About Wingbits: A DePIN project that monitor real-time flight data to improve air travel safety and efficiency. Anyone can setup a Wingbits antenna at their home and start contributing flight data and earn token rewards for it.
Wingbits miner price: $395 or $355.5 after using the discount code.
Wingbits discount code: nordic ($50 off) or nordic10 (10% off)
Where to buy: At HeliumDeploy or at Hyfix.
Needed to start mining: The antenna can be placed indoors in the attic or on a balcony, but the best way is to place it outdoors on the roof. See the video below were I show step-by-step how to reserve a hex and get started.
Everything you need to know about Wingbits
What is Wingbits
Wingbits is a community driven aircraft monitoring network that aims to make air travel more efficient and safe. That is achieved by people putting up a plug-and-play wingbits miners that track aircrafts and collects real-time data from them. This data is then sent to the decentralized network were it can be instantly used by other aircraft or control towers so that everyone involved in air traffic gets up to date information. The data can also be used to create innovative new programs/applications since this form of accurate and trusted data have never been seen before.
The people who setup a Wingbits miner and provide data are also rewarded with the Wings token. This makes the data collection incentivized for anyone who wants to contribute to the network.
What will Wingbits data be used for?
Here we can see the Wingbits map that show how flights are being tracked by Wingbits miners around the world.
The data collected is of high interest within the entire aviation business. It can be used by commercial airlines to get better information about their own flights. The data can be used by control towers to provide them with more knowledge to make air traffic even safer. Since the data is tracked real-time it can also be of great help whenever there are emergencies and emergency services need to locate a specific aircraft. Due to the data also being secure and validated through blockchain technology, it can be further used for countless applications to innovate within the aviation industry. It will for sure be exciting to see what they will be able to come up with.
Wingbits goal, that they write about in their whitepaper, seem to be that they will start monetizing data they sell to various parts of the aviation industry, when they got enough world coverage. So it seems they are currently in their building stage were they want enough coverage in the world before they start selling data, which makes sense.
After that they are looking to utilize the collected data to create additional applications and services that they can then sell.
Some of the revenue collected from the various ways Wingbits aim to use their data, will go back to the community that are providing the data with their wingbits miners.
Different Wingbits devices
Wingbits have two plug and play stations, the WB200 and the MGW310.
WB200 The WB200 is a plug and play wingbits miner that earns the WINGS token.
MGW310
The MGW310 is a plug and play Wingbits miner that earns both the WINGS token and the GEOD token at the same time. That is because Wingbits and GEODNET (another DePIN project with the GEODNET miner) have partnered and launched this miner that is able to dual mine both tokens.
So if you are looking to mine two tokens at the same time, the MGW310 is great and less costly than getting both the WB200 and the GEODNET miner seperatly.
For people who already have a GEODNET miner, they can't setup the MGW310 in the same spot as their current GEODNET miner. But it's possible for them to set them up in a different location.
Both Wingbits miners are waterproof and can be setup outside. The miners can be used inside, like in the attic or out on a balcony. But it's recommended to get the best coverage and earnings to setup the miners outside with a clear sky, for example on a roof.
Where in the world Wingbits devices can be used
The Wingbits miner can be run by anyone anywhere in the world.
When are bought wingbits miners shipped?
All Wingbits miners are currently in pre-order stage and are expected to be shipped around Q1 2025.
Difficulty
The Wingbits devices are said to be "plug and play" crypto miner that are easy to start using.
Wingbits earnings
People having a Wingbits miner, either a WB200, a MGW310 or a self-built device are currently earning WINGS tokens. Since the Wingbits project have not been around for long, they and are still in their testnet stage were users are earning testnet tokens. That means that the tokens currently have no value. However, Wingbits aim to have their token generation event in Q4 2024 where the WINGS token will get a value. The testnet tokens will be used to determine how many mainnet tokens each user gets. The more testnet tokens a user have will equal more mainnet tokens.
Wingbits HEX and coverage
Wingbits are using a hexagonal system where the entire world is divided into hexagons of two different sizes. The size of the hexes are distinguished by their resolution.
Wingbits resolution 6 hex
The resolution 6 hex are the smallest hex out of all Wingbits hexes. They also have the orange color when those hexes already have a Wingbits miner setup inside them. The resolution 6 hexes are only used to show the boundries where miners are already setup and where locations are available. On the wingbits dashboard om the station section, people are able to see which resolution 6 hexes that are already reserved (red) and which hexes that are available (green).
Wingbits resolution 3 hex
The resolution 3 hex are much bigger than the resolution 6 hex and are shown when we click on a resolution 6 hex. That is because the resolution 3 hexes show the signal coverage a station provides. The color of the resolution 3 hexes are varying from blue to green. These hexes are used to show each wingbits miners coverage and also used to determined the daily token earnings.
Wingbits earnings
The resolution 3 hexes show how much a wingbits miner earns and here is how it works. For each resolution 3 hex there is a set amount of WINGS tokens that can be distributed each day. If there is a miners nearby that provides signal coverage and message aircraft within that hex area, that station gets those daily WINGS tokens. If there are multiple miners that provide coverage for that specific hex, it's the miner that handles the most data messages within that hex, that gets "rank 1" and that gets the most tokens.
Since each wingbits miner is able to provide coverage over huge areas, there is a lot of coverage overlap (but that is ok). But since that is the case, the ranking of a miner for each resolution 3 hex will vary a lot depending on how many other miners are nearby and if their setup provides better coverage or not. But even though a miner is not at the top of the rank, they will still provide data and earn tokens. As long as a miner is able to provide some real-world value, by handling messages, they receive token rewards.
How many wingbits miners can we have?
We can have as many Wingbits miners we want as long as we set them up in different resolution 6 hexagons.
How to earn the most with a Wingbits miner
To earn the most tokens with a Wingbits miner a user should setup the miner in a way that it gets the most signal coverage possible. The more signal coverage, the more data messages the miner is able to handle from passing air crafts. The more data messages equals more token rewards.
To get more coverage a Wingbits miner should be setup outside and as high up as possible. The device can for example be mounted on a roof or somewhere there is a clear open sky.
To get the best coverage a user want to avoid having tall buildings or trees nearby that hinder the miners signal coverage. Having a terrain with mountains or hills nearby can also limit the signal coverage. That is why we want to place the miner as high up as possible so that it can avoid being hindered by obstacles. This is of course not always possible, but it's the way to optimize earnings.
By setting up a Wingbits miner where no one else have one is also an easy way to get 100% of the token rewards from all the hexes the miner is able to provide coverage for. Being early setting up a miner is thereby a great way to collect a lot of tokens before others comes and starts competing for the daily token rewards.
How to start with Wingbits
First we want to reserve the resolution 6 hex we intend on setting up the miner in. That reservation will reserve the hex for 6 hours, which gives us enough time to purchase a Wingbits miner. To see the exact step-by-step tutorial on how to do this, watch the video at the top of this page. After we purchased a Wingbits miner from a reseller we will get a coupon code in an email from the reseller. We can use this coupon code to extend the hex reservation to 6 months for free in the Wingbits dashboard. That way we can make sure our hex location will stay reserved until we get and setup the miner. After the miner is setup we can add a solana wallet to it, on the Wingbits dashboard, and the tokens will be sent to that wallet. Most users use the free phantom browser wallet.
Wingbits discount code
There are two different Wingbits discount codes that can be used. A 10% off discount code "nordic10" can be used for the WB200 miner. A $50 discount code "nordic" can be used for the MGW310 miner. Both those discount codes work for many different crypto miners on most sites.