The Helium network, a blockchain-powered wireless system, may soon undergo significant revisions as its key developers consider switching to Solana. The proposal by Helium’s core developers to switch from their own blockchain network to Solana’s was codenamed “HIP 70.” Since developers revealed a plan to migrate the network to Solana, the value of HNT has plummeted. The HIP 70 proposal to move to the Solana blockchain aims to improve data transit, network coverage, and dependability. Some of the network issues have been described in a recent post on Medium. Helium Switch To Solana Aims To Solve Technical Issues The post suggests that less Proof of Coverage activity occurred due to the network’s massive scale. They believed the blockchain’s inefficiencies were to blame for the lower than usual volume of transactions. In particular, there are problems with data packet transfers and the overall network load between the blockchain and the validator. The projected network-wide move was intended to resolve or significantly reduce the issues currently plaguing the network. According to a blog post by the Helium Foundation: “Thousands of developers across the world are working on apps that are only conceivable on Solana owing to its quick and cheap transactions, real-world NFT applications, business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketplaces, and more.” The proposal’s goal w...
