The Economics of Helium With the upcoming MOBILE network integration, the Helium community has an important vote to determine how to distribute HNT rewards between the networks. This article discusses Helium’s upcoming economics structure and compares the two proposals, HIP-80 and HIP-81, to help the average user understand their differences. How Helium Distributes HNT Now Currently, the Helium Network mints 82 thousand HNT tokens daily. Of that, roughly 50,000 HNT is distributed to hotspot owners for their participation in Proof of Coverage on the IOT network. But changes are on the horizon. Helium’s long-term vision is to become a “Network of Networks,” which requires establishing a fair way to allocate HNT rewards among the subDAOs (IoT or MOBILE currently). HIP-80 and HIP-81 are two competing HIPs that address this issue. Both proposals aim to determine how the HNT rewards will be split between the original IOT subDAO and future ones…