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Build amazing connected solutions on the world’s largest decentralized wireless network.

Learn about the Helium Blockchain

Learn about mining HNT

Build Devices to use the Network

Submit a Helium Improvement Proposal (HIP)

Helium 5G

5G comes to the People's Network.

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Introduction

Helium is a global, distributed network of Hotspots that create public, long-range wireless coverage for LoRaWAN-enabled IoT devices. Hotspots produce and are compensated in HNT, the native cryptocurrency of the Helium blockchain. The Helium blockchain is a new, open source, public blockchain created entirely to incentivize the creation of physical, decentralized wireless networks. Today, the Helium blockchain, and its hundreds of thousands of Hotspots, provide access to the largest LoRaWAN Network in the world.

This documentation provides details on the technology that underpins Helium, as well as how to mine HNT, and how to deploy IoT devices that use the Helium Network. Start your journey below.

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Helium Blockchain

The Helium Blockchain is a new blockchain built from the ground up to incentivize the creation of decentralized, public wireless networks.

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Mine $HNT

Hotspots create The People’s Network, a long-range wireless coverage for very low power and inexpensive IoT devices and are rewarded $HNT for doing so.

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