Grass announces Grasshopper, an upcoming DePin hardware device. Only mockups are posted, no details are given about its functionality or specs.

Grass, the decentralized bandwidth- and data-sharing project, has unveiled Grasshopper, its first dedicated DePIN hardware device for the Grass Network. In the announcement on X, Grass describes Grasshopper as a limited-quantity, plug‑and‑play unit and opened a waitlist, positioning it as the network’s first purpose-built hardware node. While the initial social posts only showed industrial-design style mockups, supporting documentation clarifies that Grasshopper is designed to share a user’s unused internet bandwidth with the Grass Network and stay online 24/7 to help route traffic and improve network stability for public web data gathering. According to Grass’s FAQ, Grasshopper is meant to function as a dedicated hardware node: it connects via Ethernet, runs continuously, and relays only encrypted Grass traffic, remaining logically isolated from a user’s personal devices and data. The device is designed to consume minimal power (similar to a small smart‑home device or router) and to use only spare bandwidth so as not to degrade normal browsing, streaming, or gaming. Grass frames Grasshopper as a more reliable alternative to running a node via desktop/browser, with the potential for steadier rewards and support for future functions such as data tagging, content sorting, or lightweight AI tasks via firmware updates, although details on pricing, exact specs, and reward mechanics are still pending. This launch situates Grass more firmly in the broader DePIN trend of projects issuing dedicated consumer hardware to crowdsource physical infrastructure such as bandwidth and data, and indicates a push to deepen the network’s capacity and reliability as it scales. "entities":["Grass","Grass Network","Grasshopper","DePIN","Grass Foundation","GRASS token"]}`

✨ AI-generated background, compiled from web sources — not editorial content.

More coverage

• DePIN szn Grasshopper is a plug and play device that shares your ... (x.com)
• Grasshopper FAQ | Grass - GitBook (grass-foundation.gitbook.io)
• depin-hardware-advancement - MapMetrics (mapmetrics.org)
• Best DePIN Projects 2026 - Titan Network (titannet.io)
• Grass announces Grasshopper, an upcoming DePin hardware device. (x.com)