The Update of Light Hotspots Explained

1 · Zedcrypt · April 29, 2022, 8:53 a.m.
 LIGHT HOTSPOT HISTORYWhy are Light Hotspots needed?Since the Helium Network first launched 3 years ago, Hotspots have been storing a copy of the Helium blockchain. This is in addition to all of the other important work Hotspots do, including participating in Proof-of-Coverage work (see below for a refresher on Proof-of-Coverage).As the Network has rapidly grown to over 722K+ Hotspots deployed, Hotspots have experienced a number of issues trying to keep up, including constantly syncing and stori...