HoloPorts run Holochain applications using Holo Hosting software. Holo Hosting makes a Holochain application availalable to anyone over the WWW without having to install Holochain on their computers. It looks and works just like any web based service you would log into now. HoloPorts are dedicated hardware for running Holo Host. They were originally sold through an IndiGoGo campaign to determine the interest and viability in the Holochain network. Eventually the Holo Host software will be available for anyone to run on their own hardware. The appeal of Holo & HoloPorts is that developers will pay Holo Hosts to make their applications avaialble to the public just like other web sites have to pay GoDaddy or Amazon to host their site and web applications. So anyone can make money selling hosting services for Holochain applications and get a bit of the cloud hosting market income.
Once the Holo Host software is available for *everyone*, can this fact make Holoports obsolete somehow? Thanks in advance
Just my opinion, but I don’t think so b/c the plug and play method always has value. Hopefully they continue building them though.
They will probably become a minor % of total nodes, but not obsolete. Still a functioning dedicated rig, so very much useful.
Existing Holoports won’t be obsolete, but the necessity of them goes away. Demand for prebuilt Holoports after software is released will probably go away, or next to nothing. Lots of interest in DIY for those who don’t want to spend that much money and believe they can make one cheaper.
Will the holo host software be avaible long or short after beta?
I think the holoports will probably be the basic hardware layer for development and testing of the Holochain framework, because the holoports are forming a well defined and uniform network.
Honestly can’t say. All we know is sometime after beta starts. If you follow the project long enough you know that they should not give times, only general time frames. We all hope it’s shortly after beta. No indication what it will actually be.
Will the holofuel app build on holochain been added to playstore and appstore when holofuel app is ready?
I’ve not heard any talk about that. The core runs on holochain I don’t think it’s necessary for any other app since there is Holo Hosting. Anyone with a phone can access their account through a web browser. I can see a possible demand to want a local phone wallet so people don’t need to access the web for P2P phone to phone over BT or WiFi. I bet someone from the community might try that.
I thought there would also be a holofuel app that we can download. So the holofuel app will just be accessable threw a web browser?
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