Hi traders, I'd like to share an important piece of news that came out recently regarding Hashgraph.

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Two days ago, the Hashgraph Consortium announced the launch of the [**Hedera Public Ledger**](https://www.hederahashgraph.com/) at an event held in NYC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCy9FnOq19s


The launch will **_not be an ICO_** as only accredited investors will be allowed to purchase the tokens that can run nodes on the network (sigh).

No date were given for the launch but the announcement is starting to create ripples within the block-chain industry.

For those unfamiliar with Hashgraph, it is:

>  "the first asynchronouse byzantine fault tolerant (aBFT) consensus algorithm that results in fair ordering, fast finality, and secure propagation. It is the foundation of the next generation of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)".

Hashgraph claims its ledger technology is [**superior to blockchain**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2018/03/13/hedera-hashgraph-thinks-it-can-one-up-bitcoin-and-ethereum-with-faster-transactions/) (the technology which powers Bitcoin, Ethereum, EOS, etc) in terms of throughput and security.

Here's [**Dr. Leemon Baird**](http://leemon.com/), the CTO of [**Swirlds**](https://www.swirlds.com/), the company that develops Hashgraph talking about the project:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOYP05GwKCk

I am going to follow up with a complete review of the project soon but, in the meantime, I definitely encourage you to look into the technology (with *objective* eyes) and learn about the project and its potential for disrupting block-chain.

A good place to start is the [**Hashgraph Website**](https://www.hederahashgraph.com/) and the videos I've linked in this post.


Also, make sure to go check out my new feature review with @deanliu, this time on the [**Celsius Wallet**](https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@deanliu/celsius-decentralized-lending-and-borrowing-platform).

Finally, if you'd like to know my thoughts about the Bitcoin market, you can follow [**this link**](https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@tradealert/bitcoin-market-update).

Cheers.