Lots of questions about the Black Box. Here’s how it works, in simple terms: phase 1 vs phase 2

In Phase 1, the Black Box does three things: 1) The Black Box is a high-powered router. It takes the internet from your traditional ISP modem and creates a local home WiFi network. However, it does yet replace your home internet bill, unless you live within one of Dawn’s existing coverage areas (NY/NJ and parts of TX). 2) The Black Box is a DePIN multi-miner. It uses its native computing resources (CPU, CPU, storage) to earn passive income by mining 10+ different DePIN tokens in parallel. We think users will earn up to $20-200/mo in “mining yield” (passive income) paid in a diversified basket of DePIN tokens. 3) The Black Box is a sovereign computing device. You can run self-hosted apps on your private data securely on the Black Box, rather than paying expensive SaaS/subscription fees for every little piece of software (streaming, email, hosting, password manager, messenger, etc etc). We think users will be able to optimize savings up to $500/mo for an average family cutting the cord on commoditized services. Phase 1 is today—the Black Box supports these use cases out of the box. In Phase 2 - as Dawn’s network coverage grows - the Black Box becomes a router + modem.

In phase 2, instead of paying $50-75/mo to a traditional ISP, Black Box owners can pay $30/mo to DAWN and “cut the cord” on their traditional ISP bill. For users in Dawn’s coverage area, the Black Box receives “backhaul” connectivity from nearby Dawn nodes, ie the same way a Starlink receives “backhaul” from a satellite. Today, these areas are limited to certain parts of NY, NJ and TX, but are expanding rapidly as Dawn rolls out across the US. A map/explorer will be made available for the community to see which areas are currently in the “phase 1” or “phase 2” stage.