Ep. #28: Hedera Hashgraph, a novel Consensus mechanism with Edgar Seah (APAC Head Hedera) - a podcast by Tushar Aggarwal - Founder of Decrypt Asia and Blockchain investor

The Hedera Hashgraph platform provides a new form of distributed consensus - it is a fast, secure, fair'Blockchain'with a novel Governance mechanism.
In this episode, we speak to the APAC Head of Hedera, Edgar Seah. Edgar has a very eclectic background with stints in Investment Banking, NGOs and corporates aroud the globe.Tune in to hear about:

Edgar’s background and how ended up as Hedera Hashgraph’s Asia’s headHistory of Hashgraph (consensus mechanism)
Hashgraph is leveraged in a private manner by a company called Swirlds and in a public manner by HederaBackground on Swirlds and Enterprise clients on Swirlds (e.g. Credit Union Consortium)
Motivation behind creating a public ledger in addition to the private ledgerProperties of Hashgraph - Speed, Security (aBFT - Asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerance), Fairness
Governance and a deep dive into how Hedera is trying to solve this problem - Council Governance (off-chain governance) and Consensus Model (on-chain governance)Discussion and views on the claim that Hedera is a private Blockchain and not a public one
Regulatory compliance and the path Hedera is taking to achieve mainstream adoptionHedera Hashgraph’s roadmap and the 20 or so projects building on top of it etc
Specific areas of focus in AsiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/hashgraph
Website: https://www.hedera.com/Hedera 18 Hackathon website: https://www.hedera18.com/

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