DeWi is investing more resources in the grants program to reinforce community driven innovation across the Helium stack. — In December, DeWi welcomed two new talented team members to support the growing number of grantees, advisors, and contributors to the grant program. Congratulations to Clarissa Redwine and Jess Mason who come on board as the foundation’s first grant managers.

The most significant upgrade to the Helium Blockchain since mainnet will vastly improve scalability, stability, and security. — Back in January of this year, the Helium community approved HIP-25, which proposed moving block production from hotspots to a group of validators. Since then, the Helium Network has grown by an astonishing 400%, including significant expansion in Southeast Asia. This week, with the activation of validators, the network overcomes…

Over $500k of grant funding has been awarded to our first 16 recipients — The Decentralized Wireless Alliance, the Foundation arm of the Helium Network (HNT), launched its grant program in February 2021. During the 45 day submission window, nearly 150 applications were submitted from both new and longtime Helium supporters. We’re excited to announce that over $500k worth of grants have been approved…

The Approval of HIP 27 paves the way for 5G coverage on the Helium Network and gives hosts a new way to mine HNT — The Helium Network is revolutionizing commercial wireless networks by enabling individuals to own and host a piece of the infrastructure. The network was originally conceived on LoRaWAN, but the vision has always been to apply the same decentralized properties and economic incentives to other wireless networks. This month, the Helium…

Starting today, 1,000,000 HNT is available for grants and the application is open for submissions — The Decentralized Wireless Alliance (DeWi) exists as a community steward to expand and promote global peer-to-peer wireless networks. The Helium network and their open source technologies have made incredible strides as the leading distributed wireless network and DeWi has played an active role leading its governance process. It has always…

The approval of HIP 25 introduces Validators to Help Strengthen Network Security and Performance. — Since the Helium Blockchain launched in July 2019, The People’s Network has grown at an impressive rate across the globe, despite the fact that it is primarily powered by consumer-grade hardware with basic internet connections. As the network continues to grow and support new applications, the network must become more…

New mining hardware is now available for order as we welcome three new third-party manufacturers to The People’s Network following the approval of HIP 19. — To date, Helium, Inc., in partnership with RAKwireless, have been the exclusive manufacturers of Hotspot Miners. However, with the passage of HIP 19, third-party manufacturers around the world will have the opportunity to produce, sell, and compete on differentiated hardware that can serve the Helium Network in new and different…

Industry Veteran Joins Decentralized Wireless Alliance as Newly Appointed Director of Operations — Today we’re proud to announce that Scott Sigel has officially joined the DeWi Alliance as its first Director of Operations, effective immediately. Scott has been a long-time supporter of the Helium community and is a familiar face to many. We are honored to have him, and we welcome his experience. …

Issuance Halvenings, Net Emissions, and a Max Supply are Coming to HNT — After weeks of deliberations, the Helium Community has approved Helium Improvement Proposal 20 (HIP 20), a proposal that introduces a max supply for HNT and the concept of “halvenings,” which will ultimately reduces the supply of HNT every two years on the network’s genesis anniversary. HIP 20 adjusts the economics…