Arthur Brock of Holochain – A Nature-Inspired Approach To Distributed Systems and Currency

Arthur Brock, the co-founder and visionary behind Holochain, explains the ideas and values behind the platform and what makes it different from blockchains.

We also explore his background and work before Holochain, with Ceptr and Metacurrency projects.

Holochain is a peer-to-peer scalable application platform. The unique thing about Holochain is that its architecture is designed to mimic living organisms. Each user on the network has his own ledger, which can operate independently or interact with other users.

What we cover in this episode:

• Looking at currencies as symbols that track the flow of processes
• Using currency as a tool for reshaping collective intelligence
• Understanding Ceptr project, which was a prototype for Holochain
• How nature inspires the architecture of Holochain
• The main differences between blockchains and Holochain
• What is DHT – Distributed Hash Table and what is DHT “gossip”
• Why Holochain chose not to use tokens in its architecture
• Consensus mechanisms and creating rules on Holochain
• The Metacurrency Project and the Deep Wealth model
• How scalability works of Holochain, and its main applications
• The difference between Holo and Holochain

Mentions and Resources:

• Arthur Brock’s personal website
• Holochain and Holo
• Ceptr
• The Metacurrency Project
• Arthur Brock and Eric Harris-Braun – Deep Wealth, a talk at the Strategies for a new Economy Conference, June 2012
• Crypto Radio’s Thought Leaders Series