Hedera ($HBAR ) is an open-source, public-permissioned Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain network. It is governed by 30 global organizations, known as the Hedera Council, with input on the network’s features and ecosystem standards from the community via Hedera Improvement Proposals (HIPs). Members of the Council operate Hedera’s validator nodes while the network transitions to fully permissionless node operation. Although Hedera's Network operation is currently permissioned in nature, the division of responsibility across each of the 30 geographically and industry diversified (collusion-proof) council members is unique among public DLTs.

The Hedera Network offers an optimized version of the Besu EVM for smart contracts (Hedera Smart Contract Service), alongside a native tokenization service (Hedera Token Service) and high-throughput data writing and verification service (Hedera Consensus Service). These services are known as the Hedera Network Services, which developers can use to build decentralized applications. The network is powered by the Hashgraph Consensus Algorithm, which delivers high throughput, fair ordering, and low-latency consensus for all transactions.

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