data but is also building a comprehensive data ecosystem. By collaborating with partners in various fields, Roam integrates multidimensional data resources, including weather monitoring, CDN services, renewable energy usage, authentication, payment behavior, and more. This diversified data integration offers unprecedented depth and breadth for AI model training.

How Users Participate in DePIN

The rapid development of Roam is attributed to its "free + airdrop" strategy. Users can earn free traffic by completing tasks, and they can also share WIFI to earn points for future airdrops. This low-threshold method of participation greatly increases the attractiveness of the project.

For ordinary users, participating in DePIN projects is a potential opportunity. By sharing resources or completing tasks, users can earn token rewards or participate in future airdrop activities, thus sharing in the industry's development dividends.