Full Lifecycle Testing for Real Apps on Polkadot: Fly Wallet for FAA Aviation Credentials

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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

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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