
DePINed podcast DePIN for Atmosphere Monitoring: Telescopes, SkyBridge, Incentives | Franck Marchis, Skymapper (#76)
2024–2025 became a breakout moment for decentralized sky monitoring.In this episode of the DePINed Podcast, host Tom Trowbridge (Co-Founder & CEO of Fluence) sits down with Franck Marchis (Co-Founder & CEO of Skymapper) to explore how a decentralized network of telescopes and all-sky cameras can monitor space and the atmosphere — satellites, debris, drones and unexplained phenomena — with data that’s verifiable and hard to fake.Franck breaks down how Skymapper is scaling a global observation layer by plugging into existing hardware and why incentives and coverage design matter as activity above our heads accelerates.In this episode, we cover:- Why Space Situational Awareness is becoming critical as satellite activity explodes- How SkyBridge connects existing telescopes into a coordinated DePIN network- Incentives (points → token) designed around coverage gaps, sky quality, and network usefulness- The next expansion: all-sky cameras + AI classification for drones, aircraft, re-entries, and anomalies- What trusted, multi-point observations could change for investigating UAPs and rare atmospheric events🎧 Listen and watch the episode on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts — and follow DePIN Space for more materials with founders building real-world decentralized infrastructure.
