Hedera
Blockchains
Enterprise-grade speed, security, and sustainability for the decentralized future.
Founders
Dr. Leemon Baird (Co-Founder & Chief Scientist)
Mance Harmon (Co-Founder & CEO)
Launch Date
2018
Key Investors
Digital Currency Group
Blocktower Capital
About
Hedera is an enterprise-grade distributed ledger platform leveraging revolutionary hashgraph consensus technology to deliver unparalleled speed (10,000+ TPS), security (aBFT), and sustainability (carbon-negative). Governed by a council of global organizations, Hedera offers EVM compatibility, fixed low-cost transactions ($0.001), and 3-second finality. Its open-source ecosystem supports tokenization, DeFi, NFTs, and enterprise applications with developer-friendly tools for building the next generation of decentralized solutions.
10K+
transactions per second
0.001
average transaction cost (USD)
Use Cases
- Asset Tokenization Platform - Enable businesses to tokenize real-world assets like real estate or carbon credits with configurable compliance controls, transparent transactions, and low predictable fees.
- Decentralized Event Verification System - Create immutable audit logs with verifiable timestamps for supply chain tracking, compliance reporting, or data integrity in enterprise systems using the Consensus Service.
- DeFi Application Ecosystem - Build decentralized finance applications using Solidity smart contracts with MEV resistance, predictable low fees, and fast transaction finality for secure lending or trading.
- Sustainability Tracking Platform - Track and verify environmental impact claims with carbon-negative infrastructure, enabling transparent monitoring of offsets and sustainability initiatives with cryptographic verification.
Hedera's Web3 Infrastructure
- Hedera provides a consensus service that offers verifiable timestamps and ordering of events
- The network allows the execution of smart contracts written in Solidity, ensuring compatibility with Ethereum-based tools
- Hedera offers a token service to mint and configure tokens and accounts
- Hedera's native services can reliably scale to 10,000 TPS (transactions per second)
- Hedera's codebase is managed by Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LF Decentralized Trust) as Project Hiero
Hedera's Solutions for Digital Assets
- Hedera's network uses HBAR, its native cryptocurrency
- Hedera enables the tokenization of real-world assets and digital assets
- Hedera provides an all-in-one toolkit for stablecoin solutions
- Hedera supports NFTs with low, fixed fees and immutable royalties
- Hedera supports DApps built for the next generation of finance
Trusted by
Abrdn, Australian Payments, Avery Dennison, BitGo, Chainlink, CH, Dell, Dentons, Deutsche Telekom, DLA, EDF, Google, Hitachi, IBM, IIT Madras, LG, LSE, Standard Bank, Swirlds, TATA, Ubisoft, Wipro, Worldpay, Archax, Blade Wallet, Blockchain For Energy, Bonzo Finance, Buidler labs, Saucer Swap, Sent X, The Hbar Foundation, Turtle Moon, Eqtylab, Red Swan, ServiceNow, EQTY Lab, The Coupon Bureau, Meeco, Emtech
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