Dallas, TX — September 20, 2021 — A new, Non-Fungible Token (NFT) charity auction will be conducted this week on the Hedera network to demonstrate how the recently launched Hedera Token Service (HTS) and auction platform can be used for social good initiatives. The auction will go live on September 21st at 12 am PDT with each auction running for 48 hours. All code for the auction is open-sourced under an Apache 2.0 license and available on GitHub. The decentralized auction will be hosted by seven validators, composed of Hedera and members of the community: DOVU, Fluent Finance, Gomint.me, IvyX, ProvenDB, and SEUNwater. To view all instances of the site visit www.hedera.auction.
A total of eight items are to be auctioned, these include a combination of physical items with a corresponding NFT from Hedera’s co-founders Mance Harmon and Leemon Baird as well as digital creations from the Hedera community. All proceeds from these auctions will go towards Hopeful Solutions, a women’s homeless shelter in Dallas. More details on the auction and its items can be found at the Charity NFT Auction on Hedera FAQ.
Christian Hasker, CMO of Hedera Hashgraph, said, “The NFT auction, in support of this worthy cause, demonstrates the immense power of tokenization to combine philanthropy, sustainability, and innovation for social good initiatives. The ability to be at the forefront of trends in tokenization, while also supporting worthwhile work both in the local community and globally, is unique and something the Hedera community can take immense pride in.”
The auction will demonstrate how projects can build high performance, secure, and sustainable applications on the Hedera network, which recently launched at scale into an ecosystem of over 60 initial supporting partners. HTS removes the need for smart contract deployment, enabling the instant and secure transfer of value without the need for an intermediary, thereby enabling more efficient tokenization. Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) will also be leveraged to synchronize the state of the auction between its validators with an unmatched degree of sustainability.
The Hedera network can also support up and coming e-commerce trends, such as social commerce through celebrity endorsements and personalized customer experiences. The Hedera platform offers the responsible management of data, which can facilitate these trends.
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About Hedera Hashgraph
Hedera Hashgraph is the most used, sustainable, enterprise-grade public network for the decentralized economy. The platform is governed by a council of the world’s leading organizations, including Avery Dennison, Boeing, Chainlink Labs, Dentons, Deutsche Telekom, DLA Piper, EDF (Électricité de France), eftpos, FIS (WorldPay), Google, IBM, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), LG Electronics, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Magalu, Nomura Holdings, Shinhan Bank, Standard Bank Group, Swirlds, Tata Communications, University College London (UCL), Wipro, and Zain Group.
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