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# Hedera Developer Highlights January 2025

January 31, 2025

Michiel Mulders

Developer Relations

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September 8, 2026

### How to unlock the full potential of HCS (and why it is not a database)

HCS gives you fair ordering, consensus timestamps, and a tamper-resistant history. Pair it with an index or a database for queries.

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September 4, 2026

### Hedera Council Grows Partner Network with New Strategic and Community Partners

WISeKey joins as a Strategic Partner, bringing deep expertise in cybersecurity, digital identity, and IoT, alongside new Community Partner SpaceDev, a Latin American software company expanding Hedera’s reach and adoption

[Read More](https://hedera.com/blog/hedera-council-grows-partner-network-with-new-strategic-and-community-partners/)

August 31, 2026

### x402 bounty on Hedera winners announced

Meet the five winners of the x402 bounty on Hedera. Each received $1,000 for open source pay-per-request builds running on Hedera testnet.

[Read More](https://hedera.com/blog/x402-bounty-on-hedera-winners-announced/)

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