Hedera is a decentralized public network where developers can build secure, fair applications with near real-time consensus. The platform is owned and governed by a council of global innovators including Avery Dennison, Boeing, Deutsche Telekom, DLA Piper, FIS (WorldPay), Google, IBM, LG Electronics, Magalu, Nomura, Swirlds, Tata Communications, University College London (UCL), Wipro, and Zain Group. The Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) acts as a trust layer for any application or permissioned network and allows for the creation of an immutable and verifiable log of messages. Application messages are submitted to the Hedera network for consensus, given a trusted timestamp, and fairly ordered. Use HCS to track assets across a supply chain, create auditable logs of events in an advertising platform, or even use it as a decentralized ordering service.
Wrapped Bitcoin Tokens (WBTC) is an ERC20 token fully backed by real BTC. The proof of reserves is on-chain, showing the exact 1:1 ratio between minted WBTC tokens and BTC stored by the custodians. A collaborative effort with a community of partners to bring Bitcoin to the Ethereum network will bring the stability and value of Bitcoin to Ethereum's expansive ecosystem of decentralized applications.