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PlanetWatch FAQs

FAQ What sensors exist? There are 4 types and 5 devices currently: Type 1: Arquino This is priced at around €1600 + license cost (1 year @ €250, 2 years @ €375, 3 years @  €500). It's an outdoor, standalone unit that connects via an in-built SIM card (no wifi/ethernet). Rewards: max 133, but is reduced if you do not live in a Tier 1 area. You cannot purchase it directly for now, instead purchase a license from PlanetWatch to book your reservation (first come first served). You will then be contacted when it's your turn, giving you 5 days to purchase the hardware.  Type 2: Arianna There are no devices of Type 2 currently for sale, PlanetWatch is seeking out a suitable device to onboard.  Type 3: Kaiterra Senseedge mini Indoor unit, connecting via wireless/ethernet. Costs you around €600 (price not fully determined yet) + license cost. 46 planets awarded every day (guaranteed till end of December). Then it will either revert back to 30, or kept at 46 following a vote.  AMA explan
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 Helpful Helium links Here are some utilities and sites that I found useful: Hotsbot  is a telegram bot that pushes activity updates over to your telegram app. No more hitting refresh on the app! At time of writing, it's in maintenance mode.  Helisum  link throws up a warning in chrome because it thinks you want to reach Helium.com but it's a perfectly fine stats site. Helium Hiker  is a discord bot that I use to ping any hotspot and ensure it is working properly. What other sites do you find useful? Post them in your comments below.
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Helium: Setting up, troubleshooting relayed hotspots, maximizing rewards, antenna kits, etc

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Properly setting up your helium hotspot to maximise earnings Getting relayed or disappointed with the low rewards you're getting with your helium hotspot? Let's investigate what might be wrong. We start of with a picture of what we want to achieve: 1. You forgot to call your ISP to give you a public static IP address. This first item is not related to relaying, but will affect your rewards greatly anyway so let's dig in. What's going on Let's give a little background. Your miner periodically broadcasts your public IP address to everyone else. This is the one you get if you type:  "what's my IP" in google ( Example ) Now the problem is that this broadcast of your public IP address takes up to 24 hours for it to be passed around all the miners. Many ISPs out there will give you a non-static public IP, meaning that once every few hours, this IP will change. So this implies that for a few hours every day, existing miners will try to contact you on an old I
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