A brand new mining participant on The People’s Network — the Data-Only Hotspot — can now mine HNT for transferring data packets! The development work to achieve this milestone has been underway for many months as the community has watched the Network rapidly scale to over 232,000 Hotspots across more…

With the launch of Validators on the Helium Network, we are incredibly excited to reveal a brand new Helium Explorer experience. The Helium Network is all about creating coverage around the world, and with that, location matters; so why not make it a guiding design principle? The new Explorer puts…

Hexagons, while also a six-sided shape, are the underlying representation of how everything functions on the Helium Network. This updated view unlocks insights into new filters, discovery mode, remote assert, and more. Understanding Hexagons Based on Uber’s H3 index, the surface of the earth can be represented by a grid of hexagons…

Since the beginning of the Network, every Hotspot owner has asked the question “what is my Hotspot coverage like” or “can anyone witness me”. If you’re a long-time Discord member, the answer typically starts with “It depends…”. Some intrepid members of the Network will analyze beacons, challenges, even set up…

Spring has sprung and the Helium App has three great new features we’re excited to tell you about! Remote Assert Our first feature is Remote Assert! Highly requested by Hosts, Owners, and those with remote Hotspot deployments, Remote Assert removes the need to pair with the physical Hotspot. …

When the Helium Hotspot App first launched in 2019, we were designing for the Helium Hotspot in mind. …

The People’s Network is the world’s fastest-growing wireless network and we’re just getting started. The Network has expanded to over 52 countries, over 2,200 cities, and over 12,000 Hotspots deployed. …

April 9, 2019 Hotspot/Mobile App Usability Updates Over the past two weeks, we invited people to the office to usability test our onboarding experience with the Helium mobile app and hotspot. We interviewed a diverse group of folks in San Francisco ranging from their early twenties to mid-fifties. Amongst those were cryptocurrency buyers and…

March 19, 2019 — Proof-of-Coverage Update In our Whitepaper, we describe a novel way to prove Helium Hotspots exist in the real world and provide wireless network coverage. We call this Proof-of-Coverage which involves hotspots challenging another hotspot anywhere in the world and constructing a path to the target using its neighbors. We are making great…