While the October release of PoCV11 will mark a major milestone in the Helium technology, hotspot owners only need to take a few simple actions in order to fully take advantage of this upgrade. This article will step through a
Read moreExploring Helium Rewards Part 1: Data Credits
The premise of excellent ROI is what motivated many people to become involved with Helium. Most of this interest has been in hosting hotspots though, recently, staking $HNT in a validator has been popular. Currently, over 28% of the circulating
Read moreThe First Month of Helium Validator Mainnet
Helium Validator Mainnet went live on June 23rd, 2021. As outlined in HIP 25, validators are a crucial improvement to the Helium network. Instead of hotspots performing consensus work on the blockchain, that job now falls upon the validators. Unlike
Read moreHow to Choose the Right Helium Hotspot Antenna
Hosting a Helium hotspot is an exciting way to contribute to a cutting-edge technology while earning passive income. Hotspots earn rewards primarily by participating in Proof-of-Coverage, in other words, demonstrating the technical capability to transmit data on the Helium mesh
Read moreHands on with the RAKwireless Helium Developer Kit
I recently acquired a new product from RAKwireless: the Helium Developer Kit. While RAK is perhaps best known for being the first manufacturing partner of Helium hotspots, the company has been a pioneer in the IoT space, creating the popular
Read moreUnderstanding 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
Read moreOptimizing Helium Hotspot Earnings
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
Read moreWhat’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
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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
Read moreExploring Different Methods of Staking Reddcoin
Extra disclosure: I was a volunteer contributor to Reddcoin. I was never compensated for my work, and this post was just meant to summarize my findings up to a certain point in time. I am no longer a contributor to
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