How to earn PI? Can you still make money now? Read this article and you'll understand

Many people’s understanding of PI Network (PI) may still be stuck at the “mining” stage: having downloaded the app before, clicking once a day to claim PI. But as PI has launched on exchanges and begun trading, many are starting to focus on a more practical question:

👉 How can I still earn PI now? What are the actual returns?

Traditional Method: Daily Check-in to Receive PI

The biggest attraction of PI Network in its early stages was its “lightweight mining mechanism”:

Simply open the app every day and click a button
to receive a certain amount of PI.

This design was intended to encourage more participation, rather than relying on hardware and electricity like Bitcoin.

However, looking at it now, the returns from “daily check-in mining PI” are actually very limited, mainly for two reasons:

1. PI has now been listed on trading platforms, and only after the price starts forming do people care about its value
2. The amount received daily is very small relative to the circulating market supply

In simple terms:
Clicking once a day can still get you PI,
but relying solely on this method to earn a “substantial profit” is basically unrealistic.

Participate in Ecosystem Applications and Tasks to Earn PI

As the PI Network ecosystem gradually improves, the official has launched more social/ecological contribution reward mechanisms:

• Invitation Rewards: Invite friends to register and mine, earning extra PI
• Ecosystem Tasks: Participate in official activities or promotional tasks to earn PI
• Verification Contributions: Gain small rewards through identity verification, activity, etc.

Compared to daily check-ins, these methods rely more on social spreading and community building, and for ordinary users, they remain the “core means of earning PI.”

But note: these task rewards are generally distributed in phases within the platform and do not represent immediate cash-out, depending on whether the ecological incentive mechanism is mature.

What are the current returns like?

This is what many people care most about.

Let’s look at recent market data:

👉 PI Network (PI) current priceapproximately $0.2 (based on data from exchanges like Gate.io)

👉 Compared to the peak around $3 when it launched in February 2025, it has already fallen about 95%.

This means:

• If you mined a lot of PI early on and sold at the high, your gains might be good
• If you are just mining daily, the “holding income” is actually very low or even negative (because the price has dropped sharply)

In other words:

PI earned from daily mining is just an asset in cost; how much you can really earn depends on whether you participate in trading and fund management.

Why are the returns so low? What does this indicate?

The low returns of PI Network are not accidental but related to the overall ecosystem operation logic:

1. The amount of PI received daily is too small relative to market circulation

Compared to the trading volume after listing, this dispersed distribution does not exert much pressure to clear chips.

2. Slow implementation of ecological applications

PI has not yet formed rigid demand in payment, consumption, or application scenarios, making it difficult for the price to establish a stable upward trend.

3. Result of market survival of the fittest

In the crypto market, many assets experience price corrections before having clear value support, which is normal.

Summary: Can you still earn PI now?

Yes, but not easy.

If you still mine daily:

You are accumulating an asset that “may have value in the future,” but short-term gains are very limited.

If you participate in:

• Invitation rewards
• Ecosystem tasks
• Platform trading

then your returns mainly come from:

Trading activities + spreading incentives + strategic management

In other words:

📌 If you want to “hold PI early and wait long-term for value realization” → this approach has uncertainties
📌 If you want to “earn profits through trading and price differences” → that’s a different gameplay, with risks and opportunities coexist