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Developers use hbars to pay for network services, such as transferring hbars, managing fungible and non-fungible tokens, and logging data. For each transaction submitted to the network, hbars are used to compensate network nodes for bandwidth, compute, and storage.
Hedera’s proof-of-stake public network uses hbars, which are staked or proxy staked (coming soon) to a network node, to weight votes on transactions when reaching consensus.
Weighted voting with hbars makes it difficult and expensive for a bad actor to maliciously affect consensus — it would require them to own and stake over one-third of the network’s total supply of HBAR, which will not be possible for the first 5 years.
The 3rd generation public ledger
Bitcoin pioneered decentralized infrastructure and Ethereum brought programmability. But earlier proof-of-work blockchains consume massive amounts of energy and process transactions slowly in order to achieve acceptable levels of security. Heavy bandwidth consumption by these technologies leads to expensive fees, even for a simple cryptocurrency transaction.
The Hedera proof-of-stake public network, powered by hashgraph consensus, achieves the highest-grade of security possible (ABFT), with blazing-fast transaction speeds and incredibly low bandwidth consumption. By combining high-throughput, low fees, and finality in seconds, Hedera leads the way for the future of public ledgers.
Transactions
per second
average
fee
transaction
confirmation
1st
Generation
Bitcoin
BTC
3+
TPS
$2.99
usd2
10-60
minutes
2nd
Generation
Ethereum
ETH
12+
TPS
$2.89
usd3
10-20
seconds
3rd
Generation
Hedera
HBAR
10,000+
TPS1
$0.0001
usd
3-5
Seconds
(w/finality)
1. Cryptocurrency transactions. For Hedera, range shown for transactions not requiring a transaction record, but can receive a transaction receipt.
2. Avg. Bitcoin tx fee from 6/26/20 - 9/24/20 from https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/charts/average-transaction-fee-usd?interval=3m
3. Avg. Ethereum tx fee from 6/26/20 - 9/24/20 from https://blockchair.com/ethereum/charts/average-transaction-fee-usd?interval=3m
The Hedera network achieves 10,000 HBAR cryptocurrency transactions per second, in a single shard and on-ledger, without compromising on network security or stability.
Hashgraph consensus is incredibly lightweight, allowing for the cost per HBAR transaction to be very small — around $0.0001 USD. In combination with high throughput, micropayments using a token on Hedera, or hbars, is a practical reality.
Never wait for block confirmations again. HBAR transactions achieve finality, on-ledger, within three to five seconds. Be confident in payment settlements and offer modern digital experiences within your application.
Last metrics update: April 15, 2021 at 00:00 UTC
Applications and microservices that use a public ledger provide greater transparency and trust than ever before. This makes entirely new things possible, like a music streaming service paying artists directly or a disintermediated ad network that doesn't require audits. A fairer, more secure, digital future is being decentralized on Hedera. Make it yours.
Every node on Hedera’s proof-of-stake network has a weighted influence on consensus — that weight is proportional to the amount of hbars staked to a node. Proxy staking allows those who own hbars, but aren’t operating a node, to stake their hbars to someone else’s node. Earnings are split between the node operator and owners of the proxy staked hbars, earning the proxy staker a small share of transaction fees. When proxy staked, hbars are not locked-up or bonded, as is common in other networks, and proxy stakers retain the ability to transact their HBAR however they'd like.
Found below are some of the most commonly asked questions about Hedera HBAR. Please visit our full FAQ for the entire list of questions.
Hedera has a fixed supply of 50 billion coins.
gigabar 1 Gℏ = 1,000,000,000 ℏ
megabar 1 Mℏ = 1,000,000 ℏ
kilobar 1 kℏ = 1,000 ℏ
hbar 1 ℏ = 1 ℏ
millibar 1,000 mℏ = 1 ℏ
microbar 1,000,000 μℏ = 1 ℏ
tinybar 100,000,000 tℏ = 1 ℏ
HBAR (ℏ) may be available for purchase by developers and users to build and utilise applications on the network at the exchanges and OTCs listed in the Buying Guide.
Our Hedera Hashgraph corporate logo is a bold, uppercase HBAR (Ħ), but our currency symbol is a lower case, italicized HBAR (ℏ). The written way to express Hedera cryptocurrency is hbars, and is equivalent to writing US dollars. It can also be expressed as HBAR, which is equivalent to writing USD.