HBAR Pulse measures the Hedera network itself: transactions per second, congestion, the true cost of a transaction, node health, supply and escrow.
Throughput is counted from Mirror Node transaction records over the last few seconds, and the fee calculator uses the live network exchange rate — so the numbers move with the network instead of quoting a spec sheet.
Hedera prices transactions in USD, which is why a transfer costs about $0.0001 whether the network is idle or busy. The Ethereum comparison on the page shows the same operation at mainnet gas prices.
HBAR Pulse is a live readout of the Hedera network itself: transactions per second, how congested the network is, what a transaction costs, which consensus nodes are healthy, how much HBAR is circulating and how much is still escrowed. Every figure is read from the public Hedera Mirror Node every few seconds — no wallet and no API key.
Hedera mainnet finalises a transaction in roughly 3 seconds and sustains thousands of transactions per second. The live counter shows the measured rate over the last few seconds, not a marketing number.
Fees are fixed in USD and cost a fraction of a cent — about $0.0001 for an HBAR transfer and about $0.001 for a token transfer. The fee calculator converts that into HBAR at the live network exchange rate.
Roughly 20-25% of circulating HBAR is staked to consensus nodes. HBAR Pulse shows live staking participation, the current reward rate and the daily reward pool.
This is one of 22 free Hedera apps in Hedera HQ — live mainnet data, no wallet and no sign-up.