DataHighway ($DHX) is an IoT parachain based on Polkadot. Users can participate in the network by staking, governing, mining, and using the DHX token and its associated Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) and Inter-Chain Data Market.

• Token Mining

Token mining is a way to add value to the blockchain ecosystem. By locking DataHighway authorized IoT tokens or other value-added tokens, participants can mine tokens. Token miners receive mining speed boosts, allowing them to earn higher DHX token rewards when staking as a validator or nominator on the DataHighway. The entitlements are initially based on pre-set criteria defined in the genesis configuration, but will later be determined by the DAO, considering factors such as the locking period, locked token amount, level of participation, and promotions.

• Roaming

DataHighway's IoT parachain aims to provide a decentralized LPWAN roaming hub, including decentralized DNS for LoRaWAN roaming. This allows LoRaWAN network operators to store and retrieve roaming agreements on the DataHighway blockchain's secure distributed database. It also includes policies for billing, charging, dispute resolution, adjustments, and associated logs.

With relevant roaming agreements and policies on the DataHighway, LoRaWAN IoT devices belonging to a data provider and activated with a network operator can roam while maintaining continuity of their uplink data to the data buyers. These data buyers have purchased subscriptions to the data from the DataHighway's Inter-Chain Data Market to power Decentralized Applications (DApps) built on different blockchains.