The DePIN Library
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Wingbits Optimization: Graphs1090 Plus
Ok, so ya caught the Wingbits bug and are willing to play the game just to see how good you can get? It’s fun to mess around with the Tar1090 tool (which I’ve covered in a previous post) and see the pretty pictures, but…what about them numbers? Pretty clearly here we’re seeing that Setup 2…
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Wingbits For The Advanced User: Tar1090
I’ve written about the basics of Wingbits in a recent post; if you haven’t read that yet or you’re new to the project, take about 7 minutes and read through it; it’ll make the rest of this much easier to understand. This is the first in a few of the “Advanced User Series” posts on…
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A Rough Guide to Wingbits
I’ve been watching Wingbits for a while now. They’re a new DePIN rewarding you for tracking commercial and private planes, and some parts of the project remind me of the early days of Helium, back when I wrote the original Rough Guide for Helium. Wingbits is a project that allows you to choose your hardware…
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How To Use The Helium Bridge
So you’ve read the piece on the Helium Bridge and you want to use one to bring your favorite non-LoRaWAN sensor data onto the Helium Network? Rad! Let’s start off with the current limitations, just so you don’t get all hot and bothered then realize what you wan’t ain’t doable yet. Right now, it works “out…
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The Helium Bridge — A Thousand New Sensors
Once you’ve built the world’s largest LoRaWAN network, the next step is clearly to use it. Still, it can be hard to use a network that doesn’t yet have an absolute boatload of sensors ready for it. Part of this is the hardware lag cycle. It takes time to build hardware, and we’re just now getting…
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How To Understand The GEODNET Token System
A common question with any DePIN project is: Where do all the tokens go? In GEODNET, 35% of all tokens emitted go to those of us deploying GEODNET base stations and providing coverage. But what about the rest of the tokens? Where do they go? How many are there? How do you KNOW? Let’s start with…
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How To Maximize GEODNET Staking
How can you make the most of the new GEODNET staking program? Staking allows anyone to signal that they want a miner deployed in a certain area. Staking also offers larger rewards for both the staker and miners than a normal deployment. I’ll assume for now you know what GEODNET is; if not, hit this…
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How To Use A Helium Integration
Let’s start with the basics: What the heck is a Helium Integration, and why would you even need one? An “integration” is what allows the raw data that’s coming from your Helium sensors to be actually used. Whether that’s showing a dashboard of soil moisture, or temperature, or if you’re tracking the number of people who…
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How To Use Helium for Parking Sensors
One of the great opportunities of a ubiquitous wireless network like Helium’s LoRaWAN is in monitoring parking. While parking may seem slightly less interesting than day-old oatmeal to most of us, the more you know about parking the more you wonder why we don’t pay far more attention to it. Let’s start with the business cases…
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Sunsetting Helium Console — The End of an Era
As any project progresses from a good idea to first implementations and moves closer and closer to commercial viability, the nature of access to the project will change. Typically you start off by giving away access for free, just so people can try the thing out. Helium’s LoRaWAN (as all DePIN projects do) went a…