Mainnet

Join Hedera Mainnet

Overview

The Hedera mainnet (short for main network) is where applications are run in production, with transaction fees paid in HBAR. Any application or retail user can submit transactions to the Hedera mainnet; they’re automatically consensus-timestamped and fairly ordered.

Any Hedera account can query data associated with Hedera’s services and stored on-chain. Every transaction requires payment as a transaction fee denominated in tinybars (100,000,000 tℏ = 1 ℏ). You can learn more about transaction fees and estimate your application costs here.

If you’re looking to test your application (or just experiment), please visit Testnet Access. The Hedera testnet enables developers to prototype and test applications in a simulated mainnet environment that uses test HBAR for paying transaction fees.

Transaction Throttles
Transactions on the Hedera Mainnet are currently throttled. You will receive a "BUSY" response if the number of transactions submitted to the network exceeds the threshold value.

Main Network Throttles

Network Request Types	Throttle (tps)
Cryptocurrency Transactions	AccountCreateTransaction: 2 tps TransferTransaction (inc. tokens): 10,000 tps Other: 10,000 tps
Consensus Transactions	TopicCreateTransaction: 5 tps Other: 10,000 tps
Token Transactions	TokenMintTransaction: 125 TPS for fungible mint 50 TPS for NFT mint TokenAssociateTransaction: 100 tps TransferTransaction (inc. tokens): 10,000 tps Other: 3,000 tps
Schedule Transactions	ScheduleSignTransaction: 100 tps ScheduleCreateTransaction: 100 tps
File Transactions	10 tps
Smart Contract Transactions	ContractExecuteTransaction: 15 million gas per second ContractCreateTransaction: 15 million gas per second
Queries (per node)	AccountBalanceQuery: 1000 tps ContractGetInfo: 700 tps ContractGetBytecode: 700 tps ContractCallLocal: 700 tps FileGetInfo: 700 tps FileGetContents: 700 tps Other: 10,000 tps
Receipts	unlimited (no throttle)