---
type: entity
entity_type: company
name: "Helium"
domain: internet-finance
status: active
tracked_by: rio
created: 2026-03-11
---

# Helium

## Overview
Helium is a decentralized wireless networking protocol and one of the flagship DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network) projects on Solana. The network uses HNT (Helium Network Token) as its primary reward and governance token, rewarding hotspot operators who maintain network coverage and charging customers who connect devices and build IoT applications on the network.

## Timeline
- **2024** — HIP-138 passed, consolidating Helium network tokenomics around HNT token, simplifying from previous multi-token model
- **2024-11-28** — HNT integrated into ORE liquidity network via [[ore-launch-boost-hnt-ore]] proposal passing

## Relationship to KB
- Flagship DePIN project representing real-world asset category that [[ore-positions-itself-as-unit-of-account-for-real-world-assets-by-building-deep-liquidity-network-on-solana]] targets
- HNT tokenomics consolidation (HIP-138) made it suitable for liquidity network integration