// analysis
Is Turbo a DePIN project?
A deep dive into what blockchain really is and how to use it effectively.
Turbo does not consider itself a DePIN
DePIN stands for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks
Turbo is a distributed network of physical nodes but is not truely decentralized, let's see why.
The blockchain buzzword
Our architecture is practical, no bloat, no blockchain.
We're not decentralized by design because the foundation of our trust model relies on the pieces of our system: secure connections, credential management, and verifiable payments.
These don't need complex cryptographic principles to be verified, just a relevant system design. You can seft-host your own backend with Docker Swarn if you don't find the official server nodes trustworthy enough.
The problem Turbo solves is: collecting data fast, cheap, worldwide, and securely. Blockchain excels at the last two, but is poor at the others.
Cryptocurrencies
Caution
The project does not have its own token, nor does it plan to launch one. Instead, we use USDC to pay out rewards to nodes
We proceed most of our payments in cryptocurrency for these main reasons:
- Global unicity, crypto is cross-border and censorship resistent
- Financial transparency and reliability, every transaction is stored inside a public blockchain.