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May 19, 2022
Console Updates- v2.2.9
May 19, 2022
Miner Release: Improve Proof-of-Coverage Retries
May 17, 2022
App Version 4.1.0
May 13, 2022
Miner Release: Hotspot Reconnection Logic
May 12, 2022
Miner Release: Add Retry Delay for PoC Receipts
May 12, 2022
App Version 4.0.2
May 11, 2022
Miner Release: Fixes for Snapshot Loading
May 10, 2022
Miner Release: Additional Fixes for Light Hotspots
May 5, 2022
Console Updates- v2.2.8
May 4, 2022
Light Hotspot Impact on Validator Traffic
Apr 28, 2022
Miner Release: Updated Golden Build for Light Hotspot Activation
Apr 21, 2022
Console Updates- v2.2.7
Apr 19, 2022
Miner Release: Golden Build for Light Hotspot Activation
Apr 14, 2022
Hotspot Firmware Release: Operational Improvements
Apr 7, 2022
Console Updates- v2.2.6
Apr 6, 2022
Hotspot Firmware Release: RAK to manage RAK/MNTD Hotspots
Apr 5, 2022
App Version 4.0.1
Mar 31, 2022
Hotspot Firmware Release: Revert Rust Gateway
Mar 31, 2022
App Version 4.0.0
Mar 29, 2022
Hotspot Firmware Release: Improve ECC Slot Handling and re-enable Gateway-rs Packet Forwarding
Mar 25, 2022
PoC Rate Adjustments until HIP 55 / Validator Challenges
Mar 25, 2022
Miner Release: Embedded Gateway Stability and Configuration Improvements
Mar 24, 2022
Console Updates- v2.2.5
Mar 15, 2022
Hotspot Firmware Release: Improve Storage Reclamation
Mar 10, 2022
Console Updates- v2.2.4
Mar 7, 2022
Blockchain Release: Blockchain Sync and Snapshot Improvements
Mar 4, 2022
App Version 3.11.0
Feb 28, 2022
Blockchain Release: Blockchain Sync and Snapshot Improvements
Feb 24, 2022
Console Updates- v2.2.3
Feb 23, 2022
Blockchain Release: Sync Improvements and Mandatory Core Upgrade
Feb 17, 2022
Hotspot Firmware Release: Improve OTA Targeting
Feb 11, 2022
Network Disruption Postmortem: 2022-02-07
Feb 10, 2022
Console Updates- v2.2.2
Feb 10, 2022
Hotspot Firmware Release: Allow RAK Support for RAK/MNTD Hotspots
Feb 8, 2022
Hotspot Firmware Release: Operational Improvements
Feb 8, 2022
App Version 3.10.0
Feb 4, 2022
Hotspot Firmware Release: Operational Fixes for RAK/MNTD and Helium Hotspots
Jan 31, 2022
Console Updates- v2.2.1.5
Jan 31, 2022
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Loading Improvements
Jan 28, 2022
Blockchain Release: Denylist Support and Performance Improvements
Jan 27, 2022
Console Updates- v2.2.1
Jan 24, 2022
Helium Hotspot Firmware Release: Containerize Miner
Jan 24, 2022
App Version 3.9.0
Jan 13, 2022
Console Updates- v2.2.0
Jan 12, 2022
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Fixes
Jan 4, 2022
Blockchain Release: Libp2p and Hotspot Sync Fixes
Dec 30, 2021
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Loading and Storage Improvements
Dec 28, 2021
App Version 3.8.6
Dec 22, 2021
Console Updates- v2.1.9
Dec 16, 2021
Console Updates- v2.1.8
Dec 14, 2021
Helium Hotspot Firmware Release: Packet Forwarder Config Update
Dec 14, 2021
Blockchain Release: Latest snapshot load fix for interrupted snapshot loading
Dec 9, 2021
Console Updates- ver. 2.1.7
Dec 9, 2021
Blockchain Release: Libp2p Fix for Relayed Hotspots
Dec 8, 2021
App Version 3.8.5
Dec 6, 2021
Blockchain Release: DNS and Seednode Fixes
Dec 1, 2021
App Version 3.8.4
Nov 30, 2021
Network Disruption Postmortem: Week of 2021-11-15
Nov 30, 2021
Blockchain Release: Snapshot and RocksDB Improvements
Nov 22, 2021
Blockchain Release: Emergency releases for sync
Nov 21, 2021
Blockchain Release: Emergency releases for sync and snapshot improvements
Nov 19, 2021
Blockchain Release: Sync and Snapshot Improvements
Nov 18, 2021
App Version 3.8.3
Nov 17, 2021
Blockchain Release: Resuming Block Production and Gossip
Nov 17, 2021
Console Updates- ver. 2.1.6
Nov 11, 2021
Blockchain Release: Critical libp2p Fixes
Nov 10, 2021
Blockchain Release: POC V11 Preparations
Nov 9, 2021
App Version 3.8.0/3.8.1
Nov 5, 2021
Miner Release: Minor Usability Improvements
Nov 3, 2021
Console Updates- ver. 2.1.5
Nov 3, 2021
Blockchain Release: Gossip v2 Support and Chain Variable Fixes
Nov 1, 2021
Console Post Mortem (10/27 Connectivity Issues)
Oct 29, 2021
Miner Release: Emergency release for dropped packets
Oct 29, 2021
App Version 3.7.1
Oct 27, 2021
Blockchain Release: Auto Snapshots and Bug Fixes
Oct 21, 2021
App Version 3.7.0
Oct 20, 2021
Console Updates- ver. 2.1.4
Oct 18, 2021
Blockchain Release: Minor Updates and New Snapshot
Oct 18, 2021
App Post Mortem (Oct 17 Outage)
Oct 8, 2021
Blockchain Release: Block Gossip, State Channels and PoC-v11 Fixes
Oct 6, 2021
Console Updates- ver. 2.1.3
Sep 30, 2021
App Version 3.6.0
Sep 28, 2021
Blockchain Release: Performance Fixes
Sep 26, 2021
Blockchain Release: Networking, PoCv11, and Transaction Bug Fixes
Sep 23, 2021
Console Updates- ver. 2.1.2
Sep 17, 2021
Blockchain Release: Blockchain Sync Improvements
Sep 14, 2021
Major Blockchain Release: PoCv11 Support, Snapshot Updates, Performance Improvements
Sep 9, 2021
Console Updates- ver. 2.1.1
Sep 7, 2021
App Version 3.5.0
Sep 3, 2021
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Update
Aug 31, 2021
Blockchain Release: Stability and Performance Updates
Aug 26, 2021
Console Updates- ver. 2.0.1
Aug 24, 2021
Blockchain Emergency Release: Snapshot Fixes
Aug 21, 2021
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Fixes
Aug 19, 2021
App Version 3.4.6 / 3.4.7
Aug 18, 2021
Blockchain Release: Minor Updates
Aug 13, 2021
App Version 3.4.5
Aug 11, 2021
Blockchain Release: Seed Node DNS and Snapshot Update
Aug 6, 2021
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Update and state channel fixes
Aug 5, 2021
App Version 3.4.4
Aug 2, 2021
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Update
Jul 31, 2021
Blockchain Release: Networking and Snapshot Improvements
Jul 30, 2021
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Update
Jul 29, 2021
Console Updates- ver. 2.0
Jul 26, 2021
App Version 3.4.3
Jul 22, 2021
Blockchain Release: Network and Snapshot Improvements
Jul 20, 2021
App Version 3.4.2
Jul 19, 2021
Blockchain Release: New Snapshot and Follow Mode
Jul 19, 2021
Console 2.0 Upcoming Release
Jul 16, 2021
App Version 3.4.1
Jul 15, 2021
Console Updates- ver. 1.9.55
Jul 14, 2021
Blockchain Release: More Snapshot Fixes
Jul 14, 2021
App Version 3.4.0
Jul 13, 2021
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Fixes
Jul 11, 2021
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Performance Update
Jul 9, 2021
Blockchain Release: Gossip Updates
Jul 2, 2021
Blockchain Release: New snapshot
Jul 1, 2021
Console Updates- ver. 1.9.54
Jun 30, 2021
Blockchain Release: Networking Improvements
Jun 30, 2021
App Version 3.3.2
Jun 29, 2021
Blockchain Release: Maintenance Update
Jun 25, 2021
Chain Halt Postmortem
Jun 25, 2021
Blockchain Release: Validator Support and State Channel Updates
Jun 21, 2021
Blockchain Release: Blessed Snapshot Update
Jun 18, 2021
App Version 3.3.1
Jun 17, 2021
Blockchain Release: Network Improvements
Jun 17, 2021
Console Updates- ver. 1.9.53
Jun 17, 2021
App Version 3.3.0
Jun 14, 2021
Blockchain Release: Bug Fixes and Snapshot Update
Jun 11, 2021
Blockchain Release: Minor Updates and Snapshot
Jun 9, 2021
Blockchain Release: New Blessed Snapshot
Jun 4, 2021
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Fixes and Implicit Burn Support
Jun 3, 2021
Console Updates- ver. 1.9.52
Jun 3, 2021
App Version 3.2.2 and 3.2.3
May 30, 2021
Blockchain Release: Adjusting Validation Timeouts
May 29, 2021
Blockchain Release: Chain Halt Postmortem
May 28, 2021
Major Blockchain Release: Validator Support
May 24, 2021
Blockchain Release: New snapshot and timeout fixes
May 23, 2021
Blockchain Release: Snapshots over S3
May 20, 2021
Console Updates- Downlink MAC Info, and Discovery Mode for Hotspots
May 20, 2021
Blockchain Release: Snapshot and libp2p updates
May 19, 2021
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Update and Low Space Fix
May 18, 2021
Blockchain Release: Fixing OOM and Sync
May 18, 2021
App Version 3.2.0
May 17, 2021
Blockchain Release: OoM Amelioration
May 13, 2021
Blockchain Release: Light Gateway and Discovery Mode Support
May 12, 2021
App Version 3.1.3
May 6, 2021
Post Mortem: 2021-05-05 Long Election
May 6, 2021
Console Updates- Google Sheets and other Integration Updates
May 5, 2021
Blockchain Release: HIP 29 and HIP 30 support
Apr 28, 2021
App Version 3.1.1
Apr 26, 2021
Blockchain Release: Feature Updates & Bug Fixes
Apr 22, 2021
Console Updates- Event Log and Downlink Improvements
Apr 21, 2021
App Version 3.1.0
Apr 14, 2021
OTA Certificate Update
Apr 13, 2021
April Maker Update & A New Process
Apr 12, 2021
More Memory Fixes and a Snapshot Update
Apr 9, 2021
Minor Blockchain Release: libp2p Fixes and Snapshot Update
Apr 8, 2021
Minor Blockchain Release: Fix Snapshots
Apr 6, 2021
API Outage Retrospective
Apr 5, 2021
Emergency Miner Release
Apr 2, 2021
Blockchain Release: Assert v2, Performance, and Snapshot Update
Apr 1, 2021
Console Updates- Backend fixes, Debug mode, and Event updates
Mar 26, 2021
Minor Blockchain Release: Performance and Snapshot Update
Mar 25, 2021
Blockchain Release: Rewards v2
Mar 23, 2021
App Version 3.0.3
Mar 22, 2021
Minor Blockchain Release: Country Additions and Snapshot Update
Mar 19, 2021
Maker Progress Update
Mar 18, 2021
Console Updates- Events, Australia, and Tago.IO integration
Mar 18, 2021
Minor Blockchain Release: Address Hash Adjustment and Snapshot Bump
Mar 17, 2021
RAK Firmware Issue (March 2021)
Mar 11, 2021
App Version 3.0.2
Mar 8, 2021
Hotspot Firmware and Reliability Fixes
Mar 5, 2021
Console Updates- Open Source, Asia, and Datacake integration
Mar 4, 2021
Blockchain Update: Proof of Coverage Update
Mar 2, 2021
Blockchain Release: Performance and Maintenance Update
Mar 1, 2021
App Version 3.0.1
Feb 26, 2021
Blockchain Release: Minor Region Updates, Erlang Upgrade, and Snapshot Update
Feb 24, 2021
App Version 3.0.0
Feb 23, 2021
Blockchain Release: Seed IPs and Snapshot Update
Feb 19, 2021
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Update
Feb 18, 2021
Console Updates- Ubidots, China support, and ux enhancements
Feb 16, 2021
Maker Progress Update
Feb 12, 2021
Blockchain Release: Maintenance Update
Feb 11, 2021
Blockchain Release: Maintenance Update
Feb 5, 2021
Blockchain Release: Minor Reliability and CLI Fixes
Feb 5, 2021
Blockchain Release: NAT Fixes
Feb 4, 2021
Console Updates- Flows (Beta), Notification Webhooks
Feb 2, 2021
Blockchain Release: Stability Release - Required Upgrade
Jan 27, 2021
Hotspot Firmware Power Updates
Jan 26, 2021
Auditing Makers for the Decentralized Wireless Alliance
Jan 26, 2021
App Version 2.9.0
Jan 21, 2021
Console Updates- ADR (Beta), APIs, More Notifications
Jan 17, 2021
Emergency Release - RAK Hardware Detection
Jan 12, 2021
Blockchain Release: Minor Updates
Jan 7, 2021
Console Updates- Notifications, and additional packet purchases
Dec 30, 2020
Hotspot Firmware Updates: Hardware Support and Blockchain Improvements
Dec 30, 2020
Chain Variable Update: Increase PoC Target Challenge Age
Dec 22, 2020
Blockchain Release: Minor Updates
Dec 17, 2020
Blockchain Maintenance Release
Dec 16, 2020
Chain Variable Update: Max Witnesses
Dec 15, 2020
Blockchain Release: HIP 17 Additional Bugfixes
Dec 15, 2020
App Version 2.8.0
Dec 14, 2020
Blockchain Release: HIP 17 Bugfixes
Dec 10, 2020
Console Updates- Initial backend components released as open source
Dec 9, 2020
Blockchain Release: HIP 17
Dec 2, 2020
Helium API Update: Removing the Score
Dec 2, 2020
Blockchain Chain Variable Update: Reducing PoC Transaction Rate
Dec 1, 2020
Console Updates- Adafruit IO Integration
Nov 30, 2020
Blockchain Maintenance Release
Nov 23, 2020
App Version 2.7.0
Nov 18, 2020
Blockchain Release: Feature Updates
Nov 12, 2020
Console Updates- Manager role, open source Cargo
Nov 11, 2020
Blockchain Release: RAK Hotspot Miner OTA Fix
Nov 11, 2020
App Version 2.6.1
Nov 6, 2020
RAK Hotspot Miner: Firmware Update Issues
Oct 31, 2020
Emergency Release: Additional RAK Hotspot Fix
Oct 31, 2020
Emergency Release: RAK Hotspot Fix
Oct 29, 2020
Console Updates- Second rx window, custom JSON messages
Oct 27, 2020
Blockchain Fixes and Chain Halt Postmortem
Oct 19, 2020
Blockchain Maintenance Release
Oct 16, 2020
App Version 2.5.0
Oct 15, 2020
Console Updates- Enhancements for large deployments
Oct 12, 2020
Blockchain DataCredit Reward and JoinAccept Fixes
Oct 8, 2020
Blockchain State Channel Overpayment Fix Release
Oct 2, 2020
Spreading factor changes and how they may affect Proof of Coverage
Oct 1, 2020
Console Updates- MQTT Integration overhaul, UI enhancements
Sep 29, 2020
Blockchain Housekeeping Release
Sep 21, 2020
Blockchain PoC v10
Sep 17, 2020
Console Updates- Debug Pane, pause transfer, and internal monitoring
Sep 17, 2020
Blockchain PoC v9 Postmortem
Sep 16, 2020
Downgrade PoC to v8
Sep 16, 2020
Blockchain Emergency Release
Sep 15, 2020
Major Blockchain Release - Multisig and POC V9
Sep 9, 2020
Minor Release for Block Interval Fixes
Sep 8, 2020
Console Post Mortem
Sep 4, 2020
Console Updates- Manual Downlink and Fixes
Sep 3, 2020
State channel performance improvements
Sep 1, 2020
Minor release for State Channel fixes
Aug 27, 2020
Console Updates- Burn HNT to Data Credits
Aug 27, 2020
App Version 2.2.0
Aug 26, 2020
Validation Budgets and Stablization Window
Aug 21, 2020
HIP-10 Implementation Release
Aug 18, 2020
Further state channel improvements
Aug 14, 2020
Stabilization Firmware Release
Aug 14, 2020
Blockchain Memory Usage and State Channel Improvements
Aug 14, 2020
App Version 2.1.3
Aug 12, 2020
Blockchain State Channel Optimizations
Aug 10, 2020
Bugfix Release for Snapshot OOMs and State Channel Lifecycle Issues
Aug 7, 2020
Bugfix Release for State Channel Causality Issues
Aug 6, 2020
Console Updates- Data Credits prep and multi-device import
Aug 4, 2020
App Version 2.1.1
Jul 31, 2020
Console Post Mortem
Jul 31, 2020
Bugfix Release for Hotspots Dropping Packets
Jul 29, 2020
Prevent Dropped Downlink Packets
Jul 27, 2020
App Version 2.1.0
Jul 24, 2020
Console Data Credits via HNT
Jul 24, 2020
Forget WiFi Networks
Jul 20, 2020
State Channels v2
Jul 17, 2020
SNR and frequency witness data
Jul 16, 2020
App Version 2.0.1
Jul 13, 2020
Console Data Credit Purchase and TTN Device Import
Jul 13, 2020
App Version 2.0.0
Jul 10, 2020
WiFi States
Jul 7, 2020
Docker Run Supports Region Change
Jul 2, 2020
Blessed Snapshot
Jul 1, 2020
New Chain Variable Activation
Jun 26, 2020
Console Import and Data Credits
Jun 25, 2020
App Version 1.9.0
Jun 24, 2020
New Chain Variable Release
Jun 22, 2020
Sync Issues Remediation
Jun 19, 2020
Downlink Packet Timing
Jun 18, 2020
Retune Hotspot Cache
Jun 17, 2020
Consensus Group Stall Fixes and Landing Transaction Fees
Jun 16, 2020
New Gateway Cache
Jun 12, 2020
Price Oracle Math
Jun 9, 2020
Console Network Server and Infrastructure Improvements
Jun 9, 2020
Price Oracle Math
Jun 8, 2020
App Version 1.8.0
Jun 4, 2020
Initial Support for EU868 Region and snapshot syncing fix
Jun 4, 2020
Price Oracles Initial Release
Jun 1, 2020
Ledger Snapshots Cleanup Release
May 29, 2020
The Introduction of HNT Price Oracles
May 26, 2020
Ledger Snapshots
May 20, 2020
2020-05-18 Incident Postmortem
May 18, 2020
Chain Variable Reversion
May 18, 2020
Chain Variable Changes
May 15, 2020
Communications Compression for Hotspots
May 15, 2020
App Version 1.7.0
May 14, 2020
Cleanup Work for On-Chain Routing Work
May 14, 2020
Console Stronger Authentication
May 8, 2020
Initial Work for On-Chain Packet Routing
May 7, 2020
Console Functions and HTTP Downlink
May 6, 2020
Reducing Redundant Block Gossip and Removing Unnecessary Bottlenecks
May 5, 2020
Docker Images
May 5, 2020
LoRaWAN Network Upgrade: Impact & Mitigation
Apr 30, 2020
helium-wallet 1.2.2
Apr 28, 2020
HBBFT Speed and Correctness Improvements
Apr 23, 2020
Emergency Release to Alleviate PoC Receipt Collapse
Apr 22, 2020
HBBFT Signature Phase Fixes
Apr 20, 2020
App Version 1.6.1
Apr 19, 2020
Chain Variable 21
Apr 17, 2020
Console Debug mode
Apr 16, 2020
Transaction Throughput Fix
Apr 15, 2020
helium-wallet 1.2.0
Apr 13, 2020
Forget Wi-Fi Networks
Apr 10, 2020
Console AWS IoT Downlink and upcoming Debug mode
Apr 7, 2020
API Route Changes
Apr 7, 2020
Support Multiple Default Routers
Apr 3, 2020
Console Backend phase 2 and UI Updates
Apr 1, 2020
Handle block and ledger height mismatch
Mar 31, 2020
Block Gossip and Sync Strategy Adjustment
Mar 27, 2020
Console Backend and Integration Updates
Mar 26, 2020
Fix Validating HTLC Redeem Transactions
Mar 18, 2020
Presence Voting and PoC Bug Fix
Mar 16, 2020
Rework Transaction Manager
Mar 16, 2020
App Version 1.6.0
Mar 13, 2020
Command Line Interface for Console
Mar 7, 2020
Multi-payment Transactions
Feb 19, 2020
Consensus Group Crash Loops and Block Sync Fixes
Feb 14, 2020
Chain Variable 18
Feb 11, 2020
libp2p ARP Adjustment
Feb 9, 2020
PoC v8
Feb 3, 2020
Enabling Beta Support for LoRaWAN
Jan 31, 2020
Upcoming Changes to Block Time Targets
Jan 30, 2020
Emergency Out of Memory Patch Release
Jan 29, 2020
Fix for Too Few Challenges
Jan 28, 2020
Block production speed improvements
Jan 27, 2020
OOM Abatement
Jan 16, 2020
Hierarchical Targeting Images and Chain Variables
Jan 10, 2020
Emergency Patch for Assertion Transactions
Jan 8, 2020
PoC Rate Reduction
Jan 8, 2020
RocksDB Atomic Flush and Double Block Validation Avoidance release
Jan 7, 2020
Throttle libp2p ARP
Jan 6, 2020
POC V6
Jan 6, 2020
libp2p ARP
Dec 19, 2019
Emergency Firmware Fix
Dec 18, 2019
Blockchain H3 Crash Hotfix
Dec 18, 2019
PoC V5 Chain Var Update
Dec 18, 2019
Api Outage
Dec 17, 2019
PoC v5
Dec 11, 2019
Performance Enhancement Beta
Dec 2, 2019
POC V4
Dec 2, 2019
PoC v4 Performance Improvements OTA
Dec 1, 2019
Ledger at Performance Improvements OTA
Nov 30, 2019
Latest OTA Knocking Hotspots Offline
Nov 30, 2019
Force Consensus Update to Make Blocks
Nov 30, 2019
Weekend Updates to Fix Block Time Issues
Nov 27, 2019
Proof of Coverage v4 Beta Deploy
Nov 25, 2019
Linux Kernel Beta Deploy
Nov 18, 2019
Chain Variable Deployment
Nov 13, 2019
Incident Report and Emergency OTA
Nov 7, 2019
Sidecar Beta Deploy
Nov 6, 2019
Emergency Firmware Fix
Nov 6, 2019
Blockchain API Update
Nov 4, 2019
GA Deploy of 2019-11-03.0
Nov 1, 2019
Beta Deploy
Oct 31, 2019
Android 1.4.6.1 Update
Oct 29, 2019
iOS and Android App Release Notes to Date (1.0 to 1.4.6)
Oct 29, 2019
Blockchain Beta Deploy
Oct 28, 2019
Beta Deploy
Oct 25, 2019
Beta Deploy 2
Oct 25, 2019
Blockchain Beta Deploy
Oct 23, 2019
Blockchain Beta Deploy
Oct 22, 2019
Wallet Status Update
Oct 22, 2019
Blockchain Beta Deploy
Oct 18, 2019
Blockchain Beta Deploy
Oct 18, 2019
Incident Report - Oct 10 - 17, 2019