what's MastChain?
MastChain is the world's first DePIN for global maritime trade, decentralizing AIS (Automatic Identification System) data collection to create an open, verifiable network for ship tracking. Users deploy affordable AIS receivers—such as Raspberry Pi with SDR dongles or professional MastNode hardware—to capture live vessel signals including position, identification, speed, and course. The platform processes this data through a patented multi-layered verification system, checking plausibility, GNSS-timed synchronization, cryptographic integrity, and cross-station consensus to filter spoofing and ensure accuracy. This enables real-time, tamper-proof data feeds via enterprise APIs for applications in shipping logistics, commodities trading, sanctions monitoring, and maritime security. The native $MAST token incentivizes participation, rewarding contributors based on data quality, uptime, coverage (with multipliers for high-value areas like straits), and uniqueness, while requiring staking to prevent abuse. Built on peaq blockchain, it utilizes peaq ID for node authentication, peaq verify for data validation, and modular machine functions for seamless interoperability. With a fixed 500 million token supply and 2-year halving emissions, MAST supports a sustainable economy for scaling to thousands of nodes across 60+ countries, powering AI analytics, predictive forecasting, and network effects within the peaqosystem.
MastChain integrated with peaq for $MAST token rewards, tracking 1,500 vessels via 518 community stations for 4 clients.
Integrated with peaq network to mint $MAST token natively on peaq and implement token reward system on peaq
Community deployed 518 AIS receiver stations across 60+ countries, collecting 25M data points daily and covering 403K square kilometers of ocean and inland waterways
Tracked almost 1,500 vessels in the Strait of Hormuz area over the past week and serves 4 enterprise clients in the shipping, commodities and maritime domain awareness industries