kieransimkin / hip

Helium Improvement Proposals

HIP

Helium Improvement Proposals

"How a bill becomes a law"

More details on process and how to participate can be found in HIP7, "A Process For Managing Helium Improvement Proposals".

If you have questions or feedback, please ask in #hip-open-discussion in the community Discord. Each proposal in discussion also has its own dedicated channel.

Looking for HIP19 hotspot manufacturer applications? Those have moved to their own dedicated repository: dewi-alliance/hotspot-manufacturers

Index of proposals

ID	Title	Status
1	Longfi and LoRaWAN	Deployed
2	Sign miner	Deployed
4	Expensing Data Credits for LoRaWAN Traffic	Deployed
5	PoC fairness/epoch challenge limit	Closed
6	Ramp-up period for data transfer rewards	Closed
7	Process for managing Helium Improvement Proposals	Approved
8	XOR filter for LoRaWAN packet routing tables	Draft
9	Ensuring trust for non-Helium hotspots (DIY gateways)	Draft
10	Proportional reward scheme for data transfers	Deployed
11	Amendment to proportional data transfer reward scheme	Closed
12	Remote location assertion	Deployed (audit / txn)
13	Transfer hotspot	Deployed (audit / txn)
14	PoC Ripple Method	In Discussion
15	Beaconing Rewards	Deployed (audit / txn)
16	Remove Score from Consensus Group Elections	Deployed (audit / txn)
17	Hex Density-based Transmit Reward Scaling	Deployed (audit / txn)
18	Remove Oracle Forecast for DC Burn	Approved
19	Approval Process For Third-Party Manufacturers	Approved
20	HNT Max Supply	Deployed (audit)
21	PoC Link Layer Upgrades	Closed
22	DIY Concentrators (f/k/a Golden or Anchor Gateways)	In Discussion
23	Decouple Consensus From Gateways	Closed
24	Transfer Percentage of Hotspot	In Discussion
25	Validators	Deployed (audit)
26	Payment Notes	In Discussion
27	Support CBRS 5G	Approved
28	Consensus Reward Adjustments	Deployed (audit / txn)
29	Multi-signature Keys	Deployed (commit)
30	BLS12-381 for Threshold Cryptography	Deployed (commit)
31	Governance by Token Lock	In Discussion
32	Split DCs Among All Transferers	In Discussion
33	Regional Reward Adjustments	In Discussion
34	Validator Node Security	In Discussion
35	RF Metadata Sidechannel	In Discussion
36	Blockheight Chainvar Activation	In Discussion
37	Omni-Protocol PoC	In Discussion
38	Validator Oracles	In Discussion
39	HNT Redenomination	In Discussion
40	Validator Denylist	In Discussion
41	Governance by Token Lock V2	In Discussion
42	Beacon/Witness Ratio - Witness Reward Limit	In Discussion
43	Software Release Guidelines	In Discussion
44	Witness Reward Decay	In Discussion
45	LoRaWAN Frequency Plan Selection	Approved
46	LoRaWAN NetID Routing	Approved
47	Increase DKG Failure Penalty	Approved
48	IP-over-LoRaWAN	In Discussion
49	LoRaWAN Sub-region Max EIRP Limit	In Discussion
50	Display All Potential Witness Beacons	In Discussion
51	Helium DAO	In Discussion
52	LoRaWAN subDAO	In Discussion
53	5G subDAO	In Discussion
54	H3Dex-based PoC Targeting	Approved
55	Validator Challenges	Approved
56	Improved State Channel Disputes	Approved
57	PoC Rewards Establishment Period	In Discussion
58	PoC Distance Limit	Approved
59	Reduce XOR filter fees	In Discussion
60	Entity-Weighted Vote	In Discussion

Status key

• Draft: HIP is in process of being written; author is not yet soliciting feedback from the community at large
• In Discussion: HIP is under active consideration by the community
• Approved: HIP has been approved by rough consensus, and pending development and testing
• Deployed: Code to implement HIP has been merged and deployed to the network
• Closed: HIP abandoned, rendered obsolete by other changes, or otherwise withdrawn by the author