Decentralised Physical Infrastructure — chains whose token pays participants for supplying hardware in the physical world (wireless coverage, GPU capacity, sensors, storage). Helium is the reference case.
| # | Asset | Consensus | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VeChainVET | Proof of Authority (PoA 2.0) | $444M |
| 2 | Theta NetworkTHETA | Multi-Level BFT (PoS) | $139M |
| 3 | peaqPEAQ | NPoS (Substrate) | $68M |
| 4 | NeuraiXNA | KAWPOW | $495,586 |
| 5 | U2U NetworkU2U | Helios (DAG aBFT + DPoS) | $221,913 |
Methodology — the rules under which each chain's purpose was decided. Assets that don't fit one of the categories are left unclassified rather than filed under a guess.