HBAR was created by Dr Leemon Baird an acclaimed computer scientist who previously worked as a senior research scientist at the Academy Centre by Cyberspace Research.  

Hedera Hashgraph’s current CEO is Mance Harmon, who co-founded Hedera with Leemon Baird. Mance spent two decades working in executive roles for prominent IT security firms.

Instead of building the Hedera network on conventional blockchain technology, HBAR uses a type of distributed ledger known as a Hashgraph. This technology improves several pain points found on blockchains including speed, cost and scalability. Transactions of Hedera are completed in under five seconds and cost users less than one cent.  

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Verifying your identity only takes three minutes and consists of confirming your phone number and email address and then uploading a form of ID (as per Government regulation).  

Once this has been completed, you can deposit AUD into your account using bank transfer, debit card deposits, OSKO, POLi or PayID and buy HBAR.

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