Decentralized Autonomous Vehicles

DAV is a software platform that allows anyone to buy or sell autonomous transport services in a decentralized market. The platform will integrate into any autonomous vehicles, enabling those vehicles to discover, communicate, and transact with one another using a digital currency called DAV. You will be able to earn DAV tokens by providing transport, or lease out your drone to help with deliveries. Why wait, you can send a package or book a ride instantaneously. You could also earn tokens by being a service provider, cleaning and servicing the vehicles and drones.

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DAV allows autonomous vehicles and service providers to discover each other, and the clients around them. This is done using peer to peer node discovery and doesn't rely on a centralised server. By having a central server, you have the potential of a central point of failure. Have you ever been left out in the cold after a night out, or not been able to get to your destination? The DAV platform will define a library of standarized communication protocols, which is divided into two groups. On chain smart contracts, and off chain peer to peer communication. Trustless cooperation between buyers and sellers, is achieved using a series of smart contracts. The smart contracts can cover multi party interaction between buyers, sellers, arbitrators, insurers and others when needed. DAV will be built on the Ethereum blockchain, currently the go to blockchain for smart contracts and tokens.

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DAV technology Stack

Taken from the Whitepaper

The DAV network, as a developer-centric platform, creates SDKs for popular development platforms and APIs. It actively encourages developers to take part, making it easy for any developer to participate and contribute within their domain of expertise. The technology behind the DAV network is a technology stack of open-source software with a developed UI for simple interaction, which enables a truly autonomous, fast-scaling transportation system.

A. Identity
Each DAV entity has its own identity. These entities might be a person looking to purchase transportation services, a rooftop charging station for drones, a driverless car, an insurance service, or even a group of several cargo drones controlled by a single system.

B. Discovery
Decentralized discovery provides the tools for different DAV identities to discover each other in a decentralized way. It represents the difference between a world where introducing a vehicle to a new environment requires building a support structure around it (e.g., charging and service stations, parking, etc.) and a truly connected world where any autonomous vehicle can operate in any environment, consuming services around it as the need arises.

C. Communication
DAV’s decentralized communication allows direct communications between two or more DAV participants using a common communication protocol. It is the key to facilitating most types of operations within the DAV network and enabling different entities from different
manufacturers to communicate with each other.

D. Transaction Flow
To enable an exchange of services between two or more parties, DAV offers a communication protocol designed to ease each step of the transaction flow – from the initial statement of need through bidding, service fulfillment, and eventually payment.