Holochain Announcements

Holochain 0.7.0 is finally here. If you've been developing a hApp on the 0.6 line, you'll already have gotten most of the features in 0.7 thanks to our recent habit of aggressive backporting (along with the breaking changes that come with them). But 0.7.0 still has some goodies (and some breaking changes) to offer. * Refactored, slightly more ergonomic data model (comes with an AI coding agent skill to update your hApp for you) * A bootstrap server that includes an iroh relay — fewer services to deploy * Faster, lighter WASM management and execution — 5× speedup in some test scenarios * A new interpreted WASM backend that finally brings iOS support to Holochain! (read to the bottom for a tantalising screenshot) Read all the news in the Dev Pulse: https://blog.holochain.org/dev-pulse-156-holochain-0-7-0-faster-simpler-apple-scented/

🎥 ICYMI: Strategic Update Livestream Replay! Hey everyone! If you haven't had a chance to watch our recent Strategic Update, the replay is up on Youtube. It was a massive session where we officially announced Cameron Burgess as our new Executive Director and unveiled Holo Ventures—our new initiative to accelerate commercial adoption and support developers in the ecosystem. It's an exciting time to be building on Holochain. Catch up on all the details here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO05JTKnIV8

📣 Major Ecosystem Announcement! If you tuned into our recent livestream, you already heard the big news! We announced the establishment of Holo Ventures—a new organization designed to help support and accelerate the commercial projects being built on Holochain. The Holochain Foundation has officially named Cameron Burgess as the Executive Director of Holo Ventures. 👏 This is a massive step forward for the maturation and funding of our ecosystem. For a bit more on Cameron and Holo Ventures read: https://blog.holochain.org/holochain-foundation-establishes-holo-ventures-names-cameron-burgess-executive-director/

For years we’ve talked about what’s possible, and what’s coming. Now we’re ready to talk about what’s already here; what’s built and ready to use — and why it’s needed today. Join us on July 30th. https://www.youtube.com/live/XO05JTKnIV8?si=GjurcCjXXP584bYo

🎥 Upcoming Event: Strategic Update Livestream! Hey everyone! We've just scheduled our next Strategic Update Livestream for July 30th. We'll be jumping on camera to give you the latest updates on ecosystem progress, recent technical deliveries, and our immediate roadmap. Click the link below and hit "Notify me" so you don't miss it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO05JTKnIV8

📰 Ecosystem News: Flowsta - The Vault You Own! Last week's edition of the hAppenings newsletter takes a deep dive into our ecosystem partners at Flowsta. Flowsta is doing incredible work showcasing what's possible with Holochain, moving away from centralized single-sign-on providers (think "Sign In with Google/Facebook/GitHub") to true self-sovereign identity ownership. If you want to understand whether "The Vault You Own" actually lives up to its claims about user privacy, grab a coffee and read the full tear-down: https://happeningscommunity.substack.com/p/flowsta-the-vault-you-own

🏕 Event Update: Holochain is heading to DWeb Cascadia! Our summer of DWeb continues! After we wrap up in Berlin, one of our team is heading to the Pacific Northwest for DWeb Cascadia from July 30 to August 3. If any of our community members, developers, or partners are planning to attend, we’d love to meet up under the shade of the Douglas firs and talk all things P2P. Let us know in the chat if you're making the trip! 👇 Find out more about the event here: https://dwebyvr.org/camp/

🏕 Event Update: Holochain is heading to DWebCamp Berlin! From sponsoring to attending, DWebCamp has always been one of our favorite ecosystem events. This year, they are taking the camp to Europe, and we will be on the ground in Berlin, Germany from July 8th to 12th! If any of our community members, developers, or partners are planning to be there, we would love to meet up, talk all things P2P, and hear what you are building. Let us know in the chat if you're making the trip! 👇 Find out more about the event here: https://2026.dwebcamp.org/

📣 Ecosystem News: New Think-Piece from Holo! Our partners over at Holo just published a brand new blog post titled: "You Can't Run an Economy on a Bet." It's a fantastic deep dive into the difference between the speculative "crypto casinos" of Web3 and the stable, predictable, agent-centric economies we are building with Holochain. If you want to understand the philosophical and economic divide between standard cryptocurrencies and mutual credit — and what Holo and Unyt have done to remedy it — this is a great read. Give it a read and let us know your thoughts in the chat: https://holo.host/blog/you-cant-run-an-economy-on-a-bet-dslflYPf52N/

📰 Ecosystem News: Hummhive Newsletter! Our friends over at Hummhive just released their latest ecosystem update! 🐝 For those who might be new, Hummhive is a decentralized publishing platform built on Holochain that empowers creators to truly own their content and audience interactions without algorithmic interference. Catch up on their latest progress, new features, and community news by reading their newest post here: https://hive.humm.earth/post/MTc4MjQ3MTgwMjY4MS0wYWY0NmFiODNjODg4MjM3