Amir Haleem, CEO of Nova Labs and founder of Helium, talks about the use cases for Internet of Things (IoT), how blockchain and crypto help to construct a decentralized internet infrastructure, and what is the future of Helium. Show highlights:
- what Helium is and what it is trying to solve
- how, after struggling for years, introducing crypto tokens, finally helped Helium grow
- who the users of Helium are and how they differ from each other
- how Helium grew to have one million devices around the world
- what the challenges and use cases of the IoT space are
- why Helium decided to add new networks
- why Helium is launching specific tokens for each of the new networks
- what proof of coverage is and why it is useful
- what an open-source cellular network is and how it would work
- whether there is a need for some centralization of the network
- what Helium’s roadmap is and what the major milestones are for the future
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Amir
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/amirhaleem
Helium:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/helium
- Website: https://www.helium.com/
- NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/06/technology/helium-cryptocurrency-uses.html
- Plans to launch new networks: https://www.theblock.co/linked/151491/helium-network-accelerates-multi-network-protocol-expansion
- Helium 5G plans: https://blog.helium.com/whats-next-for-helium-5g-data-transfer-proof-of-coverage-rewards-67b54f19f8d5
- Number of Helium hotspots growing: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/02/17/helium-network-passing-half-million-hotspots-could-fire-up-hnt-price/
- Where Helium users are: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/03/09/helium-miners-from-lisbon-to-miami-say-its-location-location-location/
- Nova Labs raises $200 million: https://www.axios.com/2022/02/18/crypto-startup-helium-raises-200-million
- $111 million token sale: https://www.theblock.co/linked/114095/helium-token-sale-a16z
