The Hotspot - Helium Network & Blockchain Podcast

Mark Phillips is Helium's Vice President of Business Development and one of the company's earliest employees. Mark goes into great detail about the company's process for bringing new users and device manufacturers onto the network, outlines the company's strategy and helps me understand Helium's competitors and the challenges the network faces. He also shares some pretty awesome growth predictions...

A conversation with para1 (aka Andrew). We go through the most recent Helium Improvement Proposals, HIP 21-26, and offer a basic overview as well as in-depth analysis, in addition to our opinions on whether or not we'd support them. 0:00:38 - Introductions 0:02:19 - HIP 15 + 17: Brief Recap 0:11:05 - HIP 21: PoC Link Layer Upgrades 0:27:58 - HIP 22: Anchor Gateways 0:48:36 - HIP 24: Reward Splitti...

An informal Q&A session with Steve Sellers, an engineer who's new to Helium and has some great questions about the network. We dive deep into hotspot earnings optimization, proof of coverage, cellular backhaul and more. 00:59 - Welcome, Steve's Background, Why We Like Helium 05:14 - HIP 19, Hardware Manufacturing 11:26 - RAK Shipping Delays, Swarm Keys, ECC Chips 14:43 - Proof of Coverage Explanat...

A discussion with James Fayal and returning guest Tushar Jain about Helium's token economics and our new proposal, HIP 20. Follow Tushar: @TusharJain_ Follow James: @JMFayal Outro song: Sethu & Lil $adape - Hotspot Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi   More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hotspot-heliu...

Frank Mong, Chief Operating Officer at Helium, Inc. joins to discuss the new RAK Hotspot Miner, the perils of supply chains, Amazon Sidewalk and more. Fair warning, there's more profanity than usual in this episode. Follow Frank: @fmong Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi   More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/pod...

Tushar Jain is co-founder and Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital, a crypto-focused, thesis-driven investment firm which co-led Helium's $15M Series C round along with Union Square Ventures. He's also the founder of the DeWi Alliance, a governing body for decentralized wireless initiaives Previously, he was the founder of health tech startup ePatientFinder which was acquired by Elligo Health Res...

Helium co-founder and CEO Amir Haleem joins us once more to talk about the decisions that went into the hardware, software and design of the iconic Helium Hotspot. We cover security, hardware specs, resource consumption, and also take a look into a future where there are 3rd party hotspot manufacturers and DIY hotspots mining on the network. We also dive into Proof of Coverage, which is the method...

Helium co-founder and CEO Amir Haleem guides us through Helium's journey to build a wireless network for low-power sensors. It's a fascinating story filled with twists and turns, failure and success, and one overarching mission to fill an aching demand in the tech world that, for some reason, nobody has been able to fill until now. We cover lots of ground here, including the beginnings of the comp...