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Helium Improvement Proposals

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HIP

Helium Improvement Proposals

"How a bill becomes a law"

More details on process and how to participate can be found in HIP7, "A Process For Managing Helium Improvement Proposals".

If you have questions or feedback, please ask in #hip-open-discussion in the community Discord. Each proposal in discussion also has its own dedicated channel.

Index of proposals

ID Title Status
1 Longfi and LoRaWAN Deployed
2 Sign miner Deployed
4 Expensing Data Credits for LoRaWAN Traffic Deployed
5 PoC fairness/epoch challenge limit Closed
6 Ramp-up period for data transfer rewards Closed
7 Process for managing Helium Improvement Proposals Approved
8 XOR filter for LoRaWAN packet routing tables Draft
9 Ensuring trust for non-Helium hotspots (DIY gateways) Draft
10 Proportional reward scheme for data transfers Deployed
11 Amendment to proportional data transfer reward scheme Closed
12 Remote location assertion Deployed (audit / txn)
13 Transfer hotspot Deployed (audit / txn)
14 PoC Ripple Method In Discussion
15 Beaconing Rewards Deployed (audit / txn)
16 Remove Score from Consensus Group Elections Deployed (audit / txn)
17 Hex Density-based Transmit Reward Scaling Deployed (audit / txn)
18 Remove Oracle Forecast for DC Burn Approved
19 Approval Process For Third-Party Manufacturers Approved
20 HNT Max Supply Approved
21 PoC Link Layer Upgrades In Discussion
22 DIY Concentrators (f/k/a Golden or Anchor Gateways) In Discussion
23 Decouple Consensus From Gateways In Discussion
24 Transfer Percentage of Hotspot In Discussion
25 Validators Approved
26 Payment Notes In Discussion
27 Support CBRS 5G Approved
28 Consensus Reward Adjustments In Discussion
29 Multi-signature Keys Approved
30 BLS12-381 for Threshold Cryptography Approved
31 Governance by Token Burn In Discussion

HIP19 third-party manufacturers

Name Date Status
Nebra Ltd 2020-12-10 Approved
SyncroB.it 2020-12-14 Approved
RAK Wireless 2020-12-29 Approved
EasyLinkin (Bobcat) 2021-01-12 Approved
Kerlink 2021-02-24 Approved
HeNet BV/LongAP 2021-03-16 Approved
Smart Mimic 2021-03-25 Approved
Browan 2021-03-26 In Discussion
Dragino 2021-04-02 In Discussion
ClodPi 2021-04-11 In Discussion
FreedomFi 2021-04-20 In Discussion

The most up to date status of manufacturers in progress can be viewed here

Status key

  • Draft: HIP is in process of being written; author is not yet soliciting feedback from the community at large
  • In Discussion: HIP is under active consideration by the community
  • Approved: HIP has been approved by rough consensus, and pending development and testing
  • Deployed: Code to implement HIP has been merged and deployed to the network
  • Closed: HIP abandoned, rendered obsolete by other changes, or otherwise withdrawn by the author