IoTex Discord Notification: Updates on DIMO Network and DePIN Projects

@everyone Happy Friday, here's your weekly announcements! 📢

🗞️ Headlines

• The DIMO network has hit the gas in 2024, and this week we crossed two staggering milestones. There are now 40k Cars Connected, totaling over $1 Billion in vehicle valuation. https://explorer.dimo.zone/

• Big updates this week for hardware device firmware and DIMO Mobile: • The firmware update includes fixes for edge case Macaron sleep issues, more stable and accurate battery voltage readings, and voltage drop shutdown conditions. • The latest mobile app version introduces a firmware update flow, vehicle sharing duration options, a glovebox document upload fix, and improved reporting for error codes detected by Macarons. The update was just pushed to the app store, and should be available in the next ~24 hours.

📡 DIMO Insights & News

• Polygon is quickly becoming the home for loads of DePIN projects thanks to its speed and interoperability with other web3 applications. Check out this blog post detailing DIMO and six other teams that are making DePIN on Polygon a space to watch. https://polygon.technology/blog/meet-depin-projects-building-the-future-of-the-internet-on-polygon-protocols

• There’s a new information hub for staying briefed on the explosion of DePIN projects emerging in web3. Today IoTeX launched DePINscan, a one-stop-shop for analytics on the host of projects tackling decentralized infrastructure. DIMO is proud to be one of the networks featured for the unveiling. https://iotex.io/blog/depinscan-v1-0-launch/

• The gearheads over at Gear Diary published the definitive guide to the DIMO ecosystem, hardware devices, and DIMO Mobile app features that help drivers be more informed. https://geardiary.com/2024/01/17/dimo-autopi-review/

• Macarons spotted in the wild! Bminer shared a photo on Twitter of a fresh batch of hardware devices ready to hit the road on the way to users. https://twitter.com/Bminer/status/1749678420815126554

📣 Share This

• There’s a new episode of Build With DIMO hot off the press! Grass is a project that has been blowing up recently that empowers users to monetize their unused network bandwidth. Andy sat down with their co-founder Andrej Radonjic to talk DePIN and the future of open data. https://youtu.be/-zbREtqy9go?si=1Xl7_aQMBBRYG5Ei

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• The excitement and innovation from CES is still sending shockwaves throughout the tech world. DIMO, Hotspotty, Powerpod, Followin, and Geodnet came together to give their hot takes and reflections on the event in a Twitter Space this week. Take a listen to the playback. https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lDGLPqWmgkGm?s=20

• In another Twitter Space from this week, DIMO co-founder Andy Chatham joined a conversation with a handful of other DePIN projects on Polygon. They swapped insights and learnings gained from building grassroots physical infrastructure networks. https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1YpKkwDzXRmKj?s=20

• The world is waking up to the importance of vehicle data and privacy. Last night, Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, tweeted about the “privacy nightmare” modern cars are becoming, and shared one of the best research reports on cars & privacy from Mozilla. https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1750702107613696118

🗓️ Save The Date

• DIMO will be an official sponsor of EthDenver this year! If you’re in Colorado, make sure to stop by the DIMO booth in the expo hall anytime February 29 - March 3. The DIMO team loves to meet community members irl. https://www.ethdenver.com/

🔔 Reminders

• Fleet owners, make your voice heard! FleetLogic, a new project building a dashboard for fleet managers on DIMO, wants your feedback on the features that would make your life easier. Take a few minutes to fill out their survey to ensure FleetLogic’s platform works for you. https://forms.gle/CCP1PTHmE3oa5NGeA