Forget $0.35 fees. On Solana, the average transaction fee is $0.00025.
Helium on Solana means low cost wireless connectivity AND low cost fees.
Even better, every Helium account gets migrated with enough Sol for 100 transactions.
@solana
🤝
@helium
, the best of both worlds.
I sent a $5 sensor through the mail and could see check-ins every 10 minutes —despite official USPS package tracking being down.
For high-value tracking, leveraging
@Helium
is no question.
After the Solana migration, all HNT holders can lock up their HNT as veHNT for voting power and rewards via network delegation.
No more 10,000 stake required.
➡
🗺️ Giveaway Alert 🗺️
I’m giving away not one, but two Helium Coverage Mappers!
Do a lot of driving, hiking, biking? Add to the coverage map at while you do it!
TO ENTER:
1) Like this post.
2) Sign up for the Mappers Newsletter
Run a Hotspot? This is what you make possible.
All of these
@Helium
IoT Hotspots transferred data for
@DIMO_Network
users in just a week – providing telemetry on ~5k connected vehicles (and growing ➚)
➔
Not to be outdone by 5G announcements, there's exciting movement on the
@Helium
LoRaWAN network.
@senetco
, "a “major customer” in New York experienced a 25% increase in outdoor connected asset reporting as a result of gaining access to Helium coverage..."
My car got stolen last night and I recovered it this morning thanks to an
@invoxia
LoRaWAN tracker and an AirTag.
If you don’t already have a tracker in your car, get one. It’s a cheap insurance policy.
Whats the 🎈is about in these names?
We’re all part of
@helium
– we build the network, write code, develop businesses, and so many other things.
Getting on board is as easy as spreading the word. 🎈
…and don’t forget to bring a hotspot to grandma for the holidays.
Something is off with these latest photos released by the royal family.
The first shows Kate Middleton deploying a
@helium
OG Hotspot, which haven't been sold since 2020 at the latest.
The second seems normal at first, we can see her signing up for
@hellohelium
$20 cellular
Join me to kick off the Helium track of the Solana Scribes hackathon!
Kickoff call happens in the Helium community discord: .
Check out the Helium track at .
Get started at .
About two weeks ago, region plans got deployed which enabled LoRaWAN coverage in Iraq and Sierra Leone.
Today, the community tests and shows off their coverage
Just released! Share interactive full screen 3d maps of your nano tags! - Track temperatures over time and location and get alerted when they change. Our service is free in beta!
Such a massive undertaking for surprisingly little code I'm so thankful for all the help of my friends who really helped make this happen. Watch til the end to see just how insanely far you can send messages without a radio.
The
@helium
coverage in Paris is good! Loving seeing all the other Helium Mappers actively testing the network around me.
Looking forward to the
@LoRaAlliance
Expo tomorrow.
#LoRaWANWorldExpo
Looking forward to meeting new folks in the
#LoRaWAN
community and beyond tomorrow for
#LoRaWANLive
!
Helium coverage is growing here in Tokyo and the opportunities to build businesses on
@Helium
are endless.
A great opportunity to witness the power of
#Helium
-based applications first hand!👌🏼
@Trackpacio
developed a custom web app to help the
@Solana
community navigate between the venues in Lisbon, highlighting where the buses going between them actually are! 🚌
A couple of $50 trackers saved him $1000 of gear.
I get so excited about these unexpected use cases (and successes!) of the
@helium
network!
"[he] took the crab pots out to sea and within 12 hours he noticed one of them was moving pretty fast"...
Helium deployoors, if you're installing a new WiFi Hotspot and are new to "Power over Ethernet", I can't recommend these PoE injectors from
@Ubiquiti
enough.
It’s exciting to start seeing data coming in over the
@Helium
Mobile network that I know isn’t me. Is this someone driving by with Spotify on?
🎖️Deploy your Mobile Hotspots in public spaces.
🎖️Deploy IoT Hotspots to double down on coverage.
LoRaWAN certification is now being offered for free via
@SemtechCorp
.
If you've played with
@Helium
sensors or are curious to dive in, this is a great place to start.
Buying Solana on
@phantom
through
@coinbase
is really pretty seamless.
$0.25 feels totally reasonable and gotta love those network fees.
Off to do more testing on mainnet! OPOS
Solana Hacker House is about to experience firsthand what can be built on the Helium Network. The registration numbers for this event are wild!
@hackerhouses
@helium
#HackerHouseNewYorkCity
Check out how this device jumps across hotspots as it travels out of the city. Helium automatically negotiates device data through any hotspot, making it the largest public LoRaWAN network in the world.
As part of this year’s
@Hackaday
Prize, we’re running a workshop centered on
#ClimateTech
in sunny Barcelona!🌞
Many of the participants are using Helium for the first time to build off-grid air quality sensors 👏🌬👏
The turnout has been awesome to see. New and existing Helium folks alike.
Show your sub and get free coffee.
No sub? Scan the QR, get $5 off the $20 unlimited plan, and get a free coffee.
Swing through this weekend
Saturday - 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
Sunday - 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
📣Calling all of our Bay Area community!
Free coffee for Helium Mobile subs now available for a limited time at Motivat Coffee in Oakland!
Get it while it’s hot ☕️:
1/
@helium
's goal is to replicate the IoT network’s success onto numerous other telecom networks including 5G, WiFi, VPN, and CDN.
Let's take a dive into
@helium
in this report from
@Old_Samster
. 🧵
IT’S. TIME. 👀
👋Say hello to Helium Mobile Beta!
WAVE 1 of the waitlist: check your email and sign up to be a part of revolutionizing mobile!🔥
Read the blog:
#HeliumMobileBeta
#BuildingABetterCarrier
Today the community launched a HIP 51 vote, which introduces a framework to unlock massive utility on
@helium
by enabling *any* network to join the ecosystem alongside
#IoT
, such as 5G, WiFi, & VPN.
Learn about HIP 51's network of networks by
@amirhaleem
:
LoRaWAN Advantage:
• Limitless battery life
• Incredible range
• Low cost
@hexaspot
was able to build these soil moisture sensors for ~$20. When do I get to pair one with every plant in my house?
In the DIMO booth at
#ETHDenver2024
, one TV displays a
@HeliumGeek
map of Colorado. 🗺️
This map shows all the
@helium
IoT hotspots that vehicles on the network are connecting to with the Macaron hardware device.
Check out your city ⤵️
Helium serves a ton of maps.
Today, the Helium Foundation rolls out a change that unlocks the ability to serve even more map-based experiences!
Tools from the Helium Foundation now run on
@protomaps
- starting with Explorer
Why am I so excited about this?
Today, Deutsche Telekom launches Helium connectivity service through
@iotcreators
!
The ecosystem of connectivity providers, large and small, continues to grow by the day.
The Helium Network is now available on
@DT_IoT
’s Creators Platform, bringing us one step closer to our mission of helping developers & users build new products on Helium.
Check out the news in
@FierceWireless
to learn more 📷
Bobcat IoT just burned 5010 HNT to fund their Hotspot maker account.
If you have a Hotspot that you've been waiting to onboard, now's a good time to do so.
🎉 This week, we’re throwing a birthday bash for Helium Mobile, the Helium Network, & Nova Labs!
For a limited time, our Indoor Hotspots are $99 with code INDOORBDAY !
Outdoor Hotspots are now $249 with code OUTDOORBDAY !
🔗
One of the challenges of building a city-wide LPWAN is knowing where coverage is.
In the city of Shreveport, they solved this by adding inexpensive
@HeliumMapping
nodes to their garbage trucks.
Instant
#LoRaWAN
coverage map! 🪄🗺️
It should be no surprise that the
@Helium
coverage on
@AngelIslandSP
is incredibly robust. Still, it’s always exciting to see new hexes added to the map.
Just wrapped the co-presentation with
@jmarcelino
from
@RAKwireless
.
Their new sticker tracker (using
@Helium
) was just announced to be open-source!
Great opportunity for builders and lots of good questions from the attendees here.
#LoRaWAN
#LoRaWANLive
Using data from different sensors and tinyML, this
@seeedstudio
Wio Terminal-based device can detect early sign of algae bloom and alert authorities or town residents:
Lots of praise to go around from this weekend, but a particular shoutout to my coworker
@ClarissaRedwine
for her fantastic presentation on the
@HeliumFndn
Grants Program!
Hit the link to jump to the grant program segment at our event. ⤵️
Some days ya just gotta appreciate the incredible efforts of the
@HeliumMapping
community.
Each of these tiiiiny dots represents a place someone has gone to test the coverage of the Helium Network. 🗺️
As far as I know, this is the first use of
@Helium
within the
@Solana
ecosystem – and such a cool use case!
@web3princess
and her team at
@BAXUSco
are incredibly quick and connected the dots in RECORD TIME.
City-wide flood detection directly on the
@helium
network.
@greenmetrics_ai
is building solutions for the benefit of all people… and they’re growing fast
Fresh News to Start Off 2024: Porto is Live!
After a busy end to the year we are proud to announce that we have officially partnered with the City of Porto, a historic city in Portugal known for its beauty and charm, to build resilience against floods and extreme weather events.
This landing page is absolutely delightful. The team at
@helium_mobile
are unmatched. [
@PeterDJMain
,
@0xPJCooper
s/o
@framer
]
Excited to see Miami lead the way for distributed cellular offload on the Helium Mobile Network.
This bridge device lets otherwise non-LoRaWAN devices like this weather station leverage the massive, resilient coverage of Helium — without modifying or interrupting the host device!
Excited to follow this project.
That
#HeliumBridge
I've been talking about? We've got a working unit. Short version: This is the beginning of an enormous
@helium
unlock, supported by
@HeliumFndn
. Let's rock, yo.
With floods becoming increasingly frequent and unpredictable, real-time monitoring is crucial to mitigate serious impacts and safeguard our communities.
Check out our pilot-project with the City of Lisbon to help reduce the risks and damages of urban floods.
@CamaraLisboa
1/6
Bit of a shakeup in the Pollen community.
A reminder:
• Helium governance prevents unilateral changes. Votes need overwhelming (2/3) approval
• Helium will continue to build community-built & owned networks
• Helium Mobile will bring PoC and Data Transfer to the MOBILE network
This is a beautiful sight! 😍
You only need one device to contribute to the
@HeliumMapping
coverage map, but once you start you may end up with a lot more! Mapping is a great way to learn sensor dev on the
@Helium
Network. (Gift idea!)
via Max_Plastix in the community Discord.
This is why Internet of Things has 'Poo-tential'.
Another day and another customer who will easily manage the liquid waste and wastewater using our Tank Monitor solution for monitoring cesspool and retention tank leveraging
#IoT
on
@helium
. ♻️
So excited for next week and to give this audience of like-minded technologists a glimpse into the possibilities available in building on the
@helium
network!