Hedera Help

Mainnet at Open Access

• What support will Hedera offer after Open Access?
• How many nodes will be on the Hedera mainnet (beta) at open access?
• How long will the Hedera mainnet remain in beta?
• Will the mainnet (beta) continue to have scheduled maintenance after open access?
• Will the mainnet (beta) be throttled?

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?
• Is Hedera censorship resistant?
• How does someone stand up a mirror node?
• What is a Hedera Improvement Proposal (HIP)?
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Fees

• 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 the transfers and fees associated with a transaction published?
• How does the exchange rate impact transaction fees?
• What does a COST_ANSWER query return?
• Are there any free operations?
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Hedera 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 the Council divide its governing responsibilities?
• How are Council members selected?
• Who formed the Council? When was it created?
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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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Running a Network Node

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