Helium Foundation is a Delaware not-for-profit corporation that serves as the governance and ecosystem steward of the Helium Network. Helium Foundation's Twitter Score is 43 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #21,617 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Helium Foundation operates under the legal name Decentralized Wireless Foundation, Inc. and holds 501(c)(6) status, formally launching its membership program in March 2024. The Foundation administers community governance for the Helium Network, oversees contributions to the open-source protocol, and runs public education initiatives around decentralized wireless infrastructure. Governance is conducted through HeliumVote, with the network transitioning to modular governance in February 2024.
Helium Foundation manages grant and capital programs covering Helium-native applications, strategic network coverage, network-enablement tooling, and educational content. Venture partners in its capital program include Baukunst, Borderless Capital, Escape Velocity, Hivemind, Lattice, and Samsung NEXT. Helium Foundation is also a steering member of Nova Labs.
Helium Foundation's network runs on HNT, the native protocol token first emitted on July 29, 2019 with no pre-mine before launch. The broader token ecosystem includes the IOT and MOBILE subnetwork tokens alongside USD-pegged Data Credits generated by burning HNT. The Helium Network completed its migration from a purpose-built blockchain to Solana on April 18, 2023. Helium Foundation has published 1,941 posts and has been mentioned by 63 accounts a total of 178 times.
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The accounts that follow Helium Foundation include 152 founders, 37 angel investors, 64 influencers and 10 VCs, among them Solana, Toly, Laura Shin, Kyle Samani, Alexis Ohanian and John Wang.