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Deploy a Hotspot.

Own your City.

With a Helium Hotspot, anyone can earn cryptocurrency by building a wireless network in their city and creating a more connected future.

What is Helium?

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Why Build the Network?

Provide wireless coverage for low power Internet of Things (IoT) devices and earn a new cryptocurrency, Helium, from your living room.

Connect Devices

Connect millions of Internet of Things devices in your city.

Earn Tokens

Hotspots will earn you a new cryptocurrency – Helium

Own the Network

Join a network that belongs 
to the people. Not the telcos.

Connect Millions of IoT Devices in your City…

Smart pet collars, bike trackers, or any compatible Internet of Things (IoT) device can connect to Hotspots without Wi-Fi or cellular and send data to the internet.

What uses The People’s Network?

…and earn a new cryptocurrency - Helium

Hotspots also act as miners on the Helium Blockchain so owners can earn a new cryptocurrency, Helium (HNT) for building the network and transferring IoT device data.

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What People are Saying.

Helium is making waves across the social-sphere. Have a look what some customers and press outlets are saying.

  • “I just setup @Helium hotspot at my house adding more coverage to the #ThePeoplesNetwork in The People's Republic of Cambridge, MA. Congrats to an amazing team building out useful tech disrupting the IoT space (with far better privacy, fairness than Amazon's Sidewalk)."

    Gregory Burd

  • “Helium ultimately hopes to reimagine networking for low-powered devices..."

  • “Why get 1 when you can get 5?"

    Jeffrey Hochderffer

  • “As zany an idea as Helium’s might seem, there’s something to it."

  • “I am #ThePeoplesNetwork @helium (already earning cryptocurrency!)"

    Joshua Baer

  • “The potential of a new wireless standard has allowed Helium to raise $51 million over the past few years…"

  • “Heck yeah! Can’t wait to get #midland on the map! @helium #ThePeoplesNetwork Need to find another home for hotspot #2"

    Anthony

  • “...imagine... devices communicating over a new, longer-range network... created by regular people"

  • “Happy to be part of the @helium network via @multicoincap — one of the first fifty in #ATX and 100 nationwide. Brining blockchain powered connectivity with my Helium neighbor on other side of lake."

    Chris Moose

  • “Helium is a network meant to help IoT devices like e-scooters, simple sensors and pet trackers get low-volume data to the internet quickly and at very low cost"

  • “@helium thanks for the love. Excited to watch the network grow! Your team’s support and willingness for feedback has been very impressive. Been rockin and rollin here in Austin! #ThePeoplesNetwork #ATX"

    Daniel Vehovic

Our Investors

Helium has raised equity funding from some of the most prominent Venture Capital (VC) firms in the world including Khosla Ventures, FirstMark Capital, GV (formerly Google Ventures), HSB/MunichRe Ventures and others.

View the Network

See the progress of The People’s Network expanding in real time. Hotspots have been deployed in 90% of US states across 425+ cities and counting.

Explore the Network

Advanced Developer Tools

Rapidly build applications to run on The People’s Network with advanced tools and documentation.

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Software Development Kits 
& APIs

Build devices that run on the network with SDK tools that include sample code, documentation, and APIs.

Hardware Reference

Learn about our combination wireless router and blockchain miner that provides a long-range wireless network and performs ongoing mining duties to secure the Helium Network.

LongFi Wireless 
Protocol

Read about Helium's open source, sub-GHz wireless protocol purpose-built for a wireless peer-to-peer network.