{"id":77555,"date":"2023-04-20T13:08:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=77555"},"modified":"2025-09-10T23:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T20:58:50","slug":"helium-to-mint-nearly-1-million-nfts-as-part-of-solana-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/helium-to-mint-nearly-1-million-nfts-as-part-of-solana-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Helium to mint nearly 1 million NFTs as part of Solana integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Helium wireless network has completed its transition to the Solana blockchain, as part of which it will create nearly 1 million <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-nfts\">non-fungible tokens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">The Helium Network migration to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/solana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@solana<\/a> is complete! ? ?<\/p>\n<p>This is an incredible milestone for the global Helium community and ushers in a new era for a highly scalable and resilient Helium Network along with a new world of utility on Solana.<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ip8bVmKeLJ\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ip8bVmKeLJ<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/SR5eMbchsS\\\">pic.twitter.com\/SR5eMbchsS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Helium? (@helium) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/helium\/status\/1648725076571766786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">April 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cThe Helium team took a snapshot of the existing blockchain and uploaded the necessary transactions to the new network,\u201d said Noah Prins, head of protocol development.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to project representatives, the created NFTs act as access points for each Helium node. Validators will still be able to transfer tokens and update their location at their discretion.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to analytics platform <a href=\\\"https:\/\/flipsidecrypto.xyz\/marqu\/q\/helium-devices-mints-by-type-7e7Il4\\\">Flipside Crypto<\/a>, as of April 20, Helium has minted roughly 280,000 NFTs.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cThe scalability, speed and innovations of Solana provide the single foundation for realizing Helium&#8217;s decentralized network ambitions, particularly with regard to 5G,\u201d said Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of the blockchain.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In September 2022, the community <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/helium-community-approves-migration-of-project-to-the-solana-blockchain\">approved<\/a> migration to Solana. The developers say the transition will enable the protocol to scale through more efficient transactions and functional interoperability.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In February 2022, media reports indicated that Helium <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/media-helium-a-defi-project-raises-200-million-at-a-1-2-billion-valuation\">raised $200 million at a valuation of $1.2 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In March 2023, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/binance-announces-delisting-of-wabi-as-token-plunges-53\">delisted<\/a> the native token of the wireless network \u2014 HNT.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Helium wireless network has completed its transition to the Solana blockchain, as part of which it will create nearly 1 million non-fungible tokens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1680,1159,1134],"class_list":["post-77555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-helium-hnt","tag-solana-sol","tag-technical-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"17","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77557,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77555\/revisions\/77557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}