What are the "DePIN" projects that people think are most likely to actually work?

It feels like the category is a new name for something that's been around for a decade (StorJ, various decentralized ubers...) but has never gotten off the ground? So what's the bull case for why it will get off the ground now?

Other than a different financial structure (distributed capex allows deployment of infrastructure without huge funding), I believe that some of these projects that involve sensors, will provide an new source of truth about how we see the world.

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OK, this is close to home, so very subjective, but:
For example, you won't have to rely on a centralized org for weather data when debating climate change, but a decentralized network like WeatherXM. (Ofc there are new challenges there, and while distributed, we are far from being decentralized yet.)

I was taking a look at WeatherXM some days ago. Sounds really interesting. Did you try it?

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Omg I realized by your bio that you work there. Nevermind, I’ll sent you a DC 🥲