What you said is absolutely right, PI is now in the top 11 of Coinmarketcap and has a very large marketcap of around $175.53B.
Just to make it clear to you, the $177B you see on CMC is not its current market cap but it's the FDV (Fully Diluted Value), which means that its market cap would have been $177B if the total supply, which is 100B, was in circulation, but currently, only around 6.93B is in circulation, and that makes it have a total market cap of $12.3B as of writing this post.
Okay, thanks for the information you provided about the FDV (Fully Diluted Value) of PI coin.
However, I think the total value of $12.3B in circulation is also a large value and I think it is reasonable if PI coin is ranked 11th on Coingecko or Coinmarketcap.
but doesn't mining on smartphones have a quick damaging effect on the smartphone's hardware?
It isn't that sort of mining where the hardware of the device is used; it's a simple app where you click a button, and the system keeps mining tokens for you for 24 hours, and after 24 hours, you will have to go back to the app and click that button again. It's just a visual system created to keep users engaged, and the tokens aren't actually generated through this sytem but they are generated through the TGE.
I thought smartphones could also be used for mining PI coins and it turns out that PI coins were created during TGE.
Oh, it turns out that PI is designed to be mined by users using smartphones. When everyone has a smartphone and they can definitely mine PI coins with one click.
I think this technology is simple and easy to understand, but doesn't mining on smartphones have a quick damaging effect on the smartphone's hardware?
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They are probably trying to keep users active as well as identifying inactive and active users. This increases their app's activity and other things like mainnet migration, KYCs, suspicious activity etc!
KYC?
Oh no, I totally disagree with KYC, I'd rather hide my personal identity than get involved in getting free PI coins with KYC.
My KYC is me and I think KYC is also prone to problems if misused by irresponsible people or criminals.