Summary of today's Pi Network main screen update.

1. Auction statistics and interface enhancement
Real-time statistics: #Pioneers can now track the highest bid domains, highest prices, popular names, etc. through the new "Auction Statistics" page within the app.
Independent Pi Application: The auction has been separated from the Pi wallet to become its own $Pi application, achieving a streamlined UI improvement and an upcoming email reminder feature.
Smoother bidding: General UI updates, broader access after the mainnet wallet launch, and upcoming email notifications.
2. Focus on practicality, not just ownership.
Core vision: The .pi domain aims to become an active Web3 identifier (such as storefronts, tools, blogs), rather than a speculative asset.
Current trend: Many active bidders are targeting generic names or well-known brands - typical domain name squatting.
Risk: This type of land grab shifts value from actual utility to pure ownership, which contradicts the goal of having available and recognizable .pi addresses in the ecosystem.
3. The response of the Pi Network team and the next steps.
Addressing the issue of squatting: The updated content emphasizes this issue and indicates that efforts are being made to "make application creation easier than ever."
Encouraging practical use: Pi Core will launch tools to help pioneers launch applications and services with their .pi names - not just buying domain names.
Future Announcement: New development tools and application building resources are coming soon.
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Concise interpretation
1. Check the new statistics page: use it to discover domain trends and learn about the highest bidding domains.
2. Purposeful buying: Only bid on names you plan to develop - ideally related to a real application or content.
3. Prepare to Build: When the application build toolkit is released, be ready with a concept (store, service, blog, etc.) to declare and launch your .pi domain.
4. Please pay attention: Stay tuned for further updates, especially regarding updates on accessing developer tools to make the auction more practical.
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Personal opinion
.pi domain name auction snatching phenomenon is becoming increasingly serious, and this behavior undermines their vision of domain names as useful endpoints for Web3. To address this situation, they are enhancing transparency (statistical pages, application separation) and are committed to launching some tools to make building with .pi domain names easier.
Today's focus:
Soon, having a domain name will no longer be just a simple speculation, an investment cast aside; you will truly be able to bring it to life through the tools that the project team is about to launch, making "creating applications easier than ever before."
This is the biggest highlight of today's update, which means that building applications in the Pi Network ecosystem is no longer the exclusive privilege of a few code developers. The tools designed by the Pi Network team will make it easier and simpler for ordinary people to export applications with just one click by binding .pi domain names.
With the iteration and development of AI, the previously seemingly profound technical research and development work will inevitably lead to the emergence of tools that allow AI tools to be exported in a one-click, batch manner according to the requirements of self-designed styles.
With the help of the application building tools, anyone can be a programmer, designer, or ecological developer. All you need to do is simply apply for a .pi domain name binding, and through the tools provided by the project, you can design an application that generates a unique pi network ecosystem.
When everyone can be an ecological party, and when this accessibility is popularized and made inclusive, the true era of web3 will truly arrive! The ecosystem of pi network will sprout up like bamboo shoots after a rain.
The Pi Network has always been quietly working on the infrastructure of Web3, whether it is nodes, wallets, KYC, domains, security, advertising alliances, and so on.
What we most want to see is indeed the magnificent decoration and design, as well as the influx and rush of trends and fads, but let us not forget that "a tall building rises from the ground, every brick and tile is a foundation."
What the project team needs to do is to lay the foundation for the pi network and web3, which is a vast prairie. As for the thousands of fine horses we long for, that is just a natural process that will occur when the time is right.