Pi Network (PI) has launched its Pi Launchpad on Testnet, complete with a test token and a side of bravado. March 16 marked the debut of this “revolutionary” mechanism, which the team insists is unlike any Web3 launchpad you’ve ever seen-unless you’ve seen a camel trying to fit through a needle’s eye.
The Pi Core Team claims the Testnet rollout is a masterstroke of pedagogy, letting “Pioneers” (read: people who haven’t yet learned to doubt bold claims) get cozy with the process before Mainnet’s big reveal. The Launchpad, they say, employs Design 1 from the PiRC framework-a proposal system so open-source it might as well be public domain. One wonders if the team considered naming it “Design 1: The Reluctant Innovation.”
The initial version of the Pi Launchpad has been released as a Pi App on the Testnet with a test token! Because the Launchpad introduces new concepts for many Pioneers and uses mechanisms that differ from typical token launches in Web3, it is being introduced on Testnet first so…
– Pi Network (@PiCoreTeam) March 16, 2026
Despite this monumental achievement in digital theater, the market has responded with the enthusiasm of a sloth on a caffeine IV drip. PI trades at $0.201, a 8.9% slump over seven days. The Testnet launch edges Pi closer to a “live token ecosystem,” but whether it’ll resurrect sentiment for holders is about as certain as a snowball in a cryptocurrency conference.
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2026-03-16 07:53