Author: @anthonyra
Initial PR: #47
Category: Technical

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https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/master/0014-poc-ripple-method.md

Summary:
The current Proof-of-Coverage allows for Virtual Machine (VM) farms or hotspot farms that have been engineered to maximize return of rewards without providing benefit to the network. This HIP proposes a different method to to determine Proof-of-Coverage, by seperating the network into islands that are based on the geolocation of hotspots and their associated witness lists.