Tim O'Hearn

Understanding Helium Validators

Introduction Helium’s meteoric rise in early 2021 can be largely attributed to HIP-25. When this proposal was approved back on January 29th with the stated sum of 10,000 HNT being required to run a validator, people rushed to buy more

It’s been an exciting few weeks here with Helium. Yesterday, Nebra announced that they aren’t allowing new orders for miners. At a certain point, continuing to accept pre-orders for an unknown delivery date would have been seen as greedy. I

Last month, I wrote a review of Vinovest, a startup that is essentially a robo-advisor for fine wine investing. Really cool concept; excellent theoretical returns. If you’re as exposed to the S&P 500 as I am, any alternative investment like

What’s Going on with Helium Hotspot Order Shipping?

Since I wrote my first blog post back in February, I’ve become quite involved with Helium. If people are going to visit my blog and use the information here to make purchasing decisions and investments (hey folks, this is not

Is the Epic Pass Worth it? 20/21 Season Review

After singing high praises of the Ikon pass last year, I switched to the Epic Pass for the 2020/2021 ski season. Mainly, I was looking to explore more resorts that I hadn’t visited before. I figured that Epic resorts would

If you were playing Runescape back in 2007, you probably heard of Moparscape. Almost 15 years after launch, it still gets mentioned in various player communities, but very little information has been preserved from the golden era. A lot of

Extra disclosure: I am a FINRA-registered securities trader. I am not licensed to give investment advice or analyze securities and I do not provide investment advice. I do not manage investments for others. This post should not be construed as

Exploring Different Methods of Staking Reddcoin

Extra disclosure: I am a contributor to Reddcoin. Though I do not receive compensation via PoSV v2, I have an indirect interest in more people securing the network by staking. This article is not sponsored or necessarily approved by the

How to Obtain a Helium Hotspot and Start Mining HNT

Introduction Update: This is a popular blog post. The price of Helium has almost tripled since I first published it. It was written when the USD/HNT exchange rate was $4. I will not be updating the figures in this article,