Hivemapper starts issuing crypto tokens for vehicle dashcam footage


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  • Friday, 04 Nov 2022

Hivemapper Inc said it has so far sold over 5,500 dashcams across 66 countries. As drivers record road signs and storefronts, they mint tokens that Hivemapper named Honey. — Photo by Xingye Jiang on Unsplash

Drivers around the world from Nov 3 can generate cryptocurrency by installing a dashcam and sharing images with a San Francisco startup that aims to nab some buyers of street-level imagery away from Alphabet Inc’s Google.

Hivemapper Inc, which announced US$18mil (RM85.47mil) in fundraising from investors in April, said it has so far sold over 5,500 dashcams across 66 countries. As drivers record road signs and storefronts, they mint tokens that Hivemapper named Honey.

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