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Hub for Helium hotspot manufacturer applications and the Manufacturer Oversight Committee (MOC).
For details on the manufacturer approval process, please see HIP19: Approval Process For Third-Party Manufacturers.
For a detailed walkthrough of how to submit your own application, please see How to submit a Helium hotspot manufacturer application.
Please use this template to make your proposal. Fork the template and edit it, please do not edit the template directly.
The status of manufacturers in progress can be viewed here.
Also available at this link.
We recommend getting into the Helium community discord as soon as possible and joining the conversations. Establishing a trusted reputation among the community is critical to your success. Manufacturers are encouraged to provide an introduction and direct interested parties to your own communication channels (e.g. company email or support). It is of the utmost importance to appropriately manage expectations on your product, the cost, and production timelines. This information should be included in your application.
Manufacturers who wish to participate in the Helium Network should complete the below steps (2-4 can be completed in parallel).
Overview of HIP19 (Manufacturer Approvals) Reach out to christina@dewi.org for KYC requirements
- HIP19 proposal (administrative costs for each application review): $500
- DeWi KYC: $1500
- Hardware Audit: if using ECC608 for security: $3000
- Hardware Audit: other security implementations: $4000
- Hardware Audit: additional fee for indoor and outdoor arriving at the same time with identical hardware layout: $500
- Hardware Audit: additional fee for indoor and outdoor arriving at the same time with different hardware layout will require a separate hardware audit: $3000
- Radio Certifications: additional radio certificates submitted after the initial MOC vote: $2000
Invoices will be emailed after you submit a HIP19 proposal and KYC documents, before the hardware audit. Email christina@dewi.org if you have additional questions.
Make a copy of the TEMPLATE.md file in this repository and put it in the same directory, i.e. 0019-third-party-manufacturers/name-of-your-company.md Fill it out; if you have questions or concerns about a particular question, ask on GitHub or on Discord. Many questions are required, and leaving blank will delay your application. Submit a pull request. Discussion and approval would follow the same "rough consensus” process used by HIPs generally, as outlined in HIP7.
- Until further notice Helium Inc is continuing to perform the audit on behalf of the DeWi Alliance.
- The fee for hardware audits is between $3000 and $4000 USD depending on the security implementation.
- At a high level, the hardware audit includes the verification of: security methods, radio configurations, and the integration of Helium software, such as the Miner or the Light Gateway application.
- The publicly available hardware audit procedure is available at this link. Please be sure to review this link as it tends to answer many of the auditing questions that we receive.
The onboarding integration ensures your hotspot will be recognized by the blockchain and Hotspot owners are able to appropriately provide proof of coverage and mine HNT. Instructions to add your hotspot to the Helium app and integrate with the onboarding server. Please reach out to coco@helium.com to add a test hotspot to the onboarding server. Once you’ve successfully hit the API endpoint, you’ve completed this task.
FCC/CE/WPC or other applicable radio certification. Provide certification for the geography where you plan to take orders.
This is the final step before DeWi provides its ‘stamp of approval’ ahead of a manufacturer taking pre-orders. We complete this step for full transparency. If you’ve completed all the above steps and been available in the community discord chat to answer questions, you should have no concerns about receiving MOC approval.
At this point, after MOC approval, you are in the best position to take pre-orders as you see fit. A wait-list is permitted if you are not collecting payments.