295K Phones and 1,000,000,000 On-Chain Transactions
Rebels, we did it. Acurast has officially crossed 1,000,000,000 on-chain transactions and 295,000 onboarded smartphones. Just eight months ago, we hit 550M. Now, we’ve crossed the billion mar
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August 27, 2026
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Rebels, we did it.
Acurast has officially crossed 1,000,000,000 on-chain transactions and 295,000 onboarded smartphones.
Just eight months ago, we hit 550M. Now, we’ve crossed the billion mark, making Acurast one of the fastest-growing and highest-throughput DePIN networks in crypto.
Whether you're running a spare device, staking $ACU, or deploying decentralized workloads, this milestone belongs to you.
What 1 Billion Transactions Means for DePIN
While centralized cloud giants spend tens of billions building carbon-heavy server farms, Acurast proved that the compute network of the future is already sitting in people’s pockets.
295K+ Live Devices: Over 295,000 smartphones across 175+ countries are running as active, secure compute processors.
1B Real On-Chain Txs: Genuine compute execution, verification, and autonomous state transitions running 24/7.
Real Workloads (AI & Compute): Developers are actively running everything from 24/7 autonomous AI agents (like Nous Research’s Hermes) to serverless workloads on decentralized mobile hardware.
Put Your Idle Hardware to Work (or Stake $ACU)
Acurast isn’t just about providing compute, it’s an open economy built for both hardware providers and token holders:
Run a Phone: Got an old or spare smartphone collecting dust? Turn it into a decentralized compute hardware in minutes and start getting rewards for providing power to the network.
Stake & Delegate: Don't have a spare device? You can delegate your $ACU to active providers to help secure the network and share in the staking rewards.
Ready to Join the Cloud Rebellion?
1B transactions is just the warm-up. As decentralized AI, edge computing, and real-world DePIN demand ramp up, the network is scaling faster than ever.
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