Presearch, the privacy-focused profiling-free engine, today announced that its Series II Node NFT auction has sold out, generating over 8.5 million PRE in total proceeds, more than double the nearly 4 million PRE raised in the inaugural auction, marking the largest deflationary event in PRE history.
The auction distributed 418 node license NFTs, with each node exceeding its reserve price despite a 50% increase in reserves from the previous sale. The event also attracted 127 unique bidders, doubling participation from the first node auction and signaling accelerated demand for infrastructure supporting the Presearch network.
Node NFTs grant participants the right to operate nodes that power Presearch’s decentralized search infrastructure, helping to process queries, maintain network resilience, and expand platform capacity as global search volume increases.
“The sale of Series II demonstrates strong and growing demand for participation in the Presearch Network,” said Tim Enneking, CEO of Presearch. “With higher reserve prices, double the bidders, and more than twice the proceeds of the first auction, the results highlight both the strength of the community and the growing value of the DePin research infrastructure.”
The rapid sale of Presearch’s node license NFTs marks a turning point for the company as it expands beyond its roots in privacy-focused search to become a true DePin AI Factory, a distributed intelligence layer designed not only to power its proprietary web indexing and search engine, but also to power AI agents and bespoke enterprise AI pipeline workflows to meet the ever-increasing demand for GPU computing. The company says it is already in discussions with several pilot customers to explore how their confidential computing network can transform raw data into high-signal vectorized Frontier Intelligence without storing user data.
Proceeds from the auction are returned to the PRE treasury, reinforcing the increasingly deflationary design of the token while supporting the continued development of the ecosystem. As search activity on Presearch.com increases, additional nodes will be needed to expand the network’s capacity, creating ongoing opportunities for community members to participate in securing and scaling the platform.
The Series II auction is part of Presearch’s broader strategy to gradually decentralize its research infrastructure through node ownership and community participation. By aligning infrastructure growth with research demand, the network continues to strengthen its decentralized architecture while strengthening a sustainable economic cycle for the PRE token.
Node license NFTs from the auction are viewable on OpenSea, where the collection currently includes 418 node licenses in total.
Presearch plans to continue expanding its node network as usage increases, with future sales expected to support the next phase of scaling the platform’s decentralized research.
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About Presearch
Presearch.com offers a privacy-focused, profiling-free search experience with results comparable to major search engines. Its search-to-earn model rewards users with PRE tokens for each search, creating a unique value proposition. Powered by a decentralized node infrastructure, Presearch promotes fairness and mitigates bias in search results, unlike conventional platforms that may prioritize interested content and suppress others. With a loyal community, the platform serves nearly 10 million searches per month.
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