Paul MadseninHedera BlogHedera Technical Insights: Stablecoins (and other tokens) demand Stable FeesFor tokenization to reach its potential, fees must be both small relative to the value transfer and predictable. The HTS provides both.Feb 11, 20211Feb 11, 20211
Paul MadseninHedera BlogHedera Technical Insights: Finality of Consensus — you can take it to the bank (or maybe you are…For individuals, being willing to change your mind is generally seen as a good thing — it suggests flexibility and a willingness to accept…Feb 5, 2021Feb 5, 2021
Paul MadseninHedera BlogHedera Technical Insights: Maintaining a decentralized identity registry with HederaVerifiable Credentials (VC) and Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) are two different but related identity standards progressing in the W3C —…Aug 24, 2020Aug 24, 2020
Paul MadseninHedera BlogHedera Technical Insights: Why is there no Slashing in Hedera’s Proof of Stake?In Proof of Stake (PoS) systems, ‘slashing’ refers to the possibility of a node determined to be breaking the rules of the protocol being…Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020
Paul MadseninHedera BlogHedera Technical Insights: Counting Votes — why a 2/3 threshold?Nodes in a hashgraph network apply a 2/3 threshold in the virtual voting procedure — as soon as more than this fraction of consistent…Jun 4, 2020Jun 4, 2020
Paul MadseninHedera BlogDecentralized Identity on the Hedera Consensus Service | Hedera HashgraphHedera is pleased to announce the early availability of beta tools that Hedera developers can use to manage the lifecycle of Decentralized…May 1, 2020May 1, 2020
Paul MadseninHedera BlogHedera Technical Insights: Hedera Hashgraph Transaction and Query Processing ModelHedera Hashgraph is a public ledger. Nodes on the network collectively establish and maintain a consensus state for a set of application…Apr 28, 20201Apr 28, 20201
Paul MadseninHedera BlogABFT for Correctness and LivenessIn a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), the consensus algorithm is the method by which the nodes (computers) are able to come to an…Feb 7, 2020Feb 7, 2020
Paul MadseninHedera BlogHow Hedera calculates the HBAR / USD exchange rate for SDKs and applicationsHaving up-to-date and accurate HBAR to USD conversion values is an important aspect of network operations at Hedera. We utilize the…Jan 16, 2020Jan 16, 2020
Paul MadseninHedera BlogHedera Technical Insights: Hierarchical Multi-Signature support in HederaThe ability to require multiple signatures for operations on entities in state is critical for security and usability of public ledgers.Jan 11, 2020Jan 11, 2020