OpenLedger, a blockchain infrastructure company building AI systems for transparent data attribution, is expanding its ecosystem with the addition of SenseMap, a new decentralized mapping network.
The platform allows users to provide real-time information such as safety, crowding, and noise, all of which is verified on-chain and used to build open, community-owned maps.
“Local contributors can fill in the gaps by sharing real-time context (roads, congestion density, safety, accessibility details, etc.) in places missed by traditional maps,” said Ram Kumar, lead contributor at OpenLedger. decryption.
Each submission is associated with a verified on-chain ID and reviewed by a community of verifiers who gain reputation over time. Inaccurate or spam entries are flagged and penalized to maintain data reliability while trusted contributors gain more influence within the system.
When asked if there is a risk of poor quality data with open models, Kumar said accuracy is maintained through on-chain reputation, staking, and validator reviews. “Spamming is not only discouraged, it is economically unsustainable,” he said.
Google’s parent company Alphabet reported Google services revenue of $82.5 billion in the second quarter of 2025, up from $73.9 billion in the same period last year, according to its latest report. earnings release. Services revenue segments include Maps, Search, and Google Play.
The company hasn’t released revenue from Maps, but analysts have noted its commercial potential as far back as 2019, when Morgan Stanley’s Brian Nowak took over. projected Google Maps has the potential to generate about $4.8 billion annually. later report The platform’s advertising revenue is expected to reach $11 billion by 2023.
decryption We reached out to Google to confirm these numbers and ask them what they think about decentralized alternatives to their products.
OpenLedger claims that its reputation-based verification system that rewards consistent contributors and verifies every data point through on-chain means that accuracy is increasing, not decreasing, as SenseMap scales. Attribution proof protocol.
The protocol works by linking each data contribution to a verifiable on-chain record that shows who created it, when it was used, and how it was used by downstream AI models, ensuring that “every new data point strengthens the network’s accuracy rather than diluting it,” Kumar said.
“As the network grows, trust is maintained through a reputation-based verification system,” Kumar explained. “The more consistent and reliable a contributor’s data is, the more weight a validator will have.”
Some observers have noted that maintaining accuracy in distributed mapping relies more on verifiable data between independent nodes than on central coordination.
“Trust comes from repeatability,” said Allie Turow, co-founder and CEO of distributed physical infrastructure network XYO. decryption. Trouw explained that when multiple nodes arrive at the same result through cryptographic proof, accuracy is established by consensus rather than control.
He added that distributed mapping is most effective where centralized data collection is insufficient, such as in “developing regions, disaster zones, and rapidly changing urban areas” where real-time, verifiable updates are most needed.
