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Full Lifecycle Testing for Real Apps on Polkadot: Fly Wallet for FAA Aviation Credentials
Hello Polkadot community,
I’m Edgar Salinas, Founder & CEO of Peranto SSI NA, LLC, and I’m leading the development of Fly Wallet — a self-sovereign identity solution designed to digitize pilot credentials in the U.S. aviation industry, under the strict compliance of the FAA.
We’re requesting $96,000 USD in one-time funding to complete a 7-month real-world test — not a prototype, not research — but a production deployment with FlyGateway, an FAA-authorized flight school in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
This isn’t about building new tech.
It’s about proving that Polkadot and KILT can power regulated, real-world systems — and do it better than centralized alternatives.
The Problem: Paper Still Rules the Skies
Today, U.S. flight schools rely on paper logbooks and manual audits to verify pilot qualifications.
- Pilots store flight hours in unsecured PDFs or physical books.
- Schools spend days auditing records, verifying signatures, and chasing compliance.
- There’s no secure, digital, tamper-proof way to issue or verify official FAA credentials.
- Fraud is possible. Audits are slow. Compliance is expensive.
“Trust is manual. Verification is blind.”
The Solution: Fly Wallet — Digitizing Trust, Not Replacing Regulators
Fly Wallet is a licensed, branded version of our open-source Aura SSI Wallet, built on KILT blockchain — operated by us, not a third-party SaaS.
Here’s what it does:
✅ Pilots receive W3C-verifiable credentials (e.g., Private Pilot License, flight hours) they own and control.
✅ FlyGateway issues, audits, and revokes credentials using its own infrastructure — no vendor lock-in.
✅ Every action is cryptographically signed, timestamped, and stored under U.S. jurisdiction.
✅ FAA inspectors can verify a pilot’s license in seconds — by tapping a phone (NFC) or scanning a QR code.
We don’t replace regulators. We digitize their trust.
You can verify a live document with a credential right now:
🔗 https://beta.peranto.app/verify/36772d19697626a265622d4750076d9777f75587595b7233fe042f84541cf6bc
(This is a real, public, cryptographically verified credential issued by our system.)
This is the Letter of Intent from FlyAdvanced.
Why FlyGateway Must Own Its Infrastructure
As a trusted FAA public issuer, FlyGateway cannot rely on foreign SaaS platforms. It must control:
- ✅ Data sovereignty: All pilot data must remain under U.S. law and FAA oversight.
- ✅ AML/KYC compliance: Identity verification must meet federal standards.
- ✅ Audit trails: Every issuance, revocation, and sign-off must be immutable.
- ✅ FIPS compliance: Meeting federal information processing standards.
Our chain gives FlyGateway full control — not a black box.
What We Need & What We Deliver
$96,000 USD — One-Time Request
(Net of $15K program fee from 500 Latam’s $300K commitment)
This funds a 7-month production cycle to:
- Finalize Fly Wallet (web + Android/iOS apps)
- Onboard 20+ pilots and deploy with FlyGateway
- Measure:
- 70% reduction in audit time
- 90%+ reduction in credential fraud
- Cost savings of $100K–$500K/year per school
Deliverables:
- Live, compliant, auditable system
- Public metrics and report
- Open-source codebase of the basecode for Fly Wallet (Aura SSI Wallet)
- No future funding requests
Benefits for Polkadot
This is the first real-world test of decentralized identity in a highly regulated, government-mandated industry — aviation.
🚀 Proves Polkadot can handle critical infrastructure — not just DeFi or NFTs.
💸 Drives token utility: Attestation fees paid in DOT, USDC, or USDT — creating real on-chain economic activity.
🌐 Validates KILT as the standard for sovereign identity in regulated sectors.
📈 Opens doors to healthcare, defense, mountaineering, drone licensing, and more.
This isn’t theory.
It’s production-grade validation.
Sustainability: One-Time Funding, Long-Term Impact
We are not asking for recurring grants.
After this test, we scale via licensing:
- Flight schools pay $10,000/year for Fly Wallet.
- Break-even at 44 schools — out of 1,062 FAA-certified schools in the U.S.
- Revenue flows to us, not the treasury.
- Polkadot benefits from ongoing token usage — without further investment.
Team & Traction
- Edgar Salinas: Founder, Full-Stack Architect (Polkadot Blockchain Academy, Hong Kong, Founder's Track)
- Mike Devine: Director, FlyAdvanced & FlyGateway (FAA-certified operator)
- Hope Clary: Product Lead, FAA Liaison, Public Comms
✅ FlyGateway is ready to issue digital credentials.
✅ We’ve already won the Polkadot APAC Hackathon 2023.
✅ The verifiable credential system is live: https://beta.peranto.app/verify
✅ Here's the video demo for the logbooks, a general approach of the Aura SSI Wallet, basecode for Fly Wallet, or any other industry verticals licensed approaches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOGxZ8nWW3w
Conclusion
We’re not asking for funding to build something new.
We’re asking for one chance to prove that Polkadot is ready for the real world.
With $96k, we’ll:
- Prove compliance in the most regulated aviation environment in the world.
- Save flight schools hundreds of thousands per year.
- Show that trust can be cryptographically proven — not manually assumed.
- Make DOT, USDC, and USDT the currency of verified identity.
If it works — and we believe it will — we scale with customers.
And Polkadot gains its first regulated, real-world, token-powered identity ecosystem.
Let us show you that it can be done.
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🔗 Resources
- Live Credential Verifier: https://beta.peranto.app/verify
- Aura SSI Working PoC Demo for Logbooks and Digital Signatures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOGxZ8nWW3w
- Visual Pitch Deck (PDF): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1L16EYEhaEhrldNUodpl8bIzeQUHM2Cmy/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110353380380132837700&rtpof=true&sd=true
- Technical SOW (FlyAdvanced Beta Program): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O5_mdxHO4sGH_qXp9N4ojbmgsSt-dDiUPMykKD2BI7g/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you for your time and vision.
We’re not just building tech.
We’re building trust — on Polkadot.
— Edgar Salinas
Founder, Peranto SSI NA, LLC
México | Miami | Wyoming | Delaware | Pensylvania
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