Pi Network has introduced Fast Track KYC, a new feature designed and enabled through further integration of AI in the KYC process. New Pioneers and non-users are eligible to complete Fast Track KYC in order to participate in the Mainnet ecosystem earlier than ever before. This update builds on Pi’s expansion of wallet activation eligibility—where KYC’d individuals can now activate wallets even before completing Mainnet migration—and continues the network’s mission to increase accessibility while maintaining strong security standards.
Earlier Access to the Ecosystem
Traditionally, new users were required to complete at least 30 mining sessions before becoming eligible to submit a standard KYC application. This created a natural delay between joining the network and being able to interact with the Mainnet ecosystem. With Fast Track KYC, that barrier is removed.
Now, Pioneers with fewer than 30 mining sessions (which includes those who are not currently users) are eligible to go through an early identity verification process and activate their Mainnet wallet. If eligible, users will see this option directly within the Pi Wallet app, allowing them to begin KYC and, once verified, gain immediate access to the Pi Mainnet wallet and its utilities.
What Fast Track KYC Enables
With a Mainnet wallet activated, new Pioneers can start engaging with Pi apps, local commerce, and ecosystem events. However, Fast Track KYC does not enable Mainnet migration. Mined balances will not be transferred until the user becomes fully eligible (e.g. completing at least 30 mining sessions) and completes the Mainnet Checklist that includes the standard KYC process.
Fast Track KYC, as a native solution within the Pi ecosystem, also addresses the need for identity verification required for Mainnet wallet activation—without relying on third-party services or the complexities of the full Mainnet migration process. It provides a secure and reliable alternative that functions as an equivalent path for new users to verify their identity and activate wallets. This marks a significant milestone for Pi, enabling quick wallet activation to verified new users and non-users through its own infrastructure. While third-party providers like Banxa continue to offer onboarding options, they are now one of two paths—no longer the only solution available to new Pioneers.
Fast Track KYC does not guarantee fast “passing” KYC and does not compromise the quality of KYC acceptances. Applications will be rejected if they do not meet the standards of regular KYC. In fact, while Fast Track KYC helps people activate Mainnet wallets faster, its standards may be even more conservative due to its automatic nature.
What Comes Next in KYC
By verifying new users and enabling them earlier access to the Mainnet ecosystem without any effect on migration, Fast Track KYC can be further observed, analyzed, calibrated, and improved. After further iterations in this use case, the underlying Fast Track KYC technology can later be integrated into the standard KYC process to speed up that process, unblocking migration, and save the collective validation human resources of the network.
Strengthening the Network for Everyone
Fast Track KYC supports Pi’s broader vision of building an accessible, utility-driven digital ecosystem powered by verified real users. By enabling new Pioneers to participate earlier, this feature expands the ability to engage to a larger verified audience, which supports developers and accelerates the use and testing of ecosystem apps.
Overall, identity verification via KYC is important for the integrity of the network, compliance, and readiness for integrations by services that require identity verification. Pi’s leading vision of building a KYC-verified blockchain network years earlier—and its realization of over 14.82 million migrated, KYC-verified people on the Pi Mainnet blockchain—is now echoed by the industry’s recent developments toward verified, permissioned standards such as ERC-3643, which embed identity and compliance logic directly into tokens on public networks.
Other news: KYC now available for Syrian users
Following Executive Order 14312, which terminated the U.S. government’s Syria Sanctions Program, and consistent with all applicable laws and regulations, Pi KYC services are now available to eligible individuals located in Syria.
