It started with a vision... Check out the journey that brought Hedera to the big open access milestone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMi_xNXZ9PY

⚠️READ THIS FIRST:⚠️ Sept 16 Update: Public mainnet open access (OA) took place Sept 16, 2019, allowing any developer to create an account and build decentralized applications. Check out help.hedera.com for answers to FAQs. Discussion related to pricing or promoting secondary trading is not appropriate for this group, where the focus remains on the technology and potential use cases. Hedera discourages speculative trading, and we do not provide information that would be used to further that purpose. Hedera does not control or endorse exchanges, please see this FAQ for more: https://help.hedera.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002480238-Where-might-I-be-able-to-buy-hbars-#breadcrumb Read this blog post for more on open access and next steps https://www.hedera.com/blog/hello-future-and-where-do-we-go-from-here Read the Hbar Economics paper - a deep dive into the dual role of hbars and detailed release schedule here: https://www.hedera.com/hh-hbar-coin-economics-paper-100919-v2.pdf 🚧 Please be vigilant and take extra precautions against scams. Never click a link or trust an email or chat message soliciting investment. If you or someone you know is the victim of fraud, report to the local authorities or the IC3. Read more on how you can protect yourself from phishing attacks at https://www.antiphishing.org/resources/ 🚧 *REMINDER*: We ask that every member follow the chat rules below. Violation may result in deletion of your comment and/or you being banned from the chat. Please direct any questions associated with KYC to the related help section: https://help.hedera.com/hc/en-us/sections/360000176397 where you will also find instructions for submitting a support request. We will not discuss your personal information on a public channel. Any sharing of other’s personal information or discussion that may pertain to defrauding Hedera or its users is prohibited. Rule 1 - Obey all the rules Rule 2 - Respect each other (no griefing, trolling, discrimination or harassment based on the following nine protected classes: sex, race, age, disability, color, creed, national origin, religion or genetic information) Rule 3 – No violence or threats of violence Rule 4 – Don’t insult, demean or belittle others Rule 5 – Don’t spam Rule 6 – Don’t post links not relevant to Hedera Hashgraph (no shilling other projects no ‘bashing’ of other projects) Rule 7 – Don’t offer to buy or sell hbar coins, engage in price speculation or discuss secondary markets (exchanges) Rule 8 – Don’t promote any giveaway or contest Rule 9 – Don’t post links to phishing and pharming websites, malware, or spyware. No posting of files of any kind Rule 10 – Don’t break the law, including, but not limited to, encouraging tax evasion, promoting leaks, and revealing personal information DEV RESOURCES: Docs: docs.hedera.com/ SDK: github.com/hashgraph Discord: hedera.com/discord GitHub: github.com/hashgraph/awesome-hashgraph ABOUT: Website: https://hedera.com Updated Whitepaper: https://hedera.com/whitepaper LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hashgraph YouTube: youtube.com/HederaHashgraph Twitter: twitter.com/hashgraph Facebook: facebook.com/hashgraph *UNOFFICIAL FOREIGN CHATS:* Arabic: t.me/HederaHashgraphARABIC Australia: t.me/hashgraph_AUS Deutsche: t.me/hashgraph_De Español: t.me/HashgrapESP France: t.me/HashgraphFR India: t.me/HashgraphIN Israel: t.me/hashgraphIsrael Italiano: https://t.me/hashgraphitalia 日本人: t.me/hashgraphjapan 한국어: t.me/HashgraphKorea Nederlands: t.me/HashgraphNL русский: t.me/HashGraphRU Türk: https://t.me/hederahashgraphTR Tiếng Việt: t.me/HederahashgraphVN