With (literally) a thousand DePin project in 2024, they can thank one -decentralized material infrastructure network in particular for clarifying the road: helium. The original DePin (before DePin became a word), Helium began at the hands of Amir Halim, Shawn Fanning and Shawn Carre . Of course, the deployment of devices in people’s homes is more difficult than the memecoin release on Pump.fun. As the Chief Operating Officer of Helium over the past seven years, Frank Mong has witnessed the struggle for the deployment of devices closely. There are now more than 350,000 hot points for Hillium scattered in 80 countries.
“It faces obstacles in building physical products, and this includes everything from structures to electronics. This takes time. I think it is in the first days of” Helium “, at least for me, more than seven years ago, I remember that even when We are building a network, it is actually building a long time to use this network. It is very pleased to see many Depin numbers that are vibrant this year (1300 is one estimate). “We are witnessing the emergence of new companies this year in 2024 with all kinds of ideas and cases of use of the Helium Economic model to operate realistic physical infrastructure. He said:” It is very surprising to see. “
Montg in particular loves to draw the Depin category and recommends that people watch it Cell folders.
Helium Mobile 100,000 subscribers and the company reaps money by including customers from ordinary mobile services, as it operates as an additional network inside buildings in cities such as New York City, Miami and Los Angeles. Helium was launched on its Blockchain before switching to Solana in 2023.
Mong is descended from the Tirmlowen region in the center of San Francisco, which he calls “the city’s poor neighborhoods”.
Helium continues to spread at the rate of lightning. In Portugal, its hot points are parts of smart cities and smart facilities. American Pacific and Electricity Gas uses helium to detect forest fires, and the American Geological Survey uses the network to detect floods in Madison, Wisconsin. Nova Labs (the company that invented open source technology) is also conducting a experimental test with Telefonica in Mexico to provide communication points in certain neighborhoods, showing how Helium and DePin became part of the real infrastructure.
Mong says the road is long, but it deserves the struggle. “The first part is to take this jump. You just have to jump from the top of the abyss and believe that you will land safely. Maybe this is the most difficult part. Once you do, the journey will be amazing.”
“Just realize that it will take a long time. Physical products take time to repetition and have to be patient to enjoy the trip. Along the way, I hope that the responsible actors appear and meet to a table with real products and services for consumers.
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