HIP 51 unlocks massive utility while staying aligned to the mission of Helium. The Mission Helium’s mission has always been to rapidly build open, affordable, and secure global wireless networks that are owned and operated by the people. If successful in this mission, we unlock a new, exciting future of connected applications…

Many may not know that Helium Inc started as a small startup over nine years ago. Shawn Fanning, Sean Carey, and I had this grand vision of a global, ubiquitous wireless network that connected devices to the internet easily and affordably. In our early days, we were focused on connecting…

What if you could get 5G from your neighbor? This is the vision that has motivated us from the early days of Helium — a distributed future where wireless infrastructure is built, maintained, and controlled by anyone and everyone, including your neighbor. Fast forward to the present, that vision is…

We founded Helium back in 2013 with a mission to make the world a more connected place through a ubiquitous, global wireless network. We decided to focus our initial efforts on an open source wireless protocol, LoRaWAN, purpose-built for IoT devices and sensors. By adding the open source Helium blockchain…

Helium has been on a mission to create an open network to connect Internet of Things (IoT) devices. We’ve recently made great headway because we created an incentive that enabled the people, individuals in communities around the US as well as the world to participate and build this new network…

Time seems to accelerate when running a startup and this year roared by. We focused not only on building a Hotspot and completing a new physical blockchain, but also on launching what would quickly become the largest public LoRa network in the United States. As we turn the page on…

It’s been quite a ride since we launched just over four weeks ago! Firstly, the Helium team and I are deeply thankful for everyone who has participated in The People’s Network. …

It’s been a week since we launched the Helium Hotspot for US customers, and the momentum has exceeded our expectations. …

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