So here it is: Pi Network has just said that you absolutely have to switch to Protocol 21 before April 6, otherwise you’ll get disconnected from the network. No negotiation. But honestly, in the comments, everyone kind of doesn’t care about the phase 4 date—what really annoys the community is the endless KYC delays. People have been waiting for years, like 3–4 years for some, without ever gaining access to their verification.

It’s still crazy how big of a problem this is. The team talks about Protocol 21, about v23.0 planned for May, about network stability, but in the meantime, thousands of ordinary miners are stuck. They mined for years, thinking that Pi Network phase 4 would finally open the doors for them—and now nothing. Even node operators are starting to question the decentralization of the whole thing.

The real issue is that Pi Network doesn’t really respond to these complaints. The April 6 deadline for the technical update, okay—but what about the people who are still waiting for their KYC? Nobody knows how this is going to be resolved.