Hedera announced the hackathon with an open call for developers to build applications on the Hedera Token Service (HTS), with an opportunity to win over $35,000 USD in HBAR rewards: https://hedera.com/blog/hedera21-hackathon-call-for-developers-to-build-the-future-of-asset-tokenization-beginning-january-19th-2021

In a special interview with Forkast.News, Mance Harmon of Hedera Hashgraph explains how distributed ledger technology is helping quash fake news and warn Syrians about airstrikes: https://forkast.news/hala-systems-hedera-hashgraph-syria-mance-harmon/

"The Hedera Consensus service, the company’s enterprise blockchain solution, is also being used for other important use cases including acting as an early-warning system for airstrikes in Syria." Read more from Rachel Wolfson at Cointelegraph: https://cointelegraph.com/news/12-of-the-biggest-enterprise-blockchain-players-of-2020

By taking this 5-minute survey, you’ll be helping Hedera create an even more comprehensive study and receive exclusive first access to our insights report with survey responses. We encourage everyone to share this survey with their trusted network. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WMGP2K7

Dentons aims to leverage Council membership to build expertise in DLT, while exploring use cases for Hedera Hashgraph in asset tokenization, fund raising and smart legal contract deployment: https://hedera.com/blog/dentons-becomes-newest-member-of-hedera-governing-council

Check out Maalexi, a B2B, distributed ledger technology based marketplace that allows sellers and buyers to trade excess inventory. Providing trusted solutions to more efficiently communicate and transact with each other: https://hedera.com/users/maalexi

Join the Universal Digital Coupon Webinar today at 8pm CET for The Coupon Bureau's pilot launch. They will be highlighting Hedera Hashgraph, along their milestones, 2021 rollout, and more. You can register at: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2315936936222879245

Congratulations to Hedera Governing Council member DLA Piper, as well as Aldersgate DLS, for launching on Hedera Hashgraph the production application TOKO, which is a tokenization platform that has already completed its first asset tokenization: https://cointelegraph.com/news/global-law-firm-launches-high-value-asset-token-platform-toko

In this blog post, Sam Klemens from Exodus, the desktop and mobile wallet that can create HBAR accounts, covers what is Hedera Hashgraph, Hashgraph vs Blockchain, HBAR, Hedera Staking, and more: https://www.exodus.io/blog/what-is-hedera-hashgraph-hbar/

The Hedera Token Service (HTS) is now available in early access on the Hedera previewnet. HTS is a new service that lets you issue and configure tokens on Hedera — it offers native hashgraph speeds and security, with predictable fees. Learn more 👇 http://hedera.com/blog/previewnet-hedera-token-service-hts-early-access

Tune in this Friday to watch Mance Harmon, Co-founder and CEO, present at Tech Titans' finalist luncheon, where Hedera #Hashgraph is in the running for the Emerging Company Innovation Award, along with Asset Panda, BALANCED Media|Technology, and Spark Biomedical Inc: https://techtitans.org/tech-industry-lunch/

SAFE’s decision to build its digital health IDs on Hedera Hashgraph provides an important real-time use case in how distributed ledger technology can be utilized as a social good in tackling public health challenges. https://www.hedera.com/blog/safe-health-systems-builds-digital-health-id-system-on-hedera-hashgraph-to-enable-home-covid-19-testing-on-your-mobile-phone

#CryptoForCongress is a great step forward for policy and innovation. Hedera #Hashgraph is proud to join the Chamber of Digital Commerce in leading the charge educating Congress on the benefits of #blockchain technology: https://cryptoforcongress.com/

Hedera #Hashgraph has been nominated as a finalist in Tech Titans' 2020 Emerging Company Innovation Award. The winner will be announced at the #TechTitansAwards Gala on October 23. https://techtitans.org/award-finalists/

Now available on testnet: Using State Proof Alpha, anyone can obtain a cryptographic proof that a particular transaction took place on Hedera and what the results of executing it were. https://www.hedera.com/blog/introducing-state-proof-alpha

"Since 2017, LimeChain has worked with leading #startups and Fortune 500 companies to bring tangible business results using #blockchain." https://www.hedera.com/blog/limechain-demonstrates-new-synchronization-of-microsoft-dynamics-and-google-sheets-on-hedera-hashgraph

"Ryan Davies, the chief product officer of AdsDax, told Cointelegraph [Rachel Wolfson] that the company is specifically looking to reduce fraud in the ad industry by leveraging blockchain technology to remove intermediaries in the advertising process...": https://cointelegraph.com/news/with-blockchain-fraud-will-not-be-able-to-steal-digital-ad-revenues

“Both functions could be useful for recording the votes in an election - as proposed by this US Postal Service patent." Read more from Paul Madsen in this article by Jason Brett at Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2020/08/13/us-post-counters-trump-attacks-on-mail-in-voting-with-a-new-blockchain-patent/

Check out Dr. Leemon Baird's new podcast episode on the End of the Chain with Samuel McCulloch where he discusses his past service in the United States Air Force and how it led him to create the #hashgraph protocol: https://endofthechain.com/leemon-baird-hashgraph/

"Today, all of the Hedera network services have officially entered open source under an #Apache 2.0 license... The code will be marked with versions and there will be tags for which software version is running on the previewnet​​, testnet, and mainnet." https://www.hedera.com/blog/all-our-services-are-belong-to-you

"Blockchain.News gets the details on how Hedera #Hashgraph achieves #ABFT, the growing Hedera Governing Council, and the use of the Hedera Hashgraph #DLT to prevent coupon fraud." Read more from Lucas Cacioli's interview with Dr. Leemon Baird: https://blockchain.news/insight/hedera-hashgraph-chief-scientist-dr-leemon-baird-defeating-byzantine-generals-bringing-layer-of-trust-to-the-internet

We’re excited to announce that the Hedera preview testnet (#previewnet) is now publicly available, and running the same version of the Hedera codebase on the testnet (v0.6.0): https://www.hedera.com/blog/the-hedera-previewnet-is-now-live

"eftpos Australia will test the capability of a digital Australian dollar stable coin, enabled by the Hedera Consensus Service (#HCS), allowing consumers to load a wallet with a few dollars and then pay for web-based content seamlessly." https://www.hedera.com/blog/eftpos-pioneers-new-ecommerce-micropayments-solution-using-hedera-hashgraph

"The pioneering ad-platform began tracking events on the #Hashgraph mainnet 8 months ago and has been growing in daily recorded events and transactions ever since." Read more from the AdsDax team: https://www.hedera.com/blog/adsdax-surpasses-1-billion-ad-events-recorded-on-hedera-hashgraphs-mainnet

Get ready to turn your calculator sideways. Jay Johnson, CTO of The Coupon Bureau, explains how they are leveraging #hashgraph to solve real-world coupon fraud: https://youtu.be/moUGk4AhzVA

“Council membership provides Zain first-hand exposure to cutting-edge and secure technologies in the blockchain and wider distributed ledger technology (#DLT) space, driving innovation, e-commerce, and #B2B across the region.” https://www.hedera.com/blog/a-mena-region-first-zain-group-joins-hedera-governing-council

“We believe that being named as a #CoolVendor is an honor for any company, and that Gartner’s recognition of our role in the distributed ecosystem is timely, given the growing number of applications building and regularly pushing millions of transactions through the Hedera network." https://www.hedera.com/blog/hedera-hashgraph-named-a-cool-vendor-in-the-may-2020-gartner-cool-vendors-in-blockchain-technology-report

“In reaching over 1300 TPS, AdsDax, together with ZEE and Hedera Hashgraph, have proven we can deliver high throughput adtech and fintech solutions that require automation and data analysis across billions of consumer interactions every month.” https://www.hedera.com/blog/adsdax-achieves-1372-cryptocurrency-transactions-per-second-on-hedera-hashgraph-with-zee-entertainment-enterprises-sets-new-industry-record

"LG, a South Korean home appliance manufacturer, is the first such business and only the second based in Asia, after the Japan-based Nomura, to join." Read more from Danny Nelson at CoinDesk: https://www.coindesk.com/lg-joins-hedera-hashgraph-council

As the sole home appliance manufacturer to join the Hedera Governing Council, LG will work with Hedera and other members of the Council to identify ways that #DLT can benefit consumers and supply chain partners by enabling seamless transactions: https://www.hedera.com/blog/lg-joins-hedera-governing-council-to-accelerate-innovation-and-adoption-of-public-dlt-globally

The final part of the series, part 4 goes further into the application network beginning with mirror nodes. We'll finish the core concepts required for the Java tokenized asset on #HCS demo application: https://www.hedera.com/blog/exploring-tokenized-assets-on-hedera-consensus-service-part-4

"The Coupon Bureau's goal is to restore confidence in coupons for continued usage in the future." Read more in this insightful blog post from Kent Makishima, Co-founder and CEO of Armada Chain and Hedera #Hashgraph MVP: https://medium.com/@kentmakishima/decentralized-coupons-analysis-of-a-hedera-hashgraph-use-case-c48b3ede5088

Part 2 of the 4-part series looks at the more decentralized architecture models and options for managing a token using #HCS application networks. In this article, you'll learn more about their potential trade-offs before diving into the code: https://www.hedera.com/blog/exploring-tokenized-assets-on-hedera-consensus-service-part-2

At Hedera, we take care to ensure our cryptography complies with standards wherever possible. To that end, all cryptography we use complies with #NIST standards; see the table within for a summary: https://www.hedera.com/blog/facilitating-adoption-through-cryptographic-standards

The fee calculator is now open source: https://github.com/hashgraph/hedera-fee-tool-js This tool generates a fee schedule file and estimates the prices of transactions on the Hedera network. A version of this tool is live at hedera.com/fees.

Tokens are an exciting new way to manage assets. To date, they've mainly been created through the use of Solidity smart contracts. This 4-part blog series provides an early look at how we can start to achieve similar use cases with Hedera Consensus Service for improved speed and lower costs: https://www.hedera.com/blog/exploring-tokenized-assets-on-hedera-consensus-service-part-1

Watch Dr. Leemon Baird cover topics such as the 4 generations of #DLT as he presents a virtual lecture on "Approaches to Distributed Ledger Technology" to Portland State University: https://pdx.zoom.us/rec/play/6Jd7Iuz7-jM3S92QtgSDBPJ7W43vK6Os0yZIrvFenk6yACEFZgfwNLQVN7BNBoI28UapPlRtwrh0e0t7

"Kingdom Trust will provide the Hedera ecosystem with end-to-end capabilities to secure digital currencies. #HBAR holders reduce their risk of holding assets directly while achieving regulatory compliance, transparency, and accountability": https://www.hedera.com/blog/kingdom-trust-now-offers-custody-for-hedera-hashgraph

'Baird figured out the winning strategy. “I realized, ahhh, the pattern started at the bottom and worked its way up. It’s called dynamic programming, but I didn’t know that in first grade.”' Read more by Darren Kleine at @Cointelegraph: https://magazine.cointelegraph.com/2020/04/24/journeys-in-blockchain-leemon-baird-hedera-hashgraph/

Mance & Leemon answer questions from the community in our 1st Town Hall! Topics range from the current COVID-19 climate😷, CBDC🏦, testnet usage📈, Star Trek's Stardate⏲, & more. What games does Leemon play? What is Mance's favorite hobby? Watch here: https://youtu.be/sduToMqTJxU

Check out highlights from Hyperledger’s annual conference held in March 2020, which gathered industry leaders from a myriad of industries and verticals, including Azeem Malik, Director of Business Development: https://youtu.be/4z9v_NS5e6I

Hedera will have two great talks at this virtual event. Christian Hasker, CMO, will be discussing, "The Path to Mass Adoption of DLT", and Brady Gentile, Product Marketing Manager, will be conducting a workshop on how to get started building on Hedera Hashgraph: https://www.ri2020.io/

"The end goal is to create the next era of fast, fair, and secure applications that anyone can use exactly how they want." Listen to Dr. Leemon Baird's full interview with Chris Ward of DZone: https://dzone.com/articles/-how-hedera-hashgraph-is-revolutionizing-distribut

Curv, the world’s most trusted digital asset security platform, will empower enterprises to build the most secure wallet functionality into apps on the Hedera network, as well as make it safer, easier, and faster for exchanges to list and manage #HBAR: https://www.hedera.com/blog/curv-deepens-digital-asset-security-for-hedera-hbar-with-mpc-technology

Editor-in-Chief of Digital Asset Live, Leo Petersen-Khmelnitski, talked to Jordan Fried, Hedera’s SVP of Global Business Development, on where Hedera is now and what its plans are: https://digitalasset.live/2020/03/31/hedera-interview/

Tune in to CoinPM's podcast with Mance Harmon as they discuss the Governing Council, Consensus Service, scalability, #HBAR, opening up the codebase, #COVID19, and more: https://soundcloud.com/coinpm/talks-mance-harmon-co-founder-and-ceo-of-hedera-hashgraph

CEO of Acoer, Jim Nasr, is providing the public with "a tamper-proof transaction log of everything that has happened on Hedera #Hashgraph" to offer real-time and trusted information on the #coronavirus. Read more from Jason Brett at Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2020/03/23/how-blockchain-technology-offers-computational-trust-for-tracking---the-coronavirus-outbreak/

Two years ago today we said #hellofuture and announced Hedera at the PlayStation Theater in New York City. Visit our channel for the replay or watch the recap here: https://youtu.be/F-t-KV3cXQA

We discuss the ever changing blockchain-powered audit and accounting landscape with Armanino LLP's Director, Noah Buxton, in this podcast. Armanino is building trust for the decentralized internet: https://youtu.be/wiuYeA3H3XA

Listen to Mance share updates to the Hedera Governing Council, as well as the release of Hedera Consensus Service, which provides public blockchain security and trust to private blockchains, on Insureblocks with Walid Al Saqqaf: https://www.insureblocks.com/ep-98-google-joins-hedera-hashgraphs-governing-council/