Roam

• Roam builds a decentralised wireless network by connecting users to millions of OpenRoaming access points.

• Participants contribute or use network access and earn rewards for expanding coverage.

• ROAM is the network token.

• Supply allocated across community and ecosystem.

• Earned by contributing access points and network usage.

Pros:

• Builds on the existing OpenRoaming standard rather than creating new infrastructure from scratch.

• Very large access point base gives it immediate coverage.

• Wireless access has universal demand rather than a niche use case.

Cons:

• Physical network businesses have consistently struggled to translate coverage into revenue.

• Free public WiFi is widely available, which caps what users will pay.

• Competes with established decentralised wireless networks.

• Exposure to decentralised wireless infrastructure with existing coverage.

• Building on an existing standard is faster than deploying new hardware.

• Weigh that free alternatives cap the pricing power.

• Built on the existing OpenRoaming standard, so coverage is inherited from millions of access points rather than deployed one at a time.

• Mobile data is expensive when roaming and public WiFi requires repeated manual connection.

• Automatic authenticated roaming across a shared network removes both, if enough users value it.

• Founded by a team operating publicly within the DePIN sector.

• Backed by ecosystem investors including Solana ecosystem funds.

• No public ICO. Distributed through ecosystem and community allocations.

• Free public WiFi caps willingness to pay.

• Physical network monetisation has been consistently difficult.

• Competition from established decentralised wireless networks.

• Token rewards must eventually be funded by real usage revenue.