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Standards

Welcome to the HCS Standards page! Here, we'll showcase the various standards that are used within the HCS.

HCS-1

HCS-1: File Data Management with Hedera Consensus Service​

Status: Published

Provides a systematic approach to encode, chunk, upload, retrieve, and reassemble file data for applications using Hedera Consensus Service (HCS).

HCS-2

HCS-2: Advanced Topic Registries​

Status: Published

Introduces advanced methodologies for managing and interacting with Topic Registries within the HCS framework.

HCS-3

HCS-3: Recursion within Hedera Consensus Service​

Status: Published

Enables recursive referencing of inscriptions within the Hedera Hashgraph, standardizing resource referencing and loading.

HCS-5

HCS-5: Tokenized HCS-1 Files, Hashinals​

Status: Published

Provides a standard way to "inscribe" Hashinals utilizing the Hedera Consensus and Hedera Token Services.

HCS-6

HCS-6: Dynamic Hashinals​

Status: Published

Introduces a way to inscribe and tokenize Hashinals whose metadata can be updated using a non-indexed Topic ID.

HCS-8

HCS-8: Poll Topic Standard​

Status: Published

Introduces a framework to use Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) topics to manage polls.

HCS-9

HCS-9: Poll Metadata Schema​

Status: Published

Defines the schema to describe and execute polls, in conjunction with HCS-8.

HCS-20

HCS-20: Auditable Points Standard on Hedera​

Status: Published

Defines how points can be managed and audited on the Hedera Hashgraph, inspired by the BRC-20 protocol on Ordinals.