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Today marks a quiet but meaningful shift for the HOT token—and for the community that’s stood by through years of development, testing, and belief in the vision of Holochain.
We’re launching a foundational liquidity pool for HOT on Arbitrum, a fast and low-fee Ethereum Layer 2 network. This isn’t a major exchange listing. It isn’t a hype campaign. It’s a direct response to what our community has asked for: a usable, tradable token with clear steps toward utility.
This new pool—just $4,000 in initial liquidity, seeded with $2,000 of HOT and $2,000 of USDC—is small by design. It reflects our belief in thoughtful, community-responsive development and a long-term approach to shared value.
Why This Matters
Many of you have held HOT not for hype, but out of conviction. You’ve been waiting for real utility. For activation. For an opportunity to engage more deeply with the network.
This launch delivers the first tangible layer of that opportunity.
The new HOT/USDC pool on Arbitrum enables:
- Real-time trading and L2 price discovery with significantly lower transaction costs
- The use of HOT in DeFi trading strategies, including via open platforms like RainDEX
- Community liquidity participation, with the ability to earn swap fees and signal early support
- A base for future use cases including staking, incentives, and dApp access
For the first time, HOT has an active presence on L2 where it can circulate, coordinate, and support value flows across decentralized applications.
Why HOT on L2?
The decision to activate HOT on Arbitrum doesn’t change our long-term vision. It’s an intentional and interim move—one that helps us bridge to something deeper.
HOT ≠ HoloFuel
We are still on a path toward transitioning to HoloFuel: a Holochain-native, mutual credit currency designed for the economics of distributed hosting.
Nothing we are doing with HOT on Layer 2 changes that. In fact, it’s a strategic complement.
In the short term, HOT on L2 will be used for paying HoloPort owner-operators and routing value through emerging coordination systems. It makes payments low-fee and fast—critical for initial operations on distributed infrastructure.
HoloFuel, when it arrives in full, will integrate directly with hosting data. That means automated, validated invoicing between HoloPort owners and Holo customers—anchored in mutual credit, not speculative supply. It is the endgame. HOT on L2 is a step in the journey that provides affordability and broader access today.
Why Start Small?Because we’re building with care—and because this move grows directly out of community feedback.
This liquidity pool isn’t a marketing stunt. It’s about bootstrapping shared value in a way that’s observable, participatory, and extensible.
It gives us something to build on:
- Real LP provisioning
- DeFi experimentation
- Strategy-layer applications using HOT as an active asset
This is groundwork. And it’s live.
Our Commitment
Holo was created to make Holochain applications accessible to everyday users—by bridging distributed tech and traditional web infrastructure. We've always stood apart in our approach to decentralization, privacy, and user agency—and that won’t change.
We’re still focused on a future powered by HoloFuel. But this step marks an evolution for HOT—now serving as an active form of payment on the hosting network with significantly lower fees.
It’s also an upgrade in utility for HOT holders, enabling participation in DeFi through Uniswap and strategy-layer tools like RainDEX.
We’re not optimizing for speculation. We’re optimizing for purpose.
What You Can Do Right Now
If you’ve held HOT with a belief in the long game, here’s how to become part of this new chapter:
🪙 Swap HOT on Arbitrum
Start using the token. Test out the ecosystem.
💧 Provide Liquidity
You earn a share of trading fees by contributing HOT and USDC to the pool.
You’ll be helping establish the live market price of HOT on Arbitrum—through real-time trades and liquidity provisioning—and contributing to the foundation of a DeFi-enabled HOT economy.
➡️ Liquidity Pool: HOT / USDC on Arbitrum (Uniswap 4)
📈 Explore RainDEX
Learn how HOT can be used in permissionless trading strategies via our partners at RainDEX.
Develop and deploy your own strategies using HOT/USDC liquidity on Uniswap.
🤝 Engage & Signal
This is a live system. Watch it. Use it. Share feedback.
Your activity now helps shape what comes next.