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What Is Hedera?

HBAR is a cryptocurrency that can be used to pay for services and fees on the Hedera blockchain. Hedera is a fully open-source public network and blockchain-based platform built with the goal of building and deploying decentralized applications for individuals and organizations both large and small.

The Hedera algorithm (a.k.a. Hashgraph) and network are run by a group of businesses that oversee the platform and serve as a governing council. Each council member is committed to innovation, stability, and continued network decentralization.

Current members of the governing council include Avery Dennison, Boeing, Google, IBM, LG, UbiSoft, and others.

To ensure decentralization, Hedera separates governance from consensus so that no single company, group of developers or node operator has undue influence or control over the network.

How Does Hedera Work?

Hedera is a proof-of-stake (PoS) public network built on the patented Hashgraph distributed consensus algorithm.

Within this network, all nodes are in constant communication with one another. This, alongside the asynchronous nature of node communication, provides near-perfect efficiency in bandwidth usage and results in higher transaction speeds of 10,000 transactions per second.

This means that the latency, or the time for a transaction to reach finality once submitted to the network, is a little over five seconds.

The algorithm also makes use of two different types of nodes: consensus nodes and mirror nodes. Consensus nodes determine transaction ordering or block building and facilitate smart contract interactions and token transfers. Mirror nodes store and relay this information to other nodes throughout the network, providing API access for users and applications.

This split model helps ensure that transactions won’t be undone, negated, or deleted at a later date and claims to leverage the features and advantages of both a public and a private blockchain.

History of Hedera

In 2012, Dr. Leemon Baird began working on a solution for achieving distributed consensus on a blockchain network at scale (meaning that the network can handle any size transaction or quantity of transactions necessary).

After years of work, Dr. Baird created the original Hashgraph technology in late 2015/early 2016.

Dr. Baird then joined with Mance Harmon to form Swirlds, Inc. (a portmanteau of “shared worlds”) to develop proofs of concept, commercialize Hashgraph for private implementations, and test it in permissioned environments.

Swirlds, Inc. then began the development of the Hedera network and its native cryptocurrency, HBAR — both of which went live in the third quarter of 2018 with a finite supply of 50 billion HBARs.

How To Buy HBAR

To buy HBAR, follow the procedure for buying other cryptocurrencies.

First, create an account on a crypto platform, like Binance.US, that offers the HBAR token. The right platform will give you the ability to:

• Buy, sell, and trade other cryptocurrencies
• Minimize the fees associated with each transaction
• Access the tools and information that can help you make the right choices

Second, verify your identity on the crypto platform and fund your account with fiat currency (government-backed money such as U.S. dollars).

Most crypto ecosystems will give you more than one way to do this, including:

• Bank or wire transfer
• Debit or credit card
• Link to an existing bank account
• Some other established payment service, such as Apple Pay (not available on all platforms)

Third, log in to your account and specify how much HBAR you want to buy and when you want to buy it.

Fourth, store your newly purchased Hedera in a crypto wallet. Crypto wallets come in two standard configurations:

• Cold wallets - Offline storage spaces like external hard drives
• Hot wallets - Online storage spaces provided by the crypto platform

Cold wallets are the most secure but can be difficult to access and are at a higher risk of being lost or corrupted. Hot wallets are also secure, even though they’re online, and are immediately available.

How To Sell HBAR

To sell HBAR, start by opening an account on a crypto platform, like Binance.US, if you haven’t already.

Once you’ve opened an account and verified your identity, fund the account with fiat currency so you can buy HBAR, or transfer HBAR from another crypto ecosystem.

When you’ve got HBAR in your account, specify the amount you want to sell and when you want to sell it.

Some crypto ecosystems give you two options for doing this:

• Begin the sale right away at the current market price
• Wait to begin the sale at a future market price

The latter is commonly known as an automated sell order and allows you to sell your HBAR at a later price, or triggered by a price, which you’ve indicated. With the variables set, the crypto platform will wait until the market matches your parameters to initiate the sell order.

When the sale of your HBAR is complete, the system will deposit the equivalent fiat currency in your account for you to use to purchase other cryptocurrencies, withdraw, or pay for products and services.

How To Trade HBAR

If you’ve bought or sold HBAR, you can trade it via the same procedure.

• Open an account with a crypto platform that allows users to trade HBAR
• Fund your account with the fiat currency of your choice
• Purchase HBAR through this platform or transfer it from another platform
• Use the tools, resources, and information provided by the platform to create and initiate a trade

Keep in mind that the cryptocurrency market changes very quickly, and trading HBAR — or any cryptocurrency, for that matter — can be extremely difficult to time and execute correctly.

Before you initiate any trade orders, research and analyze the market to develop a strategy to guide your decision-making process.

Resources

Official Hedera Website

Hedera Whitepapers

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