Pi Network has laid out the complete schedule for its first Ecosystem Summit, an online event running November 17 to 19, 2026. The closing day of the summit will open a developer hackathon backed by a total prize pool of 200,000 USDT, according to the announcement.

The core team set out the schedule in a post published on November 7, which also serves as the official announcement of the summit.

USDT is the dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by Tether, the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, meaning the hackathon's 200,000 USDT prize pool is denominated in a token pegged to the U.S. dollar.

Pi Network is a cryptocurrency project that allows users to mine its Pi token through a smartphone application. Founded by Stanford PhDs Nicolas Kokkalis and Chengdiao Fan, the project operated for years in an enclosed mainnet phase before opening its network to external connectivity in February 2025. Its community of participants, known as "Pioneers," has been cited by the project as numbering in the tens of millions.

The Ecosystem Summit is the first event of its kind for the Pi Network ecosystem, and its three-day, online-only format will culminate in the launch of the developer hackathon on the final day. The summit arrives after that February 2025 opening to external connectivity, putting a dated, ecosystem-wide gathering on the calendar of a network that only recently extended beyond its enclosed mainnet phase.

Developer hackathons are a standard format across the cryptocurrency industry for seeding application development on a network, typically pairing a defined build period with prizes for participating teams. With the schedule now public, the November 19 opening of the 200,000 USDT hackathon stands as the summit's culminating milestone; how many developers take part and what applications emerge from the build period are the items to watch as the event approaches.

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