When a user buys a Helium Hotspot ($495), they become like a miniature cell tower in a peer-to-peer wireless internet network that connects small, low-power devices like pet collars and scooter ...

Update (April 25, 8:50 am UTC): This article has been updated with comments from Mario Di Dio, general manager of network at Helium. The telecommunications decentralized physical infrastructure ...

Devices within range of a Helium hotspot will automatically transition ... The company filed patents for a blockchain-based system to map users’ social media activity, well before decentralised ...