Mystery Of Utah Mountain Antennas Linked To Napster Founder Shawn Fanning’s Crypto Coin Helium

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Last Updated on 11 January 2023 by CryptoTips.eu

Although Steve Wozniak was the brain behind Apple’s early development, everyone mostly remembers Steve Jobs because of his presentation techniques and marketable profile. In that manner it also went with Napster, the music download and sharing service in the 1990s that took on the major record labels and introduced the world to mp3 and other music files.

Behind Sean Parker (played by singer Justin Timberlake in the Social Network movie) was Shawn Fanning, the more technological part of the dynamic duo.

Parker went on to Facebook while Fanning founded several technology companies. Then in 2013, he got to work on Helium (HNT), a long-fi network that allows users to install their own network routers, called the Helium hotspot, hoping to connect the Internet of Things (IoT) devices to each other.

Looks like the Helium hotspots made the news again, although probably not in the way Fanning wanted.

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Mystery antennas

Since the beginning of this year, hikers in the mountains of Utah have found several mysterious antennas connected to solar panels and a battery. Several theories have emerged about the antennas and the most talked about theory (posted on Reddit), accepted by more and more people, is that it is part of the Helium operation.

Helium antennas are used to create a long range network. Instead of releasing proof-of-work rewards, Helium relies on what it calls proof-of-cover. The wider the network, the more Helium you are mining.

Helium miners like to brag about the height of their antennas, and in this case, they did manage to achieve great range. However, it is not clear whether the authorities will leave the antennas on the mountains.

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