Miami is preparing to exist 1 of the first major U.S. cities to monitor its air quality using a decentralized Internet of Things (IoT) network congenital on Algorand.

French environmental technology visitor Planetwatch has developed five different types of air quality sensors. With funding from Borderless Majuscule's $10 1000000 PLANETS fund, sensors will be deployed throughout the city, including in the homes of urban center residents.

Each sensor detects the concentration of air pollution in an surface area. When combined into a network, they will help residents and city officials analyze where college levels of pollution exist. Data collected by the sensors will be recorded on the Algorand blockchain making it tamper-proof and permanent.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has been a long-fourth dimension advocate for the use of blockchain technology. He said at the DeCipher event in Miami on Nov. 29:

"The information from this project will play a crucial role in our climate adaptation efforts likewise as our ambitions to make Miami an epicentre for digital capital markets."

Residents who concur to run a sensor in their home will be rewarded with Planet Tokens (Planets). Planets tin can be sold for fiat in the open market or exist exchanged for World Credits. World Credits are non-exchangeable tokens that are used by PlanetWatch every bit internal currency for its products and services.

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Algorand is a carbon-negative blockchain. Algorand also recently gained $i.5 billion in funding from onetime Citi executive Matt Zhang.