專注於航空業的 DePIN 新創公司 Wingbits 融資 560 萬美元

DePIN 是一種使用去中心化網路保護的硬體的模型，可以被視為相當於亞馬遜和谷歌等大型科技巨頭提供的雲端運算服務的區塊鏈。

A new decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) startup in the aviation industry has just closed a $5.6 million funding round.

航空業一家新的去中心化實體基礎設施 (DePIN) 新創公司剛剛完成了 560 萬美元的融資。

Wingbits, a company founded in 2021, aims to create a decentralized flight tracking network by rewarding people for installing cryptographically-secured Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) receivers in their homes.

Wingbits 是一家成立於 2021 年的公司，旨在透過獎勵在家中安裝加密安全廣播自動相關監視 (ADS-B) 接收器的人來創建一個去中心化的航班追蹤網路。

The company's goal is to create a more efficient and rewarding system for collecting and distributing flight data, which is currently sold by companies to airports, airlines and other organizations for hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue each year.

該公司的目標是創建一個更有效率、更有價值的系統來收集和分發航班數據，目前公司將其出售給機場、航空公司和其他組織，每年獲得數億美元的收入。

DePIN, the model of using hardware secured by a decentralized network, is essentially a blockchain equivalent of the cloud computing services offered by Big Tech giants.

DePIN 是一種使用去中心化網路保護的硬體的模型，本質上是相當於大型科技巨頭提供的雲端運算服務的區塊鏈。

The investment round, which takes Wingbits' total backing to $9.2 million, was led by Borderless Capital and Bullish Capital. The latter's parent company, Bullish Group, is also the owner of CoinDesk.

此輪投資由 Borderless Capital 和 Bullish Capital 領投，Wingbits 的總投資額達 920 萬美元。後者的母公司 Bullish Group 也是 CoinDesk 的所有者。

"Our mission at Wingbits is to create a world where anyone can contribute to critical infrastructure and be rewarded fairly for their efforts," Wingbits CEO Karim Faris said in a statement.

Wingbits 執行長 Karim Faris 在一份聲明中表示：「我們Wingbits 的使命是創造一個任何人都可以為關鍵基礎設施做出貢獻並因他們的努力而獲得公平回報的世界。

"This funding will help us rapidly scale our decentralized flight tracking network, making air travel safer, more efficient, and more accessible for everyone."

“這筆資金將幫助我們快速擴展去中心化的航班追蹤網絡，使航空旅行更安全、更有效率、更方便每個人。”