Hedera Help

Hedera Mainnet (Beta)

• Is Hedera censorship resistant?
• How many nodes are on the Hedera mainnet (beta)?
• How long will the Hedera mainnet remain in beta?
• Will the mainnet (beta) continue to have scheduled maintenance?
• Will the mainnet (beta) be throttled?

Mainnet Nodes

• Who can run a Hedera mainnet node?
• How are nodes incentivized to participate in the Hedera network?

Mirror Nodes

• How does someone stand up a mirror node?

Network Services

• How can I contribute to the OSS Hedera network services?
• What is the OSS license for Hedera network services?
• Will Hedera add additional services to the platform?
• What is a Hedera Improvement Proposal (HIP)?
• Where can I find the status of Hedera's mainnet and testnet?
• When was the genesis of the Hedera DLT, and what historical records are kept?
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Network Fees

• Where can I find the full fee schedule & estimator?
• What fees does Hedera charge to use the network?
• Why do users need to pay for network services and why must they do so in hbars?
• How are Hedera transaction fees calculated?
• What do Hedera fees reflect?
• How are Hedera transaction fees broken out?
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Governing Council

• Can Hedera pursue Central Bank Digital Currency Initiatives?
• Who serves on Hedera’s Board of Managers?
• How does Hedera address perceived or actual conflicts of interest between Hedera and individual Council members?
• How does Hedera address perceived or actual conflicts of interest between Hedera and individual Council members?
• How does the Council divide its governing responsibilities?
• How are Council members selected?
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Hashgraph Consensus Algorithm

• What are the material financial terms of the license agreement between Hedera and Swirlds?
• Can Hedera’s license to use the hashgraph technology be revoked? If so, in what situations?
• Does Hedera have an exclusive license to use the hashgraph technology?
• How much bandwidth overhead does gossip about gossip add to messages?
• Have any non-Carnegie Mellon professors or academics verified hashgraph as asynchronous Byzantine fault tolerant (ABFT)?
• Who generates the timestamp on a transaction?
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