DePIN

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4. Is the relationship between operational difficulty and supply side buildout/adoption for depins a close, linear relationship or is it nonlinear? Or is it all about ROI for early adopters?

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It's much easier to convince retail to buy a ~$200-$400 device than it is to convince a professional deployment company to invest their time and purchase ~$2000 hardware to build out your network

I’d say it’s a close linear relationship. The DePIN networks that have been the most successful this far have been the ones where your average person can contribute to the supply-side (hivemapper, helium 5G (wifi hotspots, not CBRS radios, Render)