DePIN Market Set to Hit $3.​5T by 2028, Surpassing Global Telecom

馃搱 DePIN's $3.5T Secret

By dMeet
Nov 17, 2025, 2:02 PM
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The Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) market is projected to reach $3.​5 trillion by 2028 - exceeding the entire global telecom industry's size.​

Key Infrastructure Already Rebuilt:

  • Storage solutions
  • Compute networks
  • Wireless infrastructure

The Missing Piece: Real-Time Communication

dTel_org aims to fill this gap with decentralized, verifiable, sub-second real-time communication (RTC).​ This targets the $200 billion coordination layer that powers internet infrastructure.​

Economic Model Advantage: When infrastructure is run by participants, operational costs transform into yield for node operators.​ This approach can deliver up to 95% cost savings compared to centralized APIs like AWS.​

Revenue Distribution:

  • 75% of traffic revenue goes to node operators
  • Increased usage drives increased capacity
  • Higher capacity reduces cost per gigabyte

This model shifts communication infrastructure from a billable service to a co-owned economy where capacity pays users rather than users paying for capacity.​

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The DePIN market is projected to hit $3.5T by 2028 - larger than the entire global telecom industry. Storage, compute, wireless - already rebuilt. The missing piece? Real-time communication. That鈥檚 where @dTel_org comes into play: decentralized, verifiable, sub-second RTC

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