gm dear ct I have been looking into @vangrid_io and the idea is actually pretty interesting Most mapping systems depend on satellites cars and expensive hardware but what if millions of smartphones could become a decentralized perception network that is basically what Vangrid is building Ppl can use their phones to capture real world spaces that are usually hard to map warehouses stairwells loading areas market streets and other human scale environments the interesting part is that the footage can be processed directly on the device with faces and license plates blurred before the data leaves the phone then those captures can be reconstructed into 3d models and submitted to funded bounties there is also a verification layer behind the scenes captures are fingerprinted batched into Merkle trees and anchored on Base through EAS so the origin and integrity of the data can be independently checked and this isn’t just another points system Vangrid already has 100k+ verified captures live bounties and real USDC settlements on Base They have also raised $9m to expand the network across robotics enterprise and Physical AI the bigger idea is simple Physical AI needs real world data and Vangrid is building the grid that could help provide it now the question is how fast this network can scale