Solana Ecosystem DePIN Revenue Hits Record High, Main Projects Performance Review for April

The income of the DePIN track in the Solana ecosystem has reached a new high since the beginning of the year, with a cumulative monthly income of $458,000 in April, a year-on-year increase of 33%, achieving the best performance this year. This is mainly due to the steady growth of several key projects.

However, the number of active contributors to the DePIN protocol has slightly declined, with major projects maintaining a total of about 87,000 active contributors. In April 2025, the number of contributors to small DePIN protocols saw significant growth, with some projects experiencing growth rates exceeding 100%, while the growth of contributors to large protocols remained flat or slightly declined.

Here is a review of the performance of major DePIN projects in April:

Dabba Network

Dabba Network is a DePIN project aimed at the Indian market, designed to deploy Wi-Fi hotspots across India in collaboration with local cable operators, providing high-speed, low-cost internet access services. From March to April, its cumulative data consumption doubled to 8000 TB; during the same period, device sales grew by 29%, further expanding the network scale.

Helium Mobile

Helium Mobile is a mobile virtual network operator that combines community-deployed Wi-Fi hotspots with cellular base stations from partner operators to provide users with low-cost mobile data and voice services.

In April, after Helium Mobile opened free mobile plans to all users, new subscription users surged by 125%, reaching a historic high of 36,000. Monthly revenue grew by 34%, reaching a new high of $250,000, with data offloading accounting for 79%.

In addition, Helium Mobile's average daily uninstall subscription volume increased by 65%, and the uninstall data volume grew by 32%, both setting new historical records. It is noteworthy that since 2025, the overall number of active contributors to Helium has shown a slight downward trend, currently stabilizing at around 75,000.

XNET

XNET is a decentralized mobile network. In April, the data offloading of XNET continued to grow, with an average daily offloading volume increasing by 16%, marking a steady upward trend that has lasted for 8 months. Despite a 6% decrease in rewards, the number of active contributors to XNET Mobile in April still rose by 6%, reaching 732 people, setting a new historical high.

Roam

In April, Roam added 535,000 WiFi nodes (the second highest in history) and 87,000 new users, with the total number of nodes approaching 4 million and the number of users nearing 3 million. Although the monthly user check-in volume decreased by 19%, the cumulative check-in count has exceeded 300 million times, demonstrating that user engagement remains strong.

Shaga

The Shaga protocol utilizes idle GPU computing power to support Web3 games, currently covering 74 GPU models, providing 33.12 TB of storage and 15.27 Gbps throughput, equipped with high-performance computing capabilities. Within two months, Shaga achieved 4,500 interactive game live broadcasts, with a total duration of 50,000 hours, allowing viewers to control and participate in the host's games in real time.

Hivello

Hivello, as a DePIN aggregation platform, is used to monetize idle resources. The online duration in April doubled compared to March, with more nodes joining to contribute to the network.

Nosana

Nosana is a decentralized GPU computing network focused on providing a distributed computing power market for AI inference workloads. In April, the job completion volume of Nosana saw a slight increase along with contributor rewards, while GPU nodes remained stable. The newly launched Gaianet AI partnership project allows AI agents to run on the Nosana infrastructure, which is expected to drive job growth.

Sallar.io

Sallar is a platform that connects the idle computing power of devices such as smartphones to a network, forming distributed computing nodes. In April, Sallar's dollar rewards increased by 27% month-on-month, reaching $11,800, while the number of active wallets remained stable.

Grass

Grass connects idle internet bandwidth from user devices to the network, providing a foundational data source for AI training, data scraping, and proxy services. In April, Grass's data collection volume reached a historic high of 34.5 million GB.

Wingbits

Wingbits is a decentralized physical infrastructure network project that collects aircraft data in real-time through ADS-B hardware deployed by global users. Since November 2024, the number of flights tracked by the Wingbits network has increased to 150,000, with daily data points collected rising to 9 billion, representing increases of 7% and 29%, respectively; the number of contributing stations has also increased by 43%, reaching 3,000.

Hivemapper

Hivemapper is a decentralized mapping network where users collect street-level imagery through dashcams to earn token rewards. In April, the monthly mapping mileage remained stable, and its AI-driven platform for fleet management, Beekeeper, officially launched that month, which will bring new growth momentum as more fleets join. Since February, the number of active map contributors for Hivemapper has stabilized at around 5,000.

NATIX Network

NATIX Network collects street view and geographic data through smartphones and dedicated devices, supporting mapping, autonomous driving, and physical AI. In April, user-driven mileage maintained at 11 million kilometers for the third consecutive month.

Sourceful Energy

Sourceful Energy focuses on decentralized virtual power plants, integrating distributed energy resources into the blockchain network. In April, power output increased by 30%, and with the newly launched Zap smart energy efficiency analysis device receiving 500 pre-orders, the growth momentum is expected to continue.

AmbiosNetwork

Ambios Network has built the world's largest environmental monitoring DePIN, providing real-time, hyper-local environmental data by deploying low-cost air quality and environmental sensors. In April, the cumulative user ecological data check-ins exceeded 2 million, with a 12% increase in ecological data check-in volume; the total number of platform users rose to 45,000, a year-on-year increase of 2%.