Grass network
App and browser extension that shares unused home internet bandwidth and pays points toward GRASS tokens or USDC.
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Grass key facts
| Category | DePIN network |
|---|---|
| Platforms | Chrome extension, Desktop, Android, iOS |
| Token | GRASS; allocations: Community 300M, Foundation and Ecosystem 228M, Early Investors 252M, Contributors 220M |
| Company | Grass OpCo Ltd. |
| US availability | Available: terms restrict only sanctioned jurisdictions |
What is Grass?
Grass is a bandwidth-sharing network: users run a desktop app, mobile app or Chrome extension that sells their unused internet capacity. Contributions are tracked as Grass Points, which help determine the Grass Tokens or USDC a user may receive. The site claims over 8.5M users and is operated by Grass OpCo Ltd.
How Grass works
The Grass network has three parts: nodes, routers and validators.
A node is the Grass app or extension on your device. Buyers' web requests reach your node as encrypted packets that only tell it where to send each request; the node fetches the public web page and returns the encrypted response to a router. Requests are authenticated with digital signatures from every party involved, and Grass says this traffic is kept separate from your own browsing, which it cannot see.
Contributions are counted as Grass Points, split since Epoch 11 into Uptime Points and Network Points. Uptime Points reward time connected, active referrals and milestones. Network Points come from a fixed pool of 1,000,000 a day, shared pro rata by how much of your bandwidth was actually used. Usage depends on demand in your region, the stability of your connection and how it was used recently, so equal uptime can produce very different results.
GRASS holders can stake by delegating to routers, which are awarded more traffic as delegated stake grows. There is no minimum staking period, rewards accrue every second, unstaking takes 7 days, and routers charge a commission on rewards. Slashing is not implemented today, though the docs say it may be added later for routers that report invalid traffic or censor participants.
How to start with Grass
- Download the Grass app for Android, Mac, Windows or Linux, create an account and connect; running a node is free.
- Desktop apps earn a 2x Uptime Points boost and Android earns 3x, and the Android app is available by direct download and in the Solana dApp Store.
- The General Terms bar anyone under the age of majority and anyone in a sanctioned jurisdiction; the United States is not named as a restricted location.
Grass fees and limits
- Grass's terms, last modified July 1, 2026, list no fee for using the app, but section 7.1 makes you responsible for your own internet access and hardware, and section 7.7 notes that Grass is not your internet service provider, so the cost of the connection you share stays with you.
Under section 7.4, points have no monetary value and cannot be sold or transferred, while rewards may include GRASS tokens or USDC. If you stake GRASS, the router you delegate to keeps a commission on your rewards. There is no minimum staking period, and unstaking locks tokens for 7 days before you can withdraw them.
Risks to know before using Grass
- Grass is a residential proxy network: companies send public web requests through your home connection.
- Grass describes buyers as verified institutions doing tasks such as checking local prices, viewing regional ads and academic research, and says AppEsteem monitors its apps for vulnerabilities and malware.
- The points update states that installing the app, or buying a Grasshopper device, does not guarantee Network Points, because they depend on actual usage.
- The terms are governed by British Virgin Islands law, and disputes go to binding arbitration seated in the BVI.
- Early investors are allocated 252 million GRASS and contributors 220 million, both with 1-year cliffs and vesting, and locked tokens cannot be staked until vested.
- Future Incentives hold another 170 million for retroactive programs.
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Grass pros and cons
- Runs in the background with a one-tap pause
- Available as desktop app, mobile app and Chrome extension
- Rewards can be paid in USDC as well as Grass Tokens
- Users in sanctioned or high-risk jurisdictions may not be eligible for tokens
- Points convert to rewards by a formula that also weighs location and usage
- Bare name "Grass" in search mostly returns unrelated results
Grass FAQ
What is Grass?
Grass is a bandwidth-sharing network: users run a desktop app, mobile app or Chrome extension that sells their unused internet capacity. Contributions are tracked as Grass Points, which help determine the Grass Tokens or USDC a user may receive. The site claims over 8.5M users and is operated by Grass OpCo Ltd.
Is Grass available in the US?
Available: terms restrict only sanctioned jurisdictions, according to Grass’s own page (checked Sep 26, 2026).
Sources
How this page works
Sources: Grass: official site, Grass: GRASS Tokenomics, Grass: Grass 101. Data as of Oct 1, 2026.
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