Author: Nik
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Gristle Crüe — WeatherXM with Manos
It’s always exciting to talk with the founder of a blockchain + meatspace project, and this discussion with Manos at WeatherXM was no exception. As normally happens, I went in with one understanding and left with another. Deepening our understanding of these worlds is critical to making good decisions. Ya can’t make a good call…
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What Is The State Of Play In The World of DeWi?
Helium is the project that started it all, but the DeWi space is rapidly growing. With that growth come questions, mysteries, and opportunities. New players, both known and unknown, are entering the mix. As the idea of 5G starts to really get legs, one question you should constantly be asking yourself is, “What is the…
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Gristle Crüe Pollen Brief — What is Pollen?
We spent almost the entire hour covering the Pollen project, which is very similar to the Helium 5G play, using a DeWi model for CBRS radio. Pollen is a little different, though for people who’ve participated in Helium the learning curve is fairly easy. Here’s the presentation, which’ll walk you through the essential elements of…
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Unlock Helium 5G: My Rooftop Installation
How hard is it to deploy a Helium 5G miner? There are at least three aspects to this: Physical, Legal, and Risk/Reward. Let’s start with the easiest one, which is the physical installation. As it turns out, a Helium 5G miner is not that different than a LoRa miner to physically install. Just like a…
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Is Helium 5G Safe To Deploy?
As we all begin the next mad rush to deploy Helium 5G miners, one of the questions I hear asked is, “Is 5G safe?” Let’s start with defining what 5G means; it’s NOT 5 gigahertz. In this case, 5G refers to the Fifth Generation of mobile networks. 5G is a set of rules determining who can…
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Gristle Crüe Community Call — Health Effects of Helium 5G
We got a full data dump from Dr. Subham Desgupta today on the research he’s done on the health effects of CBRS on biological organisms. Was rad to not only get the takeaway, but also to understand what is known vs not known, and what is likely vs unlikely. Very cool to see some cutting…
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Gristle Crüe Community Call — 5G Questions, Sensor Building
We got to catch up a bit this week on deployment questions on 5G. The Crüe shared news on how we’re thinking about deploying 5G units, what the risks & rewards might be, and a few nuances like mappers & PoC. We also talked about a community build project of Joey’s Air Quality monitor, which…
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Weather XM — An Easy Way to Stack Your Pole
With the rise of Helium, many of us were introduced to the new concept of combining a blockchain application with actual physical real world usage and tokenizing the incentives. I call that combo blockchain + meatspace, and Helium is just the beginning. As most of us who got serious about Helium quickly realized, the name…
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Gristle Crüe Community Call — Max on HIPs 51–53
Max from PPL has gotten deep into the changes that HIP 51–53 will bring, and came on the GC call this week to walk us through what they mean, how to understand them, and what the implications are for buying, onboarding, and running both LoRa and 5G Hotspots in the coming months. Very cool! Max from…
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Gristle Crüe Community Call — Sensors, Antenna Analysis, and some BIG ideas!
Local EE & experimental scientist Dirk Beer came on the Crüe call to talk about some of the sensor work he’s done and a very cool little antenna analysis tool he built. Jameson Buffmire filled in the second half with some really interesting ideas on where Helium might go as well as the challenges &…