In the DePIN context, a distributed network of residential IP nodes that collectively crawl the public web, bypassing rate limits and geo-blocks while sharing the load.
Networks like Grass route scraping jobs through operator devices (browser extensions or desktop clients) that use their real residential IP addresses. This makes the crawl traffic appear organic rather than bot-generated. Operators earn tokens per amount of data proxied. The model differs from traditional scrapers by being decentralized, compliant with network operator consent, and compensating IP providers.