DePIN Progress How Helium and Solana are moving towards global connectivity
Decentralized physical infrastructure networks, known as DePINs, are growing at a rapid pace in the Web3 space, profoundly impacting various aspects of daily life around the world, such as global connectivity.
This approach to building and managing infrastructure is transforming areas as disparate as data processing, electric vehicle charging, and communications. It is based on a cooperative model that motivates people from all over the world to contribute their resources.
At the heart of this change is Helium, a project that has developed the fastest growing decentralized wireless network internationally. Going beyond just a simple mobile service provider, Helium is establishing itself as a community that provides access to 5G connectivity at a monthly cost of $20 in the US, thanks to infrastructure maintained by users.
Abhay Kumar of the Helium Foundation cites the alignment of incentives between those who need connection and those who provide it as a key factor in Helium's success.
This system promotes active community participation, allowing anyone to provide access by installing a device in their home, which will act as a mini communications tower. These users will be rewarded with Helium tokens for their services, promoting a self-sustaining system that reduces operating costs compared to traditional networks.
Decentralization reduces prices by avoiding large investments in physical infrastructure and maintenance, said Scott Siegel, Helium's chief operating officer. Helium's expansion, based on blockchain technology on the Solana network, shows its ability to reform access to telecommunications services, having recently expanded its presence to the world thanks to the collaboration between America and Google.
It must be remembered that helium was applied to Solana in April 2023, and was crucial in terms of its ability to scale and its efficiency, as noted by the foundation's Noah Prince. Choosing Solana allows you to handle a high volume of transactions and data very quickly.
Other Deben projects
In addition to facilitating access to telecommunications in developed countries, DePIN can be a driving force for digital progress in regions with limited Internet access. In India, for example, where more than 1.4 billion people live, only 30 million people have access to Wi-Fi and less than 50% of them are able to access the Internet. Thanks to DePIN, Wifi Dabba plans to install more than 100,000 devices across the country, also using Solana blockchain technology, to provide internet access to isolated communities.
Other DePIN projects we mentioned previously on islaBit are:
DIMO: An open network of connected vehicles.
GEODNET: Global Decentralized Earth Observing Network.
XNET: Mobile operator with Blockchain.
Flick: Decentralized perimeter network.
Space and time: a verifiable computing layer for Web3.
Lit: secure and efficient key storage.
WiFi Map: All your connections in one place.
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