Here’s what we (probably) know about the future of transport:

Humans will no longer drive. Trains will coast at the speed of commercial jets. Wallets and credit cards and those filthy pieces of paper we call “cash” will join their rightful places in museums, right next to subway cards, bus passes and yellow, sun-faded images of taxi cabs.

Here’s what we (definitely) don’t know about the future of transport: How this is all going to work together.

MOBI is a consortium sculpting the future of how the world moves by creating blockchain standards for all things mobile: Cars and buses and trains and parking garages. Smart contracts and supply chains. Even those IoT scooters and mopeds you can rent by the minute.

And we’re going to help them do it.

Introducing our latest partnership: XYO Network + Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI).

We’ve joined a group that counts BMW and Ford as partners, Trusted IoT Alliance and World Economic Forum as affiliates, and ConsenSys and us — XYO Network — as sponsors.

Here’s the plan. We’re going to use our location network data to help MOBI set blockchain standards for the transportation industry. This might mean having driverless cars use XYO data to “see” each other, or “see” the empty parking spots along a route. Ultimately, this should mean safer, less-congested roads.

But it also points to safer payments. The blockchain distributed ledger is a technological revelation, and many experts say it will function as the backbone for mobile payments on and off the road. It could help passengers pay for parking without ever interacting with a meter, or allow shipping businesses to buy transport insurance on demand rather than by the month.

If we can create a safe and secure mobility commerce platform using blockchain and cryptocurrency, the transport of people and goods will be safe, efficient and seamless.

XYO is proud to join MOBI in figuring out the future of transportation, and we look forward to all the amazing use cases that will grow from this partnership.