The Pi Network team is celebrating the 2025 Holiday season by launching a new program. This program is designed to help small businesses, encourage users to spend Pi, and make it easier to find stores and apps where you can shop using Pi.
What is Pi Network? Pi Network is a platform for a type of digital currency called cryptocurrency. It’s made for people to mine, or earn Pi coins, using their phones.
What is Cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrency is digital money. Unlike regular money issued by banks, it works on a technology called blockchain, a secure system that shares control among many users instead of one central authority.
What’s New This Holiday Season?
- Pi Network has created the “Community Commerce Initiative.” This program has several goals:
- Support small businesses.
- Make Pi more useful in everyday life.
- Help users—or “Pioneers,” as Pi users are called—find places to spend their Pi coins.
Pioneers can shop with their Pi coins either online or in local stores that accept Pi. There are also exciting discounts available to make holiday shopping more affordable.
The Pi Network team is also organizing a fun community event, including a raffle. In a raffle, people have a chance to win prizes by participating. Winners in this raffle will receive Pi-themed merchandise like t-shirts and hats.
How Can Businesses and Developers Join?
The program is open to businesses and app developers. It’s simple: they can create their own deals or discounts for the holiday season. They can also come up with creative shopping ideas. These offers will be posted on a special PiFest discussion channel within the Pi Network community.
The good news is that these businesses have full control. They can handle their sales, order processing, and deliveries themselves. Meanwhile, Pi Network will help by showing all these activities in one big event. This makes it easier for users to find holiday offers. But Pi Network doesn’t interfere with the creative ideas businesses might have.
How Can Pioneers Participate?
To be part of this fun shopping experience, here’s what you can do:
- Go to the Pi ecosystem directory or the special Fireside Forum channel. The ecosystem here refers to the Pi Network’s interconnected system of apps, merchants, and users.
- Shop through Pi-supported apps or find stores near you that accept Pi coins.
- Enjoy discounts and special holiday deals within the Pi community.
- Share your shopping stories and experiences on the PiFest channel.
100 Lucky Winners for Pi Merchandise
Users can also win cool prizes. The Pi Network team is giving away shirts and hats to 100 winners. These winners will be selected from posts shared in the PiFest Fireside Forum channel. The more you participate and share on this channel, the better your chances of winning!
The prizes will be shipped by a third-party provider to over 220 locations worldwide. In simple terms, a third party refers to someone or a company that is not directly part of the main project. They work independently to help with specific tasks, like sending prizes in this case.
Important Notes from Pi Network
The Pi Network team wants to be clear about a few things:
- The prizes cannot be transferred or sold to someone else.
- Winning a prize does not mean you have any official connection with Pi Network.
- The apps and merchants involved in this holiday program are not created or directly supported by the Pi Core Team. They are created and run by third-party developers and businesses. So, users should be careful and make their shopping decisions wisely.
This holiday initiative is a fun way to connect Pioneers with useful shopping opportunities while supporting small businesses along the way.
Ready to shop with Pi and join the fun? Check out the Fireside Forum channel and let the holiday deals begin!