# What is onocoy? #### 🛰️ What is onocoy? **onocoy** is a **decentralized platform** that enables the **global, community-driven distribution of high-precision GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) correction data**. It’s built on **Web3 technologies** (blockchain, tokens, smart contracts) to allow anyone—individuals, businesses, or institutions—to contribute to and benefit from a global network of GNSS reference stations. Find out everything about onocoy in the whitepaper — or in this documentation. {% file src="" %} onocoy whitepaper {% endfile %} *** #### 🌐 What Problem Is onocoy Solving? High-precision GNSS positioning (like centimeter-level GPS accuracy) requires **correction data** from **Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS)**. **Today’s issues:** * Expensive and centralized infrastructure. * Limited coverage (mainly wealthy urban/agricultural areas). * Proprietary standards and vendor lock-ins. * Exclusion of developing regions from accessing this technology. *** #### 💡 How Does onocoy Work? **🧱 1. Decentralized GNSS Reference Stations** Anyone can set up a GNSS station (a "miner") and stream correction data to onocoy. **💰 2. Token-Based Incentives (ONO Token)** Operators earn ONO tokens based on: * Quality of data, * Uptime, * Geographic location (under-served areas earn more), * Actual usage of their data. **🔍 3. Validator Network** To ensure only **authentic, high-quality** GNSS data is rewarded, onocoy uses a **decentralized validator system** to detect fake or low-quality signals. **🔗 4. Web3 Infrastructure** * Powered by the Solana blockchain. * Uses **smart contracts** for reward distribution and governance. * Supports **open GNSS protocols** (NTRIP, RTCM) to ensure interoperability. **🧠 5. Community Governance** onocoy is a **non-profit Swiss association**. Its direction is governed by token holders using **square-root voting**, ensuring a fair and decentralized decision-making process. *** #### 🚀 What Makes onocoy Unique? * **DePIN for GNSS**: A decentralized physical infrastructure network for location services. * **Open and inclusive**: Supports open standards, no vendor lock-in. * **Mass-market ready**: Enables affordable pay-per-use correction data for everyone. * **Equity and access**: Brings high-precision positioning to under-served and remote areas. *** #### 🔮 Vision > onocoy wants to make **high-precision positioning** as **ubiquitous and accessible** as Wi-Fi — for autonomous vehicles, smart agriculture, disaster response, climate monitoring, and more. *** --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.onocoy.com/documentation/1.-introduction/what-is-onocoy.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.