How to verify DePIN data end to end: start at the verify_url on every value, confirm the source, then check the Merkle root and Bitcoin timestamp that prove the batch's integrity and time.
DePIN TVL measures value locked into networks — staked tokens, secured collateral, and reserves. Here is how we track TVL across infrastructure networks and why it reads differently than DeFi TVL.
Bittensor is the largest single source in our DePIN coverage. We decode 129 subnets directly from the Finney chain — neurons, validators, alpha pools, and TAO emission — with no third-party indexer in the path.
The complete DePIN data API reference: live endpoints, the coverage tiers, the canonical schema, and the provenance contract. A developer's map of the Kairos Signal DePIN API.
Node count is the most-quoted — and most-inflated — DePIN metric. Here is how we track verifiable active node counts across 372 networks, and why registered counts hide the real story.
Storj is a storage DePIN with a satellite architecture that makes its data picture subtle. Here is how to query storage nodes, satellites, and real capacity — and why the two-denominator problem matters.
The DePIN Agent API is built for machines: self-serve credits, USDC payments, and zero sales friction. Here is how agents onboard, pay, and consume DePIN intelligence without a human in the loop.
Autonomous agents now discover, verify, and buy DePIN intelligence without a human in the loop. Here is the end-to-end flow — from MCP discovery to USDC payment to verified data consumption.
Infrastructure telemetry is the scarcest and most valuable DePIN data — the actual measurement of nodes, GPUs, and storage. Only some cataloged networks have it, which is exactly why it's a moat.
The DePIN data map has a hard edge. Of the networks we catalog, only some carry live data, and fewer still have first-party telemetry. Here is where data exists, where it's missing, and why naming the gaps is part of the service.
DePIN analytics is the discipline of turning raw chain data and telemetry into investment decisions. Here is the pipeline: collect from 138 sources, normalize 372 networks into canonical metrics, and anchor every number to its source.
DePIN telemetry is the raw measurement of physical infrastructure: active nodes, deployed compute, real storage. Here is how we collect first-party supply data from 296 networks across 138 sources, normalize it, and prove it hasn't been tampered with.