Are you looking to unlock your Pi coin in 2025 so as to withdraw and convert it to cash?

Did you mistakenly lock up your Pi coins for longer than you would have preferred, and want to make a change?

Then you are not alone.

Many Pi coin holders today are stuck with locked Pi coins that they would rather sell than hold.

This is because unknown to many Pioneers, locking up Pi coins doesn't only boost the mining rate but also prevents transfers to other wallets.

This is a systematic hedge by Pi coin admins to prevent mass dumping of the coin after the launch of the open mainnet, and rightly so.

For example, I currently have my coins locked up for 1 year, and my balance configured to lock up for 3 years.

That means that I cannot withdraw my Pi coins or make transfers until the year 2026.

Luckily enough, I was able to correct this mistake so as to prevent my Pi coins being locked up longer than I wanted.

So, how do you unlock your Pi coins for withdrawal in 2025?

How do you configure your Pi coin lockup settings so that you can start withdrawing and making transfers ASAP?

Well, below is a detailed method that I used to free up some Pi coins for withdrawal, and you can copy exactly that.

First Step to Unlocking your Pi Coins

Before trying to unlock your Pi Coins, make sure that you have completed your KYC and already have a transferable balance, else the changes won't take effect.

Many Pi coin holders are usually shocked when the system ignores their lockup settings and just lockup their Pi coin for a certain period that might not be favorable for the pioneer.

For example, there are cases where a pioneer might prefer to lock up their coins for the minimum lockup period of 2 weeks, but the system ignores their lockup settings and locks their coin for the maximum period of 3 years.

Now, that's annoying.

So, ensure that your mainnet checklist is completed and that you have a substantial amount of Pi coins in your transferable balance.

Reconfigure Pi Coin Lockup

The next step is to reconfigure your Pi coin lockup. That is, you want to change the lockup settings to lower timelines so as to be able to withdraw your funds ASAP.

Pi Coin Lockup Duration

There are 4 lockup durations which you can pick from.

2 weeks
6 months
1 year
3 years

Short-term Pi coin holders usually lockup their coins for either 2 weeks (which is mandatory) or 6 months, while long-term holders usually go for 1 year or 3 years lockups.

If you are looking to withdraw your Pi coins in 2025, then you are more likely a short-term pi coin holder and should lock up your coins for a maximum period of 6 months.

Pi Coin Lockup Settings

To configure your Pi coin lockup settings, click on the Pi counter at the top of the app homepage and go to the Balance Dashboard.

On the Balance Dashboard, scroll down and click on "Configure Lockup Rate"

This will take you to the configure lockup settings page where you can configure or reconfigure your Pi coin lockup rate.

On this page, you can use the slides to adjust the lockup percentage, which is the amount or percentage of your Pi coin transferable balance that you will like to lock up.

You can lockup all or some of your pi coin as you deem fit.

Currently, I have 90% of my Pi coin locked up, with the remaining 10% free for me to use whenever I want.

You can also use the lockup duration slide to configure how long you want to lock your Pi coins.

You can lock up 90% of your Pi coins for 2 weeks or lock up 50% for 6 months, whichever serves your goal.

Previously, I locked up 90% of my Pi coins for 1 year, but now I have 50% of my balance locked up for 6 months.

This means that I can withdraw whatever I earn in 2025 once I am able to send my transferable balance to my wallet. Yay!

Pi Coin Lockup: The Right Way

When resetting your Pi coin lockup settings, the plan is to find the right balance between locking up your coins and having some funds available for use.

My plan is to always use the total boost rate as a guide.

Under the lockup settings sliders, there is an estimated boost rate number in percentage.

My plan is to keep it just above 200% as that is considered a healthy boost rate for mining more Pi coins.

For example, locking up 90% of my Pi coins for 6 months gives me a lockup boost of just over 200% while still having my coins available for withdrawal in the short-term.

Now, that's smart.

FAQs About Unlocking Pi Coins in 2025

Here are some of the popular inquiries from Pioneers about unlocking Pi coins for withdrawal in 2025. Hopefully, these FAQs will answer some other questions that you might have.

Can Pi coin be Manually Unlocked After Finishing Your Lockup Setting?

Yes. You can manually unlock, reset or reconfigure your lockup settings after completion.

Since lockup settings only applies during the automated transfer of initially mined Pi coins to Pi wallet balance, you can continue to change your lockup settings as you want.

Can Pi Coins Be Transfered While Locked?

No. Pi coins cannot be transfered or withdrawn while the lockup duration is active. You can only transfer coins out after the lockup period is complete.

Can Pi Coins in Active Lockups Wallet be Unlocked?

No. Pi Coins under the Active Lockups cannot be unlocked or transferred before the deadline of the lockup duration. Unlocking coins in this wallet is automated by the system and final.

Pi Coin Refuse to Unlock. What To Do?

Pi coin will not unlock once the lockup settings have been applied during transfer to your Pi wallet.

So, you cannot unlock Pi coin that has already been sent to your wallet by changing the lockup settings.

You only have to wait for the lockup duration to elapse, and your Pi coins will become available for withdrawal.

Pi coin Refused to Lock. What to Do?

Since all Pi coins sent from your mined balance to your Pi wallet are mandatorily locked up for at least 2 weeks, you cannot lock Pi coins that are already locked even though you didn't lock them yourself.

So, you'll have to wait for the mandatory lockup duration to elapse before locking up the coins again.

To lock up Pi coins that have become available, you can either create new lockups, via your movable lockups or re-lock Pi coins that are available to be moved.

Creating new lockups can be done by clicking the "Create Lockup" button at the top right of the Movable Lockups page.

By creating new lockups, you can apply new lockup settings different from previous lockups.

To apply previous lockup settings, simply relock the Pi coins as soon as they are available in your movable lockups wallet.

To do this, click on the move button beside the available Pi coins you want to lockup, and then click on the "Re-lock with Same Setting" button.

Can you Unlock Pi Coin Before Completing KYC?

You can unlock pi coin via your lockup settings even before completing KYC. However, your lockup settings becomes valid only after KYC completion since transfer of mined coins to Pi wallet will only work after your KYC has been completed.

So, you can go ahead to change your lockup settings as much as you want even before completing KYC but make sure that your saved lockup settings after KYC completion is really the settings you want to apply to the Pi coins being sent to your wallet.

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