专注于航空业的 DePIN 初创公司 Wingbits 融资 560 万美元

DePIN 是一种使用去中心化网络保护的硬件的模型，可以被视为相当于亚马逊和谷歌等大型科技巨头提供的云计算服务的区块链。

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

航空业一家新的去中心化物理基础设施 (DePIN) 初创公司刚刚完成了 560 万美元的融资。

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 是一家成立于 2021 年的公司，旨在通过奖励在家中安装加密安全广播自动相关监视 (ADS-B) 接收器的人们来创建一个去中心化的航班跟踪网络。

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.

该公司的目标是创建一个更高效、更有价值的系统来收集和分发航班数据，目前公司将其出售给机场、航空公司和其他组织，每年获得数亿美元的收入。

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 是一种使用去中心化网络保护的硬件的模型，本质上是相当于大型科技巨头提供的云计算服务的区块链。

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.

此轮投资由 Borderless Capital 和 Bullish Capital 领投，Wingbits 的总投资额达到 920 万美元。后者的母公司 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 首席执行官卡里姆·法里斯 (Karim Faris) 在一份声明中表示：“我们 Wingbits 的使命是创造一个任何人都可以为关键基础设施做出贡献并因他们的努力而获得公平回报的世界。”

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

“这笔资金将帮助我们快速扩展去中心化的航班跟踪网络，使航空旅行更安全、更高效、更方便每个人。”