In the past, when you got a new phone and your old one was no longer useful, your only options were to let it gather dust, give it to your parents, or sell it to Zhuanzhuan for recycling.
But now that I’ve come across @Acurast, I’ve realized that phones have a new use: they can join a decentralized computing network.
Acurast currently offers two ways to participate.
The first is Processor Lite, which uses your everyday phone. Install the Acurast app and connect to the network. You can keep using your phone as usual, then leave it idle while you sleep or charge it to contribute computing power. It supports both Android and iPhone, and there’s no need to factory-reset your device.
The other option is Acurast Core, which is better suited to phones that would otherwise gather dust. You’ll need to factory-reset the phone and run it as a dedicated computing device. It can stay online around the clock and continuously provide computing resources.
However, the current official requirements are Android 12 or later, no root access, and a locked bootloader.
So how do you earn $ACU after joining? The key is contributing computing power.
The more powerful your phone and the longer it stays online, the higher your base rewards will generally be. If developers deploy tasks to your device, you can also earn extra execution rewards.
Acurast also has a Staked Compute mechanism. Staking computing power gives you additional reward weight.
Under the current official allocation, 70% goes to Staked Compute, while 10% is allocated to base computing rewards.
So keep in mind: simply downloading the app doesn’t guarantee a fixed daily income.
The rewards you ultimately receive depend on factors such as your device’s performance, how long it stays online, and the network’s workload.
The Acurast network has now connected more than 321,000 phones, completed over 675,000 computing deployments, and processed more than 1.1 billion on-chain transactions.
So if you happen to have an old phone lying around, you could try joining according to the official guidelines rather than letting it gather dust.
That said, I wouldn’t recommend buying a new phone just to mine $ACU—you could end up losing money.
As for how far this model can go, and whether it can break the rule that phone-based DePIN projects don’t offer much upside, we’ll have to see whether real demand for computing power can keep growing.
#Acurast #ACU
But now that I’ve come across @Acurast, I’ve realized that phones have a new use: they can join a decentralized computing network.
Acurast currently offers two ways to participate.
The first is Processor Lite, which uses your everyday phone. Install the Acurast app and connect to the network. You can keep using your phone as usual, then leave it idle while you sleep or charge it to contribute computing power. It supports both Android and iPhone, and there’s no need to factory-reset your device.
The other option is Acurast Core, which is better suited to phones that would otherwise gather dust. You’ll need to factory-reset the phone and run it as a dedicated computing device. It can stay online around the clock and continuously provide computing resources.
However, the current official requirements are Android 12 or later, no root access, and a locked bootloader.
So how do you earn $ACU after joining? The key is contributing computing power.
The more powerful your phone and the longer it stays online, the higher your base rewards will generally be. If developers deploy tasks to your device, you can also earn extra execution rewards.
Acurast also has a Staked Compute mechanism. Staking computing power gives you additional reward weight.
Under the current official allocation, 70% goes to Staked Compute, while 10% is allocated to base computing rewards.
So keep in mind: simply downloading the app doesn’t guarantee a fixed daily income.
The rewards you ultimately receive depend on factors such as your device’s performance, how long it stays online, and the network’s workload.
The Acurast network has now connected more than 321,000 phones, completed over 675,000 computing deployments, and processed more than 1.1 billion on-chain transactions.
So if you happen to have an old phone lying around, you could try joining according to the official guidelines rather than letting it gather dust.
That said, I wouldn’t recommend buying a new phone just to mine $ACU—you could end up losing money.
As for how far this model can go, and whether it can break the rule that phone-based DePIN projects don’t offer much upside, we’ll have to see whether real demand for computing power can keep growing.
#Acurast #ACU
