What is it about the Holochain Vision that has me (and so many others) loyally supporting it since 2018?
As a retired person, I got the chance…like everyone else at that moment of retirement…to contemplate deeply the question of “what do I want to do with my life now?”. It’s a struggle for many folks. Years ago, I learned that I felt better and was more motivated if I supported causes I wanted to see in the world…rather than fighting against what I didn’t want. Working with nonprofits through the years, I saw volunteers and staff burn out badly fighting “against.” It’s exhausting and can be disheartening.
Working with others towards shared goals feels different, and is a more satisfying journey. That perspective and energetic shift in focus brought me to see (and get excited about) the vision of Holochain, and the Holo Network.
In 2018 I saw many challenges growing in the social media space, as well as just a general feeling of icky weirdness of being tracked, monetized, and having my data scooped up. That’s just not okay with me, and it certainly isn’t good for our children & grandchildren. Rather than rant & complain, (who likes to listen to that, anyway), I felt invited into the Holochain community to get creative and add value that fits for me (Thank you, Lucas Tauil).
When I came across Holochain, (and after some reading and deep listening), I realized I have some skills that may be adjacent to the community and useful (networking, researching & community weaving). That others besides our very dedicated and brilliant developer community (like me) could contribute! (See this article for background.)
Now, in 2024, we are very close to the launch of Holo. Tantalizingly close. Some folks (perhaps mostly investors) seem to have the motto:
“Immediate gratification takes too long” - from the movie “Postcards from the Edge”.
And for most Holochain supporters, we understand that to make fundamental changes to how we work and collaborate, big shifts need to occur. The last few years have been eye-opening as to the many rich new practices for in-person collaboration as well as online. Holochain provides one of the most effective, flexible, and creative frameworks to create those spaces online. Plus much, much more. (Check the Holochain Application Database!) We share the stories of these Creators in our newsletter. And we know there are many more who haven’t heard of Holochain who WILL be excited to create in this space.
I get it, Holochain is a new pattern, and we’re used to old ways online that we know aren’t in OUR best interest. It’s crunchy at first to learn new ways of collaborating. And, as a senior…it’s a super fun time to explore these amazing applications built on the Holochain framework!
A perspective I’ve gained from years in social justice and nonprofit work includes knowing that new ideas and concepts take time to bring into the world. Rather than complain, how can we support…what can we DO? There are ways we all can contribute, gain trust and reputation with others in the Holochain community, help the ecosystem, and feel useful and nourished.
Here’s one way - a hAppenings.community Event!
An Online Gathering: Requests & Offers Online Exchange- with the Holochain community (Advocates, hApp Creators, and hApp Projects)
On Zoom…using the PostGrowth Institute’s Offers and Needs Market Facilitation framework.
PostGrowth Institute describe their OANM process:
“Since 2010 the Post Growth Institute has been running a rapid process for people to share their gifts and have their needs met. The Offers and Needs Market (OANM) is a two-hour, guided process in which community members meet (virtually or in person) to identify and exchange their passions, knowledge, skills, resources, opportunities, and needs.
Surely it’s impossible to achieve intimacy and inclusion through online platforms that seem so impersonal?
In small, rotating groups, people share their offers and needs with the ability to determine availability, urgency, and location, and whether an exchange involves payment, barter, negotiation, or is gifted. Everything is eligible, from offering an electric drill or graphic design to finding a study group or a grant writer.
The OANM builds trust and respect, nurturing a culture of community reciprocity.“
Join our Practice Event - Requests & Offers Online!
Anita and Sam are taking advanced training this fall to become certified facilitators in the OANM method. We are testing meeting formats to create our own Requests & Offers meeting process! (Your feedback will be very welcomed!)
We are looking for folks to participate who:
Have excitement for the Holochain Vision and applications, over and above any monetary gain.
Want to support the Holochain Ecosystem in some manner!
Have a Request or Offer for others in the Ecosystem.
When: Wednesday, September 18th at 8am PDT (3pm UTC)
Where: Online - Zoom
How: Register with the button below!
You will be contacted with a meeting link by Sam/Anita prior to the meeting.
Finally, most folks I know yearn to feel useful and contribute to a world that works for everyone. There are a bazillion great ways to do that. I feel so heartened learning about the efforts worldwide that are stunningly brilliant…with many finding their way to the Holochain framework.
The launch of the Holo Network is in the not-to-distant future. Sam Turner and I are current Holo hosts with HoloPorts. We’re both excited about the Volla Phone Quintus with Holochain hApps, and participated in their Kickstarter! We can’t wait to experiment with the hApps, and experiencing how different it feels to have agency on our own phones!
For me, it’s all very exciting and well worth the wait for the Holo Network & Holofuel to be fully tested, examined, and ready before the Launch in the coming months.
What excites YOU about Holochain? (Share in the comments below!)
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Other Ways you can Participate & Support the Holochain Ecosystem:
hAppenings.community’s Discord Server
Dev.hc - Holochain’s Discord server
🌟 Latest News from hAppenings.community
If you’re new to “What’s hAppening” and the hAppenings Community, WELCOME! We invite you to explore our website, hAppenings.community, our Holochain Project Database (searchable), and we would love if you would join our Discord Server!
On our website you can visit as someone who is Curious, or have more options to interact and get deeper information by deciding to be an Advocate for Holochain projects! hApp Creators are also super welcome!!! Come check us out!
Also, if you’ve you’d like to see a type of retrospective of Holochain projects, check out the back issues of this newsletter. It’s rather amazing! And we always appreciate new subscribers!
🌟 Latest Official News and Events from Holochain and Holo
Event: Token2049 Singapore - September 18-19, 2024
We are headed to TOKEN2049 in Singapore, Sept 18–19 to showcase Volla Systeme GmbH mobile phone with a Holochain chat app! With Mary Camacho, Matthew Schutte, Liz Sweigart, PhD, David Atkinson, and more from our team and community.
We want to invite people in… to our living room?! We are trying something new at TOKEN2049 🎉
✅ Holochain booth: a space for conversation
✅ Tools for building connection
✅ Live demo of Volla Systeme GmbH Relay app built with Holochain
Relay is a fully encrypted Holochain chat app with no central servers, providing an extra layer of security and privacy beyond the industry standard. Learn more here.This renowned global conference series serves as a hub where key players in the crypto ecosystem convene to share ideas, build networks, and influence the industry's direction.
Video: Holo launch brief No 4 with CEO Mary Camacho
Missed our update? Mary Camacho shares our progress and challenges with the VASP License, Holochain Performance, and the Holo platform.
Holochain Digest - July & August 2024
One of our goals with this newsletter is to highlight Holochain’s versatility across diverse use cases and showcase how it can be a part of solutions in various industries. For example, Holochain projects are tackling flawed carbon credits through data provenance, and we're delivering decentralized apps for mobile that don’t rely on central servers, adding an extra layer of security and privacy.
Announcement: Volla Quintus Smartphone - Indiegogo Campaign!
Get the new flagship Volla Systeme GmbH Phone Quintus with the Holochain chat app Relay preloaded on it from Indiegogo:
Prefer to pre-order? Secure your device at Volla’s online store:
Plus, enjoy a 10% discount! Use code HOLOCHAIN10 at checkout. The discount will show at the end of checkout!
Article: Holochain | Innovative Open-source Framework | Peer-to-peer (P2P) Applications by Token Metrics
You never really know who is behind unsolicited evaluations of your open-source project, but it's always nice to get the positive feedback and acknowledgement. - Mary Camacho
Join Holochain.org’s Developer Portal: https://developer.holochain.org/
For a complete listing of all of the Holo Ltd and Holochain Foundation events go to their ‘Upcoming Events’ page!
🌟Latest News from the Holoverse:
Article: Social Currencies for Communities
Recently, Sid Sthalekar from the Neighbourhoods team sat down with Kevin Whitmore and members of the Web3NZ community. The conversation highlighted how, more than ever, the current centralized, app-based model for social coordination has hindered possibilities of cooperative autonomy, ownership, and insight over social data.
Here is the video: The cultural implications of decentralised communities.
Blog #3 What if Nature got some things right? By Mike Gamble of adaptive-emergent
In the last of three blog posts, we look at the new goals of adaptive-emergent and future plans in the areas of biomimicry and bottom-up AI-assisted programming.
Links for Blog #1 & 2 are in the article!
Note: Mike has been deeply rooted in the Holochain Ecosystem since 2018. This article shares some great insights into the growth of Holochain development in Australia!
Video: HummHive Architectural Overview - September 2024
Last week, two of our engineers caught up with Adam Thompson to give an overview of our protocol architecture and answer questions coming from an experienced project manager that were technical in nature.
As always, we’re dogfooding this experience in a continued effort to show our work and update you on exactly where we are at.
See our last feature article on HummHive for background!
Note: Demo of HummHive starts at 48:08
Video: Shadow Work for a Wise Web - Featuring Michel Bauwens, Ferananda Ibarra, Josh Field and Tim Adalin
The concept of fire is a powerful metaphor for our times, it ignites deep reflections on transformation, passion, and change. Fire offers us imagery to remind us of our own inner flames - the sparks of consciousness that drive us to create, connect, and courageously face the challenges of our time. From the destructive yet regenerative force of wildfires to the sacred flames of our love for life, fire can direct our creative passion, become a catalyst for social change, and a tool for confronting fears and the risks we face. It invites us to consider: How can we tend to our inner flames, fuel the fires of positive change, and find the right balance between passion and wisdom in our pursuits? How can we balance light and darkness? What does fire teach us about power?
There is fire in the conversation about technology as well. In our conversation we wove Web3 into a complex tapestry of hope, skepticism, and critical analysis. While acknowledging the transformative potential of blockchain, #Holochain and decentralized technologies, we spoke about the crisis of flow, the lack of true connectivity, narrative warfare, and other issues that are markers of exponential risks of our technologies under the centralization of power. What emerged was a call for a more nuanced, inclusive approach to #Web3 development – one that doesn't lose sight of broader societal impacts while pushing the boundaries of technological innovation. As we navigate this evolving landscape, the key seems to lie in fostering open dialogues, connecting digital advancements with tangible human needs, and striving for solutions that can truly democratize our digital future.
🌟Other Related News & Events
Resource: Solidarity Economy Funding Library
Found this nice resource library created by the New Economy Coalition - Tibet Sprague/Hylo
“It’s a resource for people to find funding, investing, and fiscal sponsorship opportunities, as well as detail relationships between movement organizations and funders.
NEC’s membership has long-recognized a need in our movement to unlock more trust-based, regionally-rooted flows of capital between projects and funders. The Solidarity Economy Funding Library is a response to that call.
In the future, the Library will also be a tool of accountability—to put funders and other capital power-holders on notice by having a democratically-controlled utility that enables organizers to share detailed insights on their experiences with the funding ecosystem."
Event: Responsible Tech Summit: Ensuring Our Tech Future Is Aligned With Democracy on Monday, September 16, 2024, at SVA Theatre in New York City.
All Tech Is Human’s Responsible Tech Summit brings together stakeholders from across industry, civil society, academia, and government to discuss strategies to strengthen and broaden the Responsible Tech movement with a particular focus on how technology that is aligned with the public interest can strengthen democracies and human rights, especially for vulnerable populations.
Event: Zebu Live 2024 - October 10-11, 2024 - London, UK
“The highly anticipated Zebu Live, the UK’s largest Web3 conference, is returning 10th-11th October 2024. Organized by Flight3, a renowned Web3 marketing agency owned by Dragons' Den star Steven Bartlett, this year’s event promises to be an unparalleled experience, featuring industry giants like Coinbase, Solana, and Blockchain.com. Attendees can look forward to an inspiring lineup of speakers, including Steven Bartlett, Raoul Pal, Lord Holmes, and John Lilic.
The Holochain Foundation will be a sponsor of Zebu Live - London Web3 Conference, once again!
Also, here’s an article about the conference from CryptoDaily!
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