An interesting article on TechCrunch about WeatherXM leveraging blockchain to improve weather forecasting! The idea of a community-powered network with crypto incentives for data collection is intriguing. This has me wondering if blockchain could revolutionize other areas like gardening or public transportation. Time to do some digging and see if I can build a fun project using an Arduino or Raspberry Pi – all thanks to the potential of blockchain! #Blockchain #Web3. Article details below.
Can blockchain make weather forecasts better? WeatherXM thinks so
Accurate weather forecasts are critical to industries like agriculture, and they’re also important to help prevent and mitigate harm from inclement weather events or natural disasters. But getting forecasts right is extremely difficult. That’s why the founders of WeatherXM have been looking to make weather forecasts more accurate for the past 12 years.
In 2012, Manolis Nikiforakis, Stratos Theodorou and Nikos Tsiligaridis launched an app that allowed community members to provide grassroots weather updates. They then worked as consultants to enterprise customers, like the Athens airport, in weather-sensitive industries. Now, they are building WeatherXM, a network of community-monitored weather stations that are collecting and sharing local weather data through systems built on the blockchain.
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