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title: "Mycelium"
description: "Mycelium is a decentralized networking and storage solution designed to integrate seamlessly with AI workloads, content delivery, and messaging." 
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 author: ThreeFold
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    title="MYCELIUM",
    subtitle="Unleashing the Power of Decentralized Networks",
    description="Discover Mycelium, an end-to-end encrypted IPv6 overlay network. The future of secure, efficient, and scalable networking.",
    highlight="Coming Soon: New Decentralized Features",
    button_text="Get Mycelium",
    button_link="/download"
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    image_alt="Discover Mycelium",
    title="Discover Mycelium",
    subtitle_1="ABOUT",
    description="Mycelium is an unbreakable network, always finding the shortest path and providing 100% secure, peer-to-peer communication. But this is just the beginning.",
    description_2="Our mission is to create a sustainable digital ecosystem where communication is seamless, data is secure, and scalability knows no bounds.",
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    image_src="/images/feature6a.png",
    image_alt="How Mycelium Operates",
    subtitle_1="HOW IT WORKS",
    title="How Mycelium Operates",
    description="Mycelium, like its natural namesake, thrives on decentralization, efficiency, and security, making it a truly powerful force in the world of decentralized networks.",

    feature_1_title="Decentralized Nodes",
    feature_1_description="Mycelium operates through a network of decentralized nodes, similar to how nature's mycelium forms a decentralized network of threads. Each node acts as a connection point in the overall digital ecosystem.",

    feature_2_title="Efficient Data Routing",
    feature_2_description="Mycelium optimizes data routing by choosing the most efficient path for communication. Data travels along the shortest path in terms of latency, ensuring that information reaches its destination swiftly.",

    feature_3_title="End-to-End Encryption",
    feature_3_description="Each node in the system is identified by a unique key pair. Data between nodes is encrypted using secret keys derived from these pairs. This ensures that data remains confidential, enhancing the privacy of the network."
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    subtitle="WHAT IT ENABLES",
    title="Powering Secure & Decentralized Connectivity",
    description="Mycelium, a key component of the ThreeFold Grid, can be installed on any computer (macOS, Linux, Windows) and smartphone (iOS, Android). With seamless integration, it enables secure and private communication across devices.",
    description2="The ThreeFold Dashboard offers dozens of applications with built-in Mycelium support, making it easy to deploy and utilize. Once installed, Mycelium provides a secure, encrypted network for a wide range of use cases, from private communication to decentralized infrastructure."
) }}

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######  **PRODUCTIVITY & COMMUNICATION**

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- Secure remote work collaboration.
- Private file sharing between trusted nodes.
- Encrypted voice/video calls.
- Self-hosted messaging systems.
- Secure document collaboration.

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######  **INFRASTRUCTURE**

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- Private cloud computing resources.
- Secure IoT device networks.
- Remote system administration..
- Virtual private networks (VPNs).
- Secure backup systems.

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######  **SERVICES**

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- Self-hosted web services.
- Private file sharing between trusted nodes.
- Private DNS systems.
- Personal email servers.
- Secure document collaboration.

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###### **MEDIA & CONTENT**

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- Private media streaming.
- Personal cloud storage.
- Protected content distribution.
- Secure game servers.
- Private git repositories.

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      <a href="/download" class=" rounded-2xl bg-black px-6 py-2 text-sm font-semibold text-white shadow-xs hover:bg-gray-900 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-gray-200">Get Started</a>
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    image_src="/images/future.png",
    image_alt="Coming Soon: The Future of Mycelium",
    subtitle="WHAT'S NEW",
    title="Coming Soon: The Future of Mycelium",
    description="Mycelium is evolving to bring even more powerful decentralized features, designed to enhance your experience and expand possibilities. Be the first to explore what's coming next by staying connected with our latest updates."
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    title="✓ Quantum Safe Storage Functionality", 
    description="Mycelium's quantum safe storage enables flexible, scalable, and efficient data distribution across a decentralized network, ensuring redundancy and security.", 
    icon="") }}

{{ feature_card(
    title="✓ Entry and Exit Points for AI Workloads", 
    description="Seamlessly connect AI applications to Mycelium, providing optimized nd secured data pipelines for training, inference, and real-time processing.", 
    icon="") }}

{{ feature_card(
    title="✓ Data Storage and Retrieval Mechanisms", 
    description="Users can choose between storing data locally for quick access or utilizing the distributed grid for enhanced scalability and resilience.", 
    icon="") }}

{{ feature_card(
    title="✓ Integrated Name Services (DNS)", 
    description="The Integrated DNS system efficiently finds the shortest path between users and websites, automatically balancing loads and identifying alternative routes in case of internet issues.", 
    icon="") }}

{{ feature_card(
    title="✓ Frontend/Backend Integration", 
    description="Mycelium provides seamless integration with existing applications, enabling developers to leverage decentralized storage across both frontend and backend architectures.", 
    icon="") }}

{{ feature_card(
    title="✓ CDN (Content Delivery Network)", 
    description="Mycelium accelerates data distribution by acting as a decentralized CDN, ensuring fast, secure, and efficient content delivery across global nodes with minimal latency.", 
    icon="") }}

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{{ left_header(
    subtitle="BENEFITS",
    title="Nature's Blueprint for Digital Connectivity",
    description="Just as nature's mycelium network serves as a critical component in the ecosystems of forests, connecting trees and plants underground, the Mycelium technology offers reliable connectivity in an efficient and resilient way.",
    description2=""
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        title="Decentralization", 
        description="Designed to operate in a decentralized manner, it connects nodes and enables efficient data transfer and communication without relying on a single central authority.", 
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        link="/about",
        link_name="Learn More"
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{{ feature_card(
    title="Efficiency", 
    description="Mycelium provides an efficient digital communication network where data travels along the most efficient paths, reducing latency and optimizing resource utilization.", 
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    link="/about",
    link_name="Learn More"

    ) }}

{{ feature_card(
    title="Resilience", 
    description="Inspired by nature's resilience, it creates a network that can adapt and continue to function even in the presence of challenges, ensuring uninterrupted communication.", 
    icon="/images/resilience.svg",
    link="/about",
    link_name="Learn More"

    ) }}


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    subtitle="",
    title="Frequently Asked Questions",
    description="",
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{{ accordion(
    question="What is Mycelium?",
    description="Mycelium is an end-to-end encrypted IPv6 overlay network written in Rust. Each node joining the network receives an IP in the 400::/7 range, facilitating secure and private communications."
) }}

{{ accordion(
    question="Is mycelium ready to scale to the world?",
    description="No, Mycelium is not yet fully scalable to a global level. Currently, each network can support around 100,000 users, but multiple networks can be deployed to expand capacity. We anticipate resolving these scalability challenges by 2025."
) }}

{{ accordion(
    question="How do I install Mycelium?",
    description="The Mycelium app supports iOS, macOS, Android and Windows. For Linux, a binary is available. Installation guides are available for both local machines and virtual machines running on the TFGrid. Note that Windows users need to have wintun.dll in the same directory as the Mycelium executable. Click here for more info."
) }}

{{ accordion(
    question="How can I find and use my Mycelium address?",
    description="Upon using the Mycelium app, you're assigned a unique Mycelium address. To copy this address, click the button located to the right of the displayed address in the app interface."
) }}

{{ accordion(
    question="Can I deploy workloads on the TFGrid using Mycelium?",
    description="Yes, after installing Mycelium, you can deploy workloads on the TFGrid and connect to them using the Mycelium network. Detailed deployment guides are available in the documentation."
) }}

{{ accordion(
    question="Is there an API available for Mycelium?",
    description="Yes, Mycelium offers an API for administrative operations, peer management, and message subsystem operations. Comprehensive API documentation can be found in the official Mycelium GitHub repository"
    )
    }}

{{ accordion(
    question="What should I do if I encounter issues during installation or usage?",
    description="If you face any challenges, refer to the troubleshooting section in the Mycelium documentation. Additionally, ensure that all prerequisites are met, such as having wintun.dll in the correct directory for Windows installations."
    )
    }}

{{ accordion(
    question="How does Mycelium handle routing within its network?",
    description="Mycelium incorporates core principles of the Babel routing protocol, enabling efficient and dynamic routing within its encrypted IPv6 overlay network."
    )
    }}

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    image_alt="App screenshot",
    title="Get Mycelium Today",
    description="Join the Mycelium network and be a part of the decentralized movement.",
    button_text="Download Now",
    button_link="/download",
    button_text2="Read More",
    button_link2="https://threefold.info/mycelium/docs/"
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