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Mining & DePIN
The experienced corner. Every project below was checked live and verified — real mining operations and DePIN networks, real links, no hype.
Crypto mining
Earn block rewards with your own hardware — or point it at a trusted pool.
Kryptex
Mine LTC and get paid in BTC
Mining pool Brandon uses himself — point your ASIC or GPU at it and earn Litecoin, paid out in Bitcoin.
Why it’s trusted: Brandon mines LTC here daily. Launched the “Pearl” pool June 2026; public no-auth pool API.
NiceHash
The hashpower marketplace
Buy or sell hashpower since 2014 — the oldest running marketplace for mining power, surviving multiple cycles.
Why it’s trusted: Operating since 2014; repaid users after the 2017 hack. 200th EasyMining solo BTC block mined July 2026.
ViaBTC
#1 in LTC/DOGE merged mining
Top pool for Litecoin + Dogecoin merged mining, plus BTC, BCH and ZEC. 2M+ users, 10th anniversary in 2026.
Why it’s trusted: 10th anniversary campaign May 2026; #1 in LTC/DOGE merged mining; Stratum V2 working group member.
F2Pool
One of the oldest Bitcoin pools
Running since 2013, holding ~11–15% of Bitcoin hashrate in 2026. A bedrock pool of the PoW era.
Why it’s trusted: Operating since 2013. Note: Jan 2026 research showed F2Pool filtering OFAC-sanctioned transactions.
DePIN — earn with your hardware
Decentralized physical infrastructure: get paid in crypto for sharing bandwidth, storage, compute, or sensor data.
Helium
The people's wireless network
Run a hotspot, provide wireless coverage, earn HNT. The original DePIN — millions of hotspots deployed.
Why it’s trusted: Q2 2026: $3.35M revenue, ~2.88M daily Mobile users. SEC case settled Apr 2025 — claims dismissed.
Render Network
Decentralized GPU rendering
Rent out your GPU for 3D rendering and AI workloads, earn RENDER. Real demand from artists and studios.
Why it’s trusted: Founded by OTOY, live since 2020. RenderCon 2026 drew NVIDIA speakers; paying node operators for years.
Filecoin
Decentralized storage network
Provide hard-drive space, earn FIL for storing real client data. Exabytes of capacity on the network.
Why it’s trusted: Mainnet since 2020; RetroPGF Round 3 paid 500K FIL to 91 builder projects (Jan 2026).
Akash Network
Decentralized cloud compute
Rent out spare server capacity — or buy compute far cheaper than AWS. Earn AKT as a provider.
Why it’s trusted: Live since 2021, open-source. BME upgrade live Mar 2026 — AKT burned on every compute transaction.
Hivemapper (Bee Maps)
Drive and map the world
Mount a dashcam, contribute street-level imagery, earn crypto. A decentralized Google Street View — now Bee Maps.
Why it’s trusted: Raised $32M Oct 2025; enterprise customers (VW, Lyft, Mapbox); USDC driver-rewards beta July 2026.
io.net
Decentralized GPU cloud for AI
Aggregate GPUs into a cloud for AI training and inference. One of the biggest DePIN compute plays on Solana.
Why it’s trusted: Recovered from 2024–25 setbacks: new tokenomics June 2026 (50% of revenue burned in $IO), earnings trending up.
DIMO
Earn from your car's data
Plug in a device, share your vehicle's data, earn DIMO. Your car data finally pays you, not the dealer.
Why it’s trusted: ~180K connected vehicles; Japan DePIN venture launched June 2026. Note: the token drew down hard in 2026.
Grass
Share bandwidth, earn crypto
Share your unused internet bandwidth, earn rewards. Stage 2 payouts went out in USDC in July 2026.
Why it’s trusted: $33M annualized revenue reported July 2026. Note: the Oct 2024 airdrop was controversial.
GEODNET
Precision GPS on blockchain
Run a GNSS station, contribute centimeter-accurate positioning data, earn GEOD. 20K+ stations worldwide.
Why it’s trusted: GEOD spot-trading on Coinbase since June 2026; $2.1M/quarter token burn (80% of revenue).
Nosana
GPU inference marketplace
Rent out your GPU for AI inference jobs, earn NOS. Built for the inference side of the AI boom.
Why it’s trusted: Monthly newsletters through Aug 2026; third parties verified renting GPUs on the network.