Free Helium Hotspot Miners — Why They May Not Be The Best Deal.

Rickey Williams
13 min readNov 29, 2021
Free Helium Hotspot Miners — Why They May Not Be The Best Deal. This photo shows a hotspot mining device after it’s been set up with power, ethernet connection and antenna.
Helium Hotspot Miner Setup. Image by author.

Have you heard about people making money with Helium token miners?

It’s a real thing. Just get a Helium miner, place it up high or next to a window and start receiving passive monthly payouts. It’s Helium’s reward to you for helping to build out “the People’s Network.”

The tricky part is in how you get your Helium miner. Should you sign up for a free miner, should you pay retail for one, or should you pay the going rate for one on eBay? We’ll explore your options in just a minute.

What is Helium?

The company Helium started in 2013, with the goal of connecting “Internet of Things” devices that people use to make their homes smart. You may be familiar with some of these Things: smart refrigerators that keep track of your milk and eggs, video monitors for your front door, home environmental sensors, and tracking devices for Fido and Felix.

The company founders saw the promise of the Internet of Things, but

Helium’s first innovation was to come up with a decentralized network of hotspot hubs that operate with cheap, safe, low-energy, long-range…

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