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What is Holochain?
Holochain is a framework and network protocol for building distributed, peer-to-peer applications.
Who is Paul?
Paul likes to find ways to make complex things simple. He’s a thing explainer and developer advocate at Holo, the company funding Holochain open-source development.
Who is this explainer for?
Developers and the more technically minded. We'll have a wider audience explainer, soon, so stay tuned!
NOTE: Holochain is in alpha and development is moving fast. Details like OS support may have improved by the time you watch this! :-)
Timestamps
0:40 What problem is Holochain trying to solve?
2:10 What is Holochain?
2:30 Blockchain, Holochain, and System Integrity
3:10 Agency is Holochain’s Basic Ontology
4:02 Shared rules maintain integrity
4:43 - Pillar 1: Intrinsic Data Validity
5:22 - Pillar 2: Peer Witnessing
6:00 - Journal Data Can't Be Modified
6:20 - Rule Breakers Identified by Peer Validators
7:11 Network Resilience Built into Holochain
7:45 Holochain more Responsive and Efficient than blockchain
8:15 What can you build on it?
8:44 - Building on Holochain is...Different
9:15 - But many things are much easier, like privacy
10:18 Holochain is ready for hacking
10:30 - Basics of Holochain app development
11:47 - Tools. Libraries. Learning Materials
11:55 Holo serves Holochain apps with a web browser
12:18 FAQ (async and virtual only 😉)
Additional Links
✅ Holochain developer documentation: https://developer.holochain.org
✅ Install guide: https://developer.holochain.org/docs/install
✅ Core concepts: https://developer.holochain.org/docs/concepts
✅ Developers’ forum: https://forum.holochain.org
✅ Official blog https://blog.holochain.org
✅ Holochain Open Dev blog: https://holochain-open-dev.github.io
✅ GitHub:
https://github.com/holochain
✅ Holochain runtime and SDK :
https://github.com/holochain/holochain
✅ JavaScript client SDK
https://github.com/holochain/holochain-conductor-api/
✅ Tryorama scenario testing framework
https://github.com/holochain/tryorama
✅ Rust https://rust-lang.org
✅ WebAssembly https://webassembly.org/
✅ MessagePack https://msgpack.org/
✅ Twitter
https://twitter.com/holochain