“Holochain Advocates (Enthusiasts) are contributors, regardless of technical abilities, who want to support the broader vision of Holo & Holochain.” From the Advocates Page on hAppenings.community
So much focus has been in the Holochain community on Developers creating the Holochain Framework and Holochain Applications/Tools. And rightly so! We felt it was time to bring attention to another group of extremely important participants in the Holoverse…the Holochain Advocate & Enthusiast!
Holochain Enthusiasts are a patient bunch! They’ve been enthused about the groundbreaking framework for a long time, seeing the potential for a distributed, secure network to build community collaboration and economies since 2018. Since that time, when Holochain was refactored from Go to Rust, the enthusiasts have been biding their time for when they can participate more broadly in the ecosystem.
As early adopters, some Enthusiasts became Holo Hosts, and many are participating in Alpha Testing the Holo Network on their HoloPorts, earning HoloFuel for their participation. (Both Sam and Anita are in the Alpha Test.) According to the Roadmap it won’t be too long before all Holo Hosts will be able to see the full features of Hosting Dashboard, and Holo going Beta!
Now that we have reached Holochain Beta and Holo Beta is imminent, with the introduction of security hardening and HoloFuel mutual credit, we perceive that the wider enthusiast community can increasingly get involved with nurturing and expanding the ecosystem.
Our experience, as non-developers, is that Enthusiasts come to the Holochain Ecosystem with varying wishes and desire to participate. Here are a few:
Testers of applications, games, etc!
Note that on DEV.HC (Discord), testing via the Happy Hour is happening regularly! Enthusiasts can join in, too!
Editors
Moderators of Holochain Project’s Discord Servers
Investors/Donors of Projects
Community Builders
Deep interest in Holochain solutions for:
Governance Expertise
Supply Chain Experience
Regenerative Farming
Energy Solutions
Data privacy
And so much more!
At hAppenings.community, we have created an area for Supporting the Ecosystem. It helps Enthusiasts know how to connect with those Projects that have reached out for community support.
Going forward, there is increasing awareness of the importance of Enthusiasts, and the need for more inclusion. Here at hAppenings.community, we want to support that goal over the coming months and years!
We’re gathering ideas and putting together a Holochain Application Lite Paper for an “Offers and Needs” hApp as an MVP (minimum viable product). With the knowledge that there is so much rich talent and dedication from Enthusiasts, we want to include a way for them to be seen, and heard, be able to participate, and get appreciation!
So, Enthusiasts, thank you for your patience, and your steadfast support of the Holo/Holochain journey. Keep an eye on this space for more details in the weeks to come. And, if you have ideas for how to support Enthusiasts, please do let us know!! Group Wisdom Rocks!
🌟 Latest Official News from Holochain and Holo
Web3 (Without Running Your Own Server) - Holochain helps make the vision of Web3 a reality by removing the hosting challenges of the peer-to-peer web. Securing local storage, global availability, and ease of use.
Bundle Your hApp in a Kangaroo Pouch, Dev Pulse 136 by Paul d’Aoust - “I want to introduce you to a new developer tool called Kangaroo. You can use it to bundle up a hApp into an installable binary, ready for use on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It makes it easy for people to start using a hApp, because the installation experience feels like any other app install rather than having to learn about the Holochain Launcher (which is honestly fairly easy but still a bit of a shift from what people are used to).”
What’s Next for the Dweb? Progress and the Work Ahead by Paul d’Aoust - “It’s a rare thing at a tech conference to hear cheers when someone says the internet is down. But then, DWeb Camp is a rare sort of tech conference.”
The Joy of Missing Out with Holochain at DWeb Camp - Rethinking Success Beyond Greed- Holochain Blog by Yavuz Selim Kiyak, August 10, 2023.
Video Clip: AI Personalizations with Holochain - AMA Quick Clip with Arthur Brock.
🌟 Upcoming Events:
Developer AMA #1 - August 15th, 2023 at 1700 (UTC) - “This will be the first in a new quarterly series of Holochain AMAs just for developers. Rather than a livestream, it’ll be an intimate Zoom call where developers and other dev-related folks can ask focused questions about the things that matter to them.” You can submit your questions for the team here, and register here!
Holochain Dev Training, October 2nd - Saturday, October 7th - Announcing that the application for the second 4-day online Holochain Dev Training is now open.
This is perfect for full-stack devs who know Rust or are willing to learn, and are ready to:
Develop immediate skill building distributed Holochain apps
Improve their peer-to-peer software architecture and design skills
Build Holochain apps with a small group of like-minded, experienced developers
Here's what you need to know:
When: October 2 – 7, 2023
Where: Join this fully online course from the comfort of your homeReady to take your Holochain adventure to new heights? Read details about the program and apply now!
🌟Latest News from the Holoverse:
IOEN Tech Update - This video from the Internet of Energy Network is their mid-2023 update on the project and the work that is going into it currently!
Redgrid GPT Accelerating the Energy Transition - Video update from RedGrid about their new direction, opportunity and focus. More about their Partnership with UGI.
New York Carbon Farm Network Hub - Changing their Project name from the Carbon Farm Network, this hREA-based also has a new website! Check it out!
New Research Article: Holochain: An Agent-Centric Distributed Hash Table Security in Smart IoT Applications - published 7/31/23 by IEEE Access
Have News & Updates?
If you are a team member of a Holochain Project and would like to let us know your latest news and updates, please contact us here!
🌟Other Related News & Events
Blue Oak Council - Open Software Licensing Primer. This is a short, practical guide to open software licensing. If you deal with software on the job and wonder how open software licensing works, why you can use some kinds and not others, or what you have to do to get away with it, this guide’s for you!
MetaFest Croatia - August 16th - 18th, Fort Punta Christo, Croatia. “A gathering around coordination, regeneration & the bigger picture. A Gathering of Communities: Join a mix of DAOists, regens, pre-DAO DOers & pre-ReFi regens. Dive into metacrisis, coordination, regeneration & the deep blue sea.” Holochain community members will be attending.
Center for Humane Technology - Discussion on AI: Matching Power with Wisdom
There’s a podcast going around that is sparking rich conversation, looking at Generative AI from a new–yet very old–perspective: So You Want to Be a Sorcerer in the Age of Mythic Powers... (The AI Episode). It's by renowned teacher Josh Schrei of The Emerald: currents and trends through a mythic lens.
On Tues Aug 22 from 9 - 10:15am PST we are hosting a live virtual discussion between Josh and empathy expert David Sauvage on how technologists and tech companies–especially those working on AI–can integrate this wisdom into their work and lives. Then we’ll open it up to your questions and ideas.
Responsible Tech Summit: Reimagining Social Media for a Better Future - September 14th at the SVA Theater, NYC. All Tech Is Human is a non-profit building a global, multistakeholder, and multidisciplinary network to tackle wicked tech & society issues and co-create a tech future aligned with the public interest. This gathering for 275 will bring together a mix of individuals across civil society, government, industry, and academia. Tibet Sprague of Hylo.com will be attending!
🌟 Job Board
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Remember, if you are a developer looking for gigs, check out the leads on Dev-HC on Discord, at the Gig-Matching Section!
If you have a Holochain Project or Supportive organization, and have job openings, please do let us know so we can post your listings!
🌟 And, find more at hAppenings.community!
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