Roam Growth is about to go online, and the decentralized telecom data network ecology of Roam, the leader of DePIN with millions of users, is accelerating.

Author: ChainCatcher

As a hot emerging narrative in 2024, every move in the DePIN field has attracted much attention. In this track, Roam leads the market with excellent data and becomes the leading DePIN project. As of December 15, 2024, the number of Roam's self-built nodes worldwide has exceeded one million, the number of user registrations has exceeded 1.72 million, and the number of global hardware nodes ranks first on DePINScan.

Roam’s technical advantages are one of the key factors that enable it to lead on the track. It adopts advanced OpenRoaming™ technology and is the only Web3 IDP project party (alongside the giants) among the 15 enterprise alliances of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) OpenRoaming™ program, and supports more than 4 million users in more than 190 countries around the world. OpenRoaming™ available WiFi hotspots.

The above data also proves the feasibility of large-scale adoption of Web3 applications in fields closely related to users' daily lives, and Roam's user-free business model has undoubtedly proven to be a success in the field of decentralized wireless networks. Successful.

In October this year, Roam announced that it would build a global Telecom Data Layer. At the same time, it launched Roam eSIM to accumulate a large number of users for the ecosystem in a short period of time in a low-cost, safe and convenient way, paving the way for the ecological layout of Roam Telecom Data Layer.

Now, Roam Growth, one of the four major modules of Roam Telecom Data Layer, is about to go online, which means that the era of continuous revenue building for network participants has arrived.

Or simply put, Roam’s DePIN Yields are coming.

What is Roam Growth ? **Roam Telecom Data Layer Ecological

Analysis**

Roam (formerly MetaBlox) was founded in 2021 and is committed to building an open global wireless network. It aims to provide enterprise-level WiFi security services and support seamless access to OpenRoaming™ and self-built WiFi nodes around the world.

Roam has received three rounds of investment. Completed US$5 million in financing at the end of 2023, led by Anagram and Volt Capital, with participation from Comma3 Ventures, ECMC Group, Awesome People Ventures, Stratified Capital, DePIN Labs, Future 3 Campus, IoTeX, ZC capital and JDI, and participation in angel rounds Synergis and SNZ continued to pursue investments in the strategic round. In April 2024, following the strategic round, it received investment from Samsung Next again.

The upcoming Roam Growth is a key module in the Roam ecosystem, aiming to create sustainable income for Roam Network network participants, support users to cooperate with other developers, and promote the innovation and ecological construction of decentralized network applications. The platform helps users transform network devices, such as Roam routers, into powerful economic tools through automated service integration and seamless network connectivity. Users can use the Roam mining machine to achieve functions such as supporting CDN and IP address-based services to achieve multiple mining on one machine, thereby obtaining sustained profits.

The first phase of Roam Growth products supports the router purchase plan through Huma loans, which means that users can obtain Roam routers (which can be understood as mining machines) at a low threshold, which is equivalent to further lowering the threshold for users to participate in the Roam ecosystem. Roam and Huma launched the DePIN hardware loan plan. Users can choose a suitable plan according to their actual situation and quickly obtain a loan from the Huma platform to obtain Roam's Wi-Fi hardware equipment, thereby participating in the construction of a global decentralized Wi-Fi network and Get ongoing follow-up rewards.

In the future, Roam will announce more participation methods, continue to expand profit channels for network participants, attract more developers and users to join the Roam ecosystem, further improve and enrich the entire ecological construction, and achieve sustainable development and growth of the ecosystem.

It is worth noting that Roam Growth is only one of the four major modules of the Roam Telecom Data Layer ecosystem, and Roam Telecom Data Layer is the top priority in ecological planning. This ecological plan can be understood as the Physical L1 of the DePIN ecosystem. It aims to open up data connections and sharing among people, devices, assets and AI through wireless networks and DID+VCs identity verification mechanisms, and jointly create a cohesive and highly interactive ecosystem. BoT (Blockchain of Things) ecology.

The plan includes Roam Network, Roam Growth, Roam Discovery and Roam Community, respectively focusing on the incentive construction of the network, the continuous income construction of network participants, the support and incubation of connected or embedded projects, and community governance:

1. Roam Network

Roam Network plays a key role in network infrastructure construction and network incentives in the entire Roam Telecom Data Layer ecosystem. The decentralized global WiFi roaming network it leads is the basic support for the entire ecological operation. Through the token incentive mechanism, users' enthusiasm for participating in activities such as network construction and node verification has been greatly mobilized. For example, when users participate in network construction and node verification, they will generate a large amount of valid data based on geographical location information and time. After these data are sorted and packaged, they will become the basic blocks of the Telecom Data Layer for other projects in the ecosystem. It can be used by all parties to realize the value transfer and sharing of data.

The entry-level way for users to participate in the Roam network is also very convenient. Just download the Roam App from the App Store or the application store, and you can add WiFi points or check in existing WiFi nodes around the world, and in the process Roam Points can be earned. Roam's WiFi nodes are divided into two main types: OpenRoaming™ nodes and self-built WiFi nodes. OpenRoaming™ allows users to seamlessly switch between different networks around the world without repeatedly logging in to accounts or entering passwords, which makes cross-border Roaming becomes extremely smooth. Self-built WiFi nodes come from personal or public WiFi shared by users through the Roam app. Currently, Roam shares WBA’s 4 million OpenRoaming™ nodes and over 1 million self-built WiFi nodes.

In the future, with the launch of TGE, Roam Points can also be burned and exchanged for ROAM tokens to gain income. In addition, as the ecosystem continues to develop, mining machine users are also expected to enjoy more Roam Points exchange rights.

2. Roam Discovery

Roam Discovery plays an important role in encouraging innovation and incubating projects in the entire ecosystem. It actively attracts third-party developers and project parties to join the platform, providing a good incubation environment for decentralized applications based on Roam data. Here, developers can make full use of Roam's large user base, rich network data, and advanced technical architecture to develop a variety of creative and practical decentralized applications.

This will enrich the diversity of the Roam ecosystem, further enhance the attractiveness and competitiveness of the Roam ecosystem, help Roam continue to expand its territory in the field of decentralized telecommunications data networks, and continue to release ecological value.

3. Roam Community

Roam Community is an important module that provides users with an interaction, feedback and governance platform. By collecting user feedback information, we can timely understand user needs and deficiencies in the ecosystem, and then optimize and improve products and services to continuously improve user experience. In terms of community governance, users can participate in the formulation and decision-making of ecological rules and jointly maintain the healthy and orderly development of the Roam ecosystem.

The launch of Roam Growth products will accelerate the implementation of Roam Telecom Data Layer and strengthen its position in the decentralized wireless ecosystem.

**Why is it worth participating? Roam is a pioneer in innovation for

wireless carriers**

Why is Roam Growth worth participating in? Among innovative wireless operators, Roam is undoubtedly a pioneer, and past data performance also shows that Roam has unlimited potential.

Roam quickly attracted a large number of real users by building OpenRoaming+ to reward eSIM traffic or points.

Roam is the only Web3 IDP project party among the 15 enterprise alliances of the WBA OpenRoaming™ program. OpenRoaming™ was developed by WBA and Cisco and launched in May 2020 to provide users with seamless connectivity when roaming between different WiFi networks. Unlike traditional methods, where users do not need to manually connect, enter passwords or provide personal information each time, OpenRoaming™ simplifies the authentication process. This innovation not only improves the convenience and security of connectivity, but also minimizes the risk of data leakage and unauthorized access.

Most of WBA's current members are large fixed operators, such as BT, Comcast and Time Warner Cable; among the world's top ten mobile operator groups (ranked by revenue) Seven companies have joined the WBA, and other WBA members include technology giants such as Cisco, Google and Intel.

Judging from the number of nodes and coverage, Roam has built a strong influence on a global scale. Currently, Roam has more than 4 million OpenRoaming™ available WiFi hotspots in more than 190 countries around the world, and supports more than 1 million self-built WiFi network nodes. The number of registered users has exceeded 1.7 million and continues to grow.

Roam eSIM is a virtual eSIM card that currently covers more than 160 countries. Users can obtain international traffic for free through the Roam App, without the need for a physical card, and there is no need to replace the original eSIM card. It can be activated instantly and supports dual cards. This means that users can rely on Roam eSIM to easily achieve cross-border network connections.

In addition, users can also participate in network construction by checking in at WiFi points in the App and receive free eSIM traffic, which further enhances users' enthusiasm for participation, saves communication costs for users, and enhances users' use of Roam eSIM products. Stickiness and likeability.

Data now shows that since Roam eSIM was launched, the number of users has increased from 750,000 to one million in less than one month.

As a leading DePIN project, Roam has also made achievements in hardware equipment. In January 2024, Roam routers were iteratively updated and the latest AC equipment Rainier MAX60 router and AP equipment Baker MAX30 were launched.

Among them, the Roam Rainier MAX60 router performs particularly well and can basically meet the usage needs of most common scenarios. It provides users with the ability to easily share router nodes on the Roam network and enjoy a smooth, wide-coverage, and efficient network connection experience. It integrates advanced Wi-Fi 6 high-speed transmission technology, which ensures that the router can provide ultra-high network speeds of up to 9.6 Gbps, can connect more than 200 devices at the same time, and has a coverage area of ​​about 150 square meters, achieving a multi-user environment It adopts advanced low-power design and has 2TB expanded storage. It is the first to support DApp applications and can run decentralized applications such as CDN, network storage, VPN, and AI. In terms of security, the Roam Rainier MAX60 router adopts the latest WPA3 security protocol and uses a 256-bit encryption algorithm to provide users with multiple authentication and high-strength encryption protection, which greatly improves the security of user data, privacy, and funds. sex.

It is worth mentioning that this router has unique highlights in terms of mining functions. For users, 3000 Roam Points can be obtained by activating the Roam Rainier MAX60 mining machine for the first time. The router produces a fixed output of 60 Roam Points every day. You can also get an additional 5 Roam Points by checking in every day. The daily reward limit is 150 Roam Points, that is, every day You can earn up to 210 Roam Points per day, and will also support dual mining/multi-mining functions and airdrop rewards for other projects.

In order to reward users who purchased Roam mining machines, Roam airdropped a total of 20 million ROAM tokens to users who purchased various Roam mining machines before TGE and early MetaBlox NFT holders during the ABS 2024 Asia Blockchain Summit.

In addition, according to the latest 2025 Roadmap released by Roam, the Roam mining machine will be updated in the Q4-Q4 quarter of 2025 to make its performance, system, and application scenarios more abundant and practical.

**Roam’s BoT ecological goal is inseparable from DID+VCs privacy

protection technology**

To understand Roam, you must understand Roam's DID+VCs privacy protection technology. Roam, as a decentralized wireless operator, has attracted much attention for the technology it uses in the field of privacy.

DID (Decentralized Identification) is a new type of identity identification method that gives users the right to decide independently what identity to use. Users can get rid of the restrictions of fixed identity models under traditional centralized systems and flexibly choose according to different scenarios and needs. Show your identity. For example, when connecting to the Roam network, users can authenticate through their own DID without exposing too many real personal identity details.

VC (Verifiable Credential) further strengthens privacy protection. Users can rely on this technology to decide what information can be disclosed to the outside world. In practical applications, for example, when certain necessary information needs to be verified to the network, users can precisely control the scope of shared information, providing only necessary information while keeping other sensitive information confidential.

Roam combines DID and VC technology to eliminate the SSID, password and login credentials in traditional WiFi connections, ensuring that users themselves can decide which identity and what information can be uploaded to the chain, and returns control of user privacy information to the user in hand. When users use Roam network services, whether they are connecting to WiFi, conducting transactions, or participating in other network activities, their privacy information can be fully respected and protected, and there is no need to worry about the unwarranted collection or abuse of information.

The DID+VCs privacy solution proposed by Roam can not only effectively ensure the security of user information, but also lay the foundation for cooperation between Roam and the Web3.0 project.

On April 2, 2024, MetaBlox officially changed its name to Roam and migrated its ecology to the Solana mainnet. All on-chain transactions on the Roam network will be uploaded to the Solana blockchain, including user check-ins, DIDs (decentralized identifiers) and VCs (verifiable credentials) and other project core data, and provide privacy-based privacy for DApps in the Solana ecosystem Protected 3W data support.

Because they share the same vision in terms of data security, product ease of use, and seamless integration of Web3 functions, Roam will integrate its services on Solana Mobile's Saga mobile phone in June 2024. The cooperation between the two parties will further enhance the accessibility and accessibility of WiFi. Security.

With the help of the existing decentralized WiFi roaming network and DID+VCs authentication mechanism, Roam has successfully connected and shared data between people, devices, assets and AI, building a highly cohesive and interactive BoT ecosystem. Whether it is individual users' data synchronization and use between different devices, or enterprises' digital asset management, AI intelligent applications, etc., they can rely on Roam. This data connection and sharing system has been built to achieve more efficient, convenient and secure operations, bringing unprecedented value and development opportunities to all participants in the entire ecosystem, and further solidifying Roam's role in decentralized telecommunications. Unique position in the field of data network ecology.

The launch of Roam Growth will undoubtedly become a powerful engine for the continued development of the Roam ecosystem, creating more income opportunities for network participants and further strengthening the construction of the entire decentralized wireless ecosystem.

On the one hand, it will continue to expand diverse participation methods. For example, in addition to the existing router purchase plan through Huma loans, which allows users to obtain Roam routers at a low threshold to participate in network construction and receive rewards, more cooperation models combined with different hardware devices are expected to be launched in the future to facilitate more users to participate, such as with Cooperate with other brands of smart routers to achieve compatibility and expansion of functions, allowing more network devices to access the Roam network and turn them into profit tools. Moreover, for developers, Roam Growth may open more interfaces and resources, attracting more third-party developers to join in and jointly develop innovative applications based on the Roam ecosystem, such as creating some customized network service applications for specific industries. , and then allow developers and network participants to profit together through sharing and other models.

On the other hand, in terms of revenue creation, Roam Growth will continue to optimize the incentive mechanism. Taking the Roam mining machine as an example, it is not limited to the benefits brought by the current CDN services, WiFi multi-mining and other functions. It may unlock more new functions based on big data analysis, edge computing and other functions based on market demand and technological development. income channels. At the same time, as the scale of users further expands, the rewards obtained by network participants in sharing network resources and providing node services are also expected to continue to increase. For example, more reasonable and generous rewards will be issued based on node activity, service quality and other multiple dimensions. RoamPoints rewards, these rewards can be exchanged for corresponding rights or currencies, and effectively converted into sustainable income, so that every participant in the entire ecosystem can gain in this decentralized wireless ecosystem with the help of Roam Growth More value and promote the continuous prosperity and growth of the ecology.

Nowadays, AI is back in the spotlight. Thanks to Roam’s natural advantages in DePIN and the data structure of the underlying public chain, which is highly compatible with the AI ​​field, the deep integration of Roam and AI is an inevitable trend in its future development.

The decentralized telecom data network ecosystem built by Roam has accumulated a massive amount of user behavior data, network connection data, etc. These data are extremely valuable "nutrients" for AI. AI can analyze this data to achieve functions such as intelligent scheduling of network traffic and accurate prediction of user needs. For example, based on the user's usage habits, it can recommend high-quality WiFi nodes that users may need to connect to in advance, or optimize network bandwidth allocation to ensure Users’ network experience in different scenarios. Roam also has the possibility of in-depth cooperation with multiple AI vertical projects. For example, smart home field, industrial Internet of Things, social interaction, etc.

We look forward to the launch of Roam Growth, the continued implementation of Roam Telecom Data Layer, Roam’s BoT ecological blueprint, and more sparks between DePin’s head projects and AI.