@Combining the official 2026 roadmap with community planning, Pi Network will very likely launch the following new features and upgrades in the future (primarily focused on 2026), organized by direction as follows👇

1. Payment & Commercial Ecosystem (Core Implementation)

- Pi Global Payment Gateway 1.0: Integrating with 500+ merchants including Amazon, Walmart, Alibaba International Station, covering shopping, dining, transportation, cross-border trade, enabling daily Pi payments.
- Zero-Code Pi Payment Integration (App Studio): Ordinary users/developers can quickly integrate Pi payments into applications without coding, supporting in-app purchases and feature unlocking.
- Pi DEX (Decentralized Exchange): Direct trading of PI with other tokens within the ecosystem, P2P without intermediaries, equipped with liquidity pools, supporting DeFi.
- Gaming Ecosystem Launch: Partnering with CiDi Games to launch H5 game center, earning/using Pi through gaming, opening APIs for developer integration.

2. Identity & Security (KYC 3.0+)

- KYC 3.0: More efficient process, palm print authentication Beta (liveness detection, account recovery, 2FA).
- KYC as a Service (KaaS): Opening identity verification to Web3 developers/traditional enterprises, AI + manual review, without sharing user data.
- On-Chain Governance (PiDAO): Pioneers participate in ecosystem decision-making, voting, proposals, transforming from users to co-builders.

3. DeFi & Wealth Management

- Staking Mining/Lock-up Value Enhancement: Mainnet wallet launching staking and wealth management services, improving asset utilization.
- Physical Asset Anchoring: Commodities, real estate, cross-border labor payment scenarios, reinforcing value support.
- Developer Support Program: 10 million Pi dedicated fund, encouraging DApp, DeFi, and tool development.

4. Infrastructure Technology Upgrade

- Protocol v23: Faster transactions, stronger security, smart contract support, laying foundation for DEX and DeFi.
- AI Integration: AI-assisted KYC, system health analysis, developer intelligent tools, automated operations.
- Super Node Plan: Network expansion, improving stability and throughput.

5. User & Community Tools

- Ad Deployment Mechanism: Viewing ads to complete app deployment when balance is insufficient, lowering creation barriers.
- Commemorative Badge System: Mining, community participation, KYC and other milestone badges, shareable on social media.
- Mainnet Migration Automation: Regular (monthly/quarterly) migration rewards, including referral rewards, node rewards, etc.

6. Compliance & Globalization

- Global Payment Licenses: Compliance in 12 countries/regions across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, etc., removing circulation barriers.
- EU MiCA Compliance: Planned listing on compliant exchanges such as OKX Europe, enhancing liquidity.