The Pi2Day 2026 Ecosystem Quest ran from June 28 – July 13, celebrating and highlighting Pi2Day’s major ecosystem and utility-supporting updates.
The Quest guided Pioneers to complete activities that help them discover new apps, test ecosystem features, and understand how Pi’s infrastructure supports utility creation across compute, AI, and identity. Pioneers who completed the Quest also received a special-edition in-app badge accessible in Pi Chats and Pi Social Profiles.
The Ecosystem Quest
The Pi2Day Ecosystem Quest walked Pioneers through Pi ecosystem features and Pi2Day’s new releases. Over 2.56 million Pioneers started the Quest, and more than 1.78 million completed every step to claim this year’s special-edition badge.
The steps included:
- Exploring SoloHost Apps on Pi Desktop: The Quest showed how Node operators and Pi Desktop users can run and manage SoloHost applications, including local AI agents and other utilities beyond blockchain validation.
- Participating in Ecosystem Directory Staking: Pioneers engaged with the refreshed Ecosystem Interface and how to stake Pi to support apps and help increase their visibility.
- Discovering Vibe-Coded Apps: Pioneers explored apps created with external AI tools and Pi App Studio, staked Pi to support their rankings in the Ecosystem Interface, and shared favorite apps in the Vibe Code channel on Fireside Forum.
The strong participation showed community engagement and eagerness to learn about, explore, and test new utilities as they launch.
Major Pi2Day Releases
Pi Network celebrated Pi2Day with three new releases that grow Pi’s utility within the Pi ecosystem and expand it beyond Pi’s platform to the external world. At the same time, they invite external businesses and developers to join Pi Network and take advantage of Pi’s unique benefits and resources.
SoloHost is an open, permissionless framework on Pi Desktop where developers can build and list apps that help run local AI and, soon, distributed computing use cases. Through the SoloHost early Beta that is gradually being released, users can discover and run these apps on their own computers, and engage with the corresponding app through mobile devices on Pi Browser. Community developers have already deployed 110 apps through SoloHost, demonstrating early developer interest in creating utilities that can reach the over 420,000 Pi Node operators and even more Pi Desktop users who can run apps on their own machines.
Pi Sign-in enables Pioneers to use their Pi account to sign in to supported third-party websites and apps, which can benefit from Pi’s network size and verified identity resource, outside the Pi Browser. This helps expand Pi’s presence in the wider internet and third-party context, while supporting easier integrations and a smoother connection with Pi’s ecosystem.
PiVerify makes Pi’s real-human verification capabilities available to third-party clients that need KYC and identity verification for their own users. This gives external platforms a means to mitigate fake or duplicate accounts and support compliance-related workflows, while verifying their users helps enlarge the pool of verified individuals through Pi’s KYC solution. The client also pays in Pi to use PiVerify services, which increases Pi utility.
Together, these releases advance Pi’s practical utility across compute, AI, and identity. By first providing useful services and resources for external third parties, such as Pi’s blockchain infrastructure, identity verification, and large globally engaged network, Pi offers multiple unique incentives to not only use Pi’s services but also join and contribute to Pi’s existing ecosystem.
Read the full Pi2Day 2026 blog to learn more about each release.
Utility-Driven Community
Thank you to all the Pioneers who participated in the Ecosystem Quest! The Quest gave the community a hands-on way to engage with Pi2Day’s releases and explore how new tools, applications, and infrastructure are expanding utility across the Pi ecosystem.