Helium hotspot: how much HNT will you earn at your location?

[@kp4265]

Another great video, cheers!

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching my vids!

[@douglarned817]

The HotspotRF is an awesome tool. You would never be able to figure all this out from your desk. I am a pioneer in my very small desert town, I have three friends that don't want to play but will allow me to put an antenna on their roof. Looking forward to seeing how this works out. Thanks Bren!!

[@InvestorBren]

awesome :) keep me posted on your adventure

[@douglarned817]

@@InvestorBren I sure will. Glad I stumbled across this... didn't even know it was a thing.

[@619ota]

Keep in mind that there are only about 30k active hotspots at the moment. With 200k+ on order and only a handful of manufacturers. Been waiting since December for mine to arrive.

[@kiritokun7142]

Its gonna be a pain in the but, halving soon, price went up, end of bull run soon, diffeculty gonna raise like hell. Wishing the best 😜

[@robertwells3797]

You should get yours anyday now then right?

[@InvestorBren]

yea, I have one in the same batch as yours :P they should ship out at the end of the month, so I think begining of may

[@TheSandFlake]

@@kiritokun7142 which one did you order, Im debating between bobcat and Nebra, my priority is delivery time

[@kiritokun7142]

@@TheSandFlake i order myself a bobcat because a better antenne for inside. I may look soon for outside models

[@gusgalvanini]

Just bought 1! Can't wait. I live in a slight valley here in New England, hope it isn't too bad. Salutations!

[@InvestorBren]

awesome :)

[@hoyestugrandia4445]

I wait for my nebra 🙂💪🏽

[@InvestorBren]

welcome to team helium ;)

[@hoyestugrandia4445]

@@InvestorBren thanks my friend Not only helium, too team Berlin Helium

[@olee6994]

@@hoyestugrandia4445 Team berlin, nicee, da sind ja auch wirklich schon einige am Start du 👌 ✌️

[@hoyestugrandia4445]

@@olee6994 ne Menge

[@justins2397]

Me too! I have two coming rn anyone have a nebra with a 3rd party 8dBi Antenna

[@rortiz77]

What I'd like to see is a video on how to modify to use outdoor antenna 2-3 feet above house. And show how you would do the wiring.

[@InvestorBren]

if I find a good location where someone allows me to do that, I'll make a video ;)

[@newearthintegration4726]

Thank you Bren this is a very helpful video. I used your link to buy 8 miners, I hope that you get great commission on that

[@InvestorBren]

thanks :D and I really appreciate that, thanks man!

[@TheMessanger]

He probably made more on commission than actual mining I'm mining 0.08 hnt a day

[@ummacooks]

Great video. I already ordered one, and in my city, there is only 2 hotspot which is 11 miles away. I will travel to a friend's house frequently which city has lot more hotspot. If I take my miner with me, and set it there for a day, so I will get a reward, or I should not move the miner.

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching, moving your miner each time simply costs you about 10USD and then you have to wait 24h to sync again, so moving it every day is not a good idea

[@ummacooks]

@@InvestorBren Thanks for the response. As 200K miner will be added within next 6 months, I am hoping for new miner in my area.

[@InvestorBren]

@@ummacooks no problem :) and good luck on your helium journey

[@drmattbarnes1371]

Too many weeks left until I get my couple of bobcats 😝

[@InvestorBren]

I know ;( every day is too long, hang in there

[@chrisk8123]

does a bobcat site legit?

[@InvestorBren]

@@chrisk8123 yes but plsssss be carefull, there are fake ads, fake domains etc. please only use the correct .com and not a .org, .net or any variant

[@memecoinmafia2732]

this is another Butterfly Labs scam ! .....your unit will never arrive ....please research Butterfly Labs !

[@drmattbarnes1371]

@@memecoinmafia2732 I commend your commitment to the bit...

[@christopherfoote1284]

Thanks Bren. I have a bobcat on the way. Looks like I will be pioneering

[@InvestorBren]

awesome :) trying out my bobcat this week ;)

[@christopherfoote1284]

@Stevaun Butler i ordered it on the 24th, and after watching a few more videos, I ordered another one that same evening.

[@connorqdnb8090]

Anyone else get the error message when signing up saying "this domain has been banned from registration"?

[@sliikvenom8771]

Yeah I used a different email. And it didn’t match the username. It went through that time.

[@InvestorBren]

looks like hotmail.com is an issue

[@b.mccarthy1105]

Waiting on mine. Q3 delivery, Whatever that means. I got so excited about it I bought 4 of em!😀🤣❤️😜💰💰

[@InvestorBren]

welcome to team helium :D

[@WOF94]

Q3 means 3rd quarter, so you will probably get it in October

[@b.mccarthy1105]

Thanks. Hope it won’t be too late! GO HELIUM!!😜👍💪

[@VaultClips]

6 on the way 💪🏻💪🏻

[@InvestorBren]

welcome to the team!

[@nikobryant5253]

You’re the reason I have to wait so long... Jk good for u

[@guillermogarciapresa8545]

Where are you gonna install 6??

[@VaultClips]

@@guillermogarciapresa8545 Friends and family in my region. I am also the very first in my area

[@thepickle5601]

One RAK minting 12-18 HNT a day, 2 on the way...all the RF tech I learned running wireless mics is paying off big!! 😎

[@InvestorBren]

nice :D feel free to share some tips ;)

[@thepickle5601]

@@InvestorBren omg, so much to get into, I was an RF tech over a decade, and also taught it to high school kids(arts academy in LA) for years...spent a lot of time in the 900 MHZ range. 1st) ur right, height is key, next to the actual position of the hotspot and the ants LOS(line of sight) 2) dBi choice is key for the area you are and where you want to "talk" to 3)time of day, weather, ambient RF "noise", and more can have an effect on send and receive[thats y I recommend test times of 24-72 hours for good data on mining results] 4) cable and connections MATTER!, buy quality and use LM-400 for ant cable runs over any distance and a "must" for outdoor runs. The weakest link in the signal chain will be what breaks the connection 9/10 times. 5) one can use ants inside, Ive seen windows to attic spaces[no insulation up top is better]. It's easy to weather proof when its all indoors lol, and usually short cable runs to the ant...so much more...but this is a start without "getting into the weeds", so to speak. Happy mining all!! 😁👍

[@InvestorBren]

@@thepickle5601 thanks man, appreciate it and yes I already noticed changes in rewards when the weather was really bad here (heavy rainfall), good to see that confirmed :)

[@thepickle5601]

@@InvestorBren yeah, it can mess with RF signal, as well as knocking hotspots offline too. Rain, fog, anything wet cuz RF has the hardest time getting through water. Heavy winds hit mining here the past few days....noticeably more dropped signals.

[@soulassassin4847]

Are you in an suburban area with few miners around?? I ordered 1 an im in suburban area with little hotspots around.

[@MrRobbertveneboer]

hot spot rf!!

[@dognrob1]

Sweet

[@tugrulserhat]

Thanks a lot Bren. There are no one doing this where I live so I'll get two, place them in a good way and try to convince some friends to get it too for optimal coverage.

[@InvestorBren]

cool :) welcome to team helium, let me know how it goes once you have them

[@TenMinuteKQL]

Thank you! I was looking for a good planning tool to help build my Helium Empire!

[@InvestorBren]

glad I could help :D I'll be covering a new tool very soon

[@sverremaeren8972]

So just to be clear, you get better rewards if you reach a hotspot with higher reward scale. And what if your reward scale is already 1, Can you still improve your earnings=

[@InvestorBren]

correct and no, the reward scale of 1 is the highest

[@starckmad1779]

Watched all the way through. Great explanations. Thank you!

[@InvestorBren]

really appreciate that! :)

[@BobfromHolland]

Putting it near a window is NOT necessary and may actually reduce the range. Basically the only materials that interfere with the signal are metals, water/moisture (incl. humidity and water stored in plants), and reflective materials such as glass (especially if it has a UV coating!!). Dried wood (framing) or clay (bricks), asphalt shingles, etc. are all perfectly fine. I moved my hotspot to the attic without windows and it's performed way better. Krijg 10 hotspots in Mei, paar steden hier in Colorado die er nog geen hebben. Spannend!

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for sharing this info and your experience, really aprpeciate it :) and good luck building the network in Colorado, 10 hotspots should give you some good results ;)

[@unocryptoblackart716]

Hotspots RF is the bomb! Just bought a RAK hotspot. I hope it arrives before July shipping. I hope Hotspots RF is still free to set up when it gets here.

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching!

[@vivalazaza]

Haha me too bro, Ordered mine yesterday. Good luck!

[@InvestorBren]

@@vivalazaza happy mining :D

[@markjackson1970]

Great video. Very informative. I am building out my network from scratch. It looks like bunches of four nodes 300 meters apart will give me optimal rewards

[@InvestorBren]

yea that should work :) let me know how it goes

[@cannalibrium4025]

Here we go, the comment I was looking for. I'm thinking of doing the same thing. I'm guessing you have done a bunch of research and came to the conclusion ots worth it? It seems like a nice fun enjoyable way to make money/crypto building out a sweet network and making passive income. (Almost seems too good to be true lol)

[@InvestorBren]

@@cannalibrium4025 yes, just make sure they are at least 300m apart

[@cannalibrium4025]

@@InvestorBren As anyone thought of setting up a few between two towns and connecting them? Would that provide better rewards if you were the higher. I've been going down the rabbit hole. So you get paid for the amount of data packets you transfer on top of witnessing If I'm understanding correctly?

[@RockoShaw]

Gl finding hotspots. If manufacturers can use them to profit they won't sell them eventually or play the markets

[@InvestorBren]

I know it sucks and I know production and delivery times are long, but helium is onboarding new manufacturers to increase supply. I don't think anyone was expecting to go from 20K to 200K hotspots in 3 months time. Setting up a production line, ordering the parts in times where there is a shortage of components in the electronics market, assembling it and shipping it, takes time. More info on Bobcat's shedule: www.bobcatminer.com/april-news

[@learnwithneel]

Thanks for the video. I just ordered 2 bobcats yesterday.

[@DorfyBoi]

Sameeee

[@learnwithneel]

@@DorfyBoi haha hope they arrive soon

[@InvestorBren]

it'll be 8-12 weeks, keep that in mind

[@learnwithneel]

@@InvestorBren do you think halving would affect the mining? If so then what would be ratio? 50% decrease?

[@InvestorBren]

@@learnwithneel yes, you can expect a 50% drop, but if network usage start, the demand for HNT will go up and if the demand goes up and supply goes down, the price goes up. At least that's the plan ;)

[@limestar9751]

Great info with the kml file I had not done that part yet - very cool for optimizing.

[@InvestorBren]

thanks :D

[@zedgeka]

Thanks. This will surely help lots of PoC miners 👍

[@InvestorBren]

thanks! :)

[@BackRowB]

Thanks, Now I know I need to errect a 120m pole to connect to just 1 hotspot

[@InvestorBren]

or buy a second hotspot ;) that would be cheaper

[@LuvaNBB]

I will be the first one in my city to try and do this, I’m south of a major city with a very large amount of hotspots about 25/30kms away from the really popular hotspot locations my house overlooks almost the whole city on top of a hill would it be best for multiple hotspots or just single and try and get beuh ours aboard the project and spread them through out the neighborhood

[@InvestorBren]

depends on your budget, if you are on a hill and you cans ee the other city, then it's possible you can connect and you'll have good rewards with just one hotspot. The tool will tell you. But of course, if you have more hotspots, you'll earn more :)

[@greggalexander5663]

It would be really helpful to mark the location of each hotspot that has been ordered. There are only 3 hotspots now in my city of 100,000. In 3 months I may be shocked and find a dozen miners set up on my block.

[@InvestorBren]

true, but then everyone would have to decide to register with hotspotrf when they order, thats not going to happen ;(

[@treyhelium9592]

I have 6 Bobcats ordered, and I'm about to order 11 more. I live in a small community, and I am going to scatter them all over at my friends houses. I can't wait for them to come in and I can experiment with them! Thanks for the video! I also was curious if you have any suggestions for making the bobcat an outdoor hotspot so that I can place it higher up outside, my other thought was to attach a different antenna and run a longer wire outside but I know that will take off some of the antenna's capabilities. I am open to suggestions and look forward to hopefully receiving my miners in three months.

[@InvestorBren]

hi trey, welcome to team helium ;) going big I see :D and you can put it inside a regular outdoor electricity box, i did that with my RAK

[@treyhelium9592]

@@InvestorBren Thank you! I was also wondering if you know if you can set them up at a separate location to get them synced to the network then transport them to the final location. From what I have read online, it can take quite awhile for the initial setup and at some of these locations I will have to use a mobile hot spot for the miner because there is not internet in the given location. For example, if I could place one on top of a tower that doesn't have internet access, could I set everything up before hand at home with the mobile hot spot, then install my antenna and bobcat at the top of the tower in the given location. Thanks for the help!

[@InvestorBren]

@@treyhelium9592 yes that should be no issue, you can set the location at a later stage (after it is on location)

[@treyhelium9592]

@@InvestorBren That's great news! Thank you!

[@TasniMarwane]

Thank you so much Bren.

[@InvestorBren]

Thanks for watching!

[@ruslandanila3040]

Thanks for the information about optimal number of witnesses

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching the entire video :D

[@Metalsman75]

I concur. I was wondering what the "magic" number of miners EA's going to be. Additionally, I assume you'd want to set up another set of miners in a different, low populated area for optimal results as well, but making sure not to tether to any of your first grouping? Am I understanding this correctly? GREAT video.

[@InvestorBren]

@@Metalsman75 when they connect to the other group it'll depend on how crowded the other group is, it might actually help balance the region. And thanks for watching :)

[@dr_houlakohi]

Thank you so much man ,very good info

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching!

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[@RobinShahidIII]

Another good video. It was very informative. Thank you. Looking forward to the next video.

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for your continued support!

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[@brunoviola5529]

Thanks nice video, waiting for your next video on rewards

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching!

[@georgecook6279]

Great info thanks. I have 3 HS ordered and am in a totally virgin area. I will place one at my home and have several other potential placement locations. Is there a way I can test theoretical placements of all three hypothetical hotspots to see what combination provides the best coverage/rewards?

[@InvestorBren]

sadly not yet, the guys from hotspot rf are working on multiple hotspot placement, so that feature should be added soon

[@cr_dpsky5475]

How much dB I'll lose if I need 30ft cable from my mast on the roof to my first-floor studio where I place the Bobcat minner?

[@InvestorBren]

depends on the cable you use, but count on 0.04db loss per ft

[@cr_dpsky5475]

@@InvestorBren thanks, I consider to buy LMR-400 cable

[@InvestorBren]

@@cr_dpsky5475 yea thats a good one

[@scottlarock6623]

Excellently done. Thank you.

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching

[@rortiz77]

Such an awesome tool!!!!! Thanks for sharing! 👍👍

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching!

[@memecoinmafia2732]

this is another Butterfly Labs scam ! .....your unit will never arrive ....please research Butterfly Labs !

[@rortiz77]

@@memecoinmafia2732 except that people are getting theirs, they are approved by Helium. I'll research that, but I'm 99.9% sure you are wrong.

[@RVictorN]

Where should I put strategically the hotspots ? At the end of the green light colour ? If I want to create my cluster with hotspots Could you do a video on ideal setup location i.e. starting with 0 hotspots in the area and setting up a network and position then at the right location

[@InvestorBren]

since enventually the rewards would shift towards usage, I would keep that in mind and try to cover as much land as possible as that in turn will make the network more usefull locally in the future and therefore give you more chance on data rewards

[@stefmilk]

good stuff waiting for my bobcat to come in

[@InvestorBren]

thansk for watching, let me know once it arrives :)

[@memecoinmafia2732]

this is another Butterfly Labs scam ! .....your unit will never arrive ....please research Butterfly Labs !

[@simonboileau4991]

What a great video!!! Great explanations! Thank for your help!

[@InvestorBren]

thanks! appreciate it :)

[@JonasVanraes]

Another great video, thanks!

[@InvestorBren]

thanks buddy!

[@SutboxSutty]

What a vid new here tech but stay with it and i understoosd thank you so much

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching!

[@mouamousa175]

In your opinion, six devices in a city where there are no other devices are better than cities crowded with points

[@InvestorBren]

yes, most likely. However in the long run, this might be different as a well covered area might be more interesting for companies to start using the IoT network (which will generate extra income as well)

[@neilreid2298]

Exellent overview- thank you!

[@InvestorBren]

Thanks for watching 🤗

[@cpt_fisto6810]

My house is so high up, that it overlooks the whole of the fkn city! (UK) I have ordered a bobcat from the US as the Nebra ones are sold out and pre orders suspended and i'm not paying ebay prices. Arial is going on the roof, there is one nearby, more than the 300 min distance. Terrain is the same as me (overlooks whole city) It has mined 166 last 30 days. others it connects to are much the same. I can't fkn wait to get my bobcat!!

[@InvestorBren]

damn that sounds like a great setup :D good luck!

[@cpt_fisto6810]

@@InvestorBren Thanks dude. I'm old enough to remember looking at BTC when it was just $15 and thinking should I buy 10 of them? Na magic internet money scam...*sigh* how wrong I was. Not missing the boat this time.

[@InvestorBren]

@@cpt_fisto6810 right you are, grab the bull by the horns ;)

[@bobbybanks77]

My brother and I each got a Nebra and he lives like 600 meters from me so this will work good I think.

[@InvestorBren]

yea 600m should not be an issue

[@quest_edward]

Great content and very informative!

[@InvestorBren]

Thanks!

[@DedeGalvao]

Amazing!! This Works in Brazil? Whats frenquency here?

[@InvestorBren]

yes and you can find iot frequencies per country here: www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/lorawan/frequencies-by-country/index.html

[@kyleefthemes]

Solid info, thanks Bren!

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching

[@cajolingten]

Nice Content Bren! Waiting on my Nebra should be here soon! :)

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching :) and hope you can get mining soon !

[@peace2you990]

My Nebra will arrive in next 3 month 😣

[@InvestorBren]

@@peace2you990 I'm afraid all hotspots have similar wait times ;(

[@memecoinmafia2732]

this is another Butterfly Labs scam ! .....your unit will never arrive ....please research Butterfly Labs !

[@carsonmizell1351]

Got 4 Nebra’s on the way 👍🏼

[@InvestorBren]

awesome, welcome to team helium

[@condorknight8295]

question.. do all 4 make the same amount or do they need to be in different areas

[@InvestorBren]

@@condorknight8295 they have to be 300m apart at least

[@cedricheirman2512]

interessante video en zeer duidelijke uitleg, waarvoor dank ! gr, een mede belg.

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching :) and glad it helped

[@MajorSchlue]

Great content - very informative. Thx

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching!

[@TheCajunAsian]

Amazing video... one of the best I have seen for coverage education... Can you maybe do a quick video on say, if you own a 5 or 10 sq mile piece of land and you had 3-5 units, what would be the IDEAL setup pattern to forge your own network in the most efficient way? Would it be buying like 5 and putting on in center and the rest in a square equidistant from the center point at about 310 meters away from it, or buy 4 and one center, 3 triangle vertices around the center, or like 5 all on a straight line for max land area coverage, each 310 meters apart or like 500 meters apart? I hope you see what I am asking, to starting building an ideal network shape from scratch. (I understand none of this would be perfect, just want the concept of how)

[@InvestorBren]

thanks! and RF is not an exact science, so 300-400m should be good. And if they all can reach each other you are good to go :) either one big circle so they all have line of sight or one in center and 4 arround

[@Crypto_Rico]

A lot would also depend on how remote your piece of land is located. Without iOt users in the area, the rewards could be limited.

[@TheCajunAsian]

@@InvestorBren that's what I figured, thanks!

[@TheCajunAsian]

@@Crypto_Rico and that's why I'm getting 5 units, then it doesn't matter where you are.or who's around you

[@Crypto_Rico]

@@TheCajunAsian Of course it matters. If you’re in a remote location, where iOT users are far and few between, you’ll miss out on a lot of rewards. That’s the bread and butter of the system. Without iOT users on the network, chirping data to the hotspots, what have you got?

[@taijahne1]

very informative thank you so much

[@InvestorBren]

thanks!

[@johanfontan-vedel8380]

Which miner is the best? Thanks

[@InvestorBren]

it's hard to say, they all have some small benefits over the other, bobcat is a bit more expensive but gives you a better antenna, but you can perfectly buy a rak and then buy a stronger antenna, etc. I would personally contact all, ask the delivery times and then take the one that can deliver the fastest I hope to do a test on signal strength etc. but because rewards go up and down throughout the week because of the network, it's almost impossible to say if miner A mines better as miner B etc.

[@yjackets07069]

Nicely done.

[@InvestorBren]

thanks!

[@robertwells3797]

Best video so far!

[@InvestorBren]

thanks man!

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[@walteroh2794]

Good explanation!

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching!

[@sp0013]

super enriching info! thnaks for all of it!

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching!

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[@kwangkim6880]

if you have 3 of them, where do you place them? all of them in your house? Or Do you place each of them at your friend's house? Currently I don't have any miners at all. Because if you place them all in your house, then all three of them are in RED Zone where there is no rewards. f you have 3 of them, where do you place them? all of them in your house? Or Do you place each of them at your friend's house? Because if you place them all in your house, then all three of them are in RED Zone where there is no rewards. So my question is, how do you place the extra miner(s) when you get the extra one? Because you can't ask your neighbor to put it inside their house. lol. I am sorry. I am new to this. I am thinking about buying 10 of them. Should i buy all Nebra or Bobcat? whats your recommendation if you can buy multiple of them to start? because, i can't get it now anyways.... must wait until July. Thank you for your post and your fast reply.

[@InvestorBren]

don't put them all in the same house, so indeed try putting them at a friends house or try convincing people to put it in their house in return for a portion of the income and rak, bobcat or nebra: take whatever you can get the fastest ;)

[@kwangkim6880]

@@InvestorBren Thank you

[@DrAndrewHutchings]

Only problem is these types of frequencies cause bodily damage, for example the 915MHz has been shown to cause liver damage. Yes we are already around lots of frequencies we can't avoid, but there is no way I would put a powerful hotspot like this in my home. Just 30 minutes a day for 30 days has been shown to cause significant liver damage

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for sharing your concerns, but the antenna is not more powerfull as a smartphone

[@DrAndrewHutchings]

@@InvestorBren I'm also concerned with smartphones. I know most people figure that since they are ubiquitous that they must be safe, but sadly they aren't really unless you consider safe as not deadly or not immediately deadly. It's nice to know though that it's not more powerful than a smartphone

[@InvestorBren]

@@DrAndrewHutchings i think our generation will pay the price of technology and it'll be made Safer for the next. Sadly there will be a new technological advance with it's own inherent risk i guess. But you are right to question things in life, just make sure it doesnt consume you and make your life unlivable (but you dont sound that way)

[@DrAndrewHutchings]

@@InvestorBren Yeah. I have a smartphone and computer and everything. I just don’t like knowing that my health is being harmed by it and there isn’t much of a choice. I do keep my phone on airplane mode when I’m not using it though. Eventually I plan to build a faraday cage around my bed so that each night while sleeping my wife and I can recover or be unaffected by all of these frequencies. I am very interested in this helium miner though, there’s a good chance I’ll give it a try. It seems like a great way to make money. Thanks for the video

[@InvestorBren]

@@DrAndrewHutchings thanks for watching 👊 and sharing your thoughts

[@MFreeman]

Great tool! Nice work. Thanks.

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[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching

[@LuvaNBB]

I’ll be the first one in my town south of a major city to incorporate this my house is sitting on top of the hill basically overlooking the whole city should I purchase multiple for my household or try and spread them through my neighborhood and friends ?

[@InvestorBren]

it depends on what you want, you can build the network locally and then you'll need multiple hotspots or you can buy 1 and try to reach the other city

[@Zenboy23]

@@InvestorBren You just rephrased his question 😂

[@InvestorBren]

@@Zenboy23 must have been late 😅 and don't put them in one house. Then it's better to buy just 1.

[@OFFICIAL_KAL]

So what is the long term motives for using miners? Like how often do you need to upgrade your machines?

[@InvestorBren]

not much, I think only one big update in the past months and the motivate is the same as any other network: supporting and securing the network

[@simsing8215]

amazing video man ! I got disappointed when selecting urban terrain but when I used suburban I was really glad to see the reach that I expected :D In WIlrijk Antwerp

[@simsing8215]

Dude it's crazy, I should receive my Rak in May/June. Can't believe my location is that perfect, after stimulation hitting 1 Reward and the 5 or 6 Hotspot around me (not to close / not to far) are hitting between 60 and 187 per week! Is that possible? Taking an avg 80 per week and 15$ HNT it's 1200$ per week?

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching and yes, on a good location at current prices that would be possible. However: do keep in mind, right now "only" 30K hotspot are live and 200K are coming in. All hotspot are sharing the max. rewards that can be mined in a month. More hotspots = more people to share. On top of that there is a halving in august. So please keep in min that the current price + rewards = a unique time, it wont last. On the other hand: more hotspots means that the Helium network is more valuable, which should increase the price of HNT and then our reward in USD will still be good even if we get less HNT. So my suggestion is to mentally prepare for less HNT in the summer

[@simsing8215]

@@InvestorBren Thanks for your reply. You described very well what to expect moving forward. Keep up the great work !

[@InvestorBren]

@@simsing8215 thanks!

[@H3adShotter]

@@simsing8215 now they get 4k a week?

[@43210Mario]

Nice video! There is only 5 hotspots in Valladolid(Spain) that are earning a lot of HNT, between 300 and 400 HNT/month eachone. How is that possible? Can you give it a look please?

[@InvestorBren]

it's possible if they are positioned well, however those rewards will go down as 100.000 hotspots will join the network, in the next 3 months and we'll all be sharing the rewards

[@rockytoptech1308]

Great Video! Subbed!!!

[@InvestorBren]

Thanks for the support!

[@rockytoptech1308]

@@InvestorBren Always and it's ALWAYS great to get a reply from the content creator! It means A LOT! 😇

[@tonebaxter]

Thanks! Good stuff!!!

[@InvestorBren]

Thanks for watching 🤗

[@cryptorover4705]

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[@gamah312]

Little bit confused.. what's better reaching 4 green hotspots or 8 green hotspots. Sure, there is the splitting factor which becomes present but when 10 green hotspots share their earning with you it's better than 4 green ones isn't it?

[@InvestorBren]

reaching 8 green ones is better, the splitting will occur between everyone who is reaching the green dot. Meaning if you have a bunch of spread out hotspots that can't reach each other, but you have an epic location and reach all of them, then you'll get full rewards for witnissing each one of them

[@Jay-bj1lq]

how does this effect your internet

[@InvestorBren]

it consumes a few GB per month, so not that much

[@eduardopella3899]

Which is the best distance between your nebra devices? There is no other devices in my country, I’m gonna buy 4 nebra. Thank you for your time.

[@InvestorBren]

1 to 2km seems to be working well for me

[@JoshuaCyr]

Is there a way to map multiple at the same time and calculate? Specifically for empty areas.

[@InvestorBren]

I'll double check with the guys from hotspotRF, but I thought this was a feature that they are planning to add soon

[@MarkAir]

Hotspots RF is a must have to tool for building out. Btw, if you have more than one, should each have a separate HNT wallet or does it make a difference in the rewards having all on one wallet address?

[@InvestorBren]

it makes no difference, so it's easier to connect them all to one wallet. But from a security standpoitn, you could consider limiting the nr of hotspots linked to 1 wallet

[@ryanpredenkoski1776]

So there is only one person in my area that is online. I look and saw he made almost 200 Helium this month. But then I realized most of it was just in one day making 113 and another being 50. Do you think this inconsistencies in my location would make it a bad investment?

[@InvestorBren]

a very high number of rewards in on day means he got selected for the consensus group, this part will be removed in a next update and handed over to validators

[@akbomb436]

Great video! I’m in Simi Valley and have 0 other devices around me. It says my reward scale is 1. Is it worth getting you think?

[@InvestorBren]

check out my latest video on what to expect with 1 device in a "new" region: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXnRdIqKhqtjmJo

[@alvarothatsme]

Thank you!

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching :)

[@SI-GOD]

The 10 free credits can be annoying for a new person especially a tweaker like me. I have only 3 places I could put it right now but would like to see what happens with various settings. So I get an extended antenna to put it higher while the unit stays safe inside? What if I get a db8 or a db3? How did it change things for other changes to settings?

[@InvestorBren]

yes you can do that and 8dbi will probably get better results on most locations

[@eliofajardo7373]

thank you so much for this video is great, i am thinking to get on board, but i live in south america, is there a reason why there is hardly any hotspots here maybe dosent work?? in colombia there is only like 3, and the dont do much 0.3 or so.. do you this just dosent work in south america ? i appreciate your help

[@InvestorBren]

it should be no issue, just check your local frequency range here: www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/lorawan/frequencies-by-country/index.html i just think that not many local youtubers have picked it up and there might be a language barrier?

[@youtried6157]

What if you in a town with no other miners? I’d be willing to buy two but I don’t wanna buy two off the back. Closest person minning next to me is about 40 miles away

[@InvestorBren]

as a solo miner I got about 2HNT in a month, so not great

[@jobbins008]

Good stuff man!

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching

[@mohammedabukhamsin2144]

Great content and very informative! I will start building a network in my country. Using Res 7, my house is located by the edge of the ogtagon and my friend's houses are all close to me and each other with 500m-2km distance from each other but in different Res 7 ogtagon. Does this lower our rewards? If I buy 5 hotspots to begin with. It will always be optimal not to buy more to expand the network further more? Appreciate your help!

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for watching and welcome to team helium and 500m to 2km sounds perfect :) and being in different hexagons is not a problem at all and yes 5 hotspots in your own region, all connecting = perfect

[@mohammedabukhamsin9716]

Investor Bren thanks for the reply! Is it tue that there’re a maximum of 5 million HNTs that can be mined every month for all miners in the world? Meaning the more miners installed the less rewards we get?

[@InvestorBren]

@@mohammedabukhamsin9716 yes correct, and that 5m will be cut in half in august on top of that however, you can assume: more miners = a more valueable network as they all provide more coverage

[@mcbratko4236]

Can I reach the purple and blue zone ? Or only the green ?

[@InvestorBren]

purple also

[@usamac4108]

This is really exciting and your video was very informative, thank you! I am in a very remote area but I have various friends around the area and I would like to inspire them to all get involved. We would be pioneering except for a town 30 miles away that has about 10 already. I know every area is different, but I am trying to understand the optimal distance. If we got the antenna's high enough, are we talking a mile, or is 10 miles between 2 hotspots not going to even be worth it?

[@InvestorBren]

if the location is high enough and the hotspot in the other city has a good locations also, then you can connect to that one and at current rates it'll still be worth it yes

[@cryptorover4705]

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[@milenzhelev1292]

Nice video , do you know where in eastern europe we can buy hotspot and come earlier than 2-3 months?

[@InvestorBren]

sadly no, maybe on ebay but it'll cost you an arm and a leg

[@armenarakelyan2623]

Is it cosidered the buildings, penetration of the builingdsin the simulations or just the terrain

[@InvestorBren]

just the terrain and a certain noise factor depending on what you select: rural, urban, etc

[@srjajo]

can we connect to our tv antenna in the wall to have better connection?

[@InvestorBren]

you could use the same cable yea, but then you don't have antenna for your TV :D also you cant use a satelite dish, you'll have to connect it to a different antenna outside, but the cable you can use

[@EssentialMindsett]

hi bren , I live in the city centre and yes there is a lot tall buildings around but I live in 14th floor , do you think I will have a good sight ? what is the best hotspots to start with 1 - Rak , 2 - Nebra , 3- bobcat ?

[@InvestorBren]

14th floor is great and I would buy the hotspots that will be delivered the fastest. If they are delivered equally fast and money is not an issue and you'll place it indoor, I would go for the bobcat. RAK also works well (i have a RAK) and is cheaper as the Bobcat. Nebra I still have to test/still waiting. Bobcat should arrive next week, but on paper Bobcat has the strongest antenna en CPU (but that shouldn't matter much in this stage of the project)

[@dr_houlakohi]

@@InvestorBren bobcat shipping is next week !!!

[@EssentialMindsett]

@@InvestorBren thank you :)

[@InvestorBren]

@@dr_houlakohi nice :)

[@dr_houlakohi]

Do you know by any chance, bobcat supposed to send frist bach next week, or just for you!!! Thanks

[@colinharris5220]

Cheers Bren, can you buy bobcats in the Uk ? Cheers

[@InvestorBren]

yea np, they ship worldwide: www.bobcatminer.com/?ref=xVtpg4k5PPCdG

[@aaronday7677]

So is the ideal maximum profit/performance for the miners to be 5 hotspots to be in perfect range with each other, not being interferred with any other hotspot?

[@InvestorBren]

yes correct

[@ryuhayabusa943]

How many hotspot should in one Room?

[@InvestorBren]

only 1

[@ryuhayabusa943]

@@InvestorBren Does it require Clear Blue Sky to connect or just enough with Internet Connection?

[@aaljaseem]

How much time you will wait to receive the miner and try to catch up and earn the price of the miner. then hope the price of Heleum will not go down to earn something extra

[@InvestorBren]

2-3 months delivery time and I estimate 2-3 month to get a ROI when the rewards drop this summer

[@DjMines]

I've had my miner for 1 week now. Made less than $2 :(

[@InvestorBren]

try putting the antenna outside and buying a stronger antenna

[@DjMines]

@@InvestorBren to be honest I don't really want to invest more into it. Already spent $420 on this thing :/

[@InvestorBren]

@@DjMines i understand, but you can get a 10dbi antenna on Amazon for 50-60usd Then it's a question of putting it outside and as high as possible.

[@arossine]

Great video, thanks

[@InvestorBren]

thanks!

[@janvidb4377]

When I try to register in HostpotRF it says domain banned from registration, any ideas on what to do?

[@janvidb4377]

Nvm figured it out, I guess @hotmail is not supported, feeling old.

[@InvestorBren]

thanks for letting me know and glad it works now

[@captnjaygreybeard6394]

@@janvidb4377 Thanks I have the same problem, I'll try a different email.

[@janvidb4377]

@@captnjaygreybeard6394 yes, use Gmail

[@captnjaygreybeard6394]

@@janvidb4377 Thanks Gmail worked

[@Ulomfana]

Hotspot RF rocks!

[@InvestorBren]

It sure does 😁

[@SaskFisher]

So can you have multiple miners ( I plan on ordering 4 ) and place them at my buddies in the city I live. Am I able to connect them all to my same phone? Or do I need all my buddies to connect them to there own phone via bluetooth. It might be a pain if everyone has to run there own or can I run them all ? Thanks

[@InvestorBren]

yes, you can have them all on 1 phone :) only at setup you need the bluetooth connection, once it is setup you don't need it anymore

[@SaskFisher]

@@InvestorBren awesome thanks

[@andyf6465]

Hello Bren, I really appreciate your videos on Helium they’re the first things that got me into the idea of crypto in general and I am really new in this field. My question is how can I hide my hotspot location as where I live it’s illegal to mine any crypto so I want to stay hidden as much as I can and for Helium it’s all about the location, so do you recommend any way that might help. Thank you for your help so far.

[@InvestorBren]

hi andy, thanks for watching, appreciate it! and i think it would be best to skip this one as it is indeed all about location and the fact that other hotspots have to verify your location in order to get those better rewards; So faking a location is possible, but it'll get you very poor rewards :(

[@andyf6465]

@@InvestorBren thank you for your feedback and yeah looks like i will have to skip this. Will watch the rest of your videos hopefully I would find another investment that might work for me. Keep up the good work. :)

[@InvestorBren]

@@andyf6465 thanks for your support and I'll be sure to talk about more then just helium :)