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Thorsten Hirsch

Hi Waylon. Seems like there's a ton of networks out there to choose from - why did you choose Hedera/Hashgraph? What's the sweet spot of it? Has it a huge community? How does it compare to e.g. Polkadot?

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Waylon Jepsen • Edited

Great question! It can be overwhelming with all the networks out there. Hedera is currently the most utilized DLT, processing more transactions than Ethereum and BTC in under two years. Additionally, its predictably low fees and high throughput allow for scalability that few networks can match. A recent report by the London School of Economics showed that Hedera uses less energy than any of the other DLTs. There are so many amazing things about Hedera, but I encourage you to do some of your own research and go down the rabbit hole :). Full disclaimer: I am employed by Hedera so I have an inherent bias, I chose to work for them because of some of the details listed above. If you do have any questions about using the SDKs, please feel free to reach out.
Take a look at the capabilities Hedera

Regarding the community, there is a very active developer community, if you are curious i recommend checking out the developer discord

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Waylon Jepsen

Also I found a community member who made some info graphics on some comparison metrics

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Thorsten Hirsch

These numbers are really impressive.

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Waylon Jepsen

I thought so too :)