{"id":17614,"date":"2025-12-10T03:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T03:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hederav2stg.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=17614"},"modified":"2025-12-18T21:43:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T02:43:57","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hedera.com\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17614\" class=\"elementor elementor-17614\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e7a1751 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-2e7a1751-eea741b gradient-full-page\" data-id=\"2e7a1751\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<img class=\"e-image-base e-7d4ea7dc-8731871\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"7d4ea7dc\" \n\t\t\tdata-interactions=\"&#x5B;&#x5D;\"\n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"18488\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/hedera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hedera-faq-hero-banner-v2.png\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"1000\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\theight=\"425\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/hedera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hedera-faq-hero-banner-v2.png 1000w, https:\/\/hedera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hedera-faq-hero-banner-v2-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/hedera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hedera-faq-hero-banner-v2-768x326.png 768w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Hedera FAQ\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aabb92e e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-7aabb92e-259ab30\" data-id=\"7aabb92e\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a440d93 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-4a440d93-0e48151\" data-id=\"4a440d93\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"small-caps e-dec9cd3-af122e1 e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"dec9cd3\" data-interactions=\"&#x5B;&#x5D;\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfaqs\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 \n\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"48d5b58b\" \n\t\tclass=\"e-48d5b58b-b15b26a h1 e-heading-base\" \n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\tFrequently Asked Questions\n\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd32e1b h4 color-pure-white mb-0-last-child elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd32e1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Answers to the most frequently asked questions about the Hedera technology, network governance, native currency, and more. For more technical or in-depth governance-related questions, visit the Hedera Docs or the Hedera Council website.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0c79ad e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base btn-container\" data-id=\"e0c79ad\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    \t            <a\n            href=\"https:\/\/docs.hedera.com\/hedera\/faqs\/getting-started\"\n            target=\"_blank\"\n            class=\"btn btn-white e-button-base\"\n            data-interaction-id=\"255528f\"\n            data-interactions=\"&#x5B;&#x5D;\"\n             \n        >\n            Visit Docs\n        <\/a>\n    \t\t\t\t\t    \t            <a\n            href=\"https:\/\/hederacouncil.org\/faq\"\n            target=\"_blank\"\n            class=\"btn btn-white-outline e-button-base\"\n            data-interaction-id=\"0d227b9\"\n            data-interactions=\"&#x5B;&#x5D;\"\n             \n        >\n            Visit Hedera Council\n        <\/a>\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58563662 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-58563662-e032637 body\" data-id=\"58563662\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d1ed335 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base section e-1d1ed335-dd2d0b2\" data-id=\"1d1ed335\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" id=\"faqs\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-394a2ce8 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base row e-394a2ce8-904ef02\" data-id=\"394a2ce8\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-513e0508 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-513e0508-dbc7ddb\" data-id=\"513e0508\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ec13cb e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-7ec13cb-8eddae8\" data-id=\"7ec13cb\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 \n\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"71b7758e\" \n\t\tclass=\"e-71b7758e-63e7a2c h2 e-heading-base\" \n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\tHBAR\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45f9549e elementor-widget__width-inherit max-width-lg elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"45f9549e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;multiple&quot;,&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1170\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1170\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What role does HBAR play in Hedera\u2019s \u201cproof-of-stake\u201d model? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1170\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e021 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"95e021\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eee11d color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4 sm-body list-flush list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9eee11d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Hedera\u2019s native cryptocurrency &#8220;HBAR&#8221; serves two vital purposes:<\/strong><\/p><ol><li>To secure the network against cyberattacks though Hedera\u2019s coin-weighted, proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.<\/li><li>To be the \u201cfuel\u201d that incentivizes and pays for the computing resources necessary to make it all work.<\/li><\/ol><p>HBAR is used to pay transaction fees for all network services, including transferring tokens, executing smart contracts, and storing data.<\/p><p>Hedera\u2019s coin release schedule was designed to maintain the security of the network and correlate with expected activity on the network. With a mission of being a 100-year company, Hedera is focused on the long-term well-being and growth of the network.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1171\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1171\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Why would I want to stake my HBAR to a node? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1171\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71e41d38 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71e41d38\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50ccbd3 color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4 sm-body list-flush list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50ccbd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal \">Staking HBAR helps secure and decentralize the Hedera network while earning rewards.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal \">As a proof-of-stake network, Hedera uses staked HBAR to determine each node&#8217;s influence on consensus\u2014the more HBAR staked to a node, the greater its voting weight. By staking, you&#8217;re actively contributing to the network&#8217;s security and decentralization, making it more resistant to attacks. In return for this contribution, you can earn staking rewards on your holdings.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal \">One of the key advantages of Hedera&#8217;s staking model is its flexibility.<\/p><ul><li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal \">Your staked HBAR remains completely liquid with no lock-up periods, meaning you can spend or transfer your tokens at any time without penalties.<\/li><li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal \">No &#8220;slashing&#8221; risk\u2014your tokens can never be taken as punishment for node misbehavior, which is a concern on some other proof-of-stake networks.<\/li><li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal \">You can change which node you&#8217;re staked to whenever you like.<\/li><li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal \">Your entire account balance is automatically staked to your chosen node, so there&#8217;s no need to specify an amount.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1172\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1172\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How is Hedera's native staking different from DPoS? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1172\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6912eb9a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6912eb9a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cc225ad color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4 sm-body list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cc225ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Both delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS) and Hedera&#8217;s native staking model are motivated by the desire to allow those network participants not running node software to nevertheless use the coins they have to influence consensus.<\/p><p>In DPoS, such stakeholders are able to elect witnesses or delegates from a pool of candidates &#8211; only the successful candidates in this election are entrusted with acting as a consensus node. Stakeholders thus influence consensus indirectly in DPoS through their stake-weighted votes towards the election of the actual consensus nodes. As DPoS relies on human actors electing businesses into a privileged role, it has been suggested that it may be vulnerable to the standard issues of political elections &#8211; including bribery, cartel formation and poor voter participation.<\/p><p>In Hedera&#8217;s native weighting model, stakeholders can directly influence consensus by proxying their stake to a node. The relative weight of that node in the virtual voting algorithm will reflect the sum of the stake the node controls and that proxied to it by various hbar holders, up to a maximum cap. Stakers are incentivized to proxy to reliable nodes that will consistently earn them rewards, and the maximum cap will protect against too many people proxying to the same node.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d21f44a e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base section e-2d21f44a-9f17ede\" data-id=\"2d21f44a\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-483314d5 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base row e-483314d5-2119ebb\" data-id=\"483314d5\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-273b503d e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-273b503d-757215e\" data-id=\"273b503d\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c6e7e92 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-7c6e7e92-427eec2\" data-id=\"7c6e7e92\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 \n\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"27c71e88\" \n\t\tclass=\"e-27c71e88-bf6b3e1 h2 e-heading-base\" \n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\tNetwork governance\n\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b881bc elementor-widget__width-inherit max-width-lg elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"38b881bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;multiple&quot;,&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9510\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9510\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What is the Hedera network? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9510\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3268aa85 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3268aa85\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2956ffa5 color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4  sm-body list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2956ffa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hedera is a public, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">open source <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distributed ledger that can support <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">applications in highly-regulated enterprises, DeFi and the public sector.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is differentiated from other DLT platforms<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in its <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scalability, security, and stability. It provides a core set of services<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including Consensus Service, Smart Contract Service, Token Service as well as a suite of application accelerators.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> HBAR is the protocol coin used to transfer value and consume services on the Hedera network.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, see the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/hedera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hh_whitepaper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original Hedera whitepaper<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9511\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9511\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Is the Hedera source code open source? Has the Hedera source code been audited? If so, is the audit publicly available? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9511\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b0d9efd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6b0d9efd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76504de6 color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4 sm-body list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76504de6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Yes, the Hedera source code is open source.<\/strong> You can find it in the official GitHub repository: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/hiero-ledger\/hiero-consensus-node\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/github.com\/hiero-ledger\/hiero-consensus-node<\/a>.<\/p><p>Hedera is committed to transparency and open source as core principles. For this reason, the entirety of its source code\u2014encompassing the hashgraph consensus algorithm, core services, and essential tools\u2013 has been contributed to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lfdecentralizedtrust.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LF Decentralized Trust<\/a>, where it lives as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hiero.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Hiero&#8221; project<\/a>. For more details about the approach to open source, please refer to:<\/p><p><strong>Introducing Hiero:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hedera.com\/blog\/introducing-hiero-the-foundation-of-the-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0https:\/\/hedera.com\/blog\/introducing-hiero-the-foundation-of-the-future<\/a><\/p><p>Hedera is continually expanding the scope of its security audits to ensure that all critical components of the Hedera network are thoroughly evaluated. The hashgraph consensus algorithm has been audited by multiple independent firms. You can find the audit report from FP Complete, along with the formal verification (COQ proof) from Carnegie Mellon University, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/hedera.com\/knowledge-center\/\">Knowledge Center<\/a>. In addition to the hashgraph consensus algorithm, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">there have been <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extensive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">audits of the Hedera services codebase. <\/span> These audits cover a wide range of components, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/hedera.com\/blog\/the-evolution-of-hedera-services-modularization-in-v0-49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">modularization of the Java-based code<\/a>, which focused on the restructuring of the codebase to improve modularity and maintainability.<\/p><p>The Hedera network to date does not have any system or precompile smart contract bytecode maintained by the network. All smart contracts are deployed by users who will employ their own auditing and transparency processes. The Hedera network does offer System contracts, which are address interfaces that support the execution of HAPI code as if they were deployed smart contract functions. Hedera makes reference example Solidity contracts available to enable developers to get started developing at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/hashgraph\/hedera-smart-contracts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/github.com\/hashgraph\/hedera-smart-contracts<\/a>. However, these contracts are not audited and serve as examples only. While previous audits did not include an assessment of these Solidity smart contract examples, this is planned for future audits.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9512\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9512\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Is the Hedera network decentralized? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9512\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-243eeaac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"243eeaac\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b5496b6 color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4 sm-body list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b5496b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is important to distinguish between centralization of the consensus algorithm and governance.<\/p><p>The hashgraph algorithm is highly decentralized \u2013 there are no leaders, miners, coordinators or block producers with special influence towards consensus. Hedera is currently operated by a group of KYC\u2019d nodes from diverse industries, geographies, and operational environments.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hedera governance model is also decentralized. All members of the Hedera Council will have equal voting rights and Council members (except Swirlds, Inc.) will be limited to a three-year term with a limit of two consecutive terms. Swirlds, Inc., the owner, and licensor of the hashgraph technology will retain a permanent seat on the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Council. Council membership will be decentralized across sectors and regions, with no one industry or country having undue representation.<\/span><\/p><p>Hedera believes that the design of the Council, composed of multi-billion dollar companies from different sectors and regions, will deliver a governance model that will be resistant to collusion and coercion \u2013 the ultimate measures of decentralization.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9513\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9513\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Is the Hedera public network permissioned or permissionless? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9513\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66755a11 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66755a11\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f7e95b0 color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4  sm-body list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f7e95b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Currently, Hedera is a public network with permissioned nodes run by the Hedera Council.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9514\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"5\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9514\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What's the official Hedera network coin? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9514\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e9d09a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e9d09a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6267e5aa color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4 sm-body list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6267e5aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The coin native to the Hedera network is called HBAR. You can find more information about HBAR in the HBAR section above.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9515\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"6\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9515\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What is 'gossip about gossip and 'virtual voting'? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9515\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-241618eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"241618eb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16f74339 color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4  sm-body list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16f74339\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Hedera network, at its foundation, is built on the hashgraph consensus algorithm. Hashgraph is based on a gossip protocol, in which the participants don\u2019t just gossip about transactions &#8211; they also gossip about gossip. By adding information about their previous gossip to every current gossip message, participants are able to jointly build a hashgraph reflecting the history of all of the gossip events. Participants then analyze that shared history in order to determine a consensus timestamp for all transactions. The Byzantine agreement mechanism participants use is called virtual voting. Alice&#8217;s computer does not send Bob&#8217;s computer a vote over the internet about what order the transactions were received. Instead, Bob calculates what vote Alice would have sent, based on his knowledge of what Alice knows, and when she learned it, according to the history in the hashgraph. This yields fair Byzantine agreement on a total order for all transactions, with very little communication overhead beyond the transactions themselves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9516\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"7\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9516\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Why was hashgraph invented? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9516\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b3c6301 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7b3c6301\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b875527 color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4  sm-body list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b875527\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Leemon Baird is the inventor of the hashgraph distributed consensus algorithm. He had been thinking about the problem of distributed consensus for many years. This was driven from a desire to be able to carve out your own piece of cyberspace, to share with those who you want to share with, and not have to be dependent on the whims of a big technology company to host your data or collaborations. As a mathematician and computer science PhD, Leemon looked at the problem and thought it was unsolvable for a long time, but kept coming back to it until he found the answer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9517\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"8\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9517\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How can hashgraph deliver consensus without proof-of-work? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9517\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18b74b0a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"18b74b0a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5063a697 color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4 sm-body list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5063a697\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hashgraph is a new kind of consensus mechanism, based on gossip about gossip and virtual voting. Previous generations of voting systems go back decades and achieve definitive consensus, but are very slow. Hashgraph\u2019s innovation is in virtual voting, which provides all the guarantees associated with voting (which proof-of-work doesn&#8217;t provide), but is incredibly efficient because the network doesn\u2019t actually send any votes over the internet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9518\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"9\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9518\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How efficient is the hashgraph consensus algorithm? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9518\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21883443 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21883443\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28ccc1a7 color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4 sm-body list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28ccc1a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are multiple aspects to the question of hashgraph&#8217;s efficiency.<\/p><p>In proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain, some blocks are mined and are later discarded.<\/p><p>In hashgraph, every event that is gossiped to the network of nodes is kept so the efficiency is 100%. No resources are ever wasted on discarded blocks because no blocks are ever discarded. We can also consider hashgraph&#8217;s efficiency in terms of bandwidth, storage, and CPU.<\/p><p>Hashgraph adds only minimal overhead in bandwidth &#8211; it sends the minimum amount of data to represent an event (transaction payload + timestamp + signature), then adds a tiny overhead of two hashes (node&#8217;s hash and parent event&#8217;s hash).<\/p><p>With respect to storage burden, hashgraph allows nodes to collectively establish a signed state and discard earlier portions of the hashgraph used to establish that state &#8211; with no need to maintain it since inception. For example, if Bitcoin were to be implemented on a hashgraph (as opposed to PoW blockchain), then signed states would reduce the storage to less than 1GB (compared to the current 170GB).<\/p><p>In relation to CPU (or GPU) cycles, PoW is extremely intensive on memory for the purpose of calculating the hash puzzle. Conversely, hashgraph doesn&#8217;t require PoW and only uses the necessary CPU and memory to update the state.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9519\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"10\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9519\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What is aBFT? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9519\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-419625ab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"419625ab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78ef25c5 color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4 sm-body list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78ef25c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hashgraph is asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerance (aBFT) &#8211; the highest degree of security a consensus algorithm can provide. ABFT means that finality of consensus will be reached with 100% probability if a) attackers control less than 1\/3 of the voting power over consensus and b) we assume only that messages from an honest node will eventually get through, but make no assumptions about how long it will take to do so. Specifically, the attacker must control less than 1\/3 of the stake in a proof-of-stake system, or less than 1\/3 of the nodes in a system without proof-of-stake. The attacker can control the entire communication network in the sense that the attacker can delete messages, or delay messages for arbitrary amounts of time, with the only limitation being that if honest node Alice repeatedly tries to send messages to honest node Bob, eventually one will get through. The system is resilient to attacks on both network nodes and the communication network itself, as long as both types of attacks are within the limits above. Finality of consensus can be contrasted with the probabilistic confidence of proof-of-work systems, where there is always a chance (even if small) of a transaction being retroactively rolled back.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-95110\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"11\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-95110\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What is virtual voting? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-95110\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b383291 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b383291\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14eabf3d color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4 sm-body list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14eabf3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hedera uses a gossip protocol, in which the participants don\u2019t just gossip about transactions &#8211; they also gossip about gossip. By adding information about their previous gossip to every current gossip message, participants are able to jointly build a hashgraph reflecting the history of all of the gossip events. Participants then analyze that shared history in order to determine a consensus timestamp for all transactions. The Byzantine agreement mechanism participants use is called virtual voting. Alice&#8217;s computer does not send Bob&#8217;s computer a vote over the internet about what order the transactions were received. Instead, Bob calculates what vote Alice would have sent, based on his knowledge of what Alice knows, and when she learned it, according to the history in the hashgraph. This yields fair Byzantine agreement on a total order for all transactions, with very little communication overhead beyond the transactions themselves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-95111\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"12\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-95111\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What is the history of Hedera? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M32.707 17.4143L16.707 1.41431L0.707031 17.4143\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"34\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 34 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M0.707031 0.707031L16.707 16.707L32.707 0.707031\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-95111\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-285d182 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"285d182\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30f8795 color-pure-black mb-0-last-child h4 sm-body list-vertical-spacing-md elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30f8795\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015, Dr. Leemon Baird develops the breakthrough innovation now called hashgraph. A few months later, Leemon and his longtime friend and business partner, Mance Harmon, form Swirlds, Inc. to develop proofs of concept and battle-test it in permissioned environments.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/hedera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hh_whitepaper.pdf\">original whitepaper<\/a> is published on May 31, 2016, and hashgraph is selected over more established solutions for use in private network pilots.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2017, Leemon and Mance begin to grow the project. They meet Andrew Masanto, founding CMO, who helps bootstrap the company by providing key early contributions and introducing both Leemon and Mance to a number of Hedera\u2019s initial team members. The founding team is brought onboard, including executives Jordan Fried (former SVP, Business Development) who joins in August 2017 to lead Hedera\u2019s global business development and Council recruitment and Natalie Grunfeld Furman (General Counsel), who joins in September 2017 to develop Hedera\u2019s legal and regulatory strategy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hashgraph Consortium, LLC is created as a Delaware limited liability company. Hashgraph technology is displayed publicly to the world for the first time at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, CA. First Letters of Intent are signed by potential Council members.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See how the rest of the story unfolds at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/hedera.com\/journey\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hedera.com\/journey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35b4589 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base section e-35b4589-72f3fa8 gradient-above-footer\" data-id=\"35b4589\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cf2a50f e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-7cf2a50f-7005054\" data-id=\"7cf2a50f\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 \n\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"38490822\" \n\t\tclass=\"h1 e-38490822-b061685 e-heading-base\" \n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\tInterested in more FAQs?\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d258bb h3 color-pure-white mb-0-last-child elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d258bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Visit the Hedera Docs for more technical questions or the Hedera Council website for more in-depth governance-related questions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a704d24 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-a704d24-ce033a6\" data-id=\"a704d24\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    \t            <a\n            href=\"https:\/\/docs.hedera.com\/hedera\/faqs\/getting-started\"\n            target=\"_blank\"\n            class=\"btn btn-white e-83a35d1-53d2aef e-button-base\"\n            data-interaction-id=\"83a35d1\"\n            data-interactions=\"&#x5B;&#x5D;\"\n             \n        >\n            Visit Docs\n        <\/a>\n    \t\t\t\t\t    \t            <a\n            href=\"https:\/\/hederacouncil.org\/faq\"\n            target=\"_blank\"\n            class=\"btn btn-white-outline e-button-base\"\n            data-interaction-id=\"af1ce11\"\n            data-interactions=\"&#x5B;&#x5D;\"\n             \n        >\n            Visit Hedera Council\n        <\/a>\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>faqs Frequently Asked Questions Answers to the most frequently asked questions about the Hedera technology, network governance, native currency, and more. 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