Research corpus Storage and networksBLC-STUDY-0054

Helium: A Decentralized Wireless Network

The Helium paper for a wireless network built from independently owned hotspots. Coverage is the commodity. Proof-of-coverage is the paper's way of checking that a radio is where it says it is and that it can be heard. Later changes of purpose and token are not this document.

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Authors: Amir Haleem, Andrew Allen, Andrew Thompson
Date: 2018
Publisher: Amir Haleem, Andrew Allen, Andrew Thompson
Version: Source cited by the 2018 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0054
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Official source — Helium white paper
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What changed

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Author–date

Haleem, A., Allen, A., & Thompson, A. (2018). Helium: A Decentralized Wireless Network. Amir Haleem, Andrew Allen, Andrew Thompson. https://whitepaper.helium.com/

BibTeX

@techreport{helium2018,
  title = {Helium: A Decentralized Wireless Network},
  author = {Amir Haleem, Andrew Allen, Andrew Thompson},
  year = {2018},
  institution = {Amir Haleem, Andrew Allen, Andrew Thompson},
  url = {https://whitepaper.helium.com/},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/helium}
}

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PY  - 2018
PB  - Amir Haleem, Andrew Allen, Andrew Thompson
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N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
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Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
Rights: Official external source only
Training and retrieval: Not permitted from this site. There is no rights-cleared full text to retrieve or to train on.

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