Episodes
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.
Published 03/15/23
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.
Published 12/13/22
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.
Published 09/08/22
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.
Published 09/06/22
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...
Published 05/30/22
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.
Published 05/18/22
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.
Published 05/09/22
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.
Published 05/02/22
I answer your Twitter questions on Helium Network supply issues, blockchain bugs, balloon math and more.
Published 02/25/22
This is a recording of a live Discord AMA I hosted to clear the air about HIP 55 after considerable confusion in the community. Includes commentary from Helium core team members.
Published 02/24/22
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.
Published 02/19/22
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.
Published 02/02/22
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-ORcHDk
Published 01/26/22
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 2021/01/16.
Published 01/12/22
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.
Published 01/02/22
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.
Published 09/22/21
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.
Published 08/05/21
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.
Published 06/05/21
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.
Published 06/03/21
Helium CEO Amir Haleem joins to discuss future work on Proof of Coverage and adding 5G to the network via a partnership with FreedomFi.
Published 04/27/21
Helium CEO Amir Haleem joins to discuss future work on validators and light hotspots, which together form the future of the Helium blockchain and hotspot infrastructure.
Published 04/20/21
Tushar Jain is managing partner at Multicoin Capital, a prominent investment firm and one of Helium's largest investors. He joins us once again to discuss his new article, The Helium Flywheel, and break down all of the components that ensure Helium miners will have a positive return on their investment through the next million hotspots and beyond.
Published 04/02/21
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 for this year and beyond.
Published 03/08/21
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.
Published 02/24/21