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Author: Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi

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Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi and guests discuss the fast-growing Helium network, providing worldwide coverage for IoT devices with LoRaWAN technology.
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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/thehotspotHosted by Arman Dezfuli-ArjomandiResources:Learn more about Hivemapper: https://www.hivemapper.com/Follow Ariel: https://twitter.com/aseidmanLearn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumFollow Helium Foundation: https://twitter.com/HeliumFndnFollow Nova Labs: https://twitter.com/novalabs_Intro song: 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/thehotspotHosted by Arman Dezfuli-ArjomandiResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumFollow Helium Foundation: https://twitter.com/HeliumFndnFollow Nova Labs: https://twitter.com/novalabs_Intro song: 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 Start00:01:15 Intro & community recap00:03:44 HIP 70 brief explanation00:05:46 The road to HIP 7000:12:52 Helium community skepticism about updates00:16:35 Advantages of switching to a new L100:21:14 Difficulty of building L100:23:29 Importance of laser focus00:26:41 Is Helium forfeiting its sovereignty?00:30:33 Exploding community dev engagement00:34:14 How long HIP 70 will take00:42:17 How oracles affect decentralization00:46:46 Validators unstaking timeline00:57:04 IOT genesis snapshot timeline00:58:00 IOT token launch timeline00:58:54 Could HIP 70 be compromised?01:00:16 Pros/cons of community governance01:01:43 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 accounting01:22:50 Detailed breakdown of the L1 choice?01:26:00 Closing thoughtsCheck 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-abb123501765And don't forget to join the #hip-70-scaling-the-helium-network channel on Helium's Discord server at https://discord.gg/heliumMore episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspotHosted by Arman Dezfuli-ArjomandiResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Amir: https://twitter.com/amirhaleemFollow Anatoly: https://twitter.com/aeyakovenkoFollow Austin: https://twitter.com/Austin_FederaFollow Abhay: https://twitter.com/abhayFollow Joey: https://twitter.com/jhillerFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumFollow Nova Labs: https://twitter.com/novalabs_Intro song: 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-e7ea23a042e7And don't forget to join the #hip-70-scaling-the-helium-network channel on Helium's Discord server at https://discord.gg/heliumMore episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspotHosted by Arman Dezfuli-ArjomandiResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Amir: https://twitter.com/amirhaleemFollow Anatoly: https://twitter.com/aeyakovenkoFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumFollow Nova Labs: https://twitter.com/novalabs_Intro song: 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/1524408694829551617More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot?sid=youtubeHosted by Arman Dezfuli-ArjomandiResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Amir: https://twitter.com/amirhaleemFollow Abhay: https://twitter.com/abhayFollow Tushar: https://twitter.com/TusharJain_Follow James: https://twitter.com/JMFayalFollow Nova Labs: https://twitter.com/novalabs_Follow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey 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=youtubeHosted by Arman Dezfuli-ArjomandiResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Nova Labs: https://twitter.com/novalabs_Follow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey 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=youtubeHosted by Arman Dezfuli-ArjomandiResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow Coco: https://twitter.com/_cocotangFollow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Nova Labs: https://twitter.com/novalabs_Follow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey 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=youtubeHosted by Arman Dezfuli-ArjomandiResources:Watch FreedomFi transmit 5G data on Helium testnet in May 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2rhjeWiRK8Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Boris: https://twitter.com/zer0tweetsFollow FreedomFi: https://twitter.com/Open5GFollow Abhay: https://twitter.com/abhayFollow Nova Labs: https://twitter.com/novalabs_Follow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey Inspired - Arcade
22. Helium Twitter Q&A

22. Helium Twitter Q&A

2022-02-2517:23

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=youtubeHosted by Arman Dezfuli-ArjomandiResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey 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-ArjomandiResources:VOTE on HIP 55: https://heliumvote.com/14Rjhhz1DXLVmSRdzappqWgD6rfgu6XYxmdaSCvWLyLH8ZWbciKRead HIP 55: https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/main/0055-validator-challenges.mdRead more about Light Hotspots: https://docs.helium.com/mine-hnt/light-hotspots/Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey 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 unintelligibleMore episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspotHosted by Arman Dezfuli-ArjomandiResources:Read HIP 54: https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/main/0054-h3dex-targeting.mdRead HIP 55: https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/main/0055-validator-challenges.mdRead more about Light Hotspots: https://docs.helium.com/mine-hnt/light-hotspots/Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey 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/thehotspotResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Russell: https://twitter.com/fromenatorFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey Inspired - Arcade
18. FreedomFi 5G FAQ

18. FreedomFi 5G FAQ

2022-01-2617:06

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-ORcHDkMore episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspot?sid=youtubeResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey 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/thehotspot0:01:09 - Anthonyra Intro0:04:11 - HIP 42 Intro0:12:15 - Helium Network P2P Issues0:17:46 - Preventing Repeater Gaming0:24:43 - Preventing Over-Witnessing0:31:59 - Will this kill my earnings?0:40:13 - Heefi: Network stability concerns0:52:05 - PaulM: HIP 42 vs 440:58:22 - FezzFest: Anti-gaming/democracy concerns1:02:26 - FezzFest: Increasing beacon rewards1:04:51 - Closing ThoughtsResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Read HIP 42: https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/39cd8dde1acc0c6404af6528b189dd8cd84a7864/0042-beacon-witness-ratio-witness-reward-limit.mdVote on HIP 42: https://helium.vote/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey 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 Intro03:34 - Decentralization08:38 - HST & Fundraising10:54 - 5G Partnerships17:12 - Network Scaling19:11 - Network Usage Is Coming21:38 - Mining Rewards31:12 - Coverage Gaps & Backhaul34:28 - Omni-Protocol Future36:53 - Incumbent Reactions to Helium44:04 - Projects Influenced by Helium48:14 - Gaming/Cheating52:31 - Spectrum Advocacy55:01 - Closing ThoughtsResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Check out Gristle King's website: https://www.gristleking.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow TheGristleKing: https://twitter.com/thegristlekingFollow Frank: https://twitter.com/fmongFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey 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 - Start0:02:03 - What Helium Is & Could Be0:03:06 - FreedomFi Intro & Back Story0:06:59 - Helium Meets FreedomFi0:09:41 - HIP 27 Intro0:16:26 - Integrating Helium With Existing Cellular Networks0:17:07 - How Cellular Networks Are Built0:21:52 - How Cellular Will Work on Helium0:28:22 - HIP 27 Explanation0:32:09 - HIP 37 Intro0:39:49 - How Data Credits Are Priced Per Protocol0:42:33 - Why 5G Needs Proof of Coverage0:48:18 - How 5G Proof of Coverage Will Work0:54:16 - Preventing PoC Sybil Attacks0:59:19 - IMEI Spoofing1:04:10 - Professional Witnesses1:11:13 - HIP 37 Skeptic: Diverting PoC Rewards From LoRaWAN1:20:35 - HIP 37 Skeptic: Preventing 5G Wealth Concentration1:25:05 - HIP 37 Skeptic: Solving Cold Start For New Protocols1:27:39 - HIP 37 Skeptic: Preventing DC Burn Arbitrage1:33:46 - HIP 37 Conclusion1:37:52 - We Love LoRaWAN1:41:08 - Suggested Reading1:42:14 - Bonus: Redenomination HIP OverviewResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Boris: https://twitter.com/zer0tweetsFollow FreedomFi: https://twitter.com/Open5GFollow James: https://twitter.com/JMFayalFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey 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=youtubeResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Abhay: https://twitter.com/abhayFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey 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 - Start00:27 - Abhay Intro: From Mylar to CPO06:30 - Is Validator Testnet Ending Soon?09:53 - What's Left Before Mainnet Launch13:47 - Bison Trails Unstake Cooldown Confusion17:23 - HIP 24 (On-Chain Reward Splitting) Review & Opinions29:31 - Zodiac NFTs: Inspiration33:45 - Zodiac NFTs: Demo38:14 - Zodiac NFTs: Give India Charity39:46 - Zodiac NFTs: Why Solana Is Great41:28 - Zodiac NFTs: How To Bid43:01 - Abhay Teaches Us French43:41 - Bitcoin Miami Conference44:23 - How Helium Met Metaplex46:19 - Abhay Thanks The Community47:48 - Arman Thanks The ListenersMore episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/thehotspotResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Abhay: https://twitter.com/abhayFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey Inspired - Arcade
12. FairSpot

12. FairSpot

2021-06-0323:19

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=youtubeResources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow FairSpot: https://twitter.com/fairspotheliumFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey 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 - Start00:30 - Roadmap: Proof of Coverage06:43 - Roadmap: CBRS & 5G21:10 - OutroMore episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: https://plinkhq.com/i/1524379293Resources:Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Follow me: https://twitter.com/rawrmaanFollow Amir: https://twitter.com/amirhaleemFollow Helium: https://twitter.com/heliumIntro song: Lakey Inspired - Arcade
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