Colleague borrowed my phone to mine Pi coins

"Yesterday, a colleague asked to borrow my phone. I asked her what for, as money, vehicles, and phones are the three things I never lend to anyone. She said she wanted to help me get rich by installing an app to mine Pi coins.

Hearing that, I simply stood up and walked away. I had no interest and I did not feel the need to argue or explain."

Reader Tuan Minh

The above comment was left on an article about how Pi Network users are frustrated that many of the Pi coins they earned by referring others have been revoked due to failure to complete the know your customer (KYC) identity verification process.

In that article, one user shared how she spent four years promoting the coin on social media and even used family members' and friends' phones to create accounts under her referral code.

"I urged my referrals to complete KYC, sending messages, calling them, and posting reminders in Pi Network groups," she said, noting that it was all in vain as over 10,000 of her tokens still got revoked.

"I made significant sacrifices to recruit users, only to be left with nothing."

Reader kmphiso1 disagreed with this approach:

"You ask others to complete KYC even though they have no interest, just for your own profit.

So, are you essentially using other people's personal information for your own benefit? Is that not going too far?"

Reader tuan4th believes the verification requirement is justified:

"This issue is about filtering out fake accounts and people who use hundreds of phones to refer themselves rather than new users."

What are your thoughts on this topic?

*The opinions were translated into English with the assistance of AI. Readers’ views are personal and do not necessarily match VnExpress’ viewpoints.