Category: Helium
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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 — 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 &…
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How Do You Assess A Blockchain + Meatspace Project?
How do you know if a new blockchain + meatspace (B+M) project (like Helium, or GEODNet, or Planetwatch) is likely to succeed? What are the key indicators of success or failure? Since joining the Helium Network when the Hotspot count was around 7k, I’ve gotten to see what it’s like to be part of a…
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Gristle Crüe Community Call — Helium House
We’re back from Helium House and talking about what was (and WASN’T!) discussed there. We’re catching up on the news as the last few GC Calls have all been with guest experts, so we finally got a chance to talk about HIP 51–53, installing 5G units, and what’s new in the world of blockchain +…
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Gristle Crüe Community Call — GEODNET
Mike Horton from GEODNET joined us today to walk us through the project, from where and how to place ’em to why it’s important to have centimeter accuracy. By the end of the show we had a couple of Crüe members put in orders and heard the story about the multi-million dollar data transfer bill…
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The Transition to Light Hotspots — What Happened?
TL;DR Despite a massive change to the Network, at a macro level we’re more or less where we were (up 3%) with the number of Hotspots getting rewarded for beaconing, and down 4% for number of Hotspots getting rewarded for witnessing. The rewards themselves are lower, but that’s always the long term trend of any…
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An (Early) Rough Guide to Setting Up GEODNET
The Helium Network demonstrated just how powerful tokenized radio coverage could be, and a host of other companies are rolling out wireless networks, from WiFi to satellite to cell, using token incentives. GEODNET is one of those companies. GEODNET allows you to set up a Hyfix Base Station in order to improve GPS accuracy. Most…