Following the community-driven proposal,HIP70 - Scaling the Helium Network,the Helium Network was successfully migrated to the Solana blockchain on April 18, 2023, 9am PST(16:00 UTC). This strategic move, voted in by the community, let the Helium Network capitalize onSolana's scalability, low transaction costs, and high-performance capabilities, including fasttransaction throughput and energy-efficient consensus mechanism.
The migration to Solana brought many benefits for the Helium Network: it enabled the IoT and Mobilenetworks to support even greater scale, support more sophisticated Proof-of-Coverage algorithms, andenhanced the network's robustness, making it an even more attractive solution for high-demandapplications.