Category: Helium
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Gristle Crüe Call — Álvaro @ Borderless
The Crüe got a 1 hour primer on how a VC economist in the crypto space views the world. Álvaro Gracia from Borderless Capital walked us through a deck that laid out the progression of web2 to web3 and why that’s happening. We zoomed way out to global macroeconomics, talked about Bitcoin, silver, and gold,…
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Opportunities in the Ice Age of IoT
Helium ain’t the only LoRaWAN network out there, and it’s certainly not the one that’s been around longest. Thomas over at Tingkart recently sent me this excellent video from the The Things Network YT channel called “The Silver Bullet to IoT Success”. Spoiler alert: The “Silver Bullet” involves hard work. If you don’t have 20 minutes…
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The Race to Usage Domination — The Gun Has Gone Off!
“Innovate, be relentless, and make the network usage grow” says Robert Putt, an early Helium adopter and LoRaWAN expert. Rob wrote one of the most useful articles on getting your Hotspot off relay (back when that was an issue) and has spent years in the LoRaWAN space. He’s now working with the well known BFGNeil…
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The Gristle King Industry Insider Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 1.
This is the inaugural issue of the GKIIN (Gristle King Industry Insider Newsletter), which is written and researched by myself, Nik Hawks, and my good friend Max Gold, owner over at PPL Antenna and one of the most dogged investigators into these projects you’ll find. We’ll be writing and releasing these on a weekly basis.…
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The Explosion of Blockchain + Meatspace
At the recent TIPIN Summit put on by Lattice Capital, it became apparent that blockchain + meatspace projects are about to hit the mainstream of the cryptogalaxy. With panels featuring everyone from Helium, the largest and most successful player in the space, to Anode Labs announcing the launch of the React Network (tokenizing Virtual Power…
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Helium HIP 70 Explained In Pictures
HIP 70 is simple. We (the Helium Community) are moving from doing everything ourselves to farming out a few things to experts. Here’s what it looks like. Let’s start with the current system. Every action on one blockchain that tries to do everything and is getting bogged down: Yes, I know Validators aren’t in that graphic.…
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An Off Grid Water Monitoring System
I got into Helium to deploy and use a LoRa Wide Area Network (you can read about that here). Along with everyone else, I then got caught up in the wild gold rush of ’20-’21, deploying hotspots and earning HNT, helping clients do the same, and occasionally just looking around and wondering at the madness…
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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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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…