We have reached an important point for Holo as we progress towards the release of the hosting platform. The Pre-Release test of Hosted Elemental Chat continues successfully with more than 200 peers chatting across the world. Messages arrive quickly and participants report a real-time chat experience using the app. Elemental…

We are incredibly appreciative of our community of early adopters who pre-purchased HoloPorts. In previous months many HoloPort owners contributed greatly to our ability to release early milestones. These community testers are people who have monitors and keyboards connected to their ports and who’ve dedicated their time to actively participate…

This week brings two big updates:

• One for everyone — the Holochain Launcher
• One for developers — a scheduler in Holochain v0.0.108

Holochain Launcher preview: user-friendly hApps

I hinted at the Holochain Launcher in the last two Dev Pulses, but didn’t go deep into it. So what is it?

Simply: the Launcher finally makes it…

This week’s release brings few developer-facing features, but it’s a big one in terms of performance. Holochain v0.0.107 is set to unleash an explosion of progress for the HoloPort Alpha Program.

V0.0.107 is for Holo hosting

Even though we’ve released a number of Holochain versions with plenty of features and fixes, the version on the…

Welcome to our monthly roundup! September has been another exciting month for us, as the HoloPort Alpha Program is almost ready to be used for Holo test nets, and the first sessions of the community-run Holochain DevCamp went live!

First of all, I want to publicly say that I’ve struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder for most of my life. This is Dev Pulse 102 and I’m talking about Holochain v0.0.103. Those numbers differ by one, and that really annoys me. But I’ve found that one of the best remedies for…

Welcome to our monthly roundup! August has been a very exciting month for us, as we opened the HoloPort Alpha program, look to grow our team, and made an important update to our Elemental Chat.

We’ve been testing the Holo hosted version of Elemental Chat for two weeks now, and so far everything is working well. Most messages arrive quickly, even as new participants join and post messages.

At time of writing, there are 245 participants who’ve posted 5405 messages in 94 channels!