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Helium Advisory Council Nominations

Nominations collected from the #advisory-council channel in the Helium Discord. Live until Sunday 12 July.

Adrian Clint

@waveformiot
July 10
I ordered my first Hotspot 6 years ago to learn IOT and play with sensors, and was one of the first Hotspot deployers outside the US. I'm still operating Hotspots, sensors, plus a UK brownfield WiFi.

James Fayal

@jmf1
July 8
My involvement with Helium started in 2019 when I deployed 1, then 2, then 10, then 100+ miners across about a dozen US cities. As the project matured, my focus shifted to governance and token economics.

Chris Ferebee

@ferebee
July 7
I deployed IOT in Europe starting in early 2021, wrote a guide on hacking Nebra Hotspots to run reliably with an aftermarket fan and a proper SD card.

Samuel Andrews, MD

@andrewsmd
July 7
I am seeking 1 of the 5 Advisory Council seats to bring mobile data deployer experience, financial analysis skills, and independent judgment to the Council’s task.

Keith Rettig

@keith_rettig
July 9
I'm seeking a seat on the Advisory Council to ensure the HIP149 Mint is managed responsibly.

What you Missed

The global wireless industry spends over $300 billion a year building network infrastructure, and that number is now declining while demand for coverage keeps climbing.

Helium flips the model. Instead of one carrier funding every tower, thousands of independent deployers build coverage where demand actually is, own the infrastructure, and earn from the traffic that flows through it. This is telco's AWS moment.

130K+ Hotspots across major airports, casinos, and city centers

Millions Daily active users, sustained at scale

~128TB Carrier data routed every day

5x Traffic surge absorbed during Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl

Here is the part that matters for HNT holders: HNT is not a meme. It is an infrastructure share, a use-backed asset where verified carrier usage permanently burns HNT.

So why a Proposal now?

Helium's original economic framework was built for a faster carrier-adoption curve than reality delivered. That is not a failure to hide, it is the reason a clean correction is possible now: we finally have real data on how carriers actually adopt.

The earn rate drifted

The protocol rate of $0.50/GB was unsustainable.

Proof of Coverage did its job

PoC was the tool that built coverage before any demand existed.

The moment to capitalize

Carrier demand is proven. Reaching scale means funding international expansion.

The proposal, in four moves

1. A deployer earnings floor

Earnings need to anchor to what carriers actually pay.

2. Capitalize operations and growth

A capped HNT mint into a public on-chain vault.

3. A Community Advisory Council

Oversight and a kill switch with transparency.

4. Retire Proof-of-Coverage

Hotspots earn for carrying real carrier traffic.

What it means if it passes

Helium's original economic framework was built for a faster carrier-adoption curve than reality delivered.

Deployers earn from real utility.
The Network gets capital to expand internationally.

The community gains a standing oversight body with disclosure rights.

Helium's Next Era Starts Now.

Vote has Passed! The community has voted. This proposal is now moving into implementation.