In 2025, NodeOps focused on one core mission: turning decentralized infrastructure into a system that works reliably at scale.
By the end of the year, the NodeOps Network has generated $4.5M+ in revenue, manages $160M+ in assets, and supports 83,000+ nodes across 25,000+ deployments. More than 6,000 machines and 1,000 compute providers have been onboarded, with 1,300+ active machines powering live workloads across the ecosystem.
This growth was matched by a rapidly expanding global community, now exceeding 150,000 followers on X, 18,000 members on Discord, and 4,500 members on Telegram. Together, these numbers reflect a network and community that are scaling in lockstep.
What follows is not a list of releases, but a record of the milestones that shaped the NodeOps Network and set the foundation for what comes next.
Product & Infrastructure Milestones
Autogen
In Q4 2025, NodeOps launched Autogen, introducing a new deployment primitive for the network. Autogen allows applications and services to be built, deployed, and iterated on through a single, continuous flow, removing the need for manual infrastructure setup or custom CI/CD pipelines.
Deployment itself takes only minutes. A live example of this flow can be seen in this demo by Juliana at Invisible Garden, recorded during Devconnect this year.
By automating orchestration while preserving verifiability and control, Autogen turns deployment from a gating step into a background process. Builders can move from idea to live application in minutes, while the underlying infrastructure remains transparent and auditable.
Autogen represents a shift in how users interact with the NodeOps Network: less time managing systems, more time shipping. It’s now a foundational layer for rapid experimentation, hackathon-style development, and everyday building across the ecosystem.
NodeOps Cloud and Verifiable Compute
NodeOps Cloud launched with a clear mission: transform decentralized compute into a flexible, monetizable service layer operating at production scale. The platform supports both machine leasing and direct hardware contribution, allowing participants to earn from real workload demand.
Within days of launch, over 2,000 machines were onboarded to the network, with workloads tied to verifiable execution rather than assumed performance. This reinforced trust in decentralized compute as a viable alternative for real-world applications.
Alongside Cloud, the Security Hub emerged as a flagship use case, performing more than thousands of scans and identifying millions of vulnerabilities.
Universal Node Orchestrator (UNO)
In early 2025, NodeOps introduced the Universal Node Orchestrator (UNO) through a phased, community-first release. Rather than prioritizing speed or speculation, UNO was launched using a Proof-of-Conviction format designed to reward long-term alignment.
As a utility NFT, UNO granted holders access to quarterly revenue share, protocol allowlists, platform discounts, governance participation, auto-staking benefits, and more favorable unlock schedules. These utilities tied ownership directly to active ecosystem participation rather than passive holding.
Over time, UNO also proved its economic role in practice. Through gNODE accrual and network participation, many holders were able to recover their initial NFT cost, reinforcing UNO’s design as a productive asset rather than a static collectible.
More than an NFT, UNO has become a coordination layer for the network, strengthening alignment between contributors, builders, and operators while giving the community a deeper, more durable stake in the system’s growth. UNO Nodes can be both deployed via Cloud and Console, making participation accessible for anyone in just a few minutes.
NodeOps GPT
NodeOps GPT went live in Q4, allowing users to move from idea to live application directly from chat. The shift was simple but meaningful: building no longer required prior setup, tooling decisions, or DevOps knowledge.
Users describe what they want to build in plain language, deploy it through Autogen, and receive a live, usable application link in one continuous flow. Even something like a retro game can be built and deployed in minutes, as shown in this short step-by-step tutorial.
The response was immediate. In the first seven days after launch, more than 800 applications were deployed, spanning simple tools, games, and a wide range of interesting use cases. This momentum showed how quickly building becomes accessible when friction is removed.
NodeOps GPT reinforced a core principle of the ecosystem: infrastructure should never be a prerequisite to creativity. With nothing more than an idea, anyone can now build and deploy on the NodeOps Network.
Staking Hub and Liquid Participation
The Staking Hub enables users to move from passive holding to active participation. Supporting ecosystems like Beam, Hyperliquid, and EigenLayer, the hub introduced dual-incentive mechanics and gamified leaderboards to drive engagement.
With tens of millions in assets staked and hundreds of thousands of gNODE earned, staking is a core participation loop across the ecosystem.
Complementing this, the Liquid NFT Vault allows users to deposit transferable partner NFTs in exchange for passive yield. Together, these systems improve capital efficiency while reinforcing protocol-aligned behavior across the network.
NodeOps Portal and Telegram Bot
As the ecosystem expanded, NodeOps introduced the Portal as a unified access layer for interacting with the network. The Portal consolidates bridging, staking, credit top-ups, DeFi integrations, and NFT interactions into a single interface.
By centralizing these workflows, the Portal transforms $NODE from a passive asset into an actively usable one. It’s the operational hub for managing positions, participating in campaigns, and accessing network services, especially for newer users.
In parallel, the Telegram Bot brought infrastructure directly into users’ pockets. Through simple chat commands, users can deploy nodes, farm compute, monitor deployments, and manage credits. The full experience is demonstrated in this tutorial, showing how infrastructure can be operated entirely from within Telegram.
Together, these tools expand access beyond traditional dashboards and lower the barrier to participation across the NodeOps Network.
Prototype Sprints
In 2025, NodeOps formalized Prototype Sprints as a repeatable framework for rapid innovation. Each sprint compresses the full cycle from ideation to live deployment into a single week, prioritizing real usage over speculative design.
The first three sprints — Awesome Prompts, SafeSend, and Piece of Mind — are now live. Among them, SafeSend stood out as a focused response to a common user pain point: securely transferring assets without relying on trust or manual coordination. Its simplicity and accessibility are demonstrated in this end-to-end tutorial.
Prototype Sprints now serve a dual role within the ecosystem. They function as an internal innovation engine while also acting as a feature funnel, allowing successful experiments to graduate into long-term, production-grade products grounded in real user feedback.
Token & Economic Milestones
The $NODE Token Generation Event
The Token Generation Event marked a defining moment for NodeOps. After months of preparation, $NODE launched with a clear objective: align network growth with real usage rather than speculation.
The release of the DePIN 2.0 tokenomics model introduced a dynamic mint and burn mechanism directly tied to onchain revenue, inspired by the optimal control theory. As platform usage increases, supply adjusts automatically. Value capture moved from discretionary decisions to enforceable code.
This design established the economic foundation the network would build on throughout the year. It was further supported by an interactive tokenomics simulator, a transparent airdrop checker, and robust Sybil resistance systems. Independent analysis from Messari and Xangle validated the approach, but more importantly, the model proved itself in operation.
The TGE was not just a launch. It established the economic backbone the network would build on for the years to come.
Listings, Liquidity, and Market Access
Following the TGE, $NODE expanded across major centralized and decentralized venues, opening the ecosystem to global participation. Listings on Binance Alpha, KuCoin, Kraken, Gate, Bybit, and others ensured broad access and sustained liquidity.
Q3 saw strong onboarding momentum, with more than 77,000 wallets joining through airdrops and wallet campaigns. Liquidity turnover remained consistently high, supporting active participation rather than short-lived attention.
Token Sustainability and Buyback & Burn
In September, NodeOps executed its first official buyback and burn, permanently removing over 20 million $NODE from circulation.
This marked a shift in how supply dynamics operate across the network. Supply contraction was formalized as a direct function of network usage, rather than a discretionary action. All burns are routed to an irreversible, auditable onchain address, hard-coded to ensure that every future burn compounds transparently over time.
As the year progressed, weekly burn events became fully autonomous and publicly observable. Token-level activity, including burns and minting, is tracked in real time via the Transparency Board, while broader network usage and revenue metrics are available on the public Dune dashboard.
Sustainability was no longer a narrative or promise. It became a measurable, verifiable property of the system.
Decentralized Governance in Action
Governance moved from theory to practice in 2025. Multiple protocol improvement proposals passed with meaningful participation, including PIP-01, PIP-03, and PIP-04.
PIP-04 represented a significant upgrade to the $NODE economic engine, hard-coding revenue-backed deflation and strengthening long-term alignment between ecosystem growth and token value.
Community & Ecosystem Milestones
Ambassador Program
In 2025, NodeOps launched its first Ambassador Program, formalizing a community-led approach to ecosystem growth. From hundreds of applicants worldwide, over 100 ambassadors were selected and onboarded across key regions.
These ambassadors became active extensions of the ecosystem, creating localized content, translating product and campaign materials, amplifying launches, and surfacing regional insights that would otherwise remain invisible from a centralized view. Their work helped establish continuous feedback loops between the network and its users.
Building on this success, Ambassador Wave 2 onboarded additional members, significantly expanding reach and local presence. The program has evolved into a scalable model for two-way market intelligence and grassroots ecosystem activation.
Events and Global Presence
Throughout 2025, NodeOps strengthened its global presence through a focused series of ecosystem events and activations part of the Proof of Build tour. These were designed as touchpoints to deepen relationships across builders globally.
Key moments included Token2049 Dubai, a 1st place win in the DePIN track at Proof of Talk in Paris, NodeOps Night in Seoul, and the project’s first on-site hackathon at Permissionless NYC, which produced 15 submissions and awarded $5,000 in prizes. Collectively, these events reinforced NodeOps’ position as a leading decentralized infrastructure network and helped anchor its community across multiple regions.
NodeOps Night — Seoul, South Korea
NodeOps Hackathon at Permissionless — NYC, US
Proof of Talk 2025 — Paris, France
Looking Ahead
2025 was Proof of Build. 2026 will be Proof of Scale.
With a working economic engine, production-grade infrastructure, and a growing global community, NodeOps enters 2026 focused on one question: how to scale what already works.
The foundations are in place. The next phase is about multiplying their impact.
