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Hedera Hashgraph is a permissioned distributed ledger run by a council of major corporations (Google, IBM, Boeing, LG, Standard Bank). HBAR is the native token. Hashgraph consensus achieves high throughput (10,000+ TPS) and predictable fees ($0.0001 per transaction).

How it actually works

Unlike a blockchain, hashgraph uses a gossip-about-gossip protocol and virtual voting to achieve consensus without proof-of-work or block-based ordering. The governing council operates the network nodes; permissionless validators are on a long-term roadmap. Smart contracts run via the Hedera EVM-compatible service.

What it means for you

HBAR is an enterprise-blockchain story. For HNW positioning, it is a contrarian bet on tokenized real-world assets and enterprise adoption rather than retail DeFi. The council governance limits decentralization but provides regulatory clarity that some institutional users prefer.

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