What makes Hedera (HBAR) crypto such a unique network?

February 15, 2022 01:27 PM GMT | By Manu Shankar
 What makes Hedera (HBAR) crypto such a unique network?
Image source: © Inueng | Megapixl

Highlights

  • Developed by Dr Leemon Baird and Mance Harmon, Hedera (HBAR) is perhaps a unique enterprise-graded public network that allows individuals and enterprises to create unique decentralised applications.
  • Operating on the proof-of-stake consensus, it aims to be a mix of both: path to permissionless and path to widespread coin distribution.
  • HBAR token is ranked 33 and was trading at US$0.261145 with a volume of US$191,297,744 over a day according to CoinMarketCap.

Developed by Dr Leemon Baird and Mance Harmon, Hedera (HBAR) is perhaps one of the unique enterprise-graded public networks, which allows individuals and enterprises to create unique decentralised applications (DApps).

Operating on the proof-of-stake consensus, it aims to be a mix of both: path to permissionless and path to widespread coin distribution to ensure that the network remains secure and achieves decentralisation. The protocol is designed in such a manner that the system is fairer and more efficient as compared to its peers. Besides, it has the ability to remove the issues that are faced by other blockchain platforms.

On 15 February, the HBAR crypto was rallying by over 16% and a volume gain of over 200%.

Why is the HBAR token on a high? 

Dubbed as the greenest cryptocurrency, the HBAR token seems to be rallying following the news of auctioning eight tokenized assets, which includes NFTs on the Hedera Token Service. This is expected to guarantee fair ordering system on the Hedera network.

Hedera’s rising popularity has seen it as one of the fastest growing blockchain projects at the moment. In fact, Hedera protocol has the backing from leading organizations in the world like Alphabet, IBM, ServiceNow, and Chainlink Labs.

One of its unique features is unlike others, it isn’t built on top of the conventional blockchain network and instead incorporates a distributed ledger technology, known as the Hashgraph. It is estimated that the Hedera with superior transaction speed can handle 10,000 TPS.

What Makes Hedera (HBAR) Crypto Such A Unique Network?

How is HBAR token faring?

HBAR token is ranked 33 and was trading at US$0.261145 with a volume of US$191,297,744 over a day according to CoinMarketCap. At the time of drafting, HBAR coin was up by 16.81% over a day. HBAR crypto has a live market cap of US$4,724,851,220 with 18,092,792,421 HBAR coins supply in circulation.

Leading companies have, of late, embraced HBAR’s unique protocol to build various projects. Firms such as Coupon Bureau uses it to fight US$100 million worth of annual retail fraud in the US. Similarly, IBM Blockchain Platform uses it for various auditable transaction ordering.

HBAR’s growing reputation as a unique protocol, which keeps the system fairer and more efficient, has attracted many investors on its platform. They would be buoyed by the recent rally and would be hoping that this rally to continue for some more period. 


Disclaimer

The content, including but not limited to any articles, news, quotes, information, data, text, reports, ratings, opinions, images, photos, graphics, graphs, charts, animations and video (Content) is a service of Kalkine Media Limited, Company No. 12643132 (Kalkine Media, we or us) and is available for personal and non-commercial use only. Kalkine Media is an appointed representative of Kalkine Limited, who is authorized and regulated by the FCA (FRN: 579414). The non-personalised advice given by Kalkine Media through its Content does not in any way endorse or recommend individuals, investment products or services suitable for your personal financial situation. You should discuss your portfolios and the risk tolerance level appropriate for your personal financial situation, with a qualified financial planner and/or adviser. No liability is accepted by Kalkine Media or Kalkine Limited and/or any of its employees/officers, for any investment loss, or any other loss or detriment experienced by you for any investment decision, whether consequent to, or in any way related to this Content, the provision of which is a regulated activity. Kalkine Media does not intend to exclude any liability which is not permitted to be excluded under applicable law or regulation. Some of the Content on this website may be sponsored/non-sponsored, as applicable. However, on the date of publication of any such Content, none of the employees and/or associates of Kalkine Media hold positions in any of the stocks covered by Kalkine Media through its Content. The views expressed in the Content by the guests, if any, are their own and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Kalkine Media. Some of the images/music/video that may be used in the Content are copyright to their respective owner(s). Kalkine Media does not claim ownership of any of the pictures displayed/music or video used in the Content unless stated otherwise. The images/music/video that may be used in the Content are taken from various sources on the internet, including paid subscriptions or are believed to be in public domain. We have used reasonable efforts to accredit the source wherever it was indicated or was found to be necessary.


Sponsored Articles


Investing Ideas

Previous Next