DAWN completes $13 million Series B funding; how the Solana ecosystem DePIN project is reshaping broadband infrastructure

【Crypto World】DAWN, a decentralized broadband protocol based on Solana, has made another big move—just secured $13 million in Series B funding led by Polychain Capital.

In simple terms, DAWN aims to solve the “bottleneck” problem in the traditional broadband industry. Currently, network infrastructure is controlled by a few large companies, with high barriers to entry, slow coverage expansion, and high costs. What if we change the approach? Allow ordinary people and institutions to participate by deploying wireless nodes. As long as your node is stable and reliable, you can earn rewards based on coverage quality and actual traffic—this is the core concept of DePIN.

The project has already generated some data: over 4 million households in the US are connected to the DAWN network, experiencing gigabit-level broadband speeds. Even more interesting, they have launched an international pilot in Accra, Ghana, targeting areas where fiber infrastructure costs are too high and deployment is too slow.

The new funding will mainly be used for two things—continue expanding network coverage in the US and accelerate international market deployment. The project also launched Black Box, a hardware device that combines a router and DePIN node functions, supporting multiple blockchain ecosystems. Household users can directly earn from broadband services. If this model proves successful, it could truly break the centralized monopoly of traditional infrastructure.