Hedera forum
Bitcoin says, “Drinks are on me.”
Ethereum adds, “Same here—but I’ll mint an NFT of this historic moment. Something dumb like that.”
HBAR jumps in:
“Not only can I pay, but I’ll also:
– Track the provenance of every bottle,
– Timestamp every sip in nanoseconds,
– Ensure Byzantine boozantine fault tolerance,
– Verify all drinkers with finality under 5 seconds,
– And carbon-offset our hangovers.”
Ethereum stares for a moment and groans,
“This conversation is giving me gas.”
1. Fresh Supply Co (FSCO) migrated its $3B agrifood supply chain platform from Mastercard’s private blockchain to the Hedera mainnet.
2. Mastercard Provenance, their former system, was private, permissioned, and limited in scale, transparency, and tokenization features.
3. Hedera provides public, verifiable logging through the Consensus Service, enabling real-time tracking of supply chain events.
4. Conditional payments are now triggered via Hedera Token Service, allowing financiers to release funds only when verifiable milestones are met.
5. Transaction fees are fixed in USD (approximately $0.0001), offering predictable costs and significant savings over Mastercard’s legacy structure.
6. Scalability is no longer a constraint—FSCO can now support millions of events and token interactions per month.
7. This shift enables full auditability, asset tokenization, and machine-triggered finance in agriculture and logistics without reliance on a closed system.
8. FSCO’s transition signals how real-world supply chains are choosing Hedera not for speculation, but for operational trust and efficiency.
Why did FSCO choose Hedera? Is there an alternative? If not, what does that tell you about HBAR’s future?
1. Fixed USD fees ($0.0001/tx) — predictable, scalable, CFO-approved
2. 3–5 sec finality — essential for finance, stock markets, and logistics
3. Governed by Google, IBM, Boeing, LG, etc. — no VCs, no anonymous validators
4. Carbon-negative ledger — ESG-ready, future-proof
5. Already used in orbit — 25+ live satellites logging data + value
6. Native services (tokenization, consensus, file hashing) — not just smart contracts
7. Fair ordering + aBFT security — built for auditability and trust
I don’t see a competitor that can match this. Do you?