The Oasis White Paper
Max Gershfield
Nov 25, 2024
Introduction
We are living in divided times. As the old systems reveal themselves to be unfit for purpose, society must look toward new systems, new ways to come together.
Our mission is to unify and connect all of Web2 and Web3, abstracting all complexities and overcoming silos of all kinds through a single, robust architecture and powerful set of APIs.
We massively reduce the barriers of entry for creating powerful, scalable, cross-chain decentralised applications (OAPPs).
We are building a world where anyone can create their own reality, with no/low code tools
- where any company can quickly access the very best available tech
- where any blockchain can access the users or liquidity of another
- or where any web2 project can take their pick of web3 features.
For almost ten years we’ve been working towards this goal. Every feature is industrial-grade, no corners have been cut.
Where other projects sell the vision and fill in the blanks - we’ve built something huge, and it’s ready to share.
Table of Contents
Ecosystem Overview
Products Section
Roadmap
Tokenomics and Utility
Holona DAO
Technical Architecture
Team and Advisors
Conclusion
References
Ecosystem Overview
Here is a brief overview of each of our products - all of which are designed to integrate with one another:
The OASIS
Our ‘mothership’ product which everything plugs into. It connects Holochain to the rest of Web3, with an abstraction architecture which makes it very easy to integrate new blockchains, protocols, etc. Apps (“OAPPs”) on The OASIS are fully interoperable. The OASIS is Ready Player One in reality - fully interoperable, web4 technology.
HoloNET
A bridge solution that enables .NET and Unity applications to securely and quickly connect to Holochain using their existing infrastructure, offering companies a decentralised alternative to cloud-based data sharing, and removing the lower level complexities of Holochain.
Our World / AR World
Our World: the real world game layer to The OASIS built using the AR World engine- gamifying the real world, with geo-cached NFTs in a Pokemon Go type experience as well as geo hotspots, missions, quests, and more. Aimed at encouraging healthier communities, getting young people out into nature, and plugging in local goods and services.
AR World: Our metaverse-as-a-service, white label offering for brands - allowing any company to create their own branded experiences with cross-chain NFTs, which can appear in specific real world locations, as well as missions which can appear in our game as well as on other platforms, devices and applications.
STAR
A no/low code generator tool inside of The OASIS, allowing automatic generation of OAPPs, and visualising them as celestial bodies inside of cyberspace which grow with use. Features a new, universally generic language made of holons, unlocking incredible new possibilities.
The OASIS
Put very very simply, The OASIS is an advanced framework that allows developers to build OASIS applications - OAPPs.
What is an OAPP?
As illustrated in the diagram below, an OAPP is the ultimate dApp / hApp. It is compatible across our growing list of blockchains, game engines, web2 libraries and databases, and can make use of our powerful range of interoperable APIs which are designed to facilitate easy, secure interactions across the open web. Its modular design gives developers the freedom to pick and choose from the best protocols and providers without manually configuring each one, reducing development time.
Holochain Integration
One module of The OASIS is HoloNET - which is designed to integrate via the HoloOASIS provider. This connects Holochain to our entire list of web2 and web3 providers, allowing for cutting edge cross-chain / Holochain applications to be rapidly built using .NET - the robust framework loved by Enterprise. (And for non-developers, STAR will offer the same functionality with no and low code solutions. Scroll down to read about that.)
Key Features of The OASIS
Easy to build powerful things with
Streamlined Development Process: The OASIS offers a unified, pre-configured developer environment. This eliminates the need to manually install dependencies, significantly improving the overall development experience.
Simply build your application in .NET, and choose what it connects to - Holochain, Solana, Ethereum, Unity - the list is large and constantly growing.
Automatic Updates: All updates to dependencies and core components are handled automatically. Developers always work with the latest tools without manual intervention, speeding up the build process and reducing potential errors from outdated software.
Auto Failover and Auto Load Balancing
Robust Connectivity: If the blockchain used by an OASIS application experiences downtime or performance issues (i.e Solana is experiencing heavy traffic), the system automatically seeks out the next fastest provider. This ensures a consistent and reliable connection for the end-user, maintaining application performance and availability - very important for state intensive applications.
Distributed Traffic Management: The OASIS incorporates automatic load balancing and fail-over protocols, distributing traffic evenly across all nodes. This enhances performance and provides resilience against node failures, contributing to the platform's high stability.
Offline Mode
OAPPs can operate in offline mode by leveraging Bluetooth connectivity to hop between devices until they reach an active internet node. This feature breathes new life into 'low-tech' devices, allowing them to participate in the network and ensuring that applications remain functional even in areas with limited internet connectivity.
Best of All Worlds
Optimised Performance and Security: By enabling interoperability between various platforms and blockchains, The OASIS allows developers to leverage the strengths of different technologies. For instance, an application can utilise the high performance of one blockchain while benefiting from the enhanced security of another. This integration minimises risks and maximises performance, offering the best features from multiple chains.
Censorship-Proof Architecture:
Resilient Network: The decentralised nature of The OASIS makes it extremely difficult to censor or shut down applications built on it. Disabling an OAPP would require deactivating every usable internet node—a nearly impossible task. Even then, the application could continue to function by daisy-chaining through Bluetooth devices. This robustness is a significant deterrent against censorship efforts.
APIs / Modules
OAPPs can leverage a series of powerful APIs:
Avatar API
Unified Self-Sovereign Digital Identity: The Avatar API aggregates data from your web interactions into a single sign-on avatar that accompanies you across the internet. It provides you with full control over your data and how it's shared, enhancing privacy and personalisation.
Wallet API
Consolidated Financial Management: The Wallet API aggregates all your cryptocurrency wallets across different blockchains, allowing you to monitor and conduct all your financial transactions from a single, highly secure interface. This simplifies asset management and enhances security.
Karma A
Economic Incentives for Positive Actions: The Karma system is a built-in economic model that rewards users for positive contributions within the platform. Actions that benefit the community or ecosystem earn users Karma points, which can be redeemed or recognised within the network, fostering a positive and collaborative environment.
Keys API
Secure Key Management: The OASIS automatically backs up your cryptographic keys securely to your local devices and storage providers per device—including Holochain, encrypted files, and local databases. Even hardware wallets can receive backups across multiple local devices if an internet or Bluetooth connection is available. This ensures you never lose access to your assets due to lost keys.
Data API
User-Controlled Data Portability: The Data API empowers you to decide where your data is stored and who has access to it. You can choose to keep your data private, share it with third parties, or port it between services as you see fit. This control enhances privacy and compliance with data protection regulations.
Providers API
Flexible Blockchain Integration: The Providers API allows your application to select from any of the listed blockchain providers supported by The OASIS. This flexibility enables developers to tailor their applications to specific performance, security, or functionality needs.
NFT API
Universal NFT Protocol: The OASIS has developed a generic, universal NFT protocol that works seamlessly with any of the supported blockchains. It offers extensive customization options, including geo-caching features, allowing developers to create unique and interactive NFT experiences.
Missions + Quests API
Create game modules which can be used across different games, platforms, and devices. Players can progress a single mission despite playing it on two different games
Use cases for The OASIS
Metaverse Gaming
Developers can quickly create stable, cross-chain gaming experiences with NFTs that have real-world value and can be used across different games and platforms.
Player Ownership
Gamers have true ownership of in-game assets, which can be traded or sold independently of the game.
DeFi
The OASIS supports DeFi applications that operate across multiple blockchains, offering users better rates, lower fees, and increased security.
Currently in progress is our first aggregator, connecting Solana to Radix
Stable Infrastructure
Zero downtime and automatic failover ensure that financial applications remain reliable and accessible.
Supply Chain Management
Companies can build applications that track goods across different networks including with Holochain, enhancing transparency and efficiency.
Immutable Records:
Leveraging blockchain immutability to maintain accurate and tamper-proof records.
Social Platforms
By utilising the Avatar and Karma APIs, social applications can offer personalised experiences while promoting positive community interactions.
Data Ownership:
Users maintain control over their data, choosing what to share and with whom.
Interoperable applications
By building an app on The OASIS, it can exist in multiple places at once. For instance, a web app could simultaneously be accessible on Telegram and inside a Solana game.
Interoperable Missions + Quests
A major innovation is OASIS’s mission and quest system, allowing for users to create and share their own content. Users can build their own quests and missions using the low-code or no-code tools provided by OASIS, designing unique experiences without needing extensive programming knowledge. These user-generated quests can then be shared with the community or integrated into other games.
The holonic structure of OASIS ensures that these user-generated missions are not confined to a single game or application. Once created, a mission can be reused and adapted across multiple platforms, creating a rich library of player-made content that enhances the metaverse ecosystem. Players can link their quests to Geo-NFTs, avatars, and even other missions, further deepening the sense of interconnectedness.
This interoperability makes OASIS stand out from other platforms. By enabling the reuse of missions and quests across different worlds and applications, OASIS creates an evolving universe where content can grow organically, without being limited by platform-specific constraints. Players are not just passive consumers of content; they become co-creators of the metaverse, contributing to a dynamic and ever-expanding ecosystem of experiences.
HoloNET
Overview
HoloNET is a bridge software that connects .NET applications to Holochain, enabling seamless integration between traditional enterprise systems and cutting edge peer to peer technology. By leveraging the .NET framework, HoloNET opens Holochain up to 8.5 million developers worldwide. This integration taps into a thriving ecosystem rich with extensive support, troubleshooting resources, AI functionalities, and a vast array of enterprise infrastructures. The top 10 companies utilising .NET technologies have a combined worth of over $1 trillion. In addition to this, HoloNET brings the Unity game engine and its ecosystem to Holochain, opening up new possibilities in fully P2P, scalable gaming.
Key Features
Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)
HoloNET provides powerful ORM capabilities that allow large databases to migrate to Holochain within minutes. This feature simplifies the transition from centralised databases to decentralised storage, reducing migration time and complexity.
HoloNET Manager
Based on Microsoft .NET MAUI: HoloNET Manager is built on the popular Microsoft Multi-platform App UI (MAUI), enabling developers to create native applications for multiple platforms using a single codebase.
Cross-Platform Development
Supported Platforms: Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.
Development Languages
Developers can use C# and XAML to build applications, leveraging familiar languages within the .NET ecosystem.
Benefits: This approach accelerates development, facilitates code reuse, and allows for platform-specific customisation, resulting in faster and more efficient app development.
Unified hApp Management:
HoloNET Manager provides a centralised interface where developers can view and manage all their installed Holochain applications (hApps) in one place, enhancing organisation and efficiency.
HoloNET API:
Developers can migrate JSON data to Holochain by making a single API call to the HoloNET API. This streamlined process reduces the effort required to integrate existing applications with Holochain's decentralized architecture. The API abstracts the complexity of data migration, allowing developers to focus on building application features rather than handling intricate data transfer protocols.
HyperNET:
Scalable P2P gaming: An extension of HoloNET using Signals, designed to unlock scalable P2P gaming on Holochain, replacing AWS.
Advantages of HoloNET
Developer Ecosystem:
By integrating with .NET, HoloNET leverages a global community of 8.5 million developers, facilitating knowledge sharing, support, and collaboration.
Extensive Resources: Developers have access to a wide range of tools, libraries, and frameworks within the .NET ecosystem, enhancing productivity and innovation.
Enterprise Integration:
Enterprises can harness Holochain's decentralised infrastructure without abandoning their existing .NET-based systems, ensuring scalability and robust performance.
Strategic Advantage:
Companies can stay ahead in the rapidly evolving tech landscape by adopting decentralised technologies while maintaining operational continuity.
Code Reuse:
The ability to use a single codebase for multiple platforms reduces development time and costs.
Development Efficiency:
With features like HoloNET Manager and the HoloNET API, developers can quickly build, test, and deploy applications across multiple platforms.
STAR
Overview
STAR is a low/no code tool within The OASIS that automates the generation of OASIS Applications (OAPPs). It leverages the full suite of OASIS APIs and integrations, allowing users to create powerful, scalable, and interoperable applications using simple commands through a Command Line Interface (CLI), or with the use of data templates.
It is built to lower the barrier of entry to creating dApps, empowering non-technical people to create their own tools and products, all of which are interoperable with all other OAPPs.
STAR works by further abstracting code within The OASIS, into groupings of highly generic data objects - Holons - which are universally interoperable. This allows them to function across different devices, platforms, and blockchains.
Key Features
Automated Application Generation
STAR interprets user commands to automatically generate OAPPs tailored to specific needs, simplifying the development process. The generated applications can utilise all features and services within The OASIS, including cross-chain interoperability, APIs, and built-in modules.
Command Line Interface
Users engage with STAR through a straightforward CLI, issuing commands or responding to prompts to define application parameters, making it an ideal solution for non developers.
Holonic Architecture
OAPPs generated by STAR are universally interoperable across different devices, platforms, and blockchains. Holons are modular and can be shared, reused, or integrated between different apps or even across companies. Holons can operate independently or collectively, providing flexibility in application design and functionality.
Celestial Visualization in The OASIS Omniverse
Each OAPP is visualised as a celestial body within The OASIS Omniverse.
Applications start as moons and grow into planets and stars as their popularity and user engagement increase.
This visual metaphor creates an interactive way for users to track the growth and impact of their applications.
Use Cases
Rapid Application Development
For Startups and Entrepreneurs: Quickly bring ideas to life without extensive coding, reducing time-to-market and development costs.
Prototype Development: Test concepts and iterate rapidly, enabling agile development practices.
Enterprise Solutions
Interdepartmental Applications: Create apps usable across different departments, leveraging shared components for efficiency.
Collaboration Tools: Develop platforms that enhance collaboration within and between organisations.
Educational Platforms
E-Learning Applications: Generate interactive learning tools that can be easily shared and adapted across educational institutions.
Student Projects: Enable students to create their own applications, fostering learning and innovation.
Gaming and Metaverse Experiences
Cross-Platform Games: Develop games that operate seamlessly across various devices and platforms, enhancing user reach.
Shared Game Components: Reuse and share game modules, such as physics engines or character models, accelerating development.
Community and Social Apps
Social Networks: Build platforms that connect users in innovative ways, with the ability to share components like messaging systems or content feeds.
Event Management: Create apps for organising and promoting events, with shared calendaring and notification features.
DeFi Applications
Cross-Chain Financial Tools: Develop applications that interact with multiple blockchains, offering users diverse financial services.
Shared Protocols: Utilise common financial protocols and components to ensure compatibility and security.
Supply Chain Management
Transparent Tracking Systems: Create applications that provide visibility across the entire supply chain, improving efficiency and trust.
Shared Data Modules: Allow different stakeholders to access and contribute to shared data repositories.
Healthcare Solutions
Patient Management Systems: Develop interoperable applications that manage patient data securely across different healthcare providers.
Telemedicine Platforms: Create apps that facilitate remote consultations and health monitoring.
Environmental Monitoring
Sustainability Apps: Generate applications that track environmental data, promoting conservation efforts.
Community Engagement: Encourage public participation in environmental initiatives through shared platforms.
Our World / AR World
AR World is a phygital metaverse app for mobile, bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds, with a web3 pokemon go style experience. It aims to encourage children and individuals of all ages to explore the outdoors by gamifying real-world experiences using advanced technology. By integrating local goods and services, AR World fosters community cohesion and supports local businesses. Users are rewarded for spending time outside and engaging in healthy activities by earning Karma points within the game. AR World is designed to utilise Holochain as a P2P server layer.
Key Objectives
Promoting Outdoor Activities: Designed to motivate kids and users to get outside and interact with nature through gamified experiences.
Supporting Local Communities: Brings attention to local goods and services, encouraging users to engage with their community and supporting local economies.
Health and Wellness Incentives: Rewards users with Karma points for being active outdoors, promoting healthier lifestyles.
Core Features
Interoperable Avatar Data
Seamless Integration: Avatar data within AR World is interoperable with the rest of The OASIS ecosystem, allowing users to maintain a consistent identity across multiple platforms and applications.
Geo-Cached NFTs Collection
OASIS NFT API: Users can collect geo-cached NFTs from any blockchain supported by The OASIS using the OASIS NFT API.
Exploration Incentives: NFTs appear in various locations around the user's area, including parks, hills, and nature spots, encouraging exploration and discovery.
Missions and Quests API
Interoperability with Other Games: NFTs and storylines can be integrated into the Missions and Quests API, allowing them to interoperate with other games, platforms, and devices.
Dynamic Gameplay: Missions and quests may require players to remain in a specific area for a set time, participate in capture-the-flag games, or team up to defeat augmented reality beasts.
Discovery of OAPP Websites
Phygital Outlets: OASIS OAPP websites can be discovered as geo-cached sprites within the game, providing OAPPs with a phygital presence.
NFT Keys for Game Experiences
Cross-Game Functionality: NFTs collected in AR World can serve as keys to unlock different game experiences, enabling other games to use AR World as a platform to engage players in real-world activities.
Collectible and Trainable NFTs
Dynamic Assets: NFTs can represent dinosaurs, dragons, pets, and other creatures that users can train and develop over time, enhancing engagement and personalisation.
Base and Fort Creation
Interactive Environments: Players can create bases and forts in parks, fostering teamwork, strategy, and community interaction.
Revenue Streams
Metaverse-as-a-Service Functionality for Brands
Customised Experiences: Brands can create their own tailored experiences within AR World, complete with geo-cached NFTs, storylines, and rewards.
Integration with Existing Infrastructure: These branded experiences can integrate with a company's existing systems if they adopt The OASIS, providing seamless functionality and enhanced user engagement.
Commerce
Local Business Engagement: Local companies can make their goods and services discoverable within the game, driving foot traffic and increasing sales.
In-Game Promotions: Businesses can offer special deals or rewards to players who interact with their virtual storefronts or complete specific missions.
Virtual Land Sales
O-Land Tokens: Users can purchase tokenized virtual land called O-Land, which they can develop and monetize within the game.
Investment and Development: Owners of O-Land can build virtual properties, host events, or offer services, creating new economic opportunities within the metaverse.
Phygital UI for companies
Supply Chain Solutions: AR World can serve as a user interface for peer-to-peer (P2P) supply chain management, offering companies innovative ways to interact with their logistics and customers.
Real-Time Tracking: Businesses can visualise and manage their supply chains in an interactive, augmented reality environment.
Technical Integration
Decentralisation and Security: By utilising Holochain as a P2P server layer, AR World ensures a decentralised network architecture, enhancing security, scalability, and resilience.
Integration with The OASIS Ecosystem: AR World is fully integrated with The OASIS, allowing for shared data, interoperable assets, and unified user experiences across multiple applications and platforms.
Unified Avatar and Karma Systems: Users benefit from a consistent identity and reward system throughout the ecosystem.
Use Cases
Educational Exploration
Learning Through Play: Schools and educational organisations can use AR World to create educational quests and missions that teach students about nature, science, and local history.
Interactive Field Trips: Augmented reality enhances learning experiences outside the classroom.
Community Events
Engaging Local Communities: Municipalities can host events within AR World to promote community engagement, such as treasure hunts, festivals, or cultural celebrations.
Civic Participation: Encourages residents to participate in local initiatives and stay informed about community developments.
Health and Fitness Programs
Wellness Initiatives: Fitness clubs and health organisations can create challenges and reward systems within the game to encourage physical activity.
Collaborative Goals: Users can team up to achieve collective fitness milestones.
Marketing and Promotion
Brand Activation: Companies can leverage AR World to launch new products, create interactive advertisements, and engage customers in innovative ways.
Customer Engagement: Enhances brand visibility and customer loyalty through immersive experiences.
Environmental Conservation
Eco-Friendly Missions: Organisations can create quests focused on environmental cleanup, conservation efforts, and sustainability education.
Rewards for Positive Actions: Users earn Karma points for participating in eco-friendly activities.
Flightmap
(Our version of a roadmap. Because where we’re going, we don’t need roads)
Token Section
Holon Token ($HLN)
The Holon is the simplest data object underpinning The OASIS ecosystem -the ‘stem cell’ unlocking mass interoperability.
This makes it a great choice for the name of our utility token - which will be redeemable for a wide range of different services across The OASIS ecosystem. Having a single token greatly simplifies our offering and gives investors something to really get excited about.
Initial price: $0.07
Circulating Supply: 77,000,000
Blockchain: Solana
The Holon token will be launched on Solana to serve as an external market maker for the Oasis ecosystem and to leverage the community development tools there.
Allocation breakdown
The intention behind this plan is to provide investors of all stripes with a level opportunity to participate, and share in the rewards. Token holders will also have access to various exclusive perks, which we’ll be disclosing soon.
Release Process
Holona / Mothership DAO
Front desk DAO for accessing services across The OASIS.
Overview
An ecosystem as large as The OASIS needs a service to help people onboard. The Holona / Mothership DAO (name tbc) is designed to foster healthy, transparent growth on The OASIS, and seeks to build cross-chain collaborations with a wide range of builder profiles, in particular with other DAOs. It supports the ongoing development of The OASIS, as well as other moons that are building on it, and administers the HLN token. For clarification, OASIS applications are also referred to as moons visible inside the OASIS Omniverse - so each moon equates to a different OAPP.
The eventual goal of the DAO is to automate its functions - and its early objective is to allow community input into The OASIS, in keeping with web3 principles.
The DAO will also have a moon on The OASIS, serving as a swap hub for the various utility tokens on The OASIS.
Team and Advisors
Our team comprises experienced professionals in blockchain development, enterprise software, gaming, and data analytics.
We are supported by advisors who are experts in finance, marketing, and technology innovation.
CORE TEAM:
David Ellams - Founder, CTO
---> After a 20 year career as a senior .NET developer and systems architect working for KPMG, HSBC and Nokia, David set out to build The OASIS, which is truly his life’s work. A proud ‘aspie’, he sees the world as it should be through a technical lens, and is fighting to make it a better place.
Max Gershfield - CMO, COO
---> Held roles at top advertising agencies in London and Amsterdam, ending with a 4 year spell working for Uber’s global creative team.
---> Has over 3 years of experience working on this project, building strong relationships with different web3 communities and learning key skills spanning leadership, project management, marketing and communication.
Faridun Berdiev - Tech Lead
---> A 21 year old wunderkind from Tajikistan, Faha is responsible for much of our blockchain integration work, while also founding the .NET Academy, an online and in person learning programme for .NET devs, is taking a masters degree in applied sciences, and is also raising his own young family.
ADVISORY TEAM:
Alina Tudorache - Blockchain, tokenomics, gamification
---> involved in developing DAOs since 2011, holding the role of Head of Strategic Development.
---> Gamification Architect, Tokenisation Strategist, and various other roles in the context of Web 3.0 and hybrid DAOs.
Using her name and blockchain persona since 2011, Alina Tudorache has become a recognised leader in her field. She has been named among the Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on AR/VR (June 2024), Top 100 Blockchain Thought Leaders and Influencers (Feb. 2024), and Top 50 Metaverse Thought Leaders and Influencers (Feb. 2024), as well as a Top 50 Global Thought Leader on EdTech (Sept. 2021).
As a Metaverse and Multiverse Strategic Designer, Gamification Architect, and Strategist in Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, Alina's contributions span the development of DAOs, Metaverse strategies, and gamified business models.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alinatudorache/
Luck Light - Tokenomics, systems architecture
Luck is a self-described mountain man from Santa Cruz, CA. With most of his childhood spent living in nature he has an innate reverence for nature’s mysteries and weathering harsh realities. Since 2000 he’s put his passion into solving the most challenging problems he witnessed on this planet - through designing biomimetic systems using modern tech with universal and natural law, to help everyone return to their natural state - infinite.
Having followed the development of The OASIS for over 6 years he will be putting his experience to fruition through the Nuaseva Collective an unincorporated collective association DAO for establishing creative freedom for all via decentralised web3 tech.
https://T.me/LLwithLL
Nick Dunin - Blockchain, Metaverse
Nick is a seasoned early investor and advisor to web3 / AI / metaverse companies.
Additional Devs:
The OASIS team are supported by a network of excellent developers and designers, including:
Dev Cynx - a full service game development studio who built the MVP for Our World / AR World. Their apps have millions of downloads
