FUTURE NOW @HEDERA FOR THOSE ACTUALLY PAYING ATTENTION

Of course it’s AI 

JUST LIKE ELECTRICITY… or the internet 🤣

Here to stay 

Whether you get it or not 

Same as DLT 

INVESTMENT IN LEARNING 

OPPORTUNITY EVERYWHERE 

FOR THOSE LIFE LONG LEARNERS 

ACTUALLY KEEPING UP 

Hedera bridges private institutional DLT networks (like HashSphere or enterprise Hyperledger Fabricdeployments) onto its public mainnet primarily through the Hedera Consensus Service (HCS). [1]

This hybrid architecture allows institutions to maintain strict data privacy on their internal systems while inheriting the tamper-proof security and finality of a public ledger. [1, 2, 3]

The bridge operates through a multi-step process:

1. Private Transaction Isolation

The institution handles all sensitive data, private user identities, and business logic inside its own enclosed permissioned network. No raw institutional data ever leaves this environment or enters the public realm. [1, 2, 3]

2. Message Hashing

When a transaction occurs internally, the private DLT generates a cryptographic hash (a unique digital fingerprint) of the transaction data. This hash proves the data exists and has not been altered, but hides the actual information. [1, 2, 3]

3. Public HCS Submission

The private network automatically submits this hash as a message to a designated HCS Topic ID on the public Hedera mainnet. To ensure control, the institution protects this topic using a submitKey, ensuring only authorized private nodes can send messages to it. [1, 2]

4. Decentralised Ordering and Timestamping

The public Hedera mainnet nodes process the submitted hash using the Hashgraph Consensus Algorithm. The network assigns the hash a fair, immutable consensus timestamp and a definitive sequence number within seconds. [1, 2, 3]

5. Settlement and Verification

The public ledger records the sequenced hash into a permanent public record. The institution's private DLT can then pull this sequenced event back via a Mirror Node to update its internal state. Anyone needing to audit the company can compare the private data against the public timestamped hash to verify its authenticity without accessing the private database. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Alternative: The Proxy Token Mechanism

For financial institutions transferring assets, Hedera also utilizes a proxy token mechanism. For example, when balancing Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) on a private network, the public ledger handles a "proxy" representation. This permits cross-institution liquidity and tracking on the public network without exposing the actual currency or balance details from the private network. [1]

Would you like to explore how gas fees are managed when a private network submits these public transactions, or look closer at how a mirror node retrieves the data?

OPEN SOURCE DLT IS MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN AI WILL EVER BE. 

Simply Keeping up to date… as a learner, for life. 

Learning, life, Nowhere left to hide. 

Learning, life, nowhere left to run. 

Learning, life, facing contemporary reality 

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BE ASTONISHED

TELL ABOUT IT”

#PABATAI by MARY OLIVER  

True nature of human kind is simply the innate human ability to learn, grow, shift and adapt. 

Exactly what DLT is proving. 

Right now and Unequivocally .