Holochain Website: https://holochain.org/

Holo Website: https://holo.host/

Project name: Holochain & Holo

Token: HoloToken (HOT)

Holochain White paper: https://github.com/holochain/holochain-proto/blob/whitepaper/holochain.pdf

Holo Green paper: https://files.holo.host/2018/03/Holo-Green-Paper.pdf

Project Overview

Q. Starting with the most common question.. Are Holochain and Holo different?

Yes

Holochain = Scalable agent centric distributed computing, is a distributed blockchain alternative, and distributed app platform.

Holo = Bridge between Holochain and users for mainstream adoption, is the flagship app built on Holochain, Holo is a distributed app HOSTING platform, to enable more ease of use of adoption of Holochain apps, and build a bridge between the centralized and decentralized web.

Let’s try to understand both separately.

Q. What is Holochain?

Holochain makes decentralized computing easy and real. It provides the underlying cryptographic fabric to maintain data integrity across unlimited peers without requiring consensus. Integrity without consensus means:

immediate and efficient processing

no proof-of-work

no proof-of-stake

no energy wasted on mining

no bottlenecks nor global delays

Relative to Blockchain, Holochain apps are:

Massively scalable

Exponentially faster

Far more energy efficient

10,000x cheaper

Comparison between Blockchain and Holochain

Q. Is Holochain just a whitepaper project right now?

No, Holochain has already tested three applications in their Alpha:

A twitter clone The DAO code that was on the Ethereum home page The process of adding a user to a Whitelist once they have satisfied all the conditions for regulators “Know Your Customer” requirements.

The results of these tests have been claimed to be extremely positive (both in efficiency and costs)

Now that we have an idea about what Holochain is, let’s jump to Holo.