service.html

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layout: page
title: Service
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<p>Hedera services sit on top of the Core node software and provide the functionalities that are accessed by users. These currently include the File Service, Consensus Service, Token Service, and Smart Contract Service. HIPs in the "Service" category are used to add to or improve the service-layer of Hedera. These types of features are implemented on Hedera consensus nodes.</p>

<p>
    {% assign hips=site.pages|where:"category","Service" %}
    {% include hipstable.md hips=hips %}
</p>