DEPIN is surely a great innovation, and I love the progress it has made so far in the entire Web 3.0 ecosystem.
For me, I think all crypto trends has a great innovation but it is just that the scams on the side have only seemed to ruined them.
I also like the fact that it was not hyped like the other innovations that were overhyped which led to their death when people realized that they were all about hypes. We must also be careful because not all DEPIN projects will be successful because by now scammers should have already been studying the system to see loopholes for them to exploit and scam people of their money.
Yeah and this make it looked like it was an underrated project. Overhype can be good but it can also be bad, but a good and legit project can still stand strong on their own. This is because they also have a solid supporter that knows their worth. Other than hype, we also have scams as you imply and this one is much tougher to spot according on how you described it. So like them that studies, we as well need to imitate that. This is what they say that it is an advantage if you know something. Even if it doesn't makes you earn but at least you won't experience a loss too.