Helium mining involves using hotspots to provide wireless connectivity for IoT devices, earning HNT tokens. It’s part of the decentralized Helium Network, with various hotspot types and considerations for optimization. (Read More)
I can see physical currencies being obsolete in the future especially with the recent introduction of cryptocurrency becoming available. Helium Network Tokens (HNT) are "used to pay for data transfer over the Helium network". For example this network is used when making wireless transactions with a credit/debit card. HNT is considered cryptocurrency and according to the IRS "virtual currency is treated as property for Federal income tax purposes". One of the biggest advantages is that when HNT is burned to create Data Credits (DC) this "theoretically increases the value of remaining HNT". On the otherhand the overcrowding of miners in one area on the network doesnt allow for much return on the investment of the miner. This is like investing in your own fishing vessle with 100s of other nets in the water all competing to catch the same fish. Also if there arnt enough signals connected to eachother, data cannot transfer through the network chain. One of the biggest risks with cryptocurrency is that the "value can change constantly and dramatically". My husband has two bobcat miners and it is interesting to be apart of this community. We have experienced the over crowding as well as the scarcity of connection but this has allowed us to be apart of a network that is, in my opinion, a missed opportunity by others. I myself use google wallet most often to buy things online because its convenient. Otherwise i use my physical debit card in person because i personally dont trust the digital wallet. The ways to minimize any concerns that i have though is by using two factor authentication, email/text alerts, and by using cards/accounts with fraud prevention built in.
Frequently asked questions on virtual currency transactions. Internal Revenue Service. (n.d.). Retrieved March 10, 2023, from https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/frequently-asked-questions-on-virtual-currency-transactions
Cryptocurrency risks. CT.gov. (n.d.). Retrieved March 10, 2023, from https://portal.ct.gov/DOB/Consumer/Consumer-Education/Cryptocurrency-Risks
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Porcupine Dome is one of five areas that were marked off for a more than 13,275-acre helium mining site in the small community of Tsé ‘Ałnáo
Michael Goldson stands atop a hill he grew up playing on.
Dibé Ntsaa is still blanketed with snow to the northwest, and Tsé Bit’a’í and its wings can be seen to the north.
The sky is blue but there is a slight breeze blowing from the west across the seemingly untouched brown landscape he calls home, nestled under Dziłk’i Hózhónii in Tsé ‘Ałnáozt’i’í, New Mexico.
Goldson, 32, is a Hataałii, a Diné practitioner.
He walks along the ridge and talks about the many herbs he collects for ceremonies he conducts for families throughout the area, including Farmington.
“I use Navajo ceremonial herbs from this whole region in the proposed Dome Area 1,” Goldson said.
There is no actual dome in the landscape. Goldson refers to the proposed helium mining site the Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Co. calls “Porcupine Dome QA.”
Porcupine Dome is one of five areas that were marked off for a more than 13,275-acre helium mining site in the small community of Tsé ‘Ałnáozt’i’í.
Goldson and his family’s home-site lease sits in the middle of the proposed area.
The home site might look unassuming – even to a Navajo not from the area – because there are no trees. The home site comprises two hogans, one house, a shack, a bread oven, and a corral. A single-lane dirt road leads to the house.
Goldson said he conducts ceremonies for his patients in one of the hogans. With the herbs he sometimes collects from Dziłk’i Hózhónii, or Beautiful Mountain, he performs various types of Hóchxǫ́ʼíjí, Naayééjí, and Hózhǫ́ǫ́jí ceremonies, to name a few.
Goldson said if helium mining is approved in the area, it would destroy even more of the delicate environment that is barely in place.
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