About

Holograph is an omnichain tokenization protocol, enabling asset issuers to mint natively composable omnichain tokens. Holograph has been used to mint millions of onchain assets, making it one of the most widely used protocols for cross-chain asset production and distribution.

Solution

At present, blockchain ecosystems operate as isolated sovereignties. As more and more blockchains come online, fragmentation will continue to get worse, hindering network effects and creating undesirable user experiences.

Holograph solves this by allowing asset issuers and users to interact with tokens on multiple chains, unlocking interoperability, unifying liquidity, and improving cross-chain user experiences.

Tokens minted by the protocol contain the following properties:

• Preserve Fungibility: Holograph enables tokens to move between blockchains while maintaining the same contract address, allowing asset issuers to easily index cross-chain data.

• Unify Liquidity: Holograph’s burn and mint transport process unifies token supply across multiple chains, enabling tokens to move cross-chain without fracturing liquidity.

• Retain Sovereignty: Tokens minted with Holograph are not locked in to any specific chain, allowing asset issuers to maintain control over where and how they are deployed and minted.

Use Cases

Holograph can be used to represent any type of fungible or non-fungible token, allowing asset issuers to create any kind of programmable asset.

• Digital Art: Tokenized representations of digital art. Creators use Holograph to issue onchain paintings, drawings, illustrations, photography, and motion graphics.

• Gaming Items: Tokenized representations of in-game assets. Game studios use Holograph to issue onchain currency, cosmetics, consumables, weapons, and armor.

• Real World Assets: Tokenized representations of financial assets. Financial institutions use Holograph to issue onchain stablecoins, treasury bills, and real estate.

Protocol Overview

Holograph facilitates use of a single, unique contract address on all EVM blockchains. Using a strictly enforced deployment process, genesis contracts are seeded across chains, allowing for all subsequent contracts to be derived from them. With this approach, contract addresses remain the same no matter where they are deployed, allowing the protocol to support all existing and future EVM chains. For non-EVM chains, the protocol may be adapted to facilitate tokenization in adherence to their respective execution environments.

Ecosystem Stack

Holograph is the tokenization layer for the omnichain ecosystem, enabling liquidity to interoperate seamlessly across the stack.

Protocol Stack

Holograph is comprised of 10 primary elements, serving as the foundational components that drive the functionality of the entire system.

Deploy Contract Architecture

Holograph facilitates the use of a single, unique contract address and token ID across all blockchains, making them the definitive identifying characteristics of the token, while ensuring secure asset transfers between blockchains.

Transfer Token Architecture

Holograph works by burning tokens on the source chain, sending a message via a messaging protocol to the destination chain, and then reminting the same number of tokens to the same contract address. This unifies liquidity, eliminates slippage, and preserves fungibility across blockchains.

For general information on Holograph, check out Holograph Foundation. For technical information on Holograph Protocol, check out Holograph Docs. For additional information, join the conversation on Discord and X to stay up to date on the latest community news.