In Brief
Robin Wingardh, CEO of Wingbits, delivered a high-speed talk at DePIN Day Dubai 2025, revealing how they're building the next-gen flight tracking network. Frustrated by volunteer-powered systems that extract value without sharing it, Wingbits is flipping the model: rewarding contributors, scaling coverage fast and delivering high-fidelity, regulation-compliant ADS-B data. In just 10 months, Wingbits has launched a satellite, onboarded thousands of nodes and built a $14M revenue pipeline.
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The Flight Data Bottleneck
Flight tracking is big business. With a $22B total addressable market and customers paying $20K/month for reliable data, demand is exploding due to AI, automation and new regulation. But legacy networks are stuck:
Volunteer-based systems offer poor incentives and low reliability
No optimization for coverage or uptime
Models can't scale to support drones and emerging aircraft
Why Existing Networks Are Stalling
The competition suffers from a dangerous mix of stagnation and fragility:
Unscalable: Cannot pivot to support drone markets
Complacent: Decade-old infrastructure, little innovation
High Latency: 4–5+ seconds on average
Security Risks: Susceptible to spoofing and fake data
Wingbits stations outperform competitors 2x in data quality and latency.
Enter Wingbits
Built for the DePIN era, Wingbits combines cryptographic integrity, economic incentives and real traction:
DePIN-native: Performance-based rewards
Innovation-first: Proof of location, tamper-proof chips, focus on underserved zones
Product-market fit: Already selling data to aviation, finance, leasing and carbon sectors
By the Numbers: 10-Month Growth Sprint
3000+ live nodes in 110+ countries
8B+ events/day
$10M raised
First satellite launched March 2025 (with SpaceX)
4,000 more devices pre-sold, 50 onboarded daily
6x faster growth than legacy players
Undeniable Edge
Wingbits hits 100K flights in 6 months, while others took years. With latency <1s and 99% uptime, the performance gap is clear:
From Flight Tracking to Traveler Utility
Wingbits isn’t just for aerospace clients. The roadmap includes:
Token-to-airmile conversion
Launch passes
Fast-track features
E-SIMs for travelers
And with a buy-and-burn model, 50% of revenue goes to token support, driving long-term sustainability.
Reinventing Aviation Infrastructure
Wingbits is proving that when you align incentives, trust the crowd and optimize for quality, even the most stagnant industries can be rebuilt from the sky down.
More at wingbits.xyz
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