<story><title>Why are antennas popping up over the Salt Lake City foothills?</title><url>https://ksltv.com/516749/why-are-antennas-popping-up-all-over-the-foothills-salt-lake-city-seeks-to-solve-mystery/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>RF_Enthusiast</author><text>SLC&amp;#x27;s recreational trails manager says it might be related to cryptocurrency. This sounds like the Helium crypto network, which is an IoT network offering node owners payment in cryptocurrency, which has plummeted in value ($55.22 in Nov 2021, $1.73 today).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>downrightmike</author><text>I disagree, this sounds _exactly_ like what the drug cartels have been doing in Mexico for years. They build their own network so they can bypass the government. It makes more sense that they are connecting their operations further up north given the amount of security upgrades that the USA has been doing recently. 
One Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reuters.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;us-mexico-telecoms-cartels-specialreport&amp;#x2F;special-report-drug-cartel-narco-antennas-make-life-dangerous-for-mexicos-cell-tower-repairmen-idUSKCN24G1DN&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reuters.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;us-mexico-telecoms-cartels-s...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Crypto&amp;quot; is just a buzzword that people who don&amp;#x27;t understand tech jump to as a kneejerk reaction.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why are antennas popping up over the Salt Lake City foothills?</title><url>https://ksltv.com/516749/why-are-antennas-popping-up-all-over-the-foothills-salt-lake-city-seeks-to-solve-mystery/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>RF_Enthusiast</author><text>SLC&amp;#x27;s recreational trails manager says it might be related to cryptocurrency. This sounds like the Helium crypto network, which is an IoT network offering node owners payment in cryptocurrency, which has plummeted in value ($55.22 in Nov 2021, $1.73 today).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>FL410</author><text>It is almost definitely this. Plenty of discussion about exactly this thing if you look into the Helium subreddits&amp;#x2F;discord etc.</text></comment>