Amir Haleem - CEO, Nova Labs & Founder, Helium Ep #71

<p>Amir Haleem (CEO, Nova Labs & Founder, Helium) talks with Austin about the Helium story and the current proposal to move Helium to the Solana blockchain.<br /><br />0:00 - Introduction</p><p>1:05 - Origins of the Helium network</p><p>5:24 - Early challenges for Helium</p><p>7:19 - Helium’s unique growth and economic models compared to other blockchains</p><p>11:35 - The geo-specificity of Helium’s rewards</p><p>14:18 - Why Helium started on its own L1 </p><p>16:55 - Current disadvantages of Helium running on its own L1 </p><p>20:46 - Why the time is right for a Helium migration</p><p>24:28 - Why Solana is the best scaling solution for Helium</p><p>28:56 - Composability as parts of the Helium network move off chain</p><p>30:57 - Solana’s role in supporting amazing applications</p><p>32:12 - How a migration will help Helium reclaim its internal engineering power</p><p>34:36 - How the upcoming vote will impact Helium validators and hotspot operators</p><p>36:27 - How Helium’s migration will open up the Solana ecosystem to its community</p><p>37:36 - Recent developments in cellular networks</p><p>41:59 - How long will Helium’s migration onto Solana take, and what will it entail?</p><p>DISCLAIMER</p><p>The content herein is provided for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, options, futures, or other derivatives related to securities in any jurisdiction, nor should not be relied upon as advice to buy, sell or hold any of the foregoing. This content is intended to be general in nature and is not specific to you, the user or anyone else. You should not make any decision, financial, investment, trading or otherwise, based on any of the information presented without undertaking independent due diligence and consultation with a professional advisor.  Solana Foundation Foundation and its agents, advisors, council members, officers and employees (the “Foundation Parties”) make no representation or warrantie