Most people see $PI's decision to skip inventing a new consensus mechanism as a weakness. It's actually the opposite.
Building novel consensus is where blockchain projects burn 2+ years and massive security budgets. History shows this over and over. By borrowing proven consensus tech, Pi shifted focus to what actually matters: getting people to use the apps.
The hard problem was never consensus. It was adoption. Pi understood that early, which is why they didn't waste time reinventing the wheel on the infrastructure layer.
This wasn't a shortcut. It was strategic resource allocation. Save the innovation budget for the layer that touches users, not the layer buried in validators.
Building novel consensus is where blockchain projects burn 2+ years and massive security budgets. History shows this over and over. By borrowing proven consensus tech, Pi shifted focus to what actually matters: getting people to use the apps.
The hard problem was never consensus. It was adoption. Pi understood that early, which is why they didn't waste time reinventing the wheel on the infrastructure layer.
This wasn't a shortcut. It was strategic resource allocation. Save the innovation budget for the layer that touches users, not the layer buried in validators.