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The Helium network started as a collectively maintained low-power wide-area network – a wireless telecommunication infrastructure that provides network services for sensor networks operating in the free ISM frequency spectrum. The system was set up in a way that anyone could invest in a specific “Hotspot” hardware. With this hardware, they could relay network data and get rewarded with network tokens. In recent years, the concept has been expanded to a network of independent telecommunication networks with different purposes: In addition to the initial network that focused on relaying IoT data, other telecommunication networks such as a 5G network or a decentralized virtual private network (VPN) have been conceptualized. The analysis in this chapter will mainly focus on the original IoT network, as it is the only use case within Helium that has long-term data and sufficient documentation.
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Intro
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Purpose & Political Principles
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Functional Design
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Stakeholders
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Token Types & Token Properties
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Power Structures
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Purpose & Reality
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Footnotes
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References & Further Reading
This is an excerpt from the book “Token Economy: DAOs & Purpose-Driven Tokens”
Author: Shermin Voshmgir
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