2026-04-10 –, Glatt (Y22-F-68/70)
While standard GPS is sufficient for basic navigation, the emerging autonomous economy— from self-driving tractors to delivery drones—requires centimeter-level precision. Historically, this high-precision data (RTK) has been controlled by centralized monopolies, making it expensive and difficult to scale.
At onocoy, we are leveraging Solana to democratize this infrastructure. By combining our team’s deep-tech heritage with token incentives and ESA-backed AI algorithms, we have built a community-powered global network that meets industrial standards. This talk bridges the gap between satellite engineering and Web3, providing attendees with the specific tools and airdropped assets needed to participate in the network immediately.
This session dives into the operational reality of building onocoy, a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) disrupting the $250B GNSS market.
What we will cover:
The u-blox Heritage: How the team that pioneered the first smartphone GPS is now leveraging decentralization to dismantle industry silos.
RTK 101: A technical primer on why centimeter-level accuracy is the "oxygen" for the future of robotics, autonomous driving, and industrial automation.
The Solana Moat: Why high-throughput, micro-settlement architecture is the only viable way to coordinate and reward thousands of global data providers in real-time.
Proof of Demand: A live look at Dune Analytics to demonstrate our "Buy-Back and Burn" model, bridging speculative tokenomics with actual industrial data consumption.
The Contributor’s Cookbook: A step-by-step guide to ecosystem participation—from securing the network via $ONO to earning rewards as a hardware provider.
Join us to see how we are turning global infrastructure into a community-owned utility.
Samuel Welde is a Swiss-based entrepreneur and strategist working at the intersection of Space-Tech, GNSS, and Web3. As an early advocate for the DePIN movement, he focuses on using decentralized technology to solve real-world infrastructure challenges.
Beyond his work in fundraising and community building, Samuel has been instrumental in initiating R&D grant projects, including research collaborations with the European Space Agency (ESA). He travels extensively to share the vision of high-precision positioning, aiming to make centimeter-level accuracy accessible for the next generation of global autonomous systems.