# About HeLa ## Introduction **High Performance and Stability**: [HeLa](https://helalabs.com/) is an Alternative Layer 1 blockchain that focuses on modularity and parallel execution to enhance scalability, delivering high transaction per second (TPS) rates. It employs its native stablecoin, HLUSD, to manage gas fees, ensuring stable and predictable costs for users. **Strategic Partnerships and Expansion**: HeLa has partnered with [A\*Star](https://www.a-star.edu.sg/ihpc) Singapore’s IHPC to advance its blockchain technology, particularly in the innovative DeFi sector and the gaming industry, indicating upcoming developments within the HeLa network. ## Build the future on HeLa 1. **Supportive Ecosystem for Developers**: HeLa provides a supportive environment for builders at all levels, from startups to large enterprises, through an open and inclusive ecosystem that encourages innovation and creation. 2. **Compatibility and Flexibility**: The blockchain is EVM compatible, facilitating the easy integration and migration of applications, and features a modular design that separates functionalities like consensus and execution for enhanced flexibility and easy customization without affecting system integrity. 3. **Scalability and Security**: HeLa's scalable consensus protocol and modular architecture allow for quick transaction finality to meet diverse demands, coupled with high security standards through secure consensus protocols and professional validator engagement to safeguard the ecosystem against threats. ## HeLa Social Media [**Telegram**](https://t.me/hela_official) [**Discord**](https://discord.com/invite/helalabs) [**Twitter**](https://twitter.com/HeLa_Network) [**Medium**](https://medium.com/hela-labs) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.stablehodl.com/overview/about-hela.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.