About Holo

Holo is a peer-to-peer distributed platform for hosting decentralized applications built using Holochain, a framework for developing DApps that does not require the use of blockchain technology. The goal of Holo is to serve as a bridge between the broader internet and apps built using Holochain, offering an ecosystem and marketplace in which DApps are easily accessible, as they are hosted on the internet by Holo network participants.

The Holo network will be facilitated using a token called HoloFuel, which is actively being tested and will act as an accounting system to pay hosts for their services. In 2018, the project minted an ERC-20 token, HOT — also known as HoloToken — as an "IOU" that will be redeemable for HoloFuel upon launch.

Holo is still in development and is expected to launch for open alpha and beta testing by 2021.

Holo Roadmap

 

  • Q4 2017

  • - Crowdfunding campaign and ICO to raise capital for Holo, grow Holo network, and attract developers for Holochain.
    - Alpha 0 and then Alpha 1 Release.
    - Design and prototype voting and decision making apps (meta-apps that can be included within other Holochain apps).

  • Q1 2018

  • - First boxes shipped to 500+ hosts.
    - Alpha 2 including high level application development framework and pluggable governance.
    - Holochain Directory acts as an app store/package manager for the 50 or so Holochain based applications that have been created to date. Partnerships established for other asset-backed currencies (energy, food, housing, etc.).

  • Q2 2018

  • - First test transaction on Holo using Holo fuel. Reaching 5,000 hosts.
    - Alpha 3 includes security audit and the ability to adjust DHT parameters and behavior.

  • Q3 2018

  • - 100 test transactions an hour on Holo using Holo fuel. Test net of Holo running on 15,000 host device.
    - Holochain in solid Beta Release. Commitment to backward compatibility and more security audits.

  • Q4 2018

  • - Test net Holo running on 30,000 host devices. Number of Holochain nodes has surpassed number of bitcoin nodes. (Currently BTC 7900, ETH 26,000). By end of the year, approaching production level sophistication.
    - Peer-to-Peer applications on Holochain reach 50 apps and 10,000 users (with apps that don't require paid hosting to smooth out imbalanced production/consumption). By end of the year, approaching production level sophistication.
    - Replacement for gmail/gdocs/collaboration tools app available as beta on Holochain.
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