In this episode, Jay speaks with Valerie Spina, Project Manager for Helium Foundation, an  organization working to benefit the wireless industry and its stakeholders as a steward of ecosystem development, network governance, and public education. Valerie discusses why business leaders, enthusiasts, and veterans in the crypto space must come together and rely on trusted sources of information. She talks about the infrastructure of web3 and emphasizes the importance of innovators considering consumer adoption. Valerie also touches on capital markets, bitcoin speculation, practical applications of crypto and the IoT (internet of things).

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Helium Foundation’s Website: https://www.helium.foundation/ 

Helium Foundation’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/helium-foundation/

Helium Foundation’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeliumFndn 

Helium Foundation’s Discord: https://discord.com/invite/helium

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Valerie Spina’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-spina/

Valerie Spina’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/therefiedge

About Guest

Valerie Spina is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in blockchain, web3, and crypto startups. As a Project Manager at the Helium Foundation they have demonstrated a proven track record of advising and operationalizing key processes to grow and scale blockchain native organizations. They have also assisted and partnered with various organizations across protocols in the web3 ecosystem, including Smart Contract Research Forum, The DAO Nation, Natural Capital Crypto, and ixo. Prior to their current roles, our speaker was a Blockchain Researcher at the International Center for Appropriate & Sustainable Technology and a Strategic Transformation Professional at Freddie Mac, where they led change management initiatives and implemented strategic transformations. Valerie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, from Virginia Commonwealth University.

You’ll learn about:

• What is Helium Blockchain? 

Timestamps

0:37 Jay’s intro

2:45 Valerie’s background

6:02 What is Helium Foundation?

9:06 The mission shift

12:50 Governance at Helium

25:38 To build or not build your own L1

27:31 Helium’s reach

30:00 How the Helium blockchain works

36:50 Helium rewards

37:40 Roadmap 

42:27 Where the space is headed

46:08 How to get involved

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