Welcome to the only official presence of the Pi Core Team on Telegram! This is an announcements-only channel as an additional platform for Pi news & updates! There are no official Pi chatrooms on Telegram; use the Pi chats in the Pi application itself for discussions.

New Pi Node Version!

Download the new Node version 0.4.4 released on Friday, April 30th, if you haven't yet.

Older Node versions will stop being supported soon. The New release reduces disk space taken by the Node on your computer through making the blockchain API service optional.

Read more in the troubleshooting screen in the Node Interface.

17m+ Million Engaged Pioneers!

Mine at a higher rate while you can. The mining rate may halve or fall to zero at Mainnet and when Pi reaches 100m engaged Pioneers. Don't miss out!

Mod Series: Pi Wallet Tests

This is a new content series created by the Mods to help Pioneers.

Remember, Test-Pi ≠ Real Pi. Test-Pi has NO VALUE. Keep your Passphrase safe, as this works as your private key to the wallet.

The Core Team & Mods cannot recover lost passphrases!

Created by Testius

https://twitter.com/PiCoreTeam/status/1394341745161211908?s=20

18+ Million Engaged Pioneers!

Mine at a higher rate while you can. The mining rate may halve or fall to zero at Mainnet and when Pi reaches 100m engaged Pioneers. Don't miss out!

https://twitter.com/PiCoreTeam/status/1399416200237502472?s=20

New Mod Series: Watch Out & Protect Yourself From Scams

Welcome to another Mod Series. Today we will discuss various Pi scams and how to avoid them. As Pi Network grows, scams claiming to involve Pi have recently popped up. Stay safe.

Watch here:
https://youtu.be/luHAMYs8Fno

How can Pi be mined on mobile phones without the energy consumption typically known in “crypto mining”?

Recent events have drawn major focus onto the climate impact of cryptocurrency globally. For the sake of the planet, sustainability is important to ensure the future of decentralized finance and transactions.

Read more on how Pi is taking the industry forward while creating a sustainable blockchain ecosystem.

Visit the Pi home screen to read more.

Pi2Day (June 28, aka 6.28 = 3.14 x 2), the Pi Core Team announces our new Pi Hackathon, taking place from Pi2Day until Aug 10.

Community developers can participate in the Hackathon online to build Pi apps atop the new Pi Utilities Platform, showcase progress and win awards.

3.14 is Pi day.
6.28 is Pi 2 Day

Hey Pioneers! Pi2Day is just around the corner and we hope everyone ready for the start of Pi's new hackathon.

Join the hackathon through the Brainstorm app to register, propose ideas and form teams.

#buildpi2gether #pi2day #pinetwork

In celebration of Pi2 Day (6.28.21) Pi is excited to launch the new Pi Utilities Apps Platform, Pi Developer Community & Hackathon.

An important part of building the ecosystem is to create applications with real life use cases for Pioneers around the world. Let’s #BuildPi2gether

Read the full Hackathon Agenda Here:
https://pinetwork-official.medium.com/pi-hackathon-agenda-6d0d43d82c2c

Hey Pioneers, the Pi Hackathon has kicked off and we need your help! Newly proposed projects need-blind reviews to be accepted into the hackathon.

Help filter out the noise & ensure that quality projects get published in a decentralized manner. Visit Brainstorm and tap 'Review'

Join the Pi Hackathon Workshops by the core team. Learn about the Pi Developer Portal & Pi App Engine demo.

We are building the foundations where developers can create apps for Pioneers & create real use-cases.

View the workshops:

Workshop #1 - Pi Devleoper Portal
https://youtu.be/1geTAyvMeZM

Workshop #2 - Pi App Engine Demo
https://youtu.be/jQH4NRiyxxY

#BuildPi2gether #PiHackathon

Hey Pioneers, welcome to another Hackathon Workshop video.

This week our Core Team developer Hakkyung will show you how to utilize Pi Payments and Pi SDK & Sandbox when building your app.

Pi Payments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvrmaDu61Tc

Pi SDK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wsIYOFtSZ4&t=18s

#Buildpi2gether!