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Amir Haleem

Hi I'm Amir, co-founder and CEO of blockchain startup Helium. Ask me anything!

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Hi I’m Amir, co-founder and CEO of Helium, the company behind the world’s first blockchain-based, peer-to-peer wireless network for IoT devices. In a few weeks, we sold out of our first batch of Hotspots which blanket Austin (our initial launch city) with wireless coverage provided by individuals who earn Helium tokens, a new cryptocurrency. Before Helium I used to compete and win esports events, and went on to work in the gaming industry at Diversion as the CTO, and was a member of the original Battlefield 1942 team at DICE. In my spare time, I build and race Japanese sports cars. Ask me anything!
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Abadesi
What advice can you give makers who are inspired to work on huge disruptive ideas like Helium but don't quite know where to start? I've met tons of makers with huge ideas who feel like they can't even make a decent MVP without fundraising.
Amir Haleem
@abadesi there's a lot of money out there to fund entrepreneurs with big ideas. it can be difficult to get started and there's definitely an ivory tower feeling about it, even when you've done it a lot. if you absolutely need $ to start, find VC's or investors who seem to be passionate about your idea and find a way to connect with them. researching who to talk to, even within the same firm, matters a lot.
crypt0d0gg
Something else on my mind is do I earn more Heliums if I am in early? Why is that? How does that work?
Amir Haleem
@crypt0d0gg the amount of Helium created every month is fixed forever (5,000,000 HLM), so the fewer Hotspots there are the more each Hotspot gets proportionally.
Chewbakka
@crypt0d0gg @amirhaleem So, If I buy a bunch of hotspots now, I'll earn a disproportional amount of tokens?
Ivan Muccini
@amirhaleem is the mining of Helium somehow correlated to the usage of bandwidth on that specific node or is it totally uncorrelated?
crypt0d0gg
yo, it's ya boi, Dee to O to da Dee O Double Gee. What the world wants to know is, why Helium is better than Ethereum?
Amir Haleem
@crypt0d0gg Helium isn't trying to do what Ethereum does. we're trying to build a decentralized wireless network, d0gg.
crypt0d0gg
Also, what's your take on Proof of Work vs. Proof of Steak? I'm a fan of Steak as you can guess. You feel me?
Amir Haleem
@crypt0d0gg how do you liked it prepared?
crypt0d0gg
@amirhaleem medium-rare
Chewbakka
I'm a cyber security paranoid freak. How secure is the hotspot?
Amir Haleem
@dr_antivirus we are continuously doing work to ensure the Hotspot is as secure as can be. that means no open incoming ports and ongoing penetration testing of both the Hotspot itself, and anything that interacts with it (like our OTA server).
crypt0d0gg
I hear thru the grapevine that you use to roll in Santa Monica. You know LBC is the place to be right?
Amir Haleem
@crypt0d0gg that 710 freeway is really a pain in the ass.
Abadesi
Thanks @amirhaleem for taking time to share with us, folks this online discussion is now closed.
Vasiliy Shilov
Greetings, Amir! I'm interested in the security preventative measures you've put in place for your Hotspots. Have you considered using MPC-TSS to set up a secure private key management protocol to protect your users' assets? Furthermore, how do you envision web3 technology influencing the future of Helium's network? Let me know! All best, ~ Vasily
OSMAN ARDA FIRAT
Hi amir Are you still here ?
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