Honestly, I get why a lot of people are hyped about Pi Network. The coolest thing is pretty much anyone with a phone can start mining Pi coins for free, so you don't need some super expensive computer or to pay crazy electricity bills like with Bitcoin. It's like they're trying to make digital money a thing for normal folks, not just crypto nerds or rich people. I remember when my cousin started using Pi just because a friend told him it could be the next big thing, and now all his classmates talk about it like it's just picking up coins in a video game.

But here's the thing no one talks about: even with all these users, Pi coins haven't really been spendable or tradeable outside their app for a long time. That makes me a bit suspicious. Lots of people have thousands of Pi coins but can't cash them out or use them in real stores. There's this tension—will it ever be real money, or is it just hype? The new $100 million fund might help real companies start using Pi, but until I can pay for pizza with it, I'm not convinced it's revolutionizing money yet. Still, it's making crypto less scary and more accessible, at least. That's something! If it actually takes off in real business, though, that would be wild.