I dig the candid, foul-mouthed transfer of information injected with a bit of colorful op-ed. Way more authentic and informative than a talking head behind scrolling chyrons, reading off a teleprompter. Thanks GK.
You have your head on right I agree with how you are going in with this project. I got in early was able to pay off my one hotspot and make $200 before it went down. Now I’m holding, and actually getting more because they are so cheap it’s becoming worth it.
Hi you doing my friend good video, i have a question i have staking helium what gonna happen with the staking or what i need to be done to see it in solana ?
Hoping for some advice, if you wouldn’t mind. After migrating to solana, I claimed my rewards that were waiting in my wallet, but the amount of iot have been stuck at zero for a while and I can’t figure out why. Did I break something or is my hotspot needing troubleshooting? Any advice would be helpful, thanks!
Hi! with the solana migration what is the real value of helium? it is not anymore a network, so now the value is that you can lock it to earn voting power? and swap it for iot and mobile? what is the intrinsic value now? i have 6 iot miners, i am thinking if it is more useful to change all of my iot to hnt or just let them in iot
Thank you for the info, before the wallet update, I was able to pair my hotspot through the old wallet. 2 of my hotspots have flatline and I need to see what’s wrong and run a diagnostic to get it up and running again. How can I do this now with the new wallet? Thank you
Hi there, I have a bobcat 300. However, ever since I’d got a new internet provider my hotspot is down. I’ve tried to connect with my hotspot, but somehow i get an error.error message when trying to connect with the miner through the bobber app (when the light is blue). The app does find the bobcat miner, but somehow can’t connect it with my phone. I did migrate the wallet to solana and have the black logo wallet. That worked without any problems. Do you have any ideas? Thank you in advance!
Hmm, not sure of the best answer. Bobcat has definitely had some issues with the app. The easiest option is probably the paid one; get this thing on Nebra's system.
@@thegristlekingHi gristleking, we’ve managed to solve the problem. It turned out, after your miner has been offline for a while, it needs to resync before you can connect with the app/Bluetooth. In order to sync, we had to connect the miner to the Ethernet and wait a while. The miners gives NO indication once it’s ready to reconnect, so we had to use the old try and error method. After the miner has sync’ed, you can change the connection on the app to wifi. The process took some time (2 hours in total or so), be we got our miner back online. Thanks you for taking the time to help us with our problem!
Check the latest State of the Network, where we talk about why Hotspotty isn't free and what the Helium Foundation has been paying to make Explorer free for everyone.
I'm not sure that you'll see mining activity in the wallet other than increasing tokens. You may have to use a paid service for seeing that. Helium Foundation provided that for free prior to migration, but as far as I know, Hotspotty (and other vendors) will now provide that as a paid or freemium type service. Does that make sense?
Ive only just realised this is happening. I haven't earnt anything since April 18th, no witness/beacons or anything. Is that right do i just need to wait?
@@thegristleking yes and also tried reinstalling the app. I can see none of the hotspots nearby have done anything for the last 20 days. 🤷♂️ Thanks for the reply
So on the old helium app I could see the status of my rigs but on the new one I cannot. Nor each one's earnings. Or am I confused. Is that still possible to see on the new app?
Dude! I have no idea who to ask this, but I've found countless answers through your videos and website, so I figured you might know off the top of your head. For tax purposes this year (I use Koinly but all the services are essentially the same), can I just import the new Solana wallet to capture ALL mining income from before-and-after the Helium-to-Solana blockchain migration? Or would I import the data for both the old Helium wallet, PLUS the data for the Solana wallet? I just don't wanna end up paying double taxes if I import both, and, I don't wanna omit importing the old Helium wallet if the new Solana wallet doesn't capture the old-Helium-wallet-income from 2022. Sorry for long question but hey I love you man! lol
Hi Williamus, I'm not actually sure about tax implications of importing in the new wallet to capture all before & after transactions. I'll ask my tax guy, but...damn, great question!
When helium switched over to the Solana network, I had to "migrate" to another wallet. There was an option to to mint NFTs, which I did, and my miner showed up. Thinking it was just a cute picture, I sent the NFT to my solana wallet (Trust Wallet). Little did I know the NFT was more than just a picture, it was proof of ownership. I should be able to just see the NFT in my Trust Wallet and send it back, but I don’t see it. I also don't see the NFT on OpenSea when I connect my wallet to them, but the wallet address I sent the NFT to does appear as "owner" on the helium website. So now, I can't collect my mining rewards, because the miner won't show up in my helium wallet (or any wallet). What should I do?
Maybe this is a given, but have you added your Binance Smart Chain address to your Trust Wallet, or in other words, have you EVER received a NFT successfully in your Trust Wallet? And maybe try updating your Trust Wallet, and, clearing your cache. Maybe (maybe?) your NFT isn't actually minted on the blockchain yet, since the migration was recent, and there's almost a million hotspots to mint an NFT for (and if it's not minted yet, then it won't appear in the NFTs tab of the Trust Wallet app). Just ideas. I'm no expert
I'm not sure about the Trust Wallet thing, but I know there have been NFT scams with bad NFTs getting airdropped into your wallet. Be super careful about interacting with 'em. The Helium Discord has an announcement about that; do you have access to that Discord?
@@thegristleking These are NFTs I minted from the helium wallet. I can see the transactions. It took place and the transfer to my trust wallet address went through. I tried importing the seed phrase into other wallets (Phantom) besides Trust and the NFTs don't show up there, either.
Can't believe you're still making videos of this dead project! I remember how you were so diligent on calling out spoofers in the beginning and now we know the helium devs and their friends and family were the worst spoofer offenders from the very start, to the bitter end. Good luck hopefully they took care of you
Will miners still be earning based on other hotspots they ping? Or is this gonna all work differently now? Will i now be able to have 2 hotspots in one house?
Yes, miners will still earn on Proof of Coverage. You can have 2 Hotspots in one house (you always could), it's just not a great idea; you're doing the same thing with both of 'em. It's like having 2 computers on one desk. Technically you could do twice as much, but you only need one.
@@thegristleking ok. Its because i have 2 and im currently using one. If inset up the other is it possible i can earn doubke or will the system detect that?
@@soulassassin4847 It won't earn double, and the system will detect it. It'll earn more than if you had just one though, so while it's not super helpful for the network, it's not terrible to do.
My total HNT balance did not transfer over during the migration. Just a particle. Interesting enough, the coins that I purchased from Kucoin and transferred into my wallet (Mid April) was the only amount that did not transfer successfully. Is anyone having the same problem?
It's probably not that it didn't transfer, it's that you're not seeing it. Try refreshing the app and if that doesn't work, re-download it from the iOS/Android store.
I'm not swapping anything. There is probably some weird arbitrage opportunity if you figure it out before everyone else, but for now my plan is to just hold tight and not muck about with swaps. DC is Data Credits. You swap HNT for data credits so you can actually use the network (if you've got an IoT device you want to onboard and use, you'll need DC.)
@@julianob.a.6365 the lawyer version is that nothing is safe enough. :). I use 12 words on most of my wallets and think it's fine. The 24 word wallets I have were set up just to see how to do it.
@@Great_XicoZe Nope, I see the confusion. There are 2 separate apps. One is the Helium Wallet, that's the black one where you can manager your tokens, transfer a hotspot, etc. The other is the manufacturer app, which will be from the manufacturer of the Hotspot. The manufacturer app will be the one you use to manage your Hotspots. Does that make sense?
It's not difficult for a technically proficient company to onboard, although it's not always reliable. Trackpac has actual clients and has onboarded plenty of devices. It's still pretty difficult for an average user to onboard. We're making progress, but we aren't at a place where the average user can easily onboard. I
@@thegristleking Got it.. thank you for the clarification. My statement is based on my experience with the platform and words said my the founder at the helium day just last year. Looking forward to more transparency from the company, and a growing roster of companies using the setup that builders put hard work into creating. #NetworkOfThePeople.
All I need to know is that my brand is out of business so I have to switch to the nebra mod. I think I rather try to mine Crankk instead. Solanas whack.
@@jamessmith-vh5cv Expected & predicted, my man. I wouldn't expect anything to work well until next week, although we may see it start working well before that.
@@jamessmith-vh5cv hmm, something isn't making sense. Let's start at the beginning: Do you have your 12 (or 24) words? Do NOT put them in here, just let me know if you have them and know for sure they're correct.
Solana is by far the worst blockchain they could have chose. They bought their market cap through celebrity endorsements and have more down time than any other project. Helium is pathetic if it can’t even manage it’s own ecosystem. I can’t believe my $1000 miner is now a paperweight…
@@robatron1011 it is entirely possible you are getting rewards but not seeing them. Watch this "how to" and see if it helps ya: th-cam.com/users/shorts2yQ6QA_mjmk
Love this! *We* are moving to Solana! The People's Network right there.
Ever las' one of us. :) Stoked to be on the ride with ya!
I dig the candid, foul-mouthed transfer of information injected with a bit of colorful op-ed. Way more authentic and informative than a talking head behind scrolling chyrons, reading off a teleprompter. Thanks GK.
Thanks Ryan, glad it's working for ya!
Anyone who knows what a Chyron is, deserves a like :)
Great update with key info and plenty of possibilities on what to expect!
Solana unlocks so much, very excited!
Thanks for this video, I wish you all the best 🎉
Thanks, same to you!
You have your head on right I agree with how you are going in with this project. I got in early was able to pay off my one hotspot and make $200 before it went down. Now I’m holding, and actually getting more because they are so cheap it’s becoming worth it.
I purchased 3 more at $50 each and plan on just stacking up for the bull run
Well said.
Good for Helium hotspots owners 🥳
Hi you doing my friend good video, i have a question i have staking helium what gonna happen with the staking or what i need to be done to see it in solana ?
Thanks for the update
I still haven’t migrated wallets. Am I still collecting rewards in the mean time?
Hoping for some advice, if you wouldn’t mind. After migrating to solana, I claimed my rewards that were waiting in my wallet, but the amount of iot have been stuck at zero for a while and I can’t figure out why. Did I break something or is my hotspot needing troubleshooting? Any advice would be helpful, thanks!
I don't think you broke anything. Could be some issues with the app. Have you re-downloaded it from the app store or refreshed it?
Hi! with the solana migration what is the real value of helium? it is not anymore a network, so now the value is that you can lock it to earn voting power? and swap it for iot and mobile? what is the intrinsic value now? i have 6 iot miners, i am thinking if it is more useful to change all of my iot to hnt or just let them in iot
Great stuff 🥃
Thanks, exciting times for Helium!
Thank you for the info, before the wallet update, I was able to pair my hotspot through the old wallet. 2 of my hotspots have flatline and I need to see what’s wrong and run a diagnostic to get it up and running again. How can I do this now with the new wallet? Thank you
Love it!
Thank you!
Hi there, I have a bobcat 300. However, ever since I’d got a new internet provider my hotspot is down. I’ve tried to connect with my hotspot, but somehow i get an error.error message when trying to connect with the miner through the bobber app (when the light is blue). The app does find the bobcat miner, but somehow can’t connect it with my phone. I did migrate the wallet to solana and have the black logo wallet. That worked without any problems. Do you have any ideas? Thank you in advance!
Hmm, not sure of the best answer. Bobcat has definitely had some issues with the app. The easiest option is probably the paid one; get this thing on Nebra's system.
@@thegristlekingthanks for you reply. Nebra’s system? Never heard of that, I’ll go check it out 👍
@@thegristlekingHi gristleking, we’ve managed to solve the problem. It turned out, after your miner has been offline for a while, it needs to resync before you can connect with the app/Bluetooth. In order to sync, we had to connect the miner to the Ethernet and wait a while. The miners gives NO indication once it’s ready to reconnect, so we had to use the old try and error method. After the miner has sync’ed, you can change the connection on the app to wifi. The process took some time (2 hours in total or so), be we got our miner back online. Thanks you for taking the time to help us with our problem!
Plus helium explorer doesn’t work , guess miners still working . What we have to now pay for hotty spotty that was free.
Check the latest State of the Network, where we talk about why Hotspotty isn't free and what the Helium Foundation has been paying to make Explorer free for everyone.
Good video! Thanks for the info
No prob, happy to help!
Great video. How long does it take for the wallets to start showing mining activity?
I'm not sure that you'll see mining activity in the wallet other than increasing tokens. You may have to use a paid service for seeing that. Helium Foundation provided that for free prior to migration, but as far as I know, Hotspotty (and other vendors) will now provide that as a paid or freemium type service. Does that make sense?
Ive only just realised this is happening. I haven't earnt anything since April 18th, no witness/beacons or anything. Is that right do i just need to wait?
Have you updated and refreshed the Black wallet app?
@@thegristleking yes and also tried reinstalling the app. I can see none of the hotspots nearby have done anything for the last 20 days. 🤷♂️
Thanks for the reply
What's going to happen with my HNT is going to be converted to SOL or what? It's delisted on several exchanges.😢
It'll stay HNT. Exchanges will list it again at some point.
So on the old helium app I could see the status of my rigs but on the new one I cannot. Nor each one's earnings. Or am I confused. Is that still possible to see on the new app?
Nope, you'll now need a third party app for that. Hotspotty or HeliumGeek are the two current best options.
Dude! I have no idea who to ask this, but I've found countless answers through your videos and website, so I figured you might know off the top of your head. For tax purposes this year (I use Koinly but all the services are essentially the same), can I just import the new Solana wallet to capture ALL mining income from before-and-after the Helium-to-Solana blockchain migration? Or would I import the data for both the old Helium wallet, PLUS the data for the Solana wallet? I just don't wanna end up paying double taxes if I import both, and, I don't wanna omit importing the old Helium wallet if the new Solana wallet doesn't capture the old-Helium-wallet-income from 2022. Sorry for long question but hey I love you man! lol
Hi Williamus, I'm not actually sure about tax implications of importing in the new wallet to capture all before & after transactions. I'll ask my tax guy, but...damn, great question!
Will my Bobcat 300 still generate?
Yes, though it will now earn IOT tokens, not HNT. You can trade IOT for HNT if you'd like.
Are we still going to be earning HNT or SOL or what?
Neither. :). You'll earn IOT from IoT Hotspots and MOBILE from the 5G Hotspots. You can trade either IOT or MOBILE for HNT.
When helium switched over to the Solana network, I had to "migrate" to another wallet.
There was an option to to mint NFTs, which I did, and my miner showed up.
Thinking it was just a cute picture, I sent the NFT to my solana wallet (Trust Wallet).
Little did I know the NFT was more than just a picture, it was proof of ownership.
I should be able to just see the NFT in my Trust Wallet and send it back, but I don’t see it.
I also don't see the NFT on OpenSea when I connect my wallet to them, but the wallet address I sent the NFT to does appear as "owner" on the helium website.
So now, I can't collect my mining rewards, because the miner won't show up in my helium wallet (or any wallet).
What should I do?
Maybe this is a given, but have you added your Binance Smart Chain address to your Trust Wallet, or in other words, have you EVER received a NFT successfully in your Trust Wallet? And maybe try updating your Trust Wallet, and, clearing your cache. Maybe (maybe?) your NFT isn't actually minted on the blockchain yet, since the migration was recent, and there's almost a million hotspots to mint an NFT for (and if it's not minted yet, then it won't appear in the NFTs tab of the Trust Wallet app). Just ideas. I'm no expert
I'm not sure about the Trust Wallet thing, but I know there have been NFT scams with bad NFTs getting airdropped into your wallet. Be super careful about interacting with 'em. The Helium Discord has an announcement about that; do you have access to that Discord?
@@thegristleking These are NFTs I minted from the helium wallet. I can see the transactions. It took place and the transfer to my trust wallet address went through. I tried importing the seed phrase into other wallets (Phantom) besides Trust and the NFTs don't show up there, either.
@@WilliamusTrades I used my Solana address since it is n the Solana network. I have 4 NFTs in my Trust wallet from the past.
What happens to my HNT? Do I just start earning solana with my hotspot or does HNT convert to solana coin?
You still have HNT, it's in the black Helium app wallet. You'll now be earning IOT or MOBILE depending on what type of Hotspot you have.
I have bobcat & senceCap. can see my miner earnings soon? Will that be the same on my black app now?
Can't believe you're still making videos of this dead project! I remember how you were so diligent on calling out spoofers in the beginning and now we know the helium devs and their friends and family were the worst spoofer offenders from the very start, to the bitter end. Good luck hopefully they took care of you
I don't think you're correct in your assessment, but thanks for your comment!
Will miners still be earning based on other hotspots they ping? Or is this gonna all work differently now? Will i now be able to have 2 hotspots in one house?
Yes, miners will still earn on Proof of Coverage. You can have 2 Hotspots in one house (you always could), it's just not a great idea; you're doing the same thing with both of 'em. It's like having 2 computers on one desk. Technically you could do twice as much, but you only need one.
@@thegristleking ok. Its because i have 2 and im currently using one. If inset up the other is it possible i can earn doubke or will the system detect that?
@@soulassassin4847 It won't earn double, and the system will detect it. It'll earn more than if you had just one though, so while it's not super helpful for the network, it's not terrible to do.
Oh ok. Thanks a lot bro 🙏🏻
My total HNT balance did not transfer over during the migration. Just a particle. Interesting enough, the coins that I purchased from Kucoin and transferred into my wallet (Mid April) was the only amount that did not transfer successfully. Is anyone having the same problem?
It's probably not that it didn't transfer, it's that you're not seeing it. Try refreshing the app and if that doesn't work, re-download it from the iOS/Android store.
This man is ruthless after all these BS prices
Good talk.
Should we swap iot to hnt or hold iot? Also whats dc?
I'm not swapping anything. There is probably some weird arbitrage opportunity if you figure it out before everyone else, but for now my plan is to just hold tight and not muck about with swaps.
DC is Data Credits. You swap HNT for data credits so you can actually use the network (if you've got an IoT device you want to onboard and use, you'll need DC.)
How can I put 24 words in my Helium Wallet? Mine has only 12. Safety is never too much.
Double check on the Helium Discord, but I don't think you can "upgrade", you just create a new wallet with 24 words. Does that make sense?
@@thegristleking Thank you, Nick! Yes, makes perfect sense. Do you think 12 words is safe enough?
@@julianob.a.6365 the lawyer version is that nothing is safe enough. :). I use 12 words on most of my wallets and think it's fine. The 24 word wallets I have were set up just to see how to do it.
@@thegristleking Thank you for your answers, Nick. Always good to know the opinion of of more experienced people.
today, where can i manager my hotspot?
Hi Francisco, you can manage your Hotspot using the app provided by the manufacturer (Bobcat, Seeed, Nebra, etc). Does that help?
@@thegristleking "app". The new one with black icon?
@@Great_XicoZe Nope, I see the confusion. There are 2 separate apps. One is the Helium Wallet, that's the black one where you can manager your tokens, transfer a hotspot, etc. The other is the manufacturer app, which will be from the manufacturer of the Hotspot. The manufacturer app will be the one you use to manage your Hotspots. Does that make sense?
I updated my hnt wallet in the google app store and all my helium has disappeared
Rock on
When are they gonna make it easier for companies to onboard.. and get actual clients?
It's not difficult for a technically proficient company to onboard, although it's not always reliable. Trackpac has actual clients and has onboarded plenty of devices. It's still pretty difficult for an average user to onboard. We're making progress, but we aren't at a place where the average user can easily onboard. I
@@thegristleking Got it.. thank you for the clarification. My statement is based on my experience with the platform and words said my the founder at the helium day just last year. Looking forward to more transparency from the company, and a growing roster of companies using the setup that builders put hard work into creating. #NetworkOfThePeople.
Got it to migrate after doing update of helium app
Nice work!
All I need to know is that my brand is out of business so I have to switch to the nebra mod. I think I rather try to mine Crankk instead. Solanas whack.
the new helium app isn't working for me anymore as of today the 18th. This new app sucks anyway.
Today is the migration day from Helium to Solana. I would expect nothing to work until tomorrow (the 19th) at the earliest.
@@thegristleking ...so, just waiting that the transition finished?
i just switched and i Have no helium. Im done with crypto what a scam
Clearly nothing to do with you not paying attention for almost a year. ;)
🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
Will my HNT miner continue mining after the migration?
Yes.
@@thegristleking shit stopped working.
@@jamessmith-vh5cv Expected & predicted, my man. I wouldn't expect anything to work well until next week, although we may see it start working well before that.
Anyone considering sueing over the denylist?
Nope.
@@thegristleking this seems a class action waiting to happen, and as I have thought of it, would bet others have as well.
None of my coins showing up on migration . I guess I lost the last 200 I have left in this sh-t show
Hi John, have you tried refreshing/reloading your app from the store? As long as you have your 12/24 words you haven't lost anything.
What a disaster. I lost my tokens with this upgrade. 🤦🏻♂️
How did you lose your tokens?
@@thegristleking poof gone. Helium app no longer has wallet info or even the hotpot. It’s asking me to add a new hotpot.
@@jamessmith-vh5cv hmm, something isn't making sense. Let's start at the beginning: Do you have your 12 (or 24) words? Do NOT put them in here, just let me know if you have them and know for sure they're correct.
@@gknikhawks yes, I sent helium people support a message. I only had 30 hnt tokens so it doesn’t matter. I’m done with this.
Bro show us how to migrate to Solana smh
You don't actually need to DO anything other than put your 12 words into the Black (NOT blue) Helium wallet app. Everything else is done.
Solana is by far the worst blockchain they could have chose. They bought their market cap through celebrity endorsements and have more down time than any other project.
Helium is pathetic if it can’t even manage it’s own ecosystem. I can’t believe my $1000 miner is now a paperweight…
It's not a paperweight. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it doesn't work. Sheesh.
@@thegristleking my miner hasn’t received a single reward since the migration…
Just because you assume something it doesn’t make it right. Sheesh.
@@robatron1011 it is entirely possible you are getting rewards but not seeing them. Watch this "how to" and see if it helps ya: th-cam.com/users/shorts2yQ6QA_mjmk
@@thegristleking balance is sitting at 0. My bobcat 3000 is absolute e-waste right now.
@@robatron1011 I don't think Bobcat has a 3000 model.
Can I send my hnt to solana directly or do I have to convert my hnt to solana
HNT is now a token on Solana. I'm not sure I understand your question.