Solana DePIN ecosystem revenue hits a new high, impressive performance in April

The decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) track in the Solana ecosystem performed excellently in April, with monthly total revenue reaching $458,000, a year-on-year increase of 33%, marking the highest level this year. This growth is mainly attributed to the stable development of several major projects.

Despite a significant increase in revenue, the number of active contributors to the DePIN protocol has slightly declined. The main projects collectively maintain around 87,000 active contributors. It's worth noting that in April, the number of contributors to small DePIN protocols saw a significant increase, with some projects experiencing growth rates exceeding 100%, while the number of contributors to large projects remained stable or slightly declined.

Below is a performance review of major DePIN projects:

Dabba Network

This is a DePIN project aimed at the Indian market, deploying Wi-Fi hotspots in collaboration with local cable operators. During the period from March to April, its cumulative data consumption doubled to 8000 TB, and device sales increased by 29%.

Helium Mobile

As a virtual mobile network operator, Helium Mobile saw a surge of 125% in new subscription users after launching its open free mobile plan, reaching 36,000 users. Revenue in April hit a new high of $250,000, with data offloading accounting for 79%. The average daily offloading subscription volume and data volume increased by 65% and 32%, respectively, both setting new records.

It is worth noting that since 2025, the total number of active contributors to Helium has shown a slight downward trend and is currently stabilizing at around 75,000.

XNET

This decentralized mobile network continued to grow in April. The average daily data offloading increased by 16%, and the number of active contributors rose by 6% to 732, setting a new historical high.

Roam

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

Shaga

This protocol, which utilizes idle GPU computing power to support Web3 games, achieved 4,500 interactive game live streams within two months, totaling 50,000 hours.

Hivello

As a DePIN aggregation platform, Hivello's online duration in April has doubled compared to March, with more nodes joining to contribute to the network.

Nosana

The decentralized GPU computing network saw a slight increase in workload and contributor rewards in April, with GPU nodes remaining stable. The newly launched Gaianet AI collaboration project is expected to drive workload growth.

Sallar.io

Sallar supports high-performance computing through the idle computing power of devices such as smartphones. In April, the USD rewards increased to $11,800, a month-on-month increase of 27%, and the number of active wallets remained stable.

Grass

This project provides AI training, data scraping, and underlying data for proxy services, with data collection in April reaching a new high of 34.5 million GB.

Wingbits

Since November 2024, this aviation data collection network has tracked the number of flights increasing to 150,000, with daily data points collected reaching 9 billion, representing increases of 7% and 29% respectively. The number of contributing sites has also increased by 43%, reaching 3,000.

Hivemapper

This decentralized mapping network maintained a stable mapping mileage in April, with the number of active map contributors remaining stable at around 5,000 since February. Its AI-driven platform Beekeeper, aimed at fleet management, also officially launched in April, promising to bring new growth momentum.

NATIX Network

The streetscape and geographic data collection network remained stable in April, with user-driven mileage maintaining at 11 million kilometers for the third consecutive month.

Sourceful Energy

The decentralized virtual power plant project saw a 30% increase in electricity output in April. The newly launched Zap smart energy efficiency analysis device received 500 pre-orders, and the growth momentum is expected to continue.

AmbiosNetwork

As the largest scale environmental monitoring DePIN globally, Ambios Network saw its cumulative user ecological data check-ins surpass 2 million times in April, with a 12% increase in ecological data check-in volume. The total number of platform users has increased to 45,000, a year-on-year growth of 2%.

Overall, the Solana DePIN ecosystem demonstrated strong growth momentum in April, with multiple projects making significant progress in user growth, data collection, and revenue. This reflects the steady improvement of decentralized physical infrastructure networks in terms of practical applications and market acceptance.