In an opinion piece published in X under the alias Dr. Altcoin (or @Dr_Picoin), Pi Network (PI) was recently given a glorifying review in their opinion piece even with a colossal 100 billion maximum supply. Although the Pi Core Team has not made any significant changes, the network still has a community trust and visibility. On November 11, 2025, he reversed the silence by posting something again and promptly sparked a debate within the Pi community and the rest of the crypto world.
According to the most recent update by CoinMarketCap, Pi is placed at position 47 with a price of 0.2296 USD. The coin increased by 1.03% and 2.06% in 24 hours and the last seven days respectively, and the trading volume was around 218 million. This performance indicates much resilience of a token that has not fully debuted on the mainnet.
In 2019, Stanford graduates Dr. Nicolas Kokkalis and Dr. Chengdiao Fan created Pi Network. Their mandate was very simple where they aimed at making crypto mining reach common people via mobile devices. The consent mechanism of Pi enables users to mine tokens directly on their phones without using heavy power or data as required by Bitcoin, thus consuming a lot of energy and requiring mining equipment. The limit of supply 100 billion tokens of the project has been a controversial point. However, its powerful international community, which has tens of millions of members, makes it still topical.
The team is creating smart contracts, a decentralized exchange (PI DEX) and new developer tools to create tokens. Recent collaborations, including a collaboration with AI project OpenMind, indicate that Pi is going in the direction of AI-enhanced blockchain solutions.
The integration enables node operators to operate AI models and get rewards, a new innovation that combines decentralized computing and artificial intelligence. This, analysts suppose, would assist Pi Network become a crowdsourced artificial intelligence computing market, which would provide it with a niche in the following generation of blockchain applications.
Pi has not been highly affected by the volatile market due to his steady performance. The 24-hour trading volume of the token has been relatively high, trading at $218 million, which indicates that the interest is high, but price changes are not as high as those of bigger assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.
The post by Dr. Altcoin is an expression of optimism and realism. He points out that there seem to be no major updates, but he also admits that the project can continue to rank without catalysts encouraged by hype. Users on X have mixed feedback as some of them commend the consistency of the Pi Core Team, but others complain about the delays in the complete release of the mainnet and the lack of clarity regarding the global coin value (GCV).
Not every voice of the community is good. Critics such as @Masters_Picoin have characterized Pi as having stagnation in his progress as there are long gaps between releases. Some other people claim that ambassadors and influencers exaggerate unrealistic expectations. Transparency is also a problem. The unlisted crypto assets have been the focus of global authorities of the U.S. and the EU.
The fundamentals are encouraging in spite of delays. The theme of energy-efficient mining that Pi Core Team emphasizes, along with the integration of AI, can set the team in good position to be in the next wave of decentralized technologies. According to experts, should the mainnet launch and ecosystem implementation of Pi go as planned, the massive following may become actual value in real life. To date, the story of Pi is that of a new ambitious project with a balance between innovation and expectation. Delivery is the only one that will determine whether Pi will finally deliver on its promise or not. To the present, it has been one of the most interesting mysteries of crypto.
