JMF & triM join to discuss returning to a single token (HNT). Lean how we got here, why it's a critical move and how the HIP authors think it can be pulled off. Read HIP 138: https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/main/0138-return-to-hnt.md Follow James (JMF): https://x.com/JMFayal Follow Matt (triM): https://x.com/thetrimdj Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arj…

Hivemapper CEO Ariel Seidman joins me to discuss one of the fastest-growing users of the Helium network, and explains how his long history in the mapping industry resulted in a Helium-like token model that quickly led to exponential dashcam adoption with drivers all over the world. Learn more about Hivemapper: https://www.hivemapper.com/ Follow Ari…

An all-star cast of Helium community members including Nik Hawks (gristleking), Ed Ballou, Winston Lazar and Gary from Australia join me to reflect on the network's current issues and explore the boundless opportunities that most are overlooking. Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast a…

A discussion with founders and foundation members of Solana and Helium about HIP 70, the radical proposal to scale the Helium network. I moderate the panel and ask the community's most burning questions about what will change. This is the most honest and compelling talk about HIP 70 yet, going deep into the root causes of why the Nova team thinks t…

HIP 70 is a game changer for the scalability of the Helium Network. This episode is the ultimate educational resource about HIP 70, with commentary from both Helium founder Amir Haleem and Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko, as well as the Nova Labs core dev team. Learn more about the HIP on the Helium Foundation's blog: https://medium.com/helium-fou…

Helium DAO (HIP 51) is a proposal for a new, more flexible architecture to enable the Helium network's future growth. HIP 52-53 are the proposals for the IoT and Mobile subDAOs that fit under this umbrella. In this episode, the authors of HIP 51, James Fayal, Abhay Kumar, and Tushar Jain, as well as Nova Labs CEO Amir Haleem, join for a live discus…

Light Hotspots have been live for a week. They arrived with growing pains, but the future is bright. The Nova Labs team, moderators, and community mentors join us to answer the community's questions about what comes next. NOTE: It was mentioned on the call that a hotspot's connected validator would be shown on the explorer, which upon further inves…

On May 11, Light Hotspots will finally go live! Coco Tang, Director of Product at Nova Labs, joins me for an action-packed conversation about how Light Hotspots will benefit the network, what activation day will look like and more. Follow Coco: https://twitter.com/_cocotang Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi More episodes of The Hotspot are availabl…

Nova Labs CPO Abhay Kumar and FreedomFi CEO Boris Renski join me to discuss the future of earning with Helium 5G hotspots. They share in-depth details on current progress and the latest cutting-edge development needed to make it all happen. Watch FreedomFi transmit 5G data on Helium testnet in May 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2rhjeWiRK8 F…

I answer your Twitter questions on Helium Network supply issues, blockchain bugs, balloon math and more. Get started mining with FairSpot: https://www.fairspot.host/ Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hotspot-helium-netw…

This is a recording of a live Discord AMA I hosted on Feb 19, 2022 to clear the air about HIP 55 after considerable confusion in the community. Includes commentary from Helium core team members. VOTE on HIP 55: https://heliumvote.com/14Rjhhz1DXLVmSRdzappqWgD6rfgu6XYxmdaSCvWLyLH8ZWbciK Read HIP 55: https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/main/0055-valida…

The Helium core team hosts an open discussion about HIP 54 and 55, some of the final steps on the road to Light Hotspots becoming a reality. NOTE: madninja's audio wasn't working well so his part was removed as it was largely unintelligible Read HIP 54: https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/main/0054-h3dex-targeting.md Read HIP 55: https://github.com/…

Ex-Verizon Wireless engineer Russell From explains what cellular networks are, what big telcos desperately need and how Helium 5G deployers can take advantage of the situation. Follow Russell: https://twitter.com/fromenator Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts: htt…

A review of the latest Q&A by FreedomFi CEO Boris Renski. He dropped a lot of new, interesting info and I explain the context and motivations behind his answers. View the doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TN8zLwq3qNFy2lbsKskuf_p4mNi_XZflADe9-ORcHDk Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite …

A live conversation about HIP 42 (Beacon/Witness Ratio), authored by Anthonyra. HIP 42 is currently up for a temperature check vote at Helium Vote which ends on 2022/01/16. Check out the resources below to read this HIP and learn how to cast your vote. More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/t…

An interview with Frank Mong, COO of Helium Inc. Frank shares his thoughts on network scaling, 5G partnerships, how Helium is fighting against illegitimate hotspots gaming HNT rewards, and more. This episode is hosted by Nik Hawks a.k.a. Gristle King, a prominent Helium community member and winner of Helium's 2021 Noble award. Please show Nik some …

Boris Resnki, founder of FreedomFi, and returning guest James Fayal join to discuss making Helium an omni-protocol network (starting with 5G) and enabling Proof of Coverage for new protocols. This is an amazing discussion with tons of detail, including the 5G launch plan, carrier deals, possible exploits and more. Boris and James do an excellent jo…

Two IoT industry experts join to discuss what Helium does differently to upend the antiquated way that IoT networks are traditionally built and sold. We also cover what types of devices actually use Helium and how they can make the world a better place. Follow Abhay: https://twitter.com/abhay Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi More episodes of The H…

Abhay Kumar, Chief Product Officer of Helium Inc., joins us to discuss the imminent validator launch, share opinions on on-chain reward splitting and unveil some seriously beautiful NFTs that Helium is auctioning off for charity. 00:00 - Start 00:27 - Abhay Intro: From Mylar to CPO 06:30 - Is Validator Testnet Ending Soon? 09:53 - What's Left Befor…

FairSpot is a company I started with a mission to deliver radically fair hotspot hosting. Learn why I started it, our mission and how we operate to empower hosts and support the Helium ecosystem. Follow FairSpot: https://twitter.com/fairspothelium Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast …

Helium CEO Amir Haleem joins to discuss future work on Proof of Coverage and adding 5G to the network via a partnership with FreedomFi. 00:00 - Start 00:30 - Roadmap: Proof of Coverage 06:43 - Roadmap: CBRS & 5G 21:10 - Outro Follow Amir: https://twitter.com/amirhaleem Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi More episodes of The Hotspot are available on …

Helium CEO Amir Haleem joins to discuss future work on validators and light hotspots, which together form the future of the Helium blockchain and hotspot infrastructure. 00:00 - Start 05:12 - What Didn't Make It On The Roadmap 07:48 - Hiring More Engineers? 09:34 - Helium's Layer 1 Blockchain 11:35 - Roadmap: Validators 20:54 - Roadmap: Light Hotsp…

Tushar Jain is managing partner at Multicoin Capital, a prominent investment firm and one of Helium's largest investors. He joins us once again to discuss his new article, The Helium Flywheel, and break down all of the components that ensure Helium miners will have a positive return on their investment through the next million hotspots and beyond. …

Mark Phillips is Helium's Vice President of Business Development and one of the company's earliest employees. Mark goes into great detail about the company's process for bringing new users and device manufacturers onto the network, outlines the company's strategy and helps me understand Helium's competitors and the challenges the network faces. He …

A conversation with para1 (aka Andrew). We go through the most recent Helium Improvement Proposals, HIP 21-26, and offer a basic overview as well as in-depth analysis, in addition to our opinions on whether or not we'd support them. 0:00:38 - Introductions 0:02:19 - HIP 15 + 17: Brief Recap 0:11:05 - HIP 21: PoC Link Layer Upgrades 0:27:58 - HIP 22…

An informal Q&A session with Steve Sellers, an engineer who's new to Helium and has some great questions about the network. We dive deep into hotspot earnings optimization, proof of coverage, cellular backhaul and more. 00:59 - Welcome, Steve's Background, Why We Like Helium 05:14 - HIP 19, Hardware Manufacturing 11:26 - RAK Shipping Delays, Swarm …

A discussion with James Fayal and returning guest Tushar Jain about Helium's token economics and our new proposal, HIP 20. Follow Tushar: @TusharJain_ Follow James: @JMFayal Outro song: Sethu & Lil $adape - Hotspot Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts: https://podc…

Frank Mong, Chief Operating Officer at Helium, Inc. joins to discuss the new RAK Hotspot Miner, the perils of supply chains, Amazon Sidewalk and more. Fair warning, there's more profanity than usual in this episode. Follow Frank: @fmong Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: Apple …

Tushar Jain is co-founder and Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital, a crypto-focused, thesis-driven investment firm which co-led Helium's $15M Series C round along with Union Square Ventures. He's also the founder of the DeWi Alliance, a governing body for decentralized wireless initiaives Previously, he was the founder of health tech startup ePat…

Helium co-founder and CEO Amir Haleem joins us once more to talk about the decisions that went into the hardware, software and design of the iconic Helium Hotspot. We cover security, hardware specs, resource consumption, and also take a look into a future where there are 3rd party hotspot manufacturers and DIY hotspots mining on the network. We als…

Helium co-founder and CEO Amir Haleem guides us through Helium's journey to build a wireless network for low-power sensors. It's a fascinating story filled with twists and turns, failure and success, and one overarching mission to fill an aching demand in the tech world that, for some reason, nobody has been able to fill until now. We cover lots of…