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Helium network has been growing fast. Just crossed 20,000 hotspots and will probably reach 100,000 this year. It uses a crypto mining incentive so the network
by heyrhett 6y ago
Helium network has been growing fast. Just crossed 20,000 hotspots and will probably reach 100,000 this year. It uses a crypto mining incentive so the network expands without any central corporation needing to spend a dime on infrastructure. People are already building cool IoT projects with it from adafruit kits.
https://explorer.helium.com/coverage https://explorer.helium.com/coverage
- VectorLock 6y agoWow, I've never heard of this before but it sounds super interesting.
- gonesilent 6y agoIt's a copy of the open things network that lora such a rise in popularity. Now with "blockchain".
- VectorLock 6y agoLooks like trying to use cryptocurrency mining to incentivize people running hotspots, which actually sounds like a useful application.
- jamez1 6y agoThis would be far better if the currency was used to pay for connectivity, and the router was reimbursed for routing. Connectivity has a cost, and none of these networks will amount to anything unless the model can incentivize all aspects of the infrastructure necessary