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Holochain

Holochain is an open-source data-integrity engine that enables the self-hosting of P2P apps on a distributed web with user autonomy built directly into its architecture and protocols. Holochain avoids the need for global consensus and aims for massive scalability, as well as user-control of identity and data. Distributing the storage and processing of this information can change how people coordinate and interact and gives back control on digital integration.

 

Main sectors: Governance; IT & Telecommunications; Supply Chains & Logistics; Platform Economies & Service Sharing

Main applications: Disintermediation and decentralized networks;
Data Marketplace/Data monetization;
Supply Chain Management/Trade;
Identity (credentials/licenses/attestations)

Established in: 2017

URL: https://holochain.org/; https://holo.host/ 

 

Organisation: Holochain Foundation; Holo

Organisation type: Companies (for-profit) Foundation; Startup

Founders: Arthur Brock, Co-Founder; Eric Harris-Braun, Co-Founder

Partners: N/A

Country:  United Kingdom

City: Gibraltar

Stage of project: Pilot

Geographical reach: International

DLT / Blockchain: Other

Other technologies: N/A

 

Whitepaper: https://github.com/holochain/holochain-proto/blob/whitepaper/holochain.pdf

Github: https://github.com/holochain/holochain-rust

Twitter: https://twitter.com/holochain

 

This project is part of the #DLT4Good Scanning. ‘#DLT4Good: Co-creating a European Ecosystem of Distributed Ledger Technologies for Social and Public Good’ is a forward-looking science for policy project supported by the European Parliament, and coordinated by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in cooperation with the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (DG CONNECT). Learn more about #DLT4Good.