The aviation industry in India is growing at record speed, creating both opportunities and challenges. With passenger traffic set to double by 2030 and over 80 new airports planned, the demand for accurate, real-time flight data has never been higher. Wingbits, a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) that crowdsources ADS-B signal collection from aircraft, needed a better way to enter this fast-growing market.
The challenge? Scaling reliable DePIN deployments across diverse regions in India.
Thanks to Dabba and its layer-0 model, now Wingbits is all set to make their expansion move in one of the world’s fastest growing economies. We’re excited to announce that we are teaming up with Wingbits to help them further expand into India. In the first phase, as part of the partnership we are launching a pilot to deploy 10 Wingbits Devices in India.
Why Wingbits Matters
So, what is Wingbits?
Wingbits is a DePIN project building a global, community-powered network to collect and process ADS-B signals from aircraft. These signals, transmitted by airplanes, contain vital information about position, altitude, and velocity. Traditionally, such data is captured by volunteers, who typically receive nothing in return. A handful of corporate players monetise this data, earning hundreds of millions each year collectively, without giving back to those who actually collect and share the data with them freely.
Wingbits changes this, as the industry’s first rewards-based flight tracking network participants are rewarded with tokens for contributing valuable data and incentivised to optimise their hardware set ups to maximise their earning potential.
Why does this matter in India?
- India’s aviation market is booming. Domestic air traffic crossed 153 million passengers in FY23 and is projected to double by 2030.
- The country currently has 480+ operational airports, with 80+ more planned under government expansion initiatives.
- With this rapid growth, accurate, real-time ADS-B data is not just important — it’s essential for safety, efficiency, and innovation.
Wingbits’ model of community-powered receivers fits perfectly into India’s trajectory. By combining Dabba’s connectivity infrastructure with Wingbits’ receivers, the Indian aviation ecosystem can benefit from more reliable and secure flight tracking.
Dabba’s Layer-0 Advantage
So how does Dabba enable this expansion?
Dabba is building the Layer-0 of DePINs. It is the decentralized connectivity fabric that other projects plug into. For projects like Wingbits (and, WeatherXM), this means they don’t need to figure out last-mile deployments themselves. Instead, they leverage Dabba’s existing rails — local operators, deployment workflows, maintenance support, and our reward-sharing model.
When WeatherXM partnered with Dabba earlier this year, dozens of weather stations were deployed in India through our LCO network. These devices collect hyperlocal weather data, which has applications for farmers, insurers, and climate researchers. Wingbits is the next step in proving that Dabba can be the platform that enables any DePIN project to scale in India.
The Pilot: 10 Wingbits Devices in India
As part of this partnership, 10 Wingbits receivers will be deployed in India through Dabba’s network.
Here’s what you need to know:
- The devices will be managed and maintained by Dabba’s LCO partners.
- Rewards generated will be distributed back as community incentives, creating a feedback loop of participation and ownership.
- This is a pilot program — once it’s tested and optimized, the goal is to expand across multiple regions in India.
More Than DePIN: The Internet Capital Market
Partnerships like Wingbits and WeatherXM highlight a bigger story. DePINs aren’t just individual projects, they’re more like nodes in what we call the Internet Capital Market (ICM).
In the ICM, infrastructure, data, and incentives are no longer owned by corporations. They are shared between communities, operators, and projects. Dabba provides the foundation for this system: connectivity and deployment rails that turn ambitious ideas into operational reality.
Wingbits and WeatherXM are just the start. The future of DePIN and by extension, the ICM depends on scalable, community-first infrastructure. And Dabba is building exactly that.
What’s Next
The deployment of 10 Wingbits devices in India is just the beginning. With every new project, Dabba proves that decentralized infrastructure can scale faster, cheaper, and fairer than legacy models.
Because the future of connectivity, aviation, climate, and beyond isn’t controlled by a few big companies. It’s powered by communities.
And with Dabba, that future is already here.
About Wingbits
Wingbits is building the world’s largest virtual map of the sky through a global community of everyday individuals who earn crypto rewards for monitoring aircraft in real-time with specialized hardware. With proprietary, high-precision, and secure hardware, Wingbits delivers the most reliable decentralized flight tracking network in the industry.
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