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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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