{"id":388,"date":"2025-10-11T00:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T00:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hederav2stg.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=388"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:20:56","slug":"journey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hedera.com\/journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"388\" class=\"elementor elementor-388\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ec9ad2 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base section e-2ec9ad2-a6c5771\" data-id=\"2ec9ad2\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0c27d7 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-e0c27d7-6785315\" data-id=\"e0c27d7\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3695f25 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-3695f25-2e8fcdc\" data-id=\"3695f25\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"small-caps e-533ee7d-e276f44 e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"533ee7d\" data-interactions=\"&#x5B;&#x5D;\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfounders\u2019 vision\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 \n\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"807338a\" \n\t\tclass=\"e-807338a-e3df989 h1 e-heading-base\" \n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\tA trust layer was needed\n\n\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ee3622 h4 color-pure-white mb-0-last-child elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ee3622\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Leemon Baird and Mance Harmon founded Hedera with the belief that the world would be better if networks were more connected and less centralized. However, these networks or \u2018shared worlds\u2019 needed trusted technology that simply did not exist. Their quest for a trust layer is where the Hedera story began and it has only just begun.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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-ac02a3c e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-ac02a3c-64ba479\" data-id=\"ac02a3c\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<img class=\"e-image-base e-9a4b603-30263e0\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"9a4b603\" \n\t\t\tdata-interactions=\"&#x5B;&#x5D;\"\n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"2670\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/hedera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hashgraph-graphic.png\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"1255\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\theight=\"1080\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/hedera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hashgraph-graphic.png 1255w, https:\/\/hedera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hashgraph-graphic-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/hedera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hashgraph-graphic-1024x881.png 1024w, https:\/\/hedera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hashgraph-graphic-768x661.png 768w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"hashgraph\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abddab9 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base body gradient-full-body\" data-id=\"abddab9\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7ddc73 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base section e-f7ddc73-61a8f45\" data-id=\"f7ddc73\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6445d7 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-f6445d7-647546d\" data-id=\"f6445d7\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6464e2 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-d6464e2-2afd8b4\" data-id=\"d6464e2\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 \n\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"d15e5d8\" \n\t\tclass=\"e-d15e5d8-a98f408 h2 e-heading-base\" \n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\tA passion to make trusted technology that was \u2018built to last\u2019\n\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-056ed82 h4 color-pure-white mb-0-last-child elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"056ed82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As Air Force veterans, Leemon and Mance founded Hedera in the United States with a mission to accelerate American innovation. <br \/><br \/>After Leemon invented the ground-breaking hashgraph technology, Mance introduced a novel governance model for institutional public network management. With a unique combination of powerful technology and governance, Hedera was designed from the start to power enterprise applications that are compliant, performant and built to last.<br \/><br \/>Today, the Hedera network sits at the center of a thriving ecosystem with a robust technology stack, powering hundreds of real-world solutions across both enterprise and DeFi.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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-0ea096e e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-0ea096e-4458a31\" data-id=\"0ea096e\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c361a7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_gallery_carousel_masonry\" data-id=\"c361a7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ucaddon_gallery_carousel_masonry.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- start Gallery Carousel Masonry -->\n\t\t<link 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Hedera began as a foundation, but the journey extends far beyond it. 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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-2160\" 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-2160\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> 2012\u20132015 <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2160\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0e16b8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b0e16b8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8ba194 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-d8ba194-7361437\" data-id=\"d8ba194\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 \n\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"cc8b5b4\" \n\t\tclass=\"e-cc8b5b4-8fe41f4 h3-bold h3 e-heading-base\" \n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\tInvention of hashgraph\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-296f41e e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-296f41e-43a5fdf\" data-id=\"296f41e\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9249609 color-pure-white mb-0-last-child elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9249609\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Leemon develops the breakthrough innovation now called hashgraph, and knows it has the potential to be revolutionary.<\/p><p>A few months later, he and his longtime friend and business partner, Mance Harmon, form Swirlds, Inc. to develop proofs of content and battle test it for enterprise use.<\/p><p>The Hashgraph whitepaper is published on May 31, 2016.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2161\" 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-2161\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> 2017 <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2161\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb6a56a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb6a56a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cddbad0 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-cddbad0-b72a4bf e-cddbad0-b72a4bf\" data-id=\"cddbad0\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 \n\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"8a0a195\" \n\t\tclass=\"h3 e-8a0a195-7d4a011 h3-bold e-heading-base\" \n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\tFormation of Hedera\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dca90c e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-2dca90c-c01c7da\" data-id=\"2dca90c\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7709e43 color-pure-white mb-0-last-child elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7709e43\" 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;\">Swirlds raises its seed investment round. Funds from that financing are used to bootstrap the formation of Hedera.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During this period, Leemon<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Mance <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">develop<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the main governance philosophy, conceptualizing the structure and role of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cou<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ncil and its governing members.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hashgraph technology is displayed publicly to the world for the first time at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, CA. Letters of Intent are signed by potential Council members.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\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\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2162\" 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-2162\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> 2018 <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2162\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fdab23 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fdab23\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2ca35c e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-cddbad0-b72a4bf e-cddbad0-b72a4bf\" data-id=\"b2ca35c\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a83481 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-2dca90c-c01c7da\" data-id=\"3a83481\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de90a8f color-pure-white mb-0-last-child elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de90a8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cHedera\u201d is selected as the brand and company name, and the HBAR logo is designed. Additional Letters of Intent are signed by potential Council members.<\/p><p>Hedera launch event is held on March 13, 2018 in NYC, drawing 1,000 people live and more than 100,000 livestream viewers. The event unveils Leemon and Mance\u2019s vision for a public network \u2013 a network to be built on the patented hashgraph algorithm, governed by a Council of up to 39 global enterprises, and guaranteed not to fork. The Hedera white paper is published.<\/p><p>Hedera mainnet goes live on August 24, 2018. 50 billion HBARs are minted. The first meeting of potential Council members is convened to review the Hedera LLC Agreement and details of Council membership.<\/p><p>Hedera launches mainnet early access and phase one community testing programs commence, giving developers and users the ability to test the network for the first time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2163\" 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-2163\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> 2019 <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2163\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-855a53a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"855a53a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a330aad e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-a330aad-4f31cec e-a330aad-4f31cec\" data-id=\"a330aad\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 \n\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"7a9288b\" \n\t\tclass=\"h3 e-7a9288b-0976037 h3-bold e-heading-base\" \n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\tFormation of Governing Council\n\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fee6a e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-36fee6a-e7e0b72\" data-id=\"36fee6a\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-103c72a color-pure-white mb-0-last-child elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"103c72a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first Council members (Deutsche Telekom, DLA Piper, Magazine Luiza, Nomura Holdings, Inc., and Swisscom Blockchain) are announced, and the inaugural Council meeting happens in Seoul, Korea, alongside the first Hedera Annual Assembly.<\/p><p>Additional Council members sign the LLC Agreement and the second Council meeting happens in New York City. Boeing, FIS (Worldpay), IBM, and Tata Communications are announced as Council members.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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-07a08e1 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-07a08e1-0eece3c e-07a08e1-0eece3c\" data-id=\"07a08e1\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 \n\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"3428ca6\" \n\t\tclass=\"h3 e-3428ca6-c3c0044 h3-bold e-heading-base\" \n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\tTechnology achievements\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93499f4 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-93499f4-2ca6dce\" data-id=\"93499f4\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca4b0ad color-pure-white mb-0-last-child elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca4b0ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hedera\u2019s Mirror Node software enters alpha on August 29, 2019, providing a way to store and cost-effectively query historical data from the public ledger, while minimizing the use of Hedera network resources.<\/p><p>The Hedera mainnet is made openly accessible on September 16, 2019.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2164\" 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-2164\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> 2020 <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2164\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b12dd1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8b12dd1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2e3506 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-a2e3506-38b2f2a e-a2e3506-38b2f2a\" data-id=\"a2e3506\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b5a4e4 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-4b5a4e4-f825652\" data-id=\"4b5a4e4\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3c19fd color-pure-white mb-0-last-child elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3c19fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Google and Wipro are announced as Council members, followed closely by Avery Dennison, University College London (UCL), LG Electronics, Zain Group, and Dentons.<\/p><p>Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) is launched on the mainnet on February 13, 2020.<\/p><p>Hedera surpasses Ethereum in the daily number of transactions processed.<\/p><p>The Hedera network services, including Hedera Consensus Service, enter open source under Apache 2.0 license on August 6, 2020.<\/p><p>Hedera Token Service (HTS) is launched on the testnet and the Tokenization on Hedera whitepaper is published on December 7, 2020.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2165\" 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-2165\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> 2021 <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2165\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b56bc4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b56bc4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8067f07 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-8067f07-b403de5 e-8067f07-b403de5\" data-id=\"8067f07\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7789985 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-7789985-05018c7\" data-id=\"7789985\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc07ddb color-pure-white mb-0-last-child elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc07ddb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During this time period, numerous Council members are announced, including eftpos, Standard Bank Group, and \u00c9lectricit\u00e9 de France (EDF), Shinhan Bank, Chainlink Labs, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), DBS Bank, and ServiceNow.<\/p><p>Hedera Token Service launches on the mainnet on February 9, 2021 with over 60 initial ecosystem partners.<\/p><p>Hedera reaches one billion (1,000,000,000) mainnet transactions in just one year, six months, and 28 days.<\/p><p>Hedera adopts environmental sustainability as a core value and officially commits to a carbon-negative network.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2166\" 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-2166\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> 2022 <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2166\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91b868f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"91b868f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5176d3b e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-5176d3b-42c3cd3 e-5176d3b-42c3cd3\" data-id=\"5176d3b\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5f6b86 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-f5f6b86-e043ee1\" data-id=\"f5f6b86\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b4b3eb color-pure-white mb-0-last-child elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b4b3eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hedera Smart Contract Service is launched on the mainnet on February 2, 2022.<\/p><p>Ubisoft and abrdn are announced as Council members.<\/p><p>The hashgraph platform, including the hashgraph consensus algorithm, enters open source under Apache 2.0 license on August 5, 2022, making the entire Hedera network, including the services code and developer tools, open source.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2167\" 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-2167\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> 2023 <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2167\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e6cc5b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e6cc5b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f137b24 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-f137b24-b453e44 e-f137b24-b453e44\" data-id=\"f137b24\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a84daa6 e-con 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