merge and docs

build.sh

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ echo "Starting build..."
 # TODO: Check if current version is latest to avoid redundant installation
 if [[ -f "tailwindcss" ]]
 then
-    rm tailwindcss
-fi
-
+    echo "Tailwind installed"
+else
+    # rm tailwindcss
     # checks os and architecture for correct release
     # https://stackoverflow.com/a/8597411 
     echo "Installing & building tailwind..."
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ fi
     curl -sLO "https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/releases/latest/download/${ASSET}"
     chmod +x $ASSET
     mv $ASSET tailwindcss
+fi
+
 
 
 # initialized and configures tailwind if not configured

config.toml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 base_url = "https://www2.ourverse.tf"
 # Change this to your own URL! Please note this variable **must** be uncommented.
 
-title = "ThreeFold"
+title = "OurVerse"
 description="Our global digital backbone"
 
 # When set to "true", a feed is automatically generated.
@@ -57,17 +57,18 @@ feed = true
 paginate_by = 2
 paginate_path = "blog-posts"
 
+
 [[taxonomies]]
 name = "roles"
 feed = true
 paginate_by = 2
-paginate_path = "join-us"
+paginate_path = "blog-posts"
 
 [[taxonomies]]
 name = "tags"
 feed = true
 paginate_by = 2
-paginate_path = "join-us"
+paginate_path = "blog-posts"
 
 [extra]
 # Put all your custom variables here

content/blog/actually_you_are_the_product/index.md

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+---
+id: actually_you_are_the_product
+title: Actually, you are the product
+image_caption: actually you are the product
+description: Now more than ever with this global pandemic happening since late 2019, our lives are being shaped by our interaction with the digital world
+date: 2021-01-27
+taxonomies:
+    tags: [threefold, sovereignity]
+    categories: [threefold]
+extra:
+    author: alexandre_hannelas
+    imgPath: actually_you_are_the_product.png
+---
+
+# Actually, you are the product 
+
+<br>
+
+Now more than ever with this global pandemic happening since late 2019, our lives are being shaped by our interaction with the digital world - work meetings on Zoom followed by Skype or Messenger Video Call with your family before a quick run with your favourite running app and a google search for your next meal. Technologies and services offer us a lot and greatly improve our daily lives. But what's the real cost of these tools we rely on so much? 
+
+<br>
+
+A lot of companies, especially those offering free services, collect data about you. It might be data you knowingly and willingly share to enjoy the benefits of the service (name, age, email address,..) or data that you might not realize you are sharing, like your approximate location through your IP address or your social network identifier or apps accessing your contacts. 
+
+<br>
+
+While some of this data, and its collection, may appear harmless to some, what happens behind the scenes is a real source of concern as the data collection is only the first step in a long and opaque process. Adtech companies combine this information and create an assumed picture of you that we may call a digital doppelganger - Your "digital secret identity". Actually, you may have hundreds or thousands of different doppelgangers held by companies you've never heard of. 
+
+<br>
+
+Our data are so valuable that big tech giants spend so much time and effort building the platform that is useful for us and giving those platforms to us for free. Well, this data is collected for a single purpose: to better predict your behaviour and target you with ads. 
+
+<br>
+
+Real example: 
+
+<br>
+
+Imagine a person who has never talked about their political views online, never shared anything related to politics, never donated any money and never mentioned anything even in their private emails. Now the algorithms models that had been developed can analyse his/her Facebook likes or the music he/she listen to and with high accuracy can predict their political affiliation, and then being the target of unnecessary ads. 
+
+<br>
+
+P.S: This is not only for political affiliation. It stands out for every products and service using these marketing tools. 
+
+<br>
+
+Technology isn't just hardware and software; it's a fundamental component of every aspect of our lives and society. Inventions need to be created with social impact in mind. The invention should not be driven solely by profit, and the long-term effects should not be ignored and unknowable. 
+
+<br>
+
+If you are not paying for it, you are not the customer. You are the product being sold. It's a powerful phrase, a modern dialogue to get people rethinking their relationship to social media. 
+
+<br>
+
+With Digital Twin, regain your freedom where you will live your digital life securely and privately. Now, you will have one and unique digital identity to interact in human-to-human way with your peers, edit, manage and store your documents, publish your web and make automatic payments. 
+
+<br>
+
+With Digital Twin, only you own your data and no one else.
+
+

content/blog/an_org_building_a_decentralized_internet/index.md

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+---
+id: an_org_building_a_decentralized_internet
+title: "ThreeFold: An Organisation Building a Decentralized Internet"
+image_caption: "ThreeFold: An Organisation Building a Decentralized Internet"
+description: Greetings fellow decentralization lovers, I am in search of people looking to contribute to what is now the largest decentralized network in the world, working towards the goal of providing a decentralized internet that breaks down barriers to information and compute resource access. Our network provides digital equality to all users while placing the control of their data back into their hands.
+date: 2022-11-09
+taxonomies:
+  tags: [threefold, technology, peer_to_peer, sovereignity]
+  categories: [threefold]
+extra:
+  author: threefold_community
+  imgPath: an_org_building_a_decentralized_internet.png
+---
+
+## ThreeFold: An Organisation Building a Decentralized Internet
+
+_*Disclaimer: This blog has been written by ThreeFold community member Drew Smith, and was originally a Reddit post. The team found so much value within it that we felt it was important to give it a permanent space within the ThreeFold Blogs collection, and Drew agreed to this. Besides a few grammatical corrections and minor contextual tweaks, the content has not been edited – and you can find the original post [here](https://www.reddit.com/user/DrewSmith214/comments/yhym2f/an_organization_building_a_decentralized_internet/).*_
+
+<br>
+
+Greetings fellow decentralization lovers, I am in search of people looking to contribute to what is now the largest decentralized network in the world, working towards the goal of providing a decentralized internet that breaks down barriers to information and compute resource access. Our network provides digital equality to all users while placing the control of their data back into their hands.
+
+<br>
+
+The project I’m discussing is [Threefold.io](https://threefold.io/), this is a project that currently has nearly 3000 Bare-Metal\*\* \*\*nodes in 64 countries allowing anyone in the world to deploy an industry standard VPS on the decentralized infrastructure with no involvement of the centralized cloud providers, This is a network meant to be used by everyone that can be expanded by anyone. You can check out a current map of the nodes online on the [ThreeFold Explorer](https://dashboard.grid.tf/explorer/statistics)
+
+<br>
+
+The ThreeFold Grid consists of three synergistic layers: The Nodes, The Network, and the BlockChain.
+
+<br>
+
+- **The Nodes:** These are hardware that gives its grid its power, The requirements for running a 3Node are a bare metal x86_64 machine and a reliable internet connection. These nodes can be hosted in a variety of environments spanning at home deployments to rented-space DC's. This includes DC's themselves being able to bring capacity online so long as it’s a fully bare metal device.
+
+  - You can find **_plug and play solutions_** for bringing a 3Node online on the [3Node marketplace](https://marketplace.3node.global/index.php?dispatch= categories.view&category_id=167), this marketplace includes node offerings from both the organizations itself as well as multiple independent businesses that have become certified 3Node Resellers.
+
+  - If you're familiar with the concepts of building a server/pc you can also bring your hardware online as **_D.I.Y 3Node_** this allows you to contribute any additional hardware you may have in your deployment to the support of both the grids network and compute capacity. you can find documentation on D.I.Y nodes on the [Forums](https://forum.threefold.io/t/diy-nodes-guide/837) or in the [Wiki](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__diy_guide)
+
+  Each node is booted using a fully in house developed autonomous operating system that automates both node deployment and workloads being deployed on the node after its online, called [Zero-OS](https://github.com/threefoldtech/zos). This OS is a hypervisor environment that accepts commands from and is managed by the block-chain.
+
+<br>
+
+- **The Network(s):** The grid is supported by multiple internal and external networks that allow for the nodes to function as a decentralized data center. This is made of two major components.
+
+  - **Z-Net**- is an internal private overlay network between VMs, Kubernetes Nodes, Containers and the grid. This network allows for minimal usage of Public ipv4 space while still allowing for global deployment solutions encompassing multiple 3Nodes.
+
+  - **Planetary Network-** This is a peer to peer end to encrypted network solution based on opensource technologies (yggdrasil) that allow grid users to create, develop and overlay networks designed to protect users ability to communicate and access information. You can find the github Repo [here](https://github.com/threefoldtech/planetary_network), with 3000 endpoints all controlled by a single DAO, the potential exists to create the most reliable peer to peer mesh in existence.
+
+  - **Public IPv4-** Threefold farmers have the ability to add Public Ipv4 to the grid in addition to their compute capacity, these IPs can be deployed as gateway addresses in support of the grid, or rented by end users for their workloads, at the time of this writing the threefold grid has 1114 Public Ipv4 addresses available for use. you can find documentation on adding I.P addresses to the grid [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/diy-public-node-guide/3340)
+
+<br>
+
+- **The BlockChain:** the blockchain technologies built into the Threefold Grid represent what makes the grid truly unique and allows it to be utilized to support customer facing workloads or provide a decentralized compute resource pool. grid utilization is supported and created through two avenues
+
+  - **Individuals:** can deploy any workload they need on any node on the grid, if it can run on Linux it can run on the grid, this type of use is supported by the [Threefold Playground](https://play.grid.tf/#/), a decentralized deployment solution that provides industry standard Linux vps deployments as multiple use case specific deployment solutions for [Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/), [Caprover](https://caprover.com/), [Peertube](https://joinpeertube.org/), [Funkwhale](https://funkwhale.audio/), [Mattermost](https://mattermost.com/), [Discourse](https://www.discourse.org/), [Taiga](https://www.taiga.io/), [Owncloud](https://owncloud.com/), [Presearch](https://presearch.io/), [SubSquid](https://subsquid.io/), [CasperLabs](https://casperlabs.io/), and [Node Pilot](https://nodepilot.tech/)
+
+    - Custom VM images cab be uploaded to the [Threefold Hub](https://hub.grid.tf/) allowing full deployment customization with any Linux os image supporting cloud-init. Documentation on creating custom images can be found [On the Forums](https://forum.threefold.io/t/manipulating-cloud-images-for-the-grid/3380)
+
+    - Storage workloads can be deployed using [Terraform](https://github.com/threefoldtech/terraform-provider-grid) with offerings of HDD, SSD and [Quantum Safe File Storage](https://github.com/threefoldtech/terraform-provider-grid)
+
+  - **Solution Providers**: these are developers of user facing services that utilize the grid as their hosting platform. These organizations/individuals are able to develop customized solutions that provide needed services in their market and receive rewards for the utilization that their developments bring. A great example of this is [Zonaris](https://zonaris.con/), which is a third party organization that is quickly taking the lead in grid solution development. They have recently released an interface that allows end users to deploy [Streamr](https://streamr.network/discover/network/) nodes on the Threefold grid while paying in fiat currency. you can get started with them at [Get Zonaris](https://get.zonaris.com/).
+
+    - This allows developers to invest in only their code while having the infrastructure of a worldwide virtual data center at their disposal to scale their solutions with their business needs.
+
+    - Solution providers are able to automate their tools being deployed on the grid using [Terraform](https://github.com/threefoldtech/terraform-provider-grid).
+
+<br>
+
+What this has all truly come together to form is an organization where anyone can contribute to building a more private and secure internet that is designed to allow universal access to information and compute power regardless of the end user's nationality or beliefs. Threefold truly exists to capitalize on the ideal economies from every corner of the world, in order to provide a better digital future for all.
+
+<br>
+
+**What Can You Do?**
+
+Much of what you see today at Threefold.io is the work of 100s of decentralized contributors working together towards a common goal. The grid is designed so that anyone can contribute whether you're a developer, a property owner, an I.S.P, or just someone with a spare computer and a network connection. As it stands the grid is strong and well supported across the world. The biggest impact that can be made today is by developing solutions that leverage the grid and use its resources to bring affordable and accessible hosting to end users.
+
+<br>
+
+There are many discussions happening on the [Threefold Forum](https://forum.threefold.io) about partnerships with other projects and how we can better support both the crypto landscape and the general internet user base. Even by just joining discussions on the Threefold Forum and providing your input and ideas you can help to make sure that the internet of tomorrow is built for and by the users of tomorrow. but there are lots of ways to contribute:
+
+- You can purchase the TFT token following [this guide](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__how_to_buy).
+- You can learn about farming [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__farming_intro).
+- You can learn more about the Threefold Cloud and Deploying [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/cloud/threefold__cloud_home).
+
+<br>
+
+_*Written by Drew Smith*_

content/blog/connecting_the_dots/index.md

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+---
+id: connecting_the_dots
+title: "Connecting the Dots: ThreeFold plans to scale globally"
+image_caption: "Connecting the Dots: ThreeFold plans to scale globally"
+description: ThreeFold started as an idea about ten years ago and is now manifesting itself into the most comprehensive peer-to-peer Internet and cloud infrastructure in the world. The potential of our technology to revolutionize digitization globally is endless and limited only to our collective imagination.
+date: 2022-03-29
+taxonomies:
+    tags: [peer_to_peer, threefold, why]
+    categories: [threefold]
+extra:
+    author: sacha_obeegadoo
+    imgPath: connecting_the_dots.png
+---
+
+ThreeFold started as an idea about ten years ago and is now manifesting itself into the most comprehensive peer-to-peer Internet and cloud infrastructure in the world. The potential of our technology to revolutionize digitization globally is endless and limited only to our collective imagination. In this blog, we share our ‘glocal’ strategy on how we will build our ecosystem, and the exciting opportunities opening up around the world for those interested to join us!
+
+<br/>
+
+Let’s start with some background. Today’s Internet is global*. However, it is incredibly centralized and vulnerable. ThreeFold aims to decentralize its infrastructure,  empower people to be sovereign, and accelerate the world’s transition towards open-source systems to build a more inclusive and fair future for all. 
+
+<br/>
+
+A peer-to-peer Internet has an undeniable potential in driving a distributed global economy. This is for a number of reasons – including, but not limited to the fact that instead of relying on centralized cloud providers and tech giants to expand the infrastructure that holds humanity’s data and applications, the peer-to-peer Internet allows any global citizen to participate in the Internet economy by connecting a computer from their house or office to build the decentralized future they want to live in.  Also, while half of the world takes Internet access for granted, it remains  unavailable to the other half.
+
+<br/>
+
+*So then is the Internet really “global?”
+
+## Empowering sovereignty and economic freedom
+
+Billions of people around the world still remain without access to the Internet or financial services today. Yet many of them have access to electricity and network, and some even already own a mobile phone that could help them access the Internet and financial services. But without fair and reliable connectivity, they remain in the dark. ThreeFold holds an answer here.
+
+<br/>
+
+The Internet is a human right but it is unequally distributed around the world. ThreeFold enables the realization of an open-source, peer-to-peer Internet that can scale to anywhere electricity and network exists. Everyone deserves access to the Internet, education and financial services to equally learn, partake and succeed, regardless of where they were born, their gender or their socioeconomic status.
+
+## So how can ThreeFold go truly global?
+
+Going global is complicated and even more these days with the evolving regulatory and socio-economical landscapes. Thus, it’s important for us to be on the ground. So we will work with our community and ecosystem on one hand, and with governments and regulators on the other hand, for all of us to meet in the middle. We will always aim to be the most transparent, trusted, inclusive and decentralized Internet solution wherever we go. 
+
+<br/>
+
+A first step in our strategy is to support the growth of local communities across regions to build local presence on the ground. The only way for a truly decentralized Internet to emerge is to involve people in the building process of it, both on a hardware and software level. We are in the midst of kicking off an extensive global expansion strategy, with grants and hiring plans to grow the ThreeFold Grid across markets and ultimately build strong local communities that can serve potential customers locally. 
+
+<br/>
+
+Together with these communities, we will develop and grow the ThreeFold Grid, establish our presence with local developers, grow our ecosystem, and collaborate closely with our network.
+
+<br/>
+
+Throughout the last year we have made incredible connections across industries including Blockchain, Web 3.0, IoT, Real Estate and Supply Chains.
+
+<br/>
+
+Every region is unique and we cannot take the same approach wherever we go. This is where the idea of ‘glo-cality’ comes in – a global concept applied locally with regional context.
+
+## Global Concept: Launch of educational campaigns around the importance of a peer-to-peer Internet
+
+ThreeFold’s mission is to realize the promise of an open-source, peer-to-peer Internet owned by humanity, and we take this commitment heartedly. The first objective of our global strategy is to allow anyone who wants to expand the peer-to-peer Internet to their neighborhood to be able to find compatible computers and how to get started. 
+
+<br/>
+
+For a multi-region approach to scaling the ThreeFold Grid to arise, a decentralized 3Node marketplace will be launched in April 2022. This will allow communities to access a simple, decentralized and certified platform to buy and sell compatible computer hardware locally. As the ThreeFold Grid expands, we will look to go local, as shared below:  
+
+## Applied locally: Grow localized ecosystems of developers and enterprises  to productize the infrastructure
+
+Most countries are looking for new Internet infrastructure alternatives to protect their sovereignty. ThreeFold’s peer-to-peer Internet supports any current and emerging technological trend in a way that is fully compliant with any local digital laws and regulations. For developers and  enterprises, this includes a peer-to-peer Infrastructure as a service which offers a distributed, quantum-safe storage and a decentralized edge computing platform to host any current or future technology. For institutions, we will offer a suite of advanced infrastructure set-ups for a sovereign and unbreakable Internet infrastructure. 
+
+<br/>
+
+Decentralized financial and legal systems are being created along with industry experts from around the world to deliver on cross-border financial freedom, education and Internet access. Along with a strong ecosystem, we are planning to offer a full suite of advanced technological, financial and educational solutions to countries, especially in the global south to bring access to education, Internet and financial inclusion to more than a billion people by 2030.
+
+<br/>
+
+At ThreeFold, we’re committed to building and expanding the open Internet that is owned by humanity. We are always looking at expanding our ecosystem with the world’s best thinkers and talent ready to be at service of a mission that unites us all. If you think this could be you, we’re waiting for you! 
+
+<br/>
+
+Have you read our [manifesto](https://threefold.io/blog/realizing_the_promise/) yet? Join the peer-to-peer [movement](https://t.me/threefold) today!
+
+<br/>
+
+*Apply for an open position [here](https://threefold.io/careers) and bring your proposals to the community-led [forum](https://forum.threefold.io/t/about-the-join-the-fold-category/2570).*

content/blog/escape_great_hack/index.md

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+---
+id: escape_great_hack
+title: An escape from the Great Hack
+image_caption: technology hackers
+description: I can’t help but think how unfair it is that in today’s digital society, people are being treated like products, because there is no such thing as a ‘free’ platform without YOU being the product.
+date: 2019-11-21
+taxonomies:
+    tags: [technology,why]
+    categories: [threefold,internet,sovereignity]
+extra:
+    author: sabrina_sadik
+    imgPath: escape_great_hack.png
+---
+
+## The neutrality of the current Internet is in danger.
+
+Have you seen ‘The Great Hack’ on Netflix? It’s a documentary about the Cambridge Analytica hacking scandal, where personal data of millions of peoples’ Facebook profiles were harvested without their consent and used for political advertising purposes. 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+While watching it, I couldn’t help but think how unfair it is that in today’s digital society, people are being treated like products, because there is no such thing as a ‘free’ platform without YOU being the product. What did reassure me, is that people are sick of having their data used this way. But what they might not know, is that the internet problem is bigger than ‘just’ data protection.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+The Internet is growing at an exponential rate. To service this demand, a few large companies (Google, Amazon, Alibaba, Facebook, etc.) have built and continue to build supersized, power-hungry and centralized data centers. These data centers make up the majority of all Internet capacity available today. However, the Internet is expanding much faster than datacenters and the planet can cope with. 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+In addition to that, the Internet is extremely centralized, with most of these data centers being located in the US. Think of it like electricity. If consumers in, for example, Turkey had to use electricity generated in the US, it would be too expensive and inefficient, because it is too far away. The transmission lines would be too strained and losses and repairs would make it unsustainable. Capacity is like electricity. When centralized, it becomes too expensive and wasteful for remote users.
+
+## So what is the solution to these problems? 
+
+The Internet needs to be more distributed, cost-effective, neutral, and sustainable. ThreeFold has developed such a new technology, the ThreeFold Grid (Grid) and a token which enables all this to happen.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Combining the values of the ThreeFold Foundation (freedom, equality and fairness) with the technology developed by TFTech (Zero-OS, Zero-Chain, 3Bot) and a digital currency called the ThreeFold Token (a decentralized digital currency and means of payment to exchange autonomous and decentralized Internet services)  we believe that we have all the tools in order to actually make a difference in tomorrow's digital world. Question is, are you ready to join us? 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Please visit [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io) if you have any questions or would like to continue the conversation!
+<br/>
+<br/>
+

content/blog/ethical_design_manifesto/index.md

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+---
+id: ethical_design_manifesto
+title: Creating solutions that respect humanity and the planet
+image_caption: humanity
+description: Respect Human Rights, Respect Human Effort, Respect Human Experience
+date: 2017-06-06
+taxonomies:
+    tags: [why]
+    categories: [threefold,why]
+extra:
+    author: kristof_de_spiegeleer
+    imgPath: ethical_design_manifesto.png
+---
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Organizations should always respect human rights, human effort and human experience. To enable a sustainable and prosperous civilization and world, we need a strong value system.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+*Ideas and texts were inspired from https://ind.ie/ethical-design/. We added our own twist to it.*
+
+## Respect Human Rights
+
+- **Sustainability**: It is important for a very simple reason: we cannot maintain our quality of life as human beings, the diversity of life on our planet, or Earth's ecosystems unless we embrace and protect its balance.
+- **Equality**: Everyone should have a right to learn, dream, partake and succeed. Equal access also means affordability, not ownership by big greedy companies.
+- **Decentralization**: To better distribute power, value and opportunities, we need more decentralization. Technologies and solutions should be available everywhere to improve equality and sustainability. 
+- **Openness & Interoperability**: Allows technologies to work together in an open way, without limitation, and therefore expands the possibilities for innovation and sharing.
+- **Accessibility**: Whatever the location or situation, people should benefit from easy and fast access to information and solutions.
+- **Security & Privacy**: Protect people from being put in situations of danger or exploitation. People should be empowered to be independent and they should be the sole owners of their experiences.
+
+## Respect Human Effort
+
+- **Reliability**: Make sure technologies are reliable and last longer.
+- **Simplicity**: We need to keep things simple: no unnecessary complexity - less is more.
+- **Transparency**: Let people and companies work together in a 100% transparent way.
+- **Collaboration**: It's all about the greater picture. We are stronger together and have to help each other in reaching our common visions.
+
+## Respect Human Experience
+
+- **Ergonomy**: Products and solutions should empower productivity, safety and comfort, while reducing human error.
+- **Inclusiveness**: Design should always be global and inclusive. We are all equal.
+- **Design**: Products should be visually appealing and should achieve it's purpose.
+- **Transparency**: Organisational records and strategies should be accessible to everyone.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+*Photo by Renee Fisher on Unsplash.*

content/blog/realizing_the_promise/index.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: "Together with our global community, we're realizing the initial pr
 date: 2022-03-21T14:40:00-05:00
 template: blogPage.html
 taxonomies:
-  categories: ["Peer-to-peer", "Open source"]
+  categories: ["peer-to-peer", "threefold"]
 extra:
   subtitle: "Together with our global community, we're realizing the initial promise of an open-source, peer-to-peer Internet owned by the people."
   author: "Sacha Obeegadoo"

templates/tags/single.html

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