Solana DePIN ecological monthly income hits a new high, with outstanding performance from various projects

The Solana ecosystem's DePIN track delivered an impressive report card in April. The cumulative revenue for the month reached $458,000, a year-on-year increase of 33%, setting a new high for the year. This achievement is mainly attributed to the steady growth of projects such as Helium, Render, Hivemapper, and XNET.

Despite record high revenues, the number of active contributors to the DePIN protocol has slightly declined. Projects such as Helium, Hivemapper, Nosana, Render, Sallar, Sourceful, and XNET collectively maintain around 87,000 active contributors. Notably, the number of contributors to smaller DePIN protocols has seen significant growth, with Nosana's growth rate exceeding 100%. In contrast, the growth of contributors to larger protocols like Helium and Hivemapper has remained flat or slightly declined.

The following is a performance review of major DePIN projects:

Dabba Network

As a Solana-based DePIN project targeting the Indian market, Dabba Network has deployed Wi-Fi hotspots across India in collaboration with local cable operators using a "managed deployment" model. From March to April, its cumulative data consumption doubled to 8000 TB, and device sales increased by 29%, further expanding the network scale.

Helium Mobile

As a mobile virtual network operator under the Helium network, Helium Mobile combines community-deployed Wi-Fi hotspots with cellular base stations from partner operators to provide users with low-cost mobile data and voice services. After opening free mobile plans to all users, new subscription users surged by 125%, reaching 36,000, setting a new historical high. Monthly revenue also hit a record of $250,000, a year-on-year increase of 34%, with data offloading accounting for as much as 79%.

In addition, the average daily uninstallation subscription volume of Helium Mobile has increased by 65%, and the uninstallation data volume has grown by 32%, both setting new historical records. It is worth mentioning that since 2025, the overall active contributors of Helium have shown a slight downward trend, currently stabilizing at around 75,000.

XNET

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

Roam

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

Shaga

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, with high-performance computing capabilities. Within two months, Shaga achieved 4,500 interactive game live broadcasts, totaling 50,000 hours, allowing viewers to control and participate in the host's games in real time.

Hivello

As a DePIN aggregation platform, Hivello 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 based on the Solana blockchain, focusing on providing a distributed computing power market for AI inference workloads. In April, the job completion volume and contributor rewards of Nosana saw a slight increase, while GPU nodes remained stable. The newly launched Gaianet AI collaboration project allows AI agents to run on the Nosana infrastructure, which is expected to drive job growth.

Sallar.io

Sallar connects the idle computing power of devices such as smartphones to the network, forming distributed computing nodes to support high-performance computing needs. 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 the idle internet bandwidth of user devices to the network, providing a foundational data source for AI training, data scraping, and proxy services. In April, Grass's data collection reached a record high of 34.5 million GB.

Wingbits

Wingbits is a decentralized physical infrastructure network project based on the Solana blockchain, which 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 sites has also increased by 43%, reaching 3,000.

Hivemapper

Hivemapper is a decentralized mapping network where users collect street-level images through dashcams to earn HONEY token rewards. In April, Hivemapper's monthly mapping mileage remained stable, and its AI-driven platform for fleet management, Beekeeper, was officially launched that month. Since February, the number of active map contributors on Hivemapper has stabilized at around 5,000.

NATIX Network

NATIX Network collects street view and geographic data through smartphones and dedicated devices, providing high-precision positioning and imaging support for map making, autonomous driving, and physical AI. In April, the ecosystem remained stable, with user-driven mileage maintaining at 11 million kilometers for the third consecutive month.

Sourceful Energy

Sourceful Energy, centered around decentralized virtual power plants, connects distributed energy resources to the Solana blockchain network. In April, Sourceful Energy's electricity output grew by 30%, and the newly launched Zap smart energy efficiency analysis device received 500 pre-orders, indicating a promising growth trend.

AmbiosNetwork

Ambios Network has built the world's largest environmental monitoring DePIN. In April, the cumulative user ecological data check-ins exceeded 2 million times, with a growth of 12% in ecological data check-in volume; the total number of platform users increased to 45,000, a year-on-year growth of 2%.