Welcome to "Request & Offers - HC/MVP" Litepaper

A hAppenings.community project to facilitate exchanges between Holochain Creators & Advocates!

Introduction

We’ll make a giant leap and imagine that if you’re reading this Litepaper, you are most likely a Holochain Creator (Designer/Developer) or a Holochain Enthusiast/Advocate. That being said, we’d like to share an idea and get your input and wisdom about our proposed project “Requests & Offers - HC/MVP”.

The Concept

First, let’s look at our distinction between an ‘Enthusiast’ and an ‘Advocate’. Enthusiasts are excited about the concepts of Holochain, which is fantastic! For us, Advocates also want to be in active support of the Holochain Ecosystem, and sometimes for specific Holochain Projects.

The idea is to create a simple Holochain application (hApp) that facilitates:

1. The Creators/Projects/Developers' ability to reach out to the Holochain Advocates with specific requests to support their various Holochain Projects.

2. Advocates who would like to become a Creator, or have an idea for an hApp to reach out to Creators for mentorship, wisdom and support.

The hApp will be built on Holochain, and of course, be open source. We desire to have it roughly built on TimeBanking/LETS/Offers and Needs Market design ideas.

So, the Creators/Advocates request what they want, and what they’d enjoy offering to the Ecosystem. All the offers/requests are within the narrow scope of Holochain projects. It’s a simple, basic application (a Minimal Viable Product or MVP), that allows us to practice exchanging with each other!

Part of the inspiration to build this hApp is to engage those who are Holochain Advocates and Holo Hosts to offer a great opportunity to participate in the Ecosystem by supporting the Projects. Advocates and Hosts have a wealth of talents to tap and want to feel useful, valued, and included in the Holochain community. It also affords them a way to reach out to the Creators to connect, grow relationships and get support.