February 23rd, 2026
During a recent TGE prep initiative, your All rewards on the chart (and a newly added Total Rewards Earned on the Overview page) showed inflated values. You probably also noticed that Beta rewards were showing on your chart while we tested 2 new fake TGE launch events (Jan 8th & Feb 16th) using our new ledger system. All this was to prepare the interface to show your rewards from a daily perspective for TGE/mainnet, so you would see your normal rewards and the Beta rewards (plus the 5% lump sum) being distributed on the timeline daily.
The unintended side effect of this change was that it initially showed all Beta rewards earned since March 2, 2025, and later only Beta rewards (plus lump sum) from the fake TGE launch events. This wouldn't be that much of an issue except that the chart's ALL and Total Rewards Earned values included all test distributed Beta rewards. This means that for some long term participants, their All value was initially inflated by 160%+ of their true earned rewards. The Feb 16th update did decrease those inflated values but still included the 5% (+20% bonus) lump sum and several days of beta rewards... which was misleading. We have removed these from the chart. The numbers reflected double dipping into your beta rewards, adding them first as normal rewards (Base+EPR+LAR) and then again as Beta rewards being distributed.
In our effort to be transparent with our UI changes and prep for TGE, we caused quite a bit of confusion between that and the resets of Claimable and Claimed tokens (in the Rewards panel on the Overview page). We apologize for the confusion that was created and have learned quite a bit over the last few weeks of what to show prior to TGE.
We haven't lost any of your contribution data, your total rewards earned should reflect the proper current value, and please keep in mind that devnet token claims are just for testing and only serve that purpose.
We have added a page at https://wingbits.com/dashboard/tge on the dashboard (linked under the rewards chart) to explain how your rewards will migrate from pre-TGE to post-TGE (mainnet). We did this with your specific data up to the point of an example TGE launch of Feb 9th, 2026. Obviously you will have earned more rewards between then and the real TGE, but we hope this make things more clear. At the end there is a FAQ with some common questions you may have after looking over all the stats.
3D Mode - map now has 3D mode available, allowing for visuals much cooler than before. We still have a few things to work out, but this is the initial release of the feature and we are very excited to release it to our community.
Mousing over craft now show altitude of the craft Above Mean Sea Level (AMSL).
February 12th, 2026
TGE Testing & Claiming Updates:
On Jan 8th a new testing phase for TGE preparation was started. This is basically a fake TGE date so we can test all the mechanisms like this is a real TGE. Part of that is the 5% lump sum distribution and while this is not claimable (none of the beta rewards are currently), it does now show in your rewards charts on the site. Along those lines, the remaining 95% would be distributed over 365 days and that is now also reflected on the rewards chart.
Another part of this effort is that we have migrated to a ledger system to support partial claims. This means your “Claimable” and "Total claimed" will have reset to zero. Pending will not include Beta rewards as they don't have a grace period. Claimable currently doesn’t reflect released beta rewards, although when you go to claim it will be included.
Remember, claims to Solana devnet cluster are only there for testing our systems and blockchain... those tokens have no utility. Your total on the Overview page chart, using ALL for time period, is going to be the source of truth for the post-TGE 1:1 conversion.
Client:
1.10.5 - Additional client changes to support new data transfer method, which is still only in testing phase. Previous versions since 1.10.0 would have the same description.
Site:
✨ New - Beta rewards are now visible on charts, including testing lump sum distribution, for this TGE test phase. You can click on the name in the chart legend to toggle them off/on, as you can any of the data series.
✨ New - Partial claims, including anonymous hosts (you entered host wallet instead of them setting up account and controlling their own claiming).
✨ New - Hosts can now view rewards and statistics for the station(s) they host.
🔄 Change - New reservations are now in their own area on the MY STATIONS page, existing reservations will be migrated over soon. This change is based on a restructure on the backend managing the flow of a reservation becoming an actual linked (onboarded) station.
🐛 Fixed - Rewards are now visible after daily calculation and not based on when your local time zone hits midnight for those that are in time zones earlier than UTC like PST, where they should be visible by 5pm now. UTC or later time zones should act as they did already.
🐛 Fixed - Rewards charts Y axis no longer rounding to show things like 2k twice when one should have been 1.5K
✨ New - Enabled vertical hover on rewards charts, especially useful on long time periods with very small bars. You can now just move the mouse around anywhere in the chart to see a day's tooltip.
Discord Bot:
🔄 Change - The Top 10% Performance roles given out, to eligible users who have linked, now include low altitude rewards in the calculations to determine the top 10%.
Docs:
Current docs on https://docs.wingbits.com/ do not yet reflect all these new and changed items but will be updated asap.
December 22nd, 2025
We’re excited to officially announce the launch of Low Altitude Rewards.
After completing final validation to ensure accurate altitude thresholds and fair reward distribution, Low Altitude Rewards are now active across the network. While low-altitude data has been visible in beta for some time, today (Dec 22nd) is the first day of low-altitude contributions that will be eligible for rewards.
🕛 Reward Timing
Along with other rewards, Low Altitude Rewards are calculated nightly (shortly after midnight UTC) and become visible on the site after all reward calculations are completed (within a few hours from now).
A big thank-you to everyone who participated in testing and helped validate this system along the way. Your feedback and real-world data were critical in getting this feature ready for launch.
👁️ Reviewing Rewards
At this time there will be no obvious visible component of the daily rewards charts, showing the breakdown of Base vs EPR vs Low Altitude.
Daily Low Altitude Rewards, along with data point counts, will be visible under the "Reward breakdown" button on the Dashboard's claim panel. Don't forget that you can filter to see just these by changing the Reward Type filter dropdown to "Low Altitude".
🗺️ Map Visualization
We will be implementing something in the future to help people visualize the areas that are eligible, but we didn't want to delay the release of the rewards. So for right now just picture the station sized hex that includes the airport and 6 hexes immediately surrounding it. Those are the eligible areas for airports that have an icon on the map.
📘 Documentation
For a breakdown of how Low Altitude Rewards are calculated and distributed, please refer to the documentation here:
👉 https://docs.wingbits.com/rewards/how-rewards-work#low-altitude-rewards-lar
Wingbits Team wishes you happy holidays and hope this makes up for a lack of the Santa Tracker this year!
December 18th, 2025
Client Updates (since Nov 25th):
1.8.1 - reverting library to investigate a hyfix issue, which turns out was not related
1.9.0 - Initial rollout of new functionality in prep for beta testing (it is a secret for the moment)
1.9.1 - Updates for beta testing new functionality
1.9.2 - Metrics additions for evaluating new functionality being tested
Site:
Generalize station's "Link Hyfix" button to "Link Device" as it can be used for Geosigners and potentially other hardware.
Released self-service api feature with multiple tiers, already being leveraged by many users - https://wingbits.com/pricing
Note: We didn't get the Santa tracker going this year due to other priorities... but we do have something coming that will be like a holiday present.
November 25th, 2025
Client Updates (Nov 18th - missed posting):
1.7.0 - a new local url has been made available for stations to see a TON of information about the device, including many things useful for debugging connectivity issues on your own or with support. Just go to http://<your_station_ip>:8088/ and start looking around!
Replace <your_station_ip> with the IP of the device on your network.
Client Updates (Nov 25th):
1.7.1 - Resolved being unable to use tar1090 via tailscale on @Hyfix devices and also resolved client update failure when tailscale was enabled. This was released on the 19th, including for transparency.
1.8.0 - Nothing visible, but aligning some housekeeping tasks with heartbeat timing.
Site:
Changelog link added to all Wingbits Dashboard site pages in footer, so you can review it if you aren't on discord. This also is helpful for when it pops up but you dismissed before reading.
November 25th, 2025
Client Updates:
1.6.1 - logging methods changed in client prepping for further logging enhancements,
1.6.2 - cleaning up of output to logs while adding additional logging output to help debugging/support,
Station -> Configuration:
Tailscale integration in the client now allows HYFIX stations to be accessed remotely using Tailscale. This is obviously most useful for remote setups where you might need to check the HYFIX WebUI on the station or view your tar1090/graphs1090 remotely.,
Instructions for setting up Tailscale via the site can be found on our docs site at https://docs.wingbits.com/get-started/how-to-setup-remote-access-for-a-station.
November 8th, 2025
Client Updates:
v1.6.0 - There were several rapid releases from v1.5.0 up to v1.6.0 that included changes needed for 2 exciting features being tested currently. More details to come pending the results of testing.
Onboarding:
Link prompting - The system now detects if you bring a station online while physically in your reserved hex and prompts you to link it.
Geosigners - Now onboard identically to any 3rd party device (like Hyfix), needing to use the Link button on the site with the serial and secret. Note: the button says Link Hyfix currently but that will change.
Docs changes are underway regarding these changes (mainly around the byod/geosigner content).
Map:
ADSC - We are currently testing adsc data map integration with a partner, so you will see craft in areas where ground stations can't reach (like over the ocean).
Aircraft - Continued improvement of the aircraft details popup (more stats, share flight, track, and the below item).
Replay - Aircraft popup has a "Replay flight" option above the picture area. Click on a plane and then this to see what you can control and watch.
October 21st, 2025
Client Update:
v1.4.0 - NTP time check handling in client now.
Overview -> Earnings page (Rewards Breakdown)
Low altitude rewards marked clearly as "not rewarded". Again, this is just testing of both the engine itself and the reporting to participants.
My stations
Register new station - now allows just lat/lon and doesn't require address also.
Statistics page - now shows most recent stats even if they are not current, but shows a Warning panel saying how old they are (ex: Last update 2d ago).
Install - each station has had the "Install" link renamed to "BYOD Install" if it is a BYOD station or still in reserved status. This is now below the "Link HYFIX" link on reserved stations so that it is more clear one is for a BYOD setup and the other is for HYFIX hardware. Some people were confused thinking they had to run the command when they had a HYFIX device.
October 10th, 2025
Client Update:
v1.3.0 - Now using traditional version numbers instead of a hash, 1.3.0 chosen at random because... why not?
No longer uses a file on OS filesystem trigger check on updates, handled internally.
Now checks for and installs updates on startup.
Rare bug squashed that could cause the client to not check for updates for many days.
Map
When viewing aircraft for one of your stations, you should now see a much more complete picture, i.e. more aircrafts visible (we used to only show a subset of the aircraft visible to the station).
Aircraft in the air should now be pointing in the direction of travel.
Ground vehicles should now also have the correct orientation instead of always pointing north.
Overview
Rewards breakdown (earnings page) button added to claim area.
Filter by dates
Filter by station
Filter by reward type
If you want to see historic data point info, since the station onboarded, filter by station and also by "Daily Rewards" reward type.
Notes:
The earnings table does show Low Altitude rewards, but these are neither live or rewarded. This is just one component of the entire Low Altitude implementation for the future. Actually this was meant to only stay visible for Wingbits team members, but when you release on Friday you might have surprises. This may go away if it confuses people.
"Beta Rewards" on the earnings table:
Only one station will have Beta Rewards, leave the Station filter as All Stations if your Reward Type is Beta Rewards.
Potentially Aug 21st and Aug 28th will not have online bonuses showing, due to changes on our end.
Prior to June 25th, you won't see any online bonuses, it wasn't implemented yet.
Keep in mind that all the Beta Rewards are just for testing until TGE and will disappear and start over at TGE.
October 3rd, 2025
General
We are implementing the next phases of hardening the network
Again, all devices must be reporting their current GPS coordinates to submit data and be rewarded (disconnecting the geosigner antenna once online and then moving it will no longer work).
Those accounts that were running 2 of their own stations in 1 location hex (from the original plan) were notified to move to a single station and enforcement started. No rewards were lost. Most already handled it themselves, so this only affected one user.
Stations not running in their claimed location will not earn rewards anymore.
Stations literally on the border of their hexes are being addressed by the dev team (those stations who's gps drift may cause them to be outside their claimed location hex during periods of the day)
28 legacy plan stations reporting outside of location (you will know if you are one as you were online before March 2024) have been identified and are being also addressed to continue participation and rewards.
Squashed a bug where some deleted stations could get an Offline email from notifications that were left on at deletion.
My Stations Page & Offline Notifications
Online status criteria has now evolved to be smarter understanding if a station is online or offline. This affects both the web site status shown and whether offline emails are send. Previously it was based on only the heartbeat, but that led to situations where the station was connected to our servers but not sending data (readsb offline or data connection to server failed). The new criteria for being offline involves one of the following being true:
no heartbeat has been sent, from the station to our server, in the last 15 minutes
the station's client is not connected to readsb (adsb message decoder)
the station's client is not connected to the server
The offline notifications have been re-enabled (Bell icon for each station lets you toggle on/off and set notification frequencies).
Debug Info for a station now opens in a panel so you can click a button to copy all or manually mouse over what you want and use the normal copy (ctrl-c on windows) to copy just that bit.
Station Statistics Page
The System Clock Sync has been renamed to System Clock Offset to better describe the value.
The temporary NA bug for values has been fixed and should show the current offset as expected.
Discord
#dashboard-flex has been moved to the archive due to lack of use.
#current-issues will be used to convey any known issues with the project... whether site related, client related, or server related.
Added a server badge (WING) if you care to sport it around town.