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A device-agnostic reader network for location and verification

Nodle coordinates the Bluetooth radios already in phones and other connected devices into a single reader network. Tagged assets are located by proximity; captured content is signed for provenance. There is no dedicated infrastructure to deploy.

Primarily phones · fully device-agnostic

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The stack

Four layers of trust

Each layer is independently useful. Together they turn ordinary devices into a planet-scale instrument for location and trust.

Layer 01

Sensing

Devices running Nodle listen for nearby Bluetooth signals in the background. Smartphones do most of the work today, but the reader role is device-agnostic.

BLE · passive · battery-aware

Layer 02

Coordination

The network turns millions of anonymous sightings into a single, de-duplicated location for each asset, reconciled at the edge.

edge-aggregated · encrypted

Layer 04

Verification

ContentSign signs and checks content provenance on the same infrastructure, aligned to the open C2PA standard.

C2PA · tamper-evident

The core loop

People with the Nodle App earn for lending a sliver of their device's radio

Businesses pay to read and verify their assets across that coverage. Each side makes the other more valuable.

Supply side

Nodle App & Nodle SDK

On 2.4M phones — plus a growing fleet of other Bluetooth devices. Each lends background sensing, never location history or personal data, and earns for every contribution.

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sensing →

devices hear tags & sign content

businesses fund the network → you earn

← rewards

Demand side

Nodle Network

Businesses query the coverage to locate tagged assets and verify content — paying per use, with no hardware to deploy.

More devices → denser coverage → more useful to business → more rewards → more devices.

Locating tags

From tag to answer, in five steps

Tag broadcasts

A tagged asset emits a rotating, anonymized Bluetooth beacon.

A device hears it

Any nearby Nodle device — usually a phone — picks up the beacon in the background.

Encrypted report

The sighting is encrypted on-device and relayed without exposing who saw it.

Network resolves

Sightings are reconciled into one trusted, de-duplicated location.

Owner queries

Authorized owners read location or verification through the API.

The solution

Every smartphone is a Bluetooth gateway. Nodle pays them to act like one.

BLE Tag

Sub-$1, battery-free

Smartphone

Running Nodle SDK

Nodle Network

Decentralized cloud

Enterprise

Pays in USD or NODL tokens

Global coverage

Through Nodle and partner networks, phones already deployed in 175 countries give you meaningful reach from day one.

Zero infrastructure

No towers, no gateways, no deployment cost. The reader hardware is already deployed — it's the phones people carry.

Pay-per-use settlement

Enterprises pay only for the activations they consume. Mobile nodes earn for the work they do.

ContentSign · C2PA compliant

Verify what's real — not just where things are

The same network signs content at the moment of capture. A photo, document, or video gets a tamper-evident credential bound to it — so anyone downstream can prove it hasn't been altered, and where it came from.

Credentials follow the open C2PA standard, so they travel across the tools and platforms that already understand content provenance.

Capture

Content is signed at the source with a tamper-evident credential.

Travel

The credential rides with the file across tools and platforms.

Verify

Anyone downstream checks origin and integrity in a single call.

Anchor

The fingerprint is anchored on the Nodle Chain — an immutable proof record that outlives the file.

Data architecture

Raw data stays on your device — Nodle never sees it in the clear

The network is designed around what it needs — proximity, not identity. It works because of math and scale, not because anyone is watching.

Edge by default

Sightings are processed on the device. Raw signal never leaves in the clear.

Proximity, not identity

The network needs nearness, not who you are. No location history, no contacts, no profiles.

Encrypted & anonymized

Every report is encrypted and tied to rotating identifiers — not to a person or a device owner.

You hold the keys

Asset owners control who can query their data; you control what your device contributes.

For developers

Location and verification, in one SDK

Integrate in an afternoon. The same SDK locates a tagged asset and verifies a captured file — across iOS, Android, web, and embedded devices.

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Integrate in less than an hour

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iOS, Android, web, and embedded

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Location + verification in one API

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Webhooks for sightings as they occur

Product specifications · ConnectX

At a glance

Product

ConnectX · Enterprise location tracking on the Nodle BLE network

Function

Detect, locate, and log any BLE-tagged asset to an immutable activity ledger

Network

Millions of active smartphones worldwide acting as BLE readers, iOS and Android

Tag hardware

Sticker- to business card-sized BLE beacon. Battery-free, ambient-powered, biodegradable

Tag cost

Sub-dollar per unit

Onramp · hardware

Provision device in ConnectX Dashboard. Attach beacon to any asset. No fixed infrastructure required after provisioning

Onramp · software

Nodle SDK. iOS and Android. Integrates in less than an hour. Existing app or new build

Location record

Every sighting attested across independent devices. Tamper-evident, auditable evidence for disputes

Data ownership

Customer retains full data ownership. End-to-end encrypted, delivered direct to your servers. No Nodle access to customer asset data

A device-agnostic reader network for location and verification

Four layers of trust

Sensing

Tags

Coordination

Verification

People with the Nodle App earn for lending a sliver of their device's radio

Nodle App & Nodle SDK

Nodle Network

From tag to answer, in five steps

Tag broadcasts

A device hears it

Encrypted report

Network resolves

Owner queries

Every smartphone is a Bluetooth gateway. Nodle pays them to act like one.

BLE Tag

Smartphone

Nodle Network

Enterprise

Verify what's real — not just where things are

Raw data stays on your device — Nodle never sees it in the clear

Edge by default

Proximity, not identity

Encrypted & anonymized

You hold the keys

Location and verification, in one SDK

At a glance