1. Industrial Sensor Data Silos: A Global Challenge
Industrial, utility, and urban sensor networks generate large volumes of data - air-quality readings, geospatial scans, drone imagery - but most remains locked in proprietary silos. Without proven integrity or clear ownership, these measurements never become tradable assets.
2. Strategic Alliance: Launching the EDT Pilot
On April 24, 2025, World Mobile Chain teamed up with geospatial leader IABG and blockchain integrator 51nodes to launch Tokenized Environmental Data for Marketplace Models (EDT).
- IABG delivers geospatial analytics and end-to-end sensor verification.
- 51nodes develops secure tokenization workflows.
- World Mobile Chain provides a permissionless, high-throughput Layer-3 network on Base with low-fee transactions.
“We’re redefining how environmental data is structured, tokenized and commercialized” says Jochen Kassberger, co-founder of 51nodes.
“As the first DePIN Layer-3 on Base, World Mobile Chain is uniquely positioned to scale tokenized real-world asset models” adds Micky Watkins, CEO of World Mobile Group.
3. How EDT Tokenizes and Benchmarks Sensor Data
EDT captures inputs from drone fleets, industrial monitors and smart-city sensors. It seals each data packet with Secublox hardware to guarantee tamper-proof integrity.
Once secured, each dataset is minted as a token on the public, Base-powered World Mobile Chain. This process creates immutable, transparent records at a fraction of the usual cost.
The pilot also benchmarks Layer-3 throughput and cost against legacy Layer-2 systems to prove real-world performance.
4. Key Use Cases: From Drone Fleets to Smart-City Analytics
In Munich’s innovation hub, including partners like Isar Aerospace, EDT powers:
- Drone Fleet Monitoring: unified dashboards show battery health, wind patterns and obstacle maps
- Air-Quality Streams: urban planners subscribe to verified pollution data and spot hotspots in real time
- Autonomous Flight Automation: navigation systems adjust routes instantly based on live environmental inputs
5. Next Steps: Building a Blueprint for Trustless Data Marketplaces
As a reference model, EDT lays the foundation for a transparent, permissionless data marketplace. Defense contractors could subscribe to live terrain scans, utilities can trade water-level metrics, agriculture firms might lease soil-moisture streams, and mobility platforms integrate high-res traffic and weather feeds on demand.
With Secublox’s hardware-backed integrity and World Mobile Chain’s low-fee, high-throughput network, tokenization breakthroughs are here.
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