The Hotspot - Helium Network & Blockchain Podcast

Hivemapper CEO Ariel Seidman joins me to discuss one of the fastest-growing users of the Helium network, and explains how his long history in the mapping industry resulted in a Helium-like token model that quickly led to exponential dashcam adoption with drivers all over the world. More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi Resources: https://www.hivemapper.com/https://twitter.com/aseidmanhttps://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/heliumhttps://twitter.com/HeliumFndnhttps://twitter.com/novalabs_Lakey Inspired - Arcade

An all-star cast of Helium community members including Nik Hawks (gristleking), Ed Ballou, Winston Lazar and Gary from Australia join me to reflect on the network's current issues and explore the boundless opportunities that most are overlooking. More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/heliumhttps://twitter.com/HeliumFndnhttps://twitter.com/novalabs_Lakey Inspired - Arcade

A discussion with founders and foundation members of Solana and Helium about HIP 70, the radical proposal to scale the Helium network. I moderate the panel and ask the community's most burning questions about what will change. This is the most honest and compelling talk about HIP 70 yet, going deep into the root causes of why the Nova team thinks this proposal needs to happen. 00:00:00 Start 00:01:15 Intro & community recap 00:03:44 HIP 70 brief explanation 00:05:46 The road to HIP 70 00:12:52 Helium community skepticism about updates 00:16:35 Advantages of switching to a new L1 00:21:14 Difficulty of building L1 00:23:29 Importance of laser focus 00:26:41 Is Helium forfeiting its sovereignty? 00:30:33 Exploding community dev engagement 00:34:14 How long HIP 70 will take 00:42:17 How oracles affect decentralization 00:46:46 Validators unstaking timeline 00:57:04 IOT genesis snapshot timeline 00:58:00 IOT token launch timeline 00:58:54 Could HIP 70 be compromised? 01:00:16 Pros/cons of community governance 01:01:43 Why Solana, if it's unstable? 01:10:57 Better hotspot remote diagnostics? 01:14:23 How does veHNT work? 01:17:09 Impact on IOT/LoRaWAN routers? 01:21:51 Broken data packet accounting 01:22:50 Detailed breakdown of the L1 choice? 01:26:00 Closing thoughts Check out the latest TL;DR on HIP 70 by Frank Mong: https://blog.helium.com/tl-dr-on-hip-70-hnt-ecosystem-would-expand-on-solana-abb123501765 And don't forget to join the #hip-70-scaling-the-helium-network channel on Helium's Discord server at https://discord.gg/helium More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/amirhaleemhttps://twitter.com/aeyakovenkohttps://twitter.com/Austin_Federahttps://twitter.com/abhayhttps://twitter.com/jhillerhttps://twitter.com/heliumhttps://twitter.com/novalabs_Lakey Inspired - Arcade

HIP 70 is a game changer for the scalability of the Helium Network. This episode is the ultimate educational resource about HIP 70, with commentary from both Helium founder Amir Haleem and Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko, as well as the Nova Labs core dev team. Learn more about the HIP on the Helium Foundation's blog: https://medium.com/helium-foundation/hip-70-helium-core-team-proposes-to-migrate-to-solana-e7ea23a042e7 And don't forget to join the #hip-70-scaling-the-helium-network channel on Helium's Discord server at https://discord.gg/helium More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/amirhaleemhttps://twitter.com/aeyakovenkohttps://twitter.com/heliumhttps://twitter.com/novalabs_Lakey Inspired - Arcade

Helium DAO (HIP 51) is a proposal for a new, more flexible architecture to enable the Helium network's future growth. HIP 52-53 are the proposals for the IoT and Mobile subDAOs that fit under this umbrella. In this episode, the authors of HIP 51, James Fayal, Abhay Kumar, and Tushar Jain, as well as Nova Labs CEO Amir Haleem, join for a live discussion to answer the community's questions about these wide-reaching improvements. For an intro to HIP 51-53, check out this Twitter space recording: https://twitter.com/helium/status/1524408694829551617 More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot?sid=youtube Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/amirhaleemhttps://twitter.com/abhayhttps://twitter.com/TusharJain_https://twitter.com/JMFayalhttps://twitter.com/novalabs_https://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

Light Hotspots have been live for a week. They arrived with growing pains, but the future is bright. The Nova Labs team, moderators, and community mentors join us to answer the community's questions about what comes next. NOTE: It was mentioned on the call that a hotspot's connected validator would be shown on the explorer, which upon further investigation isn't possible. However, makers are looking to integrate this feature and it will be available on certain hotspot dashboards in the coming weeks. Check with your maker for more information. More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot?sid=youtube Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/novalabs_https://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

On May 11, Light Hotspots will finally go live! Coco Tang, Director of Product at Nova Labs, joins me for an action-packed conversation about how Light Hotspots will benefit the network, what activation day will look like and more. More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot?sid=youtube Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/_cocotanghttps://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/novalabs_https://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

Nova Labs CPO Abhay Kumar and FreedomFi CEO Boris Renski join me to discuss the future of earning with Helium 5G hotspots. They share in-depth details on current progress and the latest cutting-edge development needed to make it all happen. More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot?sid=youtube Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2rhjeWiRK8https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/zer0tweetshttps://twitter.com/Open5Ghttps://twitter.com/abhayhttps://twitter.com/novalabs_https://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

I answer your Twitter questions on Helium Network supply issues, blockchain bugs, balloon math and more. Get started mining with FairSpot: https://www.fairspot.host/ More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot?sid=youtube Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

This is a recording of a live Discord AMA I hosted on Feb 19, 2022 to clear the air about HIP 55 after considerable confusion in the community. Includes commentary from Helium core team members. Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi Resources: https://heliumvote.com/14Rjhhz1DXLVmSRdzappqWgD6rfgu6XYxmdaSCvWLyLH8ZWbciKhttps://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/main/0055-validator-challenges.mdhttps://docs.helium.com/mine-hnt/light-hotspots/https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

The Helium core team hosts an open discussion about HIP 54 and 55, some of the final steps on the road to Light Hotspots becoming a reality. NOTE: madninja's audio wasn't working well so his part was removed as it was largely unintelligible More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi Resources: https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/main/0054-h3dex-targeting.mdhttps://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/main/0055-validator-challenges.mdhttps://docs.helium.com/mine-hnt/light-hotspots/https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

Ex-Verizon Wireless engineer Russell From explains what cellular networks are, what big telcos desperately need and how Helium 5G deployers can take advantage of the situation. More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/fromenatorhttps://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

A review of the latest Q&A by FreedomFi CEO Boris Renski. He dropped a lot of new, interesting info and I explain the context and motivations behind his answers. View the doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TN8zLwq3qNFy2lbsKskuf_p4mNi_XZflADe9-ORcHDk More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot?sid=youtube Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

A live conversation about HIP 42 (Beacon/Witness Ratio), authored by Anthonyra. HIP 42 is currently up for a temperature check vote at Helium Vote which ends on 2022/01/16. Check out the resources below to read this HIP and learn how to cast your vote. More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot 0:01:09 - Anthonyra Intro 0:04:11 - HIP 42 Intro 0:12:15 - Helium Network P2P Issues 0:17:46 - Preventing Repeater Gaming 0:24:43 - Preventing Over-Witnessing 0:31:59 - Will this kill my earnings? 0:40:13 - Heefi: Network stability concerns 0:52:05 - PaulM: HIP 42 vs 44 0:58:22 - FezzFest: Anti-gaming/democracy concerns 1:02:26 - FezzFest: Increasing beacon rewards 1:04:51 - Closing Thoughts Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/39cd8dde1acc0c6404af6528b189dd8cd84a7864/0042-beacon-witness-ratio-witness-reward-limit.mdhttps://helium.vote/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

An interview with Frank Mong, COO of Helium Inc. Frank shares his thoughts on network scaling, 5G partnerships, how Helium is fighting against illegitimate hotspots gaming HNT rewards, and more. This episode is hosted by Nik Hawks a.k.a. Gristle King, a prominent Helium community member and winner of Helium's 2021 Noble award. Please show Nik some love by checking out his website and Twitter. 01:11 - Frank Intro 03:34 - Decentralization 08:38 - HST & Fundraising 10:54 - 5G Partnerships 17:12 - Network Scaling 19:11 - Network Usage Is Coming 21:38 - Mining Rewards 31:12 - Coverage Gaps & Backhaul 34:28 - Omni-Protocol Future 36:53 - Incumbent Reactions to Helium 44:04 - Projects Influenced by Helium 48:14 - Gaming/Cheating 52:31 - Spectrum Advocacy 55:01 - Closing Thoughts Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://www.gristleking.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/thegristlekinghttps://twitter.com/fmonghttps://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

Boris Resnki, founder of FreedomFi, and returning guest James Fayal join to discuss making Helium an omni-protocol network (starting with 5G) and enabling Proof of Coverage for new protocols. This is an amazing discussion with tons of detail, including the 5G launch plan, carrier deals, possible exploits and more. Boris and James do an excellent job of answering the tough questions. 0:00:00 - Start 0:02:03 - What Helium Is & Could Be 0:03:06 - FreedomFi Intro & Back Story 0:06:59 - Helium Meets FreedomFi 0:09:41 - HIP 27 Intro 0:16:26 - Integrating Helium With Existing Cellular Networks 0:17:07 - How Cellular Networks Are Built 0:21:52 - How Cellular Will Work on Helium 0:28:22 - HIP 27 Explanation 0:32:09 - HIP 37 Intro 0:39:49 - How Data Credits Are Priced Per Protocol 0:42:33 - Why 5G Needs Proof of Coverage 0:48:18 - How 5G Proof of Coverage Will Work 0:54:16 - Preventing PoC Sybil Attacks 0:59:19 - IMEI Spoofing 1:04:10 - Professional Witnesses 1:11:13 - HIP 37 Skeptic: Diverting PoC Rewards From LoRaWAN 1:20:35 - HIP 37 Skeptic: Preventing 5G Wealth Concentration 1:25:05 - HIP 37 Skeptic: Solving Cold Start For New Protocols 1:27:39 - HIP 37 Skeptic: Preventing DC Burn Arbitrage 1:33:46 - HIP 37 Conclusion 1:37:52 - We Love LoRaWAN 1:41:08 - Suggested Reading 1:42:14 - Bonus: Redenomination HIP Overview Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/zer0tweetshttps://twitter.com/Open5Ghttps://twitter.com/JMFayalhttps://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

Two IoT industry experts join to discuss what Helium does differently to upend the antiquated way that IoT networks are traditionally built and sold. We also cover what types of devices actually use Helium and how they can make the world a better place. More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot?sid=youtube Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/abhayhttps://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

Abhay Kumar, Chief Product Officer of Helium Inc., joins us to discuss the imminent validator launch, share opinions on on-chain reward splitting and unveil some seriously beautiful NFTs that Helium is auctioning off for charity. 00:00 - Start 00:27 - Abhay Intro: From Mylar to CPO 06:30 - Is Validator Testnet Ending Soon? 09:53 - What's Left Before Mainnet Launch 13:47 - Bison Trails Unstake Cooldown Confusion 17:23 - HIP 24 (On-Chain Reward Splitting) Review & Opinions 29:31 - Zodiac NFTs: Inspiration 33:45 - Zodiac NFTs: Demo 38:14 - Zodiac NFTs: Give India Charity 39:46 - Zodiac NFTs: Why Solana Is Great 41:28 - Zodiac NFTs: How To Bid 43:01 - Abhay Teaches Us French 43:41 - Bitcoin Miami Conference 44:23 - How Helium Met Metaplex 46:19 - Abhay Thanks The Community 47:48 - Arman Thanks The Listeners More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/abhayhttps://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

FairSpot is a company I started with a mission to deliver radically fair hotspot hosting. Learn why I started it, our mission and how we operate to empower hosts and support the Helium ecosystem. More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot?sid=youtube Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/fairspotheliumhttps://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade

Helium CEO Amir Haleem joins to discuss future work on Proof of Coverage and adding 5G to the network via a partnership with FreedomFi. 00:00 - Start 00:30 - Roadmap: Proof of Coverage 06:43 - Roadmap: CBRS & 5G 21:10 - Outro More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://plinkhq.com/i/1524379293 Resources: https://www.helium.com/https://twitter.com/rawrmaanhttps://twitter.com/amirhaleemhttps://twitter.com/heliumLakey Inspired - Arcade