Real-world feedback on the 0.6.1 upgrade: "We were running into issues with Holochain 0.6.0 with Vault... But Holochain 0.6.1 with Iroh has been solid for over a week now." — Eric Dorean 🛠️⚡️ The Iroh networking upgrades are making a tangible difference for builders. Have you updated yet?

You own your social graph here. What if your community could compose its entire platform? 🧩 The new hAppenings dives into Coasys, AI peers, & ecosystem news: happeningscommunity.substack.com/p/coasys-spa... #Holochain

Coasys: Space for us in "WE"

When a community or group gathers online, the digital space they meet in is rarely of their making.

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How do you stop a compromised AI agent from ruining a peer-to-peer network? ❌ You don't try to build a perfect firewall. ✅ You build a network immune system.

Tried the Holochain 'Getting Started' dev experience lately? We broke it. 💥 But we fixed it! 🛠️

Sweettest, our internal testing framework made ready for you to use, replacing Tryorama in our dev tools. Scaffolding tool generates starter tests for you. While docs are still thin, start here: github.com/holochain/holochain/tree/develop/crates/holochain/src/sweettest

holochain/crates/holochain/src/sweettest at develop · holochain/holochain

The current, performant & industrial strength version of Holochain on Rust. - holochain/holochain

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Getting Started Guide is working again: the DX still has gaps, and Playground is deprecated/removed. Sweettest is introduced as our new testing framework; documentation is sparse. You won't pick this up painlessly, but the path exists.

Imagine locking your network at the front door instead of installing cameras inside. Most systems hand out keys to everyone. Then they spend engineering effort on rules: if you're this type of user, you can do this. If you break this rule, we record it. Policies all the way down.

Community stress testing is real peer-to-peer resilience being proven by actual distributed volunteers. Not lab results. Not vendor claims. Real people running real tests.

We're running Wind Tunnel tests right now. Unyt is building the test framework, running load against the network, watching how the system actually behaves when it's under pressure. Maintenance work is happening at the same time. Community testing is running in parallel.

Unyt ran Wind Tunnel performance tests. Found a memory leak. Fixed it before it shipped. This is worth saying out loud because most projects don't. The work is finding issues in testing, not discovering them in production. When a testing framework does its job, you should say so.

Holochain in the browser. We're testing it. If you've been following the project for a while, you know what that sentence could mean. If you haven't — P2P apps, no central server, running on the open web, in a tab. Still figuring out what this makes possible. That's the part we're excited about.

A week of steady building: roadmap tracking at 31 points, testing infrastructure getting more comprehensive, honest conversations about centralization vs decentralization. This is what it looks like when you focus on the work.

Wind Tunnel update: polishing data display for performance reports, expanding test coverage (signals and more), putting Unyt patterns through the suite. The unglamorous work that separates "it mostly works" from "we trust it in production." Reliability comes from testing, not optimism.

Imagine a "Log in with Google" button, but you actually own the cryptographic keys, and the login server can't access your personal information. 🔐

Flowsta — Your login, your data, your choice.

One account that works everywhere. Create your Flowsta account once and use it across all partner sites with true privacy and ownership.

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With Holochain 0.6.1, we are returning to our roots: The QUIC protocol. ⚡ QUIC is designed as a low-ceremony, high-throughput alternative to HTTP and WebRTC. We tried it in the past, but third-party libraries were too immature. Now, thanks to Iroh, QUIC is actually quick. #QUIC #Holochain

Great software starts with thoughtful humans. 🧠 Before a single line of code is written, peer-to-peer architecture requires deep listening, speccing out edge cases, and receiving critical feedback from other humans. You can't automate the "Why." #SystemDesign #Holochain #TechPhilosophy

Happy Friday! Wrap up your week by reading up on how the Holochain ecosystem is stress-testing the future of the web. 🌪️ The team at hAppenings published a fantastic community breakdown of our Wind Tunnel infrastructure. Read it here: happeningscommunity.substack.com/p/wind-tunne... #Holochain

Wind Tunnel: Testing Holochain at Scale

How do you test a peer-to-peer network before the peers show up?

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Coffee: Poured. ☕ Nodes: Synced. ⚡ What peer-to-peer problem are you trying to solve today? Let’s talk architecture in the replies. 👇 #DevLife #P2P #Holochain #RustLang

Since our callout last week, we've seen a surge in active HoloPorts joining the Wind Tunnel. 🌪(Reached the 50 Node milestone!) But to fully simulate the load for apps like Unyt, we need to push the node count higher. If you have a Port collecting dust, get it online. We are running tests now.

Unyt isn't just a tool; it's a kit. 🧰 It enables groups to set up their own accounting environments, their way. These aren't just ledgers; they are Smart Agreements, shared rules that every participant helps enforce. If you break the rules, the immune system kicks in. #SmartContracts #DAO

The promise of Web3 was "ownership," but the reality is often "gas fees." ⛽ Holochain + Unyt changes the model. ❌ No Global Ledger. ❌ No Gas Fees. ✅ Peer-audited transactions.

Holo is calling for backup. 🛡️ We need just a few more edge nodes to support the expanding Wind Tunnel tests. We are adding new scenarios every week, specifically to ensure apps like Unyt launch on solid ground. If you have a HoloPort, update it. Help us stress test the future. Guide below 👇

Guide - Setting Up Your Edge Node for Holochain Wind Tunnel Testing

Infrastructure for organizations committed to data privacy, user agency, ethical technology, and freedom from big tech monopolies—building a more sovereign digital future.

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Money isn't a token you hold; it's a relationship you track. This is the core of Mutual Credit, a concept as old as civilization, now being rebuilt on Holochain by projects like Unyt. If you want to understand why we build agent-centric tech, start with the history of how humans transact.

A New Type of Cryptocurrency, As Old As Civilisation

Mutual Credit – Part 1

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To the HoloPort owners stepping up to host Wind Tunnel runners: Thank you. 🙏 You aren't just hosting a box; you are hosting chaos. More runners = more network stress = better data for us. Your hardware is helping us bulletproof the network for everyone else. #DePIN #Holochain #Community #Testing

Moss just went global. 🌿 v0.15.3 is live with multi-language support (FR, DE, ES, TR, PT, IT, JA, NL) and a major networking upgrade via Holochain 0.6.1 (powered by Iroh). ⚠️ Important: All group members must update to v0.15.3 to remain visible to each other. Experience the new speed: moss.social

Moss - Peer-to-peer groupware for collective impact

Moss is a peer-to-peer, adaptable, relational environment for collective impact. Build sovereign digital spaces for your community with Holochain-powered groupware.

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The Roadmap has been updated, and the data is clear: We are moving faster than ever. 🚄 We are currently hitting a velocity of 27 points/week, the highest in our history. Key Highlights:

Distributed systems are notoriously hard to observe. You usually only see the storm from the outside. 🌪️ With Wind Tunnel, we are finally seeing inside. We are moving from "anecdotal" performance (it feels fast) to "continuous, automated data" (it is fast).

Wind Tunnel: Seeing Inside the Storm

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A muscle only grows when you stress it. A network is no different. 💪 We don't fear bugs in the Wind Tunnel; we hunt them. Every red flag in testing is a future crisis averted in production. Resilience is earned.

Distributed systems are hard. Testing them shouldn't be a black box. 📦 We believe in radical transparency. That's why you can see exactly how our Wind Tunnel stress tests are performing in real-time. Green means go. Red means we fix it.

Roadmap Update: Holochain 0.6.1 and 0.7 have officially moved from "Up Next" to "In Progress." 🏗️ But here is the important part: We aren't making you wait for 0.7 to get the performance boost.