The Hotspot - Helium Network & Blockchain Podcast

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13. Helium Zodiac NFTs, Validators Launch & HIP 24 (w/ Abhay Kumar) Jun 05, 2021

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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.

00:00 - Start
00:27 - Abhay Intro: From Mylar to CPO
06:30 - Is Validator Testnet Ending Soon?
09:53 - What's Left Before Mainnet Launch
13:47 - Bison Trails Unstake Cooldown Confusion
17:23 - HIP 24 (On-Chain Reward Splitting) Review & Opinions
29:31 - Zodiac NFTs: Inspiration
33:45 - Zodiac NFTs: Demo
38:14 - Zodiac NFTs: Give India Charity
39:46 - Zodiac NFTs: Why Solana Is Great
41:28 - Zodiac NFTs: How To Bid
43:01 - Abhay Teaches Us French
43:41 - Bitcoin Miami Conference
44:23 - How Helium Met Metaplex
46:19 - Abhay Thanks The Community
47:48 - Arman Thanks The Listeners

Follow Abhay: https://twitter.com/abhay

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-helium-network-blockchain-podcast/id1524379293
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hotspotpod
Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Hotspot-Helium-Network-Blockchain-Podcast/dp/B08JJSSL57

Resources:

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Intro song: Lakey Inspired - Arcade

12. FairSpot Jun 03, 2021

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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.

Follow FairSpot: https://twitter.com/fairspothelium

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-helium-network-blockchain-podcast/id1524379293
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Wi2U6g7GWzrYzgOcsEvyb
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hotspotpod
Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Hotspot-Helium-Network-Blockchain-Podcast/dp/B08JJSSL57

Resources:

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Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/
Intro song: Lakey Inspired - Arcade

11. 2021 Roadmap: PoC, FreedomFi 5G & CBRS (w/ Amir Haleem) Apr 27, 2021

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Helium CEO Amir Haleem joins to discuss future work on Proof of Coverage and adding 5G to the network via a partnership with FreedomFi.

00:00 - Start
00:30 - Roadmap: Proof of Coverage
06:43 - Roadmap: CBRS & 5G
21:10 - Outro

Follow Amir: https://twitter.com/amirhaleem

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-helium-network-blockchain-podcast/id1524379293
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Wi2U6g7GWzrYzgOcsEvyb
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hotspotpod
Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Hotspot-Helium-Network-Blockchain-Podcast/dp/B08JJSSL57

Resources:

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Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/
Intro song: Lakey Inspired - Arcade

10. 2021 Roadmap: Validators & Light Hotspots (w/ Amir Haleem) Apr 20, 2021

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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.

00:00 - Start
05:12 - What Didn't Make It On The Roadmap
07:48 - Hiring More Engineers?
09:34 - Helium's Layer 1 Blockchain
11:35 - Roadmap: Validators
20:54 - Roadmap: Light Hotspots

Follow Amir: https://twitter.com/amirhaleem

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-helium-network-blockchain-podcast/id1524379293
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Wi2U6g7GWzrYzgOcsEvyb
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hotspotpod
Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Hotspot-Helium-Network-Blockchain-Podcast/dp/B08JJSSL57

Resources:

Follow me: https://x.com/rawrmaan
Follow Helium: https://x.com/helium
Follow Helium Foundation: https://twitter.com/HeliumFndn
Follow Helium Mobile: https://x.com/helium_mobile
Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/
Intro song: Lakey Inspired - Arcade

9. The Helium Flywheel & Mining ROI (w/ Tushar Jain) Apr 02, 2021

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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.

00:52 - The Helium Flywheel Intro
02:23 - How The Flywheel Works
05:42 - Manufacturing & Supply Bottlenecks
07:56 - New Manufacturer Shipping Announcements
09:24 - Hotspot Price Flywheel Impact
12:22 - Mining ROI at 1,000,000 Hotspots
15:36 - What 1,000,000 Hotspots Really Means
17:21 - The Right Side of the Flywheel
20:32 - What Permissionless Means
21:24 - 5G Data Credit Usage
22:25 - Tushar's Prediction

Read The Helium Flywheel: https://multicoin.capital/2021/03/17/the-helium-flywheel/
Follow Tushar: https://twitter.com/TusharJain_

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-helium-network-blockchain-podcast/id1524379293
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Wi2U6g7GWzrYzgOcsEvyb
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hotspotpod
Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Hotspot-Helium-Network-Blockchain-Podcast/dp/B08JJSSL57

Resources:

Follow me: https://x.com/rawrmaan
Follow Helium: https://x.com/helium
Follow Helium Foundation: https://twitter.com/HeliumFndn
Follow Helium Mobile: https://x.com/helium_mobile
Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/
Intro song: Lakey Inspired - Arcade

8. Growing Helium's Usage (w/ Mark Phillips) Mar 08, 2021

Show notes

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.
0:00:35 - Introductions
0:01:18 - Philly Blockchain Meetup
0:04:54 - Hotspot Names
0:06:41 - Mark's Helium Journey
0:11:22 - The Network Exists!
0:15:41 - Amazon SIdewalk & Class C Devices
0:24:11 - Helium Use Cases
0:30:17 - Helium's Business Dev Team
0:33:04 - The Senet, TTN, MachineQ Exodus
0:40:18 - Helium Coverage Mapping
0:43:45 - Redundancy & SLAs
0:50:49 - Adding 100,000s Of Devices
0:54:45 - Helium's True Competitor
0:57:37 - Helium's Unmatched Community
1:01:16 - Open Sourcing Helium Hotspot Design
1:02:16 - Municipalities Using Helium
1:05:22 - Threats To Helium
1:08:37 - Manufacturing Delays
1:09:25 - 2021 Growth Prediction
1:10:11 - Final Thoughts
1:11:41 - Mark Jogs My Memory

Follow Mark: https://twitter.com/pharkmillups

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-helium-network-blockchain-podcast/id1524379293
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Wi2U6g7GWzrYzgOcsEvyb
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hotspotpod
Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Hotspot-Helium-Network-Blockchain-Podcast/dp/B08JJSSL57

Resources:

Follow me: https://x.com/rawrmaan
Follow Helium: https://x.com/helium
Follow Helium Foundation: https://twitter.com/HeliumFndn
Follow Helium Mobile: https://x.com/helium_mobile
Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/
Intro song: Lakey Inspired - Arcade

7. HIP 21-26 (w/ para1) Feb 24, 2021

Show notes

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 Splitting
1:09:17 - HIP 23 + 25: Validators
1:19:54 - HIP 26: Payment Notes
1:26:58 - Closing Thoughts
1:30:08 - Coming Soon... ;)

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-helium-network-blockchain-podcast/id1524379293
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Wi2U6g7GWzrYzgOcsEvyb
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hotspotpod
Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Hotspot-Helium-Network-Blockchain-Podcast/dp/B08JJSSL57

Resources:

Follow me: https://x.com/rawrmaan
Follow Helium: https://x.com/helium
Follow Helium Foundation: https://twitter.com/HeliumFndn
Follow Helium Mobile: https://x.com/helium_mobile
Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/
Intro song: Lakey Inspired - Arcade

6. Newbie Q&A (w/ Steve Sellers) Dec 22, 2020

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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 Explanation, GPS Spoofing
17:45 - HNT Rewards Explanation
22:55 - Rewards & Trust in a Post-PoC Era
25:27 - Mining Nodes, Performance, Cloud Mining
30:29 - Optimizing Hotspot Earnings
34:07 - Cellular Backhaul, Outdoor Deployments
37:34 - LoRaWAN Use Cases, Layering Protocols, Free Business Ideas
42:42 - Amazon Sidewalk
48:18 - About Me, Public WiFi Networks

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-helium-network-blockchain-podcast/id1524379293
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Wi2U6g7GWzrYzgOcsEvyb
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hotspotpod
Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Hotspot-Helium-Network-Blockchain-Podcast/dp/B08JJSSL57

Resources:

Follow me: https://x.com/rawrmaan
Follow Helium: https://x.com/helium
Follow Helium Foundation: https://twitter.com/HeliumFndn
Follow Helium Mobile: https://x.com/helium_mobile
Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/
Intro song: Lakey Inspired - Arcade

5. HNT Tokenomics & HIP 20 (w/ James Fayal and Tushar Jain) Nov 06, 2020

Show notes

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-helium-network-blockchain-podcast/id1524379293
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Wi2U6g7GWzrYzgOcsEvyb
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hotspotpod
Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Hotspot-Helium-Network-Blockchain-Podcast/dp/B08JJSSL57

Resources:

Follow me: https://x.com/rawrmaan
Follow Helium: https://x.com/helium
Follow Helium Foundation: https://twitter.com/HeliumFndn
Follow Helium Mobile: https://x.com/helium_mobile
Learn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/
Intro song: Lakey Inspired - Arcade

4. The New RAK Hotspot Miner (w/ Frank Mong) Sep 22, 2020

Show notes

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

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