The Hedera Hashgraph Council will be the governing body of the Hedera network, and provides distributed governance of the organization. The council will consist of up to 39 leading organizations and enterprises in their respective fields, with membership designed to reflect a range of industries and geographies, to have highly respected brands and trusted market positions, and to encourage a wide variety of perspectives. This is far more decentralized than a single foundation with a few people making all the decisions.
Hedera’s governance terms ensure no single member will have control, and no small group of members will have undue influence over the body as a whole. When it comes to consensus, the network will expand to millions of nodes, all of which will vote on consensus.