A little #DePIN tip for ya: Ask the hard questions until you: A) understand the answer. B) discover that the answer is unknown still. Either is fine, but make sure you get to one of 'em. We are going to see a BOATLOAD of projects that will prey on your FOMO, relying on your impatience overpowering your common sense. Do not fall for FOMO. Here are a 3 questions you can ask about any DePIN project that'll help you get to A or B above, followed by 3 red flags you should watch out for. 1⃣ Is this project providing fundamental value? It doesn't necessarily have to deliver that value today. It's been said that the biggest projects in DePIN may be yet to come, so not delivering today is fine. However, it has to be able to deliver something real; radio coverage, image collection, data collection, privacy etc. 2⃣ Does this project have a SME (Subject Matter Expert, preferably more than one) on its core team? Look for the expertise on the team. How long have they been doing "the thing"? Do they clearly have a deep understanding of their tech? Do they have the ability to actually deliver on the expertise side? If their main expertise is in marketing, well, know what you're getting yourself into. 3⃣ What do they talk about the most? The vast majority of all their public conversations should be about providing the service; what it is, how they do it, how it's going, challenges they face, and wins. The flip side of that leads us into the Red Flags: ❌Red Flag 1: "Earn more tokens with us." If the primary message is about the tokens, beware. ☣️ The fundamental value of a DePIN project is the service provided. The tokens are just an incentive mechanism. They are powerful and important, but any project that talks mostly about "You'll earn more/more valuable tokens with us" is not focused on delivering the fundamental value of a Physical Infrastructure Network. ❌Red Flag 2: "We're like [xxx] project, but better." Typically that means they're much better at relieving you of money , but worse at doing the actual thing. The networks effects of a project with a serious head start make it unlikely that any copycat project will be better. Not impossible, but unlikely. 🔎If the "We're like them but better" claim is made, make absolutely sure you clearly understand HOW. If the only thing that's "better" is the token incentives, well, tread VERY carefully. ❌Red Flag 3: Piggyback projects. Projects that allow you to dual mine their token on another project's hardware for providing the same service should be treated with enormous suspicion. This goes back to the first point: How are they providing fundamental value? ✴️ We're *probably* heading towards a crypto bull market. No one knows when. This recent little pump hopefully reminded you of your weaknesses with FOMO as well as renewed hope in the possibilities of DePINs. Be careful, have fun, make friends, learn stuff, and be good to each other. Rock on!