Gate News message, April 21 — Pi Network co-founder Nicolas Kokkalis is set to speak at Consensus 2026 in Miami on May 7, joining a panel titled “How to Prove You’re Human in an AI World Without Doxing Yourself” from 10:15 to 10:45 AM EDT. The session addresses verifying real human identity online without requiring users to expose private identity data, a challenge as AI systems become capable of generating convincing fake profiles at scale.
The Consensus appearance comes as Pi’s development momentum reaches its strongest point in project history. Over the past four months of 2026, Pi has achieved five major execution milestones.
Protocol modernization has formed the foundation. Pi upgraded through multiple protocol versions, with all major nodes now running Protocol 20. Protocol 21 rolled out on April 6 with a security hard fork deployed, and a publicly scheduled roadmap targets Protocol 26 by end of June 2026.
Smart contracts shipped on testnet on April 17, with the first contract focused on recurring subscriptions for streaming, e-commerce and software billing. Subscribers approve a defined budget once without resigning for each billing event. The contract is under external audit and published as PRC2 on GitHub. An RPC server providing developers direct access to the blockchain shipped ten days earlier.
Mainnet migration has passed 16.5 million verified pioneers, with over 119,000 completing second migrations including referral mining bonuses. Two-factor authentication is now mandatory across the network.
On April 3, KYC validator rewards were distributed at 0.0504 Pi per validation, approximately 21 times the current base mining rate. The Pi Foundation contributed 10 million Pi to the reward pool, demonstrating Pi’s ability to coordinate, measure and pay over one million KYC-verified humans in native token at global scale.
Ecosystem tooling is advancing with Pi App Studio now live on mainnet with live payments, Pi Launchpad live on testnet, and Kraken, a tier-one regulated exchange, integrating support for PI through the KYB verification process.
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