# The LIBRARY basement part 12

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**Created:** [November 13, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/the-library-basement-part-12/31682 "2019-11-13T13:19:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/the-library-basement-part-12/31682/77 "2020-03-05T20:39:06Z")

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Latest US network announcement… with added crypto mining on the gateway?! WTF!!!

> **[Semtech and Helium Announce New Nationwide LoRaWAN Network](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200305005178/en/)**
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> Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, is collabor

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With Helium’s own open-sourced blockchain technology, **individuals are incentivized to deploy Helium Hotspots, which simultaneously mine cryptocurrency** and provide LoRaWAN network coverage for hundreds of square miles

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