DPIN Hanoi AI + DePIN Summit: Co-creating a blueprint to accelerate the construction of a new ecosystem for Decentralization AI infrastructure

Recently, a grand event focusing on the integration of cutting-edge technologies—the AI+DePIN Summit was successfully held in Hanoi, Vietnam. This summit was jointly organized by innovative projects in the Web3 field such as DPIN, QPIN, and 42DAO, gathering numerous industry leaders, technical experts, and community members from the Web3 sector. The summit took place on April 19, 2025, with its core topics revolving around Decentralization Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN), the potential of Real-World Assets (RWA), and the profound transformations brought about by their intersection with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Through a series of insightful keynote speeches and in-depth roundtable discussions, participants explored how these technologies are reshaping the industry landscape and particularly focused on the immense development opportunities they hold in the vibrant Southeast Asian region.

DePIN and RWA: The Evolving Forces of Infrastructure and Asset Paradigms

At the beginning of the summit, Daniel Schwartz, the Chief Operating Officer of the DPIN Foundation, delivered an opening speech, systematically outlining the core concept of DePIN. He pointed out that DePIN aims to build and maintain a community-owned and operated physical infrastructure network by leveraging blockchain technology and token incentive mechanisms, effectively avoiding the single point of failure risk inherent in traditional centralized models, significantly enhancing operational transparency, and fairly redistributing network value back to the community members who contribute. Daniel cited projects that have made significant progress, such as Helium (Decentralized Wireless Network), Filecoin (Decentralized Storage Network), and Energy Web (a decentralized network focused on renewable energy), as examples to vividly demonstrate the practical application potential and feasibility of DePIN in various fields.

Daniel then set his sights on tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs). He explained that the conversion of tangible or intangible assets such as real estate, precious metals (such as gold), art, and even carbon credits into digital tokens through blockchain technology has the potential to break down many barriers in the traditional asset market. RWA tokenization can greatly improve the liquidity of assets, so that assets that were previously difficult to divide or trade can be fragmented. At the same time, based on the immutability and transparency of the blockchain, the ownership records and transaction history of assets can be publicly verified, which enhances the trust of the market. In addition, it lowers the barrier to entry and gives a wider range of investors the opportunity to access and invest in high-value assets.

In discussing the intrinsic connections between DePIN and RWA, Daniel emphasized the potential synergies between the two. He explained that the DePIN network can provide the necessary infrastructure support for the tokenization and management of RWA, such as verifying the physical state or environmental data of assets through decentralized sensor networks, or using decentralized storage to ensure the security of relevant legal documents and ownership records. Conversely, the successful tokenization of RWA and the economic activities it generates may also attract more participants and potential funding support for the development of the DePIN network, creating a mutually reinforcing positive cycle.

Furthermore, in discussing the specific vision and long-term impact of the DPIN project, Daniel emphasized how the decentralized GPU computing network that DPIN is committed to building will bring positive changes to the global AI ecosystem. He pointed out that the goal of DPIN is:

Popularize the usage rights of computing power resources: By lowering the threshold for high-performance computing, more developers, researchers, and small to medium-sized enterprises can afford and utilize powerful GPU computing power for AI model training and inference.

Enhancing Cost Efficiency: Compared to traditional centralized cloud service providers, DPIN aims to offer users more competitive pricing by optimizing resource scheduling and utilizing distributed idle computing power.

Enhancing data security and privacy protection: The decentralized architecture inherently possesses stronger anti-censorship and data sovereignty characteristics. DPIN is committed to building a safer data processing environment based on this.

Provide dynamic scalability: In response to the growing and volatile computing power demands of AI models, DPIN's distributed network is expected to offer more flexible and resilient computing power expansion capabilities to meet the needs of future AI development.

The intersection of exponentially growing AI computing power demand and decentralized solutions

Following closely, Pekka Kelkka, Chief Strategy Officer of DPIN and Chief Business Officer of QPIN, delivered a keynote speech, deeply analyzing the explosive growth of demand for computing power in the current AI field. He cited data indicating that the demand for AI computing power is growing at an exponential rate, far exceeding the performance improvement trajectory of traditional hardware described by Moore's Law. Pekka emphasized that the training of large language models (such as DeepSeek and other models dedicated to general artificial intelligence exploration), the massive data processing and real-time decision-making required for autonomous driving technology, and the construction of immersive metaverse experiences are key factors driving this surge in demand.

In the face of such a large computing power gap, Pekka noted that the key to meeting these needs lies in innovative solutions, and QPIN's technology is forming the core driver of the DPIN program. He elaborated on the crucial role played by QPIN in commercialization and core technology provision, emphasizing that QPIN is committed to building a global and efficient decentralized GPU computing platform. This platform is not only the foundation on which DPIN builds its global GPU network, but also a key engine that enables AI applications, such as complex models such as DeepSeek, to run efficiently in a decentralized environment. By leveraging the QPIN platform, DPIN aims to significantly reduce the hardware investment and operating costs required for AI R&D, significantly accelerate the training cycle of AI models through optimized large-scale data processing capabilities and low-latency computing characteristics, and ultimately realize the global, distributed and efficient use of computing resources. Pekka made it clear that the DPIN Foundation's ambition relies heavily on the technical strength and continuous innovation of the QPIN platform to jointly build a decentralized GPU network that will bring high-performance computing technology to developers and users around the world.

Roundtable Insights: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Future Path of Southeast Asia

The roundtable discussion at the summit brought together multiple perspectives and conducted an in-depth exploration of the development prospects of DePIN, RWA, and AI in the Southeast Asian region:

Daniel Schwartz further elaborated on the potential advantages of DePIN over traditional data centers in AI application scenarios. He mentioned that through the sophisticated distributed architecture design and intelligent task scheduling algorithms, the DePIN network is expected to achieve higher energy efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint in the calculation process. At the same time, DePIN aims to achieve significant cost efficiencies by effectively consolidating and utilizing existing and potentially idle hardware resources around the world, and reducing the construction and maintenance overhead of large-scale centralized infrastructure. Looking to the future, Daniel reaffirmed DPIN's long-term goals: to promote the popularization of AI applications, reduce the cost of innovation, improve the security and privacy protection of data processing, provide elastic and scalable computing power that adapts to future needs, and ultimately inspire a wave of technological innovation on a global scale.

Ted Nguyen, as a seasoned consultant in the RWA and NFT fields, shared his profound insights into the Vietnamese and broader Southeast Asian markets. He candidly pointed out the challenges faced by the region in developing DePIN and RWA, such as the need for improved digital infrastructure in certain areas, and how to effectively respond to and adapt to the ever-changing regulatory environment in the face of rapidly advancing technology. However, Ted emphasized the tremendous opportunities that the region holds: the fast-tracked digital transformation process offers vast application scenarios for new technologies; the growing local pool of tech talent provides intellectual support for innovation; relatively low operational costs attract global attention; the vibrant startup ecosystem is full of energy; and there is a generally open and embracing attitude towards emerging technologies like blockchain at both social and governmental levels. Together, these factors create favorable conditions for Southeast Asia to become a hotbed for the development of DePIN and RWA.

Pekka Kelkka detailed DPIN's localization cooperation strategy in Vietnam and surrounding areas. He revealed that DPIN plans to establish joint research projects with top local universities to jointly explore the cutting-edge technologies of DePIN and AI. Actively support local potential start-ups by providing resources, computing power support and technical guidance; Edge computing nodes are deployed in selected tech parks to create a "real-world application test environment" (Living Labs) to validate and optimize technology solutions in real-world scenarios. In addition, Pekka also shared an update on the progress of the DPIN GPU Computing Test Center in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, which is scheduled to start trial operation in the third quarter of 2025. He emphasized that the test center will not only provide powerful computing support for the AI and cloud gaming research and development of QPIN Labs, but will also serve as an important demonstration node and regional hub for the expansion of DPIN's global network. Pekka further explained how QPIN's technology will continue to promote the optimization of decentralized computing costs and the improvement of computing performance, thereby providing fertile ground for various application innovations, and used the exploration of extreme efficiency by projects such as DeepSeek as an example to illustrate the importance of high-performance computing to the development of cutting-edge AI.

Jimmy Nguyễn, a prominent representative of the Web3 and crypto community in Vietnam, explored the differences in AI computing demand from a regional perspective. He observed that while developed economies are currently the main drivers of AI computing demand growth, emerging markets, particularly Southeast Asia, are showing significant growth potential. He believes that decentralized platforms like DPIN, by providing more accessible and cost-effective computing resources, have the potential to help narrow the technological gap between different regions and promote a more balanced and inclusive global technological development.

Based on the present, together build the future

The successful holding of the Hanoi AI+DePIN Summit not only demonstrates the determination and phased achievements of DPIN, QPIN and their partners in promoting the development of decentralized technology, but also more clearly reflects the current global market is experiencing a major trend of evolving to a more open, efficient and fair decentralized system. Through the construction of key infrastructure such as the Johor Bahru GPU Computing Test Center, as well as the expansion of strategic partnerships, DPIN and its core technology partner QPIN are actively building a strong foundation to support the vigorous development of the next generation of AI and distributed applications. The event came to a close amid the general optimism that Vietnam and Southeast Asia as a whole will play a key role in this technological revolution. DPIN and its ecosystem partners will continue to work together to bring the blueprint of decentralized AI infrastructure to life.