DeCharge

We couldn't find a reliable charger when we bought our first EV. So we built the thing we needed. Two years later: 2,000 nodes live. 10-12 week deployments vs the industry's 9-12 months. 5,800+ locations mapped by real drivers. Range anxiety is an infrastructure problem. Infrastructure problems have solutions.

Old model: One company raises $500M Builds chargers where it makes sense for them You drive. They profit. New model: 500 people each put in $100 Chargers go where the community actually needs them You drive. Everyone profits. One of these is already happening.

You just bought a deployment unit. What happens next? 1⃣ Your funding goes toward a specific, Scout-validated charger location, one of the 500 planned across the US. 2⃣ DeCharge (or a partner installer) installs the hardware on-site. No permits, no electrical work, no logistics on your end. 3⃣ Once installed, the charger goes live and starts serving EV drivers in that area. 4⃣ DeCharge runs ongoing promotions and visibility campaigns so local drivers actually find and use the charger. 5⃣ Maintenance and uptime are handled by our team, keeping the charger operational over time. 6⃣ Revenue from charging sessions flows in, costs get covered, and network rewards get distributed to unit holders. That's the full lifecycle. One unit, one real charger, one ongoing operation behind it.

Unpopular opinion: the EV charging crisis has nothing to do with technology. The tech exists. The demand exists. The problem is who controls the deployment. When infrastructure is owned by a handful of companies with 10-year capital cycles, gaps don't get filled. Communities get ignored. Decentralize the grid. Everything else follows.

Explore Charge America Deployment Units or Fully Managed EV Infra here: decharge.network/chargeamerica

You funded the charger. A driver just used it. Here's what happens next. Energy sold to drivers becomes revenue. ➡️ Revenue covers maintenance and uptime. ➡️ What's left becomes network rewards, distributed to unit holders, ➡️with a small share to DeCharge for running the operation. Transparent, not theoretical.

Every EV needs a charger, but building that infrastructure is incredibly slow and expensive. @DeCharge is flipping the script by letting regular people fund chargers and earn from them directly via Solana. Real-world utility meets decentralized infrastructure. 🚀 Check out this incredible deep dive by @EhDhizy into how they’re doing it 👇

Are deployment units fully managed too? Yes. Here's exactly how. Every charger in Charge America splits into 20 deployment units. Across 500 planned US chargers, that's the full structure of the campaign. Buying a unit doesn't mean you install anything, maintain anything, or manage anything yourself. DeCharge scouts the location, installs the hardware through our own team or partner network, and keeps it running. We also run the promotions and campaigns that drive EV drivers to actually use the charger. A charger nobody finds doesn't help anyone. Once it's live and earning, network rewards get distributed after operating costs, with a small share going to DeCharge for running the whole operation. You fund a real charger. We handle everything else.

$100 is the on-ramp. $2,000 is full ownership. Both build the same grid. Reserve your units → decharge.network/chargeamerica

Either way, the same loop runs: charger goes live → EV drivers charge → fees flow back into the network → participants earn network rewards tied to actual energy delivered. This isn't a pledge or a roadmap promise. It's a real charger, at a real address, funded by real people.

$100 unit or $2,000 charger — what does your money actually fund? Every Charge America Charger splits into 20 deployment units at $100 each. $100 = Access to EV Charging Network - Scout-validated charger, funding real hardware and installation alongside other backers. $2,000 = you own the entire EV Charger Infrastructure Unit.

@EhDhizy 🔌⚡️ EV'fied

Lately, I've spent time looking into DePIN projects and one that has really caught my attention with good use case is @DeCharge As EV adoption continues to grow, accessible charging infrastructure becomes just as important as the vehicles themselves. DeCharge's building a decentralized, community-powered EV charging network that aims to expand coverage while reducing range anxiety. I like seeing Web3 applied to real-world challenges and this feels like one of those use cases where blockchain can provide genuine value rather than being added for the sake of it. I've only just started diving deeper into the project, but from what I've seen so far, it's definitely one worth keeping on the radar. I'll be sharing more discoveries about DeCharge.

Ready to fund real EV charging infrastructure? Here's exactly how: 1⃣ Go to decharge.network/chargeamerica 2⃣ Choose your path: a $100 deployment unit, or a full $2,000 charger. 3⃣ Complete checkout - supports crypto & fiat payments. 4⃣ Your funding goes toward a real charger at a Scout-validated, high-demand location. 5⃣ Once live, it serves EV drivers and you start earning network rewards tied to real energy delivered. 6⃣ Bonus: if you're part of the @ChainGPT_Pad Buzz Campaign, eligible participants get boosted rewards for participating in Charge America. This is how the grid gets built, together. Get started → decharge.network/chargeamerica

EV infrastructure is not just a hardware challenge. It is a coordination challenge. From aggregating charging demand to connecting operators, users, and infrastructure, DeCharge is building the network layer for the future of energy. Great conversation with @afscott and @SolanaFndn on how real-world infrastructure can scale through better coordination. Listen here 👇

500 locations. 500 EV Chargers = 10,000 deployment units. Each one tied to a specific, Scout-validated site. Once a site fills, it's funded and the next backer moves to a new location. The community-owned grid is being built right now, one unit at a time. Explore Charge America EV Infra today: decharge.network/chargeamerica

"Fully managed" gets thrown around a lot. Here's what it actually means for a DeCharge Charge America deployment unit. We scout the location. We install the charger. We manage the traffic. We handle the maintenance. You fund it. We run it.

Think of a DeCharge deployment unit like a decentralized GPU, except instead of computing power, you're funding energy infrastructure. The model we're chasing: become the Helium of EV charging. Distributed nodes, community-owned, network effects that compound as more chargers come online. Distribution is the bottleneck. We're solving it. More info: decharge.network/chargeamerica

Scout-validated. Community-funded. Real chargers going into real gaps. Here's the first step: Scout and map the EV Chargers and traffic in your location: scout.decharge.io

This is what demand-first deployment actually looks like: community members telling us exactly where the gap is before we close it.

How do you find the right place to put a charger? You ask the people who'll actually use it. Real EV drivers, mapping real demand. 🧵