Holo is distributed hosting, owned and run by users.

Powered by Holochain, Holo facilitates businesses and communities building the next Internet paradigm, free from centralized control.

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“Holochain is talking Mozilla’s language.”
Jim Cook, Former Mozilla Chief Financial Officer / Co-Founder of Netflix

“The ICO that will be remembered as the gateway to a better internet.”Tom LaForge, Former Global Director of Human and Cultural Insights at Coca-Cola

“We strongly believe in all things Holo. It’s very aligned to everything we want to do.”Duleesha Kulasooriya, Head of Strategy and Research, Deloitte, Center for the Edge

Holo is a community of passionate humans building a distributed cloud, owned and run by users like you and me.

We believe in the power of a truly peer-to-peer Internet.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Holo? Is it the same thing as Holochain?

Holochain is a new technology for distributed computing. Holo makes it possible for this technology to be used by mainstream internet users and spread faster.

Holochain is a platform infrastructure technology for distributed peer-to-peer applications, and Holo is the first application to be built on top of it. The purpose of Holo is to act as a bridge between the budding community of distributed Holochain apps, and the current centralized web. By creating an ecosystem and currency that enable distributed hosting services provided by peers, Holo brings access to distributed applications to the familiar web browser. The long-term goal is for Holo to run itself out of business by expanding the community built on and around Holochain apps until the majority of people switch over to using Holochain directly. But adoption of a new technology as fundamental as Holochain won’t happen overnight, so Holo is here ease that transition.

Do I need to buy hosting hardware (HoloPorts) to be a host and earn Holo fuel?

No, anyone can be a host on their existing device without the need to purchase hardware.

While the HoloPort is optimized for hosting the network and is the easiest way to be a part of the community and earn Holo fuel, you will be able to run the Holo software on a variety of devices. We’re selling HoloPorts in order to jump-start the Holo ecosystem with many stable, dedicated hosting devices, but we encourage users to join our community through any means at their disposal. Initially the Holo software will only be available for download and installation on computers running Linux; later macOS and Windows will be supported.

Does Holo solve Net Neutrality?

How can you prevent centralization of hosting into big data centers?

Yes, someone who provides more hosting power can earn more. Yes, someone could set up hosting in a data center. No, that would not suddenly make it centralized. Every holochain user still holds their own data, and every Holo host who carries that app is still in the rotation for DNS resolution to valid hosts. Just because you set up a data center doesn’t mean all the traffic suddenly comes to you on a Holo hosted app.

Powered by Holochain

Holochain is a new open source framework for truly peer-to-peer applications. Not only is Holo a Holochain app, Holo supports and extends other Holochain apps.

Relative to Blockchain, Holochain apps are:
- Massively scalable
- Exponentially faster
- Far more energy efficient
- 10,000x cheaper