Since Hedera mainnet's open access in September of 2019, the network's utility has quickly grown. Today marked the one billionth transaction on the mainnet. A moment worth celebrating and reflecting on how the community achieved this milestone.

Seoul, Korea and Dallas, TX – 14 April 2021 – Shinhan Bank (KRX: 055550), the leading bank in South Korea, has joined the Hedera Governing Council, the body that oversees distributed governance of the Hedera network.

The IBM Tech Preview consists of a set of guidelines, documentation, and support for deploying a permissioned Hyperledger Fabric network that uses the open-source Hedera Consensus Service plug-in. Businesses like Standard Bank and Hala Systems are actively deploying hybrid blockchain networks.

On May 31st, Hedera will officially remove the Hedera Wallet from the Google Play and iOS app stores. If you’re using the Hedera Wallet, please follow the instructions found in this blog posting. If you are not using the Hedera Wallet, then no action is required.

A Hedera MVP works hard to grow, foster, and educate the Hedera Hashgraph community. These individuals go above and beyond as volunteers in that capacity. Whether it is talking about the Hedera network with their friends and colleagues, contributing to open source projects, or launching a decentralized application on the Hedera network, these talented and inspiring individuals are key to moving the Hedera community forward.

The Hedera network has expanded from 16 nodes to 18 nodes, with the inclusion of Standard Bank and eftpos in the most recent mainnet update. Additionally, Zain Group’s node has migrated to a data center in Kuwait City, Kuwait under their control to support Hedera’s decentralization goals.

Cooper Kunz, Developer Evangelist at Hedera Hashgraph, will be advancing his career as the Chief Technology Officer of Calaxy — a social media application aimed at the creator economy, built on the Hedera public network.

Dallas, TX and Paris, FRANCE – March 4, 2021 – Électricité de France S.A. (EDF), a top five global utility firm serving customers worldwide, has joined the Hedera Governing Council and will run a Hedera network node.

After 4 weeks of hacking, the Hedera21 - Hello Tokenization hackathon has come to an end. With over 600 participants and 54 projects submitted, we couldn’t have been more thrilled with the diversity and quality of projects that teams build utilizing the new Hedera Token Service. Let’s take a look at the winning projects.