Hivemapper

Hivemapper (HONEY) is a decentralized mapping network on Solana where contributors mount dashcams in their cars and earn HONEY tokens for collecting street-level imagery. The resulting map data is sold to businesses through APIs under the Bee Maps brand, and HONEY is burned whenever customers consume map data.

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What Is Hivemapper?

Hivemapper (ticker HONEY) is a decentralized physical infrastructure network, or DePIN, that crowdsources a global street-level map. Instead of deploying fleets of expensive camera cars the way traditional mapping companies do, Hivemapper lets ordinary drivers mount a purpose-built dashcam in their vehicle and earn HONEY tokens for the road imagery they collect as they drive. The network's AI processes that imagery into fresh map data, including speed limits, road signs, construction zones, and lane markings, which is then sold to businesses through APIs. The project says contributors have mapped more than 700 million kilometers across over 100 countries, covering more than a third of the world's roads.

Overview - Table of Contents
What Is Hivemapper?
Getting Started With Hivemapper
How To Get A Hivemapper Wallet?
Hivemapper Resources
How To Buy Hivemapper?
Latest Hivemapper News

Hivemapper was founded by Ariel Seidman, a former Yahoo Maps product leader, together with co-founder and CTO Evan Moss. The company started in 2015 with a plan to build maps from drone footage before pivoting to dashcams. After raising an $18 million Series A led by Multicoin Capital in April 2022, the Hivemapper Network launched on Solana in November 2022, kicking off token rewards for drivers.

The project now spans three related entities. The Hivemapper Network is the open, permissionless protocol where contributors collect imagery and earn HONEY. The Hivemapper Foundation is a not-for-profit that maintains the decentralized network, its open-source technology, and its governance process of Map Improvement Proposals (MIPs). The original company, Hivemapper Inc., now operates under the Bee Maps brand; it sells the dashcams (called Bee devices) and markets the map data products at beemaps.com under the tagline "powered by Hivemapper." The Bee Maps brand was introduced in September 2024 as the commercial face of the network.

HONEY is a Solana-based token with a maximum supply of 10 billion. The allocation set 40 percent aside for contributor rewards, with 20 percent to investors, 20 percent to employees, 15 percent to the company, and 5 percent to the foundation. Weekly contributor rewards are minted based on global map progress, so tokens enter circulation as the map actually gets built.

The token's demand side runs on a burn-and-mint model. Customers who want map data buy non-transferable Map Credits at a fixed price of $0.0075 each, and those credits can only be created by burning HONEY. Under MIP-15, 75 percent of the HONEY burned for data purchases is destroyed permanently while 25 percent is re-minted as consumption rewards for contributors, capped at 500,000 HONEY per week. Pricing data in credits keeps costs predictable in dollar terms for customers, while data demand translates directly into HONEY burned.

Hivemapper is frequently cited alongside Helium as a flagship Solana DePIN project, since both use token incentives to bootstrap real-world hardware networks. Its pitch against incumbents like Google Maps is freshness: a distributed fleet of contributor dashcams can re-map busy roads continuously, while traditional survey vehicles may only pass through every year or two.

Getting Started With Hivemapper

You can participate in Hivemapper as a contributor who earns HONEY by driving, or simply hold the token:

Step 1: Get a Bee dashcam from Bee Maps, the network's hardware and data company. In the US it is offered as a monthly membership that bundles the camera, LTE connectivity, and fleet software.
Step 2: Mount the camera in your vehicle, link it to your account, and drive. The device captures street-level imagery automatically as you go about your normal routes.
Step 3: Earn HONEY rewards based on the coverage and quality of your contributions; mapping roads that the network needs most pays more.
Step 4: Withdraw your HONEY to a Solana wallet, where you can hold it, trade it, or stake it in region-based staking introduced by MIP-25.

How to Get a Hivemapper Wallet?

HONEY is an SPL token on Solana, so any major Solana wallet can hold it.

Phantom

Phantom is the most widely used Solana wallet, available as a browser extension and mobile app. It supports HONEY out of the box along with built-in token swaps.

Solflare

Solflare is another popular Solana-native wallet with browser, mobile, and web versions, plus solid support for SPL tokens and Solana staking.

Hardware Wallets

A Ledger device can be paired with Phantom or Solflare to keep your private keys offline, which is recommended for larger HONEY holdings.

Hivemapper Resources

How to Buy Hivemapper?

HONEY trades on both centralized and decentralized exchanges.

Centralized Exchanges

HONEY is listed on exchanges including Coinbase, Kraken, Gate, MEXC, and KuCoin, typically traded against USD or USDT.

Decentralized Exchanges

Because HONEY lives on Solana, it can be swapped on Solana DEXes such as Raydium and Orca, most conveniently through the Jupiter aggregator, directly from a wallet like Phantom or Solflare.

Latest Hivemapper News

The biggest recent shift has been the move to the Bee Maps brand. After introducing Bee Maps in September 2024, the company announced a $32 million raise in October 2025 from Pantera Capital, LDA Capital, Borderless Capital, and Ajna Capital. Map data products are now sold under Bee Maps, "powered by Hivemapper," and the company replaced the roughly $589 upfront camera purchase in the US with a $19 per month membership that bundles hardware, LTE connectivity, and software, lowering the barrier for new contributors.

On the network side, the Hivemapper Foundation finalized MIP-25, which introduced region-based staking; a staking beta launched in November 2025 letting holders stake HONEY on specific geographic regions to earn weekly rewards. The foundation also committed at least 10 million HONEY in extra incentives for contributors who map under-covered roads through mid-2026. Because coverage figures, reward formulas, and product pricing change frequently, the official documentation and the Bee Maps site are the best sources for current details.