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<span data-metadata=""><span data-buffer="">What is Capital Yield?

Capital Yield is a revolutionizing company that focuses on integrating blockchain solutions to real world applications in the field of internet of things and network connectivity.

<span data-buffer="">What does Capital Yield offer?<span data-metadata="">

Capital Yield offers both services and products to allow any individual to partake in the growing world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. By offering a mining marketplace and services for beginner or advanced miners, Capital Yield aims to empower users with the knowledge and equipment to support the Helium network and learn about cryptocurrency and blockchain.

<span data-buffer="">What is blockchain?<span data-metadata="">

Blockchain is a digital, decentralized, public ledger. It is created out of digital blocks containing information, or blocks, stored across a group of computers creating a database. When transactions that need to be verified take place, the information is stored in the blocks and added to the chain of information.

Helium blockchain is host to Helium Network, which supports the decentralized network known as The People’s Network. The People’s Network allows anyone to connect to the network using physical Helium Hotspot devices. The cost of connectivity with The People’s Network is a fraction of alternative costs with cellular devices. Moreover, businesses using Helium Network need only pay for their actual data usage. Costs can be transparently calculated with the number of devices on the network and the number of data transfer transactions.

<span data-buffer="">What is cryptocurrency?<span data-metadata="">

Cryptocurrency operates within the blockchain as well. It is a decentralized digital system for a created currency. Defined as digital or virtual currencies, crypto is not owned by any particular authority and is secured through cryptography.

<span data-buffer="">What is Helium?<span data-metadata="">

Helium is a global, distributed network of Hotspots that creates public, long-range wireless coverage for IoT and 5G devices. Hotspots produce and are paid in HNT, the native cryptocurrency of the Helium blockchain.

The Helium Blockchain is a new, open-source, public blockchain created entirely to motivate the creation of physical, decentralized wireless networks. The Helium blockchain, and its hundreds of thousands of Hotspots, provide access to the largest long-range wide area network in the world.

<span data-buffer="">What is Helium token?<span data-metadata="">

The native HNT token functions as a multi-utility token instilling economic incentives for the network, increasing its security. Through a network components success, miner or validator, they are paid out in HNT, which can then be withdrawn to one’s currency of choice. Although it serves a function with a use, supporters alike purchase HNT tokens through exchanges as well to involve themselves within the ecosystem

What is mining?

One of the greatest incentives of the Helium ecosystem is earning a passive income with Helium token (HNT)mining,powering The People’s Network. Helium presents an entirely new mining model, achievable for everyone. Therefore, mining HNT simply requires installing a hardware device on your window and downloading the Helium app on your smartphone. This is because Helium uses novel radio frequency (RF) technology to mine HNT. Installing the Helium Hotspot device automatically provides “miles of wireless network coverage for millions of devices”.

What is Validation?

One of the latest additions to the Helium ecosystem is the Helium Network validators. Validators hold greater responsibility than miners and perform consensus work such as validating transactions and appending blocks to the Helium blockchain. In turn, Helium validators contribute to the security and scalability of the network and earn HNT rewards in return. To become a Helium validator, you will need to stake 10,000 HNT tokens. Staking is a non-reversible transaction with tokens being locked for the duration of being a validator. Also, validators will need to have a suitable environment to run. To withdraw from being a Helium validator, users need to unstake their HNT token funds. The validator will enter a 250,000 block cooldown period (approximately five months) before seeing funds reappear in their wallets. Users will not earn any HNT token rewards during the cooldown period.

What is Helium IOT?

The idea of IoT is to have a global network to that you can connect to any device. It can provide a lot of additional features to a surprising amount of devices. This can be a toaster, dog collar, lightbulbs, pretty much anything you can think of. Helium already has partnerships in agriculture, environment, pet care, asset tracking, and more. As this network of partnerships grows, the service will become more powerful and be able to serve many different users.

What is Helium 5G?

Helium 5G will be the second major wireless network that the Helium Network supports. If you have a phone that supports 5G, you will soon be able to connect through Hotspots that are powered by people — you may be getting 5G from your neighbor. The economics and logic of rolling out a dedicated 5G network also don’t often scale, which leads to patchy coverage in underserved areas. Both of these problems can uniquely be solved with consumer-deployed, 5G-compatible Hotspots that are orders of magnitude cheaper than legacy infrastructure.

How do I deposit funds?

Each miner functions differently within its corresponding cryptocurrency. Helium miners, for example, have their own Helium Wallet to which you could deposit Helium tokens (HNT) into from any cryptocurrency exchange. The process from the exchange involves having an account and funds within it. After identifying your miner’s currency, one should convert their currency within the exchange and then sent to the address specified on the miner’s setup instructions.

How can I withdraw funds?

Withdrawing funds functions similarly to depositing funds. However, in this instance, you would be withdrawing from your Helium wallet into your cryptocurrency exchange/wallet address.

Is Helium mining secure and safe?<span data-metadata="" style="background-color: var( --e-global-color-613f990 );">

The most common attack vector to get into a device like the Hotspot is inbound ports. The Helium Hotspot only requires one port open in both directions – TCP Port 44158. All other inbound ports can be secured behind a firewall per your personal security needs. Helium-enabled LoRaWAN devices are hardware-secured to protect the traffic from the utilized spectrum. This means the security is built-in since devices using the network have AES private key encryption at the chip level.

 All approved Helium Hotspots comply with the relevant radio and wireless regulations in the country or region where they are deployed. For example, Hotspots in the US comply with FCC regulations for operating in the unlicensed 902-928MHz spectrum, the CE mark for the European 868MHz spectrum, etc. Expected bandwidth utilized by devices is 1-5kb/s (about the size of a long text message) and devices communicate with the Hotspot over LongFi, not IP (Internet Protocol). While very inexpensive to use, the Helium network is not free. Any transaction requires data credits. This is inherently a deterrent for potential scammers. Helium wallets (included within the Helium App) use asymmetric keys to keep your private key secure.

What are the fees?

The fees associated with owning and operating a miner. are small minor “gas fees” that are taken out when the tokens are withdrawn or sent to and from an exchange. Most exchange fees will exist as a percentage of the amount you are opting to move. Any other fees would depend on your cryptocurrency exchange.

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