Hedera is a decentralized public network where anyone can carve out a piece of cyberspace to transact, play, and socialize in a secure, trusted environment. Hedera network services provide APIs to manage accounts and the network cryptocurrency, run Solidity smart contracts, manage GDPR-compliant files, and write data to the ledger with high-throughput. These services take advantage of the hashgraph consensus algorithm for a faster, fairer, and more secure alternative to blockchain.