What is Hedera?
Hedera is a scalable, carbon-negative public ledger founded by the creators of the hashgraph consensus algorithm. Using the blockchain alternative hashgraph, Hedera is deisgned so that transactions achieve high throughput, with finality in seconds, fair ordering, and the highest grade of security, asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerance (ABFT).
The decentralized network is governed by a council of over 20 worldwide enterprises, academic institutions, and organizations and processes over 4 million transactions per day, the most of any layer 1 network.
Hedera network services
Hedera offers a set of APIs for developers to build decentralized applications using:
The decentralized network is governed by a council of over 20 worldwide enterprises, academic institutions, and organizations and processes over 4 million transactions per day, the most of any layer 1 network.
Hedera network services
Hedera offers a set of APIs for developers to build decentralized applications using:
- Hedera Smart Contract Service. Run Solidity smart contracts
- Hedera Token Service. Create fungible and non-fungible tokens (NFTs)
- Hedera Consensus Service. Record immutable and verifiable data
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FAQs
What are Hedera's top competitors?
Algorand, Ethereum, and Solana are common alternatives for Hedera.
Who uses Hedera?
The most common users of Hedera are from B2C.




