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$GRASS · Solana
FrictionlessBandwidthVerified

Residential bandwidth sharing for AI data collection via a light browser client. Near-zero capex and a strong referral engine. Modest per-user returns, large network effect.

Analytical reportDraft

Decentralized Bandwidth Infrastructure: An Analytical Evaluation of Grass ($GRASS)

Grass, operated by Wynd Labs, is a decentralized, crowdsourced web-scraping network that gathers public data to train AI models. It turns consumer internet connections into node gateways, using the unused outbound bandwidth of millions of residential connections to form an enterprise-grade proxy and data-collection layer that sidesteps the IP-blocking that hits data centers.

Active residential nodes
2,500,000+ (mid-2026)
Annualized recurring revenue
~$14.2M (est. mid-2026)
Institutional backing
Polychain, Tribe, Delphi, Bitscale
Maximum supply
1,000,000,000 $GRASS
12 min read on Grass
Editorial review

The verdict

Editorial draft

Near-zero capex residential bandwidth sharing with a strong referral engine and a large network effect. Per-user returns are modest, so this is a volume and referral play, not a yield play.

Score breakdown88 / 100
Real revenue84 / 100

Demand-side revenue versus pure token emission.

Token economics76 / 100

Emission schedule, burn, and payout sustainability.

Decentralization95 / 100

Geographic and operator distribution.

Hardware economics98 / 100

Payback, cost-to-yield, resale, and capital efficiency.

Operator ease94 / 100

How simple the network is to install and run.

Transparency82 / 100

Public stats, verifiable data, and disclosure quality.

The headline builder score of 88 is our weighted editorial composite of the six dimensions above, scored on the same public methodology for every project. It is editorial, not a guarantee, and not financial advice.

Strengths

  • No hardware and a one-click browser client make onboarding effortless.
  • Strong referral mechanics compound a large network effect.
  • Verified, with bandwidth feeding real AI data-collection demand.

Risks

  • Per-user returns are small, so single-node income is minimal.
  • Residential IP sharing carries ISP terms-of-service questions.
  • Reward value is sensitive to token price and data demand.
Project Spec SheetVERIFIED ✓
Builder score88 / 100
Hardware costBYO
Reported yield$0.02–0.10
Est. break-evenn/a
Friction levelVery low
Power drawn/a
ChainSolana
30-day score change-3.3%
Install friction

Figures are indicative and change with token price and saturation. Not financial advice.

Official links
Token contract
Solana
Grass7B4RdKfBCjTKgSqnXkqjwiGvQyFbuSCUJr3XXjs
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