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Helium Potential Before and after HIP51

today a vote for Helium Improvement Proposal 51 (HIP51) went live. HIP51 is a community proposal that introduces the framework for Helium to become a multi-network, multi-token protocol.

with other networks eager to join our mission, from 5G to WiFi and VPN, HIP51 has the potential to unlock more utility with HNT as the economic engine, while staying committed to our mission of decentralizing all networks.

you can read more in a blog I wrote on HIP51 here: https://blog.helium.com/helium-chapter-2-a-network-of-networks-7372262210bd

I encourage the community to learn about the proposal and have your say by voting on the framework before June 7th at heliumvote.com. For additional resources, check out:

-HIP51 “Network of Networks” Explained: helium.com/chapter2
-Full HIP51 with technical overview: https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/main/0051-helium-dao.md
-Discord channel: -51-helium-dao
-Twitter Spaces with FreedomFi, WiFi Dabba, Boring Protocol: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OyKADQWppMxb?s=20
-Community AMA with HIP51 authors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OTr5ILAEiM

this is a multi-decade effort and we’re incredibly grateful for the community that has joined us on this journey.

onwards rocket

HIP 51-53 (Helium DAO) Live AMA - Ep. 25 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...

-maker Light Hotspot Update: Upgrade blockchain components by May 11

The Light Hotspots activation is the largest update to the Helium network since Validators last year and the core developers have been working hard to ensure a smooth deployment.

This week the core team identified a few changes that require another update by various network participants and is moving the activation date to provide participants ample time to upgrade. No action required by Hotspot owners.

To ensure blockchain components continue to work as expected we request all network participants upgrade their software to the appropriate version listed below by 2022-05-11 00:00:00 UTC. Activation of Light Hotspots will take place shortly after.

Note some components will have releases later this week but we wanted to communicate this change early. We’ll continue to update this announcement as releases become available.

- Validators: currently beta (https://github.com/helium/miner/releases/tag/validator1.9.1)
- Blockchain Node: https://github.com/helium/blockchain-node/releases/tag/1.1.62
- Router: TBD (later this week)
- Hotspot Firmware / Makers: TBD (later this week)
- ETL: https://github.com/helium/blockchain-etl/releases/tag/1.1.140

Thanks for updating and we look forward to this launch!

Release Release 1.1.140 · helium/blockchain-etl ADDED Added an index for the locations table (migration) (-work ) Added support for poc_receipts_v2 which is part of validator based PoC (part of light hotspots) UPDATED Changes online semant...

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Light Hotspot 101 Blog Post to answer all your questions

Now that we've merged to mainnet, I'm sure everyone has a ton of questions about what Light Hotspots will mean for them.

The team has put together a list of common questions and answers in collaboration with our mods and mentors.

Included topics are:
* HNT Earnings
* What it means to own a Light Hotspot
* What is a Light Hotspot
* Impact for Validators
* Engineering dates and more

Light Hotspots Explained: Everything You Need to Know You’re a Hotspot owner and you keep hearing the term Light Hotspots, but you still don’t know what it all means.