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+title: ThreeFold partners with Hewlett Packard Enterprise
+date: 2018-10-18
+taxonomies:
+    news-category: [farming,cloud,foundation]
+    tags: [partner,update,technology]
+description: Dubai, UAE, Today at GITEX Technology Week, ThreeFold signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).
+extra:
+    imgPath: images/newsroom/threefold_hpe.png
+    image_caption: partners
+    authors: [sabrina_sadik]
+    authorImg: /images/people/sabrina_sadik.jpg
+    
+---
+
+Dubai, UAE. Today at GITEX Technology Week, ThreeFold signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to cooperate in the CEEMA region on the implementation of a decentralized grid of computing and storage capacity, which enables a neutral, low cost and low energy internet on a global scale.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+HPE provides their clients in the CEEMA region with the option to connect their computing and storage capacity to ThreeFold’s decentralized grid that supports ThreeFold’s mission to provide a Responsible Internet, accessible to all.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+HPE server and storage hardware has been certified to be used on ThreeFold’s Grid and HPE plans to build services to support the growth and usage of ThreeFold’s Grid which is in line with their edge cloud and blockchain strategy.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+ThreeFold launched a Responsible Internet capacity platform (on March 2018) with the support and collaboration from its community, and has already achieved sizable deployments of decentralized internet compute and storage capacity across the globe. ThreeFold’s open source and localized IT capacity encourage developers; as a result of cost and performance efficiencies, to build all types of decentralized applications on its network to promote the expansion of a new digital responsible economy.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+“This is a monumental step towards a new responsible internet and empowering a new digital economy“, Kristof De Spiegeleer, Visionary Co-Founder of ThreeFold.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+_“ThreeFold has created one of the smartest Blockchain solutions we have come across”, said Johannes Koch: Vice President and HPE CEEMA Managing Director. “We are excited about our future cooperation”._
+<br/>
+<br/>
+### About ThreeFold Foundation:
+ThreeFold is focused on democratizing internet compute and storage capacity to enable a responsible internet for all. Open source software empowers people to create neutral, green and private capacity for people across the globe that’s blockchain driven and 100% decentralized. (threefold.io)
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+title: TomoChain & ThreeFold are joining forces to decentralize Cloud Computing
+date: 2020-05-20
+taxonomies:
+    news-category: [farming,cloud,foundation]
+    tags: [partner,update,technology,blockchain]
+description: TomoChain will invite their developer community and anyone interested in contributing to the TomoChain Blockchain, to connect and use the Threefold Grid.
+authors: [sacha_obeegadoo]
+extra:
+    imgPath: images/newsroom/tomochain_threefold.png
+    image_caption: blockchain partners
+    authors: [sacha_obeegadoo]
+    authorImg: /images/people/sacha_obeegadoo.jpg
+    
+---
+
+_This week marks a big step in the history of TomoChain and ThreeFold as both organizations join forces to work towards a common vision of a more sustainable and decentralized world._
+
+<br/>
+
+The [ThreeFold Grid](https://library.threefold.me/info/tfgrid/#/grid_why)’s peer-to-peer nature comes with many advantages for blockchains as it truly decentralizes their IT infrastructures and, enabling better performance, security, affordability, and sustainability, as compared to current centralized cloud alternatives.
+
+<br/>
+
+[TomoChain](https://tomochain.com) will invite their developer community and anyone interested in contributing to the TomoChain Blockchain, to connect and use the Threefold Grid. By deploying their Masternodes and workloads on the ThreeFold Grid, their developers will benefit from a more decentralized and affordable cloud offering and benefit from the autonomous execution of their workloads via ThreeFold’s [Smart Contract for IT](https://library.threefold.me/info/sdk/#/smart_contract).
+
+<br/>
+
+Anyone interested in being part of the TomoChain node ecosystem using the ThreeFold Grid would be highly encouraged to get started in a few steps [following the documentation](https://forum.threefold.io/t/setting-up-a-tomochain-node-in-5-steps/389).
+
+<br/>
+
+Furthermore, with the recent announcement of TomoChain’s DEX Protocol, TomoX, released, both organizations will also test the [ThreeFold P2P Cloud](https://library.threefold.me/info/sdk/#/intro) solution to enable developers to build DEXs on top of TomoChain using ThreeFold’s truly decentralized IT infrastructure.
+
+<br/>
+
+---
+
+### About Tomochain
+TomoChain is a scalable blockchain, powered via Proof-of-Stake Voting consensus and used commercially by companies globally. The TomoChain blockchain and product ecosystem enable the development of high-performance blockchain projects that focus on decentralizing finance. 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Their products include (1) a fast & near-zero Fees: 2000 TPS, 2-second block-time, and EVM  compatible, and (2) an array of original features and protocols designed to support speed, privacy, usability, and liquidity needs all in one platform. 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+After a successful ICO in 2018, Tomochain experienced an incredible growth last year to become one of the most reputed blockchains of South East Asia, and globally. They now focus on their mission to accelerate the onboarding of millions of users by empowering today’s applications with technology that masks the friction of Blockchain, all while retaining its underlying benefits.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+### About ThreeFold
+ThreeFold has developed the largest and most advanced peer-to-peer Internet grid in the world.  They launched the ThreeFold Grid V2.0 in  April 2020 - a  more performant, private & secure, affordable, and sustainable solution than centralized cloud and internet providers. 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+With a collective and incentivized ecosystem of Farmers (independent Internet capacity providers) around the globe, the ThreeFold Grid is now open for developers to build on top of it and benefit from all the advantages that comes with it.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+The ThreeFold Foundation aims to empower a more equal, autonomous (decentralized) and sustainable world, and does so  by providing the necessary peer-to-peer technologies and infrastructure to the world, while incentivizing growth in developing regions.

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+title: DigiByte integrates with ThreeFold’s decentralized Grid
+date: 2020-05-22
+taxonomies:
+    news-category: [farming,cloud,foundation,aci]
+    tags: [partner,technology,update,blockchain]
+description: The DigiByte Foundation and the ThreeFold Foundation are aligned – both focused on values, working towards their visions and missions in creating a truly decentralized, equal, and sustainable world that empowers humanity.
+authors: [sacha_obeegadoo]
+extra:
+    imgPath: images/newsroom/digibyte_threefold.png
+    image_caption: partners blockchain
+    authors: [sacha_obeegadoo]
+    authorImg: /images/people/sacha_obeegadoo.jpg
+    
+---
+
+The [DigiByte Foundation](https://digibytefoundation.io/) and the [ThreeFold Foundation](https://threefold.io) are aligned – both focused on values, working towards their visions and missions in creating a truly decentralized, equal, and sustainable world that empowers humanity. Doing good for the planet is at the core of both organizations' DNA. 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Today, DigiByte and ThreeFold are pleased to officially announce their collaborative partnership.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+DigiByte and ThreeFold will work together on developer and user projects on the ThreeFold Grid. The DigiByte developer community, and anyone interested in contributing to the DigiByte Blockchain, is being invited to use a more decentralized and affordable cloud computing capacity. Developers can now deploy their DigiByte nodes and IT workloads on the ThreeFold Grid with an autonomous execution via [Smart Contracts for IT](https://library.threefold.me/info/sdk/#/smart_contract).  
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Further, community members are also being invited to explore possibilities in using the ThreeFold Grid’s capacity for their own personal computing needs and projects.  Anyone interested in being a node operator in the DigiByte Blockchain using the ThreeFold Grid would be highly encouraged to get started in a few steps following [the documentation](https://forum.threefold.io/t/how-to-deploy-a-digibyte-node-with-your-3bot-in-5-steps/379).  
+<br/>
+<br/>
+The ThreeFold team is very proud to welcome The DigiByte Foundation to the [Conscious Internet Alliance](https://consciousinternet.org) initiative led by ThreeFold, where together with many other planet and human-centric projects, they will collaborate on making our global Internet neutral again. 
+
+### About DigiByte:
+[DigiByte](https://digibyte.io/) is a rapidly-growing open-source blockchain created in late 2013 and released in early 2014. After 6 years of forward-thinking development, DigiByte has become one of the safest, fastest, longest and most decentralized UTXO blockchain in existence with one of the most active communities in the Crypto and Blockchain space
+<br/>
+<br/>
+The DigiByte Foundation is a volunteer-managed organization that operates in a non-profit way. They protect and promote the true principles of decentralization and empower DigiByte and its community to establish and maintain a sustainable decentralized world. 
+
+### About ThreeFold:
+ThreeFold has developed the largest and most advanced peer-to-peer Internet grid in the world.  They launched the ThreeFold Grid V2.0 in  April 2020 – a  more performant, private & secure, affordable, and sustainable solution than centralized cloud and internet providers. 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+With a collective and incentivized ecosystem of Farmers (independent Internet capacity providers) around the globe, the [ThreeFold Grid](https://explorer.grid.tf/)  is now open for developers to build on top of it,  and users can now benefit from all the advantages of the ThreeFold Grid.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+The ThreeFold Foundation aims to empower a more equal, autonomous (decentralized) and sustainable world, and does so  by providing the necessary peer-to-peer technologies and infrastructure to the world, while incentivizing growth in developing regions.
+

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+title: ThreeFold & WaykiChain collaborate to decentralize cloud computing
+date: 2020-05-26
+taxonomies:
+    news-category: [farming,cloud,foundation]
+    tags: [partner,update,community,blockchain]
+description: Today, ThreeFold and WaykiChain are pleased to officially announce their collaborative partnership..
+extra:
+    imgPath: images/newsroom/waykichain_threefold.png
+    image_caption: blockchain
+    authors: [benjelloun_oussama]
+    authorImg: /images/people/benjelloun_oussama.png
+    
+---
+
+Today, ThreeFold and WaykiChain are pleased to officially announce their collaborative partnership. Both ThreeFold and WaykiChain found clear alignment on decentralizing the internet for people and businesses and share the same core values that encompass their respective visions. 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Through this collaboration, the WaykiChain developer community will be enabled to deploy and maintain their nodes and any of their IT Workloads using the [Threefold P2P Cloud](http://cloud.threefold.io). This will empower them to decentralize their cloud-computing infrastructures, with far more affordability, and distribution compared to centralized cloud-providers,  and with native cloud automation via ThreeFold’s [Smart contract for IT](https://library.threefold.me/info/sdk/#/smart_contract).  
+<br/>
+<br/>
+The ThreeFold team invites blockchain enthusiasts, developers, and anyone interested in being part of WaykiChain community to deploy a mainnet node, or to explore building a Dapp on top of WayKiChain.
+
+### About WaykiChain:
+WaykiChain is a prominent blockchain platform based in China with a global community,  it is a DPoS ( Delegated proof of stake)  public blockchain that is highly scalable and with high-performance transaction processing capabilities (TPS 3300), with an efficient consensus mechanism.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+WaykiChain has a variety of product lines, with the WaykiChain core wallet, the WaykiTimes and their DeFi-vertical technologies that are built within the core layer of blockchain, i.e. the  crypto-asset backed [stablecoin technology](https://cdp.waykichain.com/) as well as its [built-in decentralized exchange](https://dex.waykichain.com/).
+<br/>
+<br/>
+According to WaykiChain’s core team the upcoming 3.0 release of WaykiChain will support WASM virtual machine technology for smart contract development and deployment. Waykichain’s blockchain enables developers to build performing dApps on top of it using its developer tools, and has throughout these 3 years, built [an extended ecosystem of Dapps](https://dapp.review/explore/wicc).
+
+### About ThreeFold:
+[ThreeFold](https://threefold.io) has developed the largest and most advanced peer-to-peer Internet grid in the world.  They launched the ThreeFold Grid V2.0 in  April 2020 – a  more performant, private & secure, affordable, and sustainable solution than centralized cloud and Internet providers. 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+With a collective and incentivized ecosystem of Farmers (independent Internet capacity providers) around the globe, the [ThreeFold Grid](https://explorer.grid.tf/) is now open for developers to build on top of it,  and users can now benefit from all the advantages of using a truly peer-to-peer environment.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+The ThreeFold Foundation aims to empower a more equal, autonomous, decentralized, and sustainable internet, and does so by providing the necessary peer-to-peer technologies and infrastructure to the world while incentivizing growth in developing regions.

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+title: Harmony Integrates with ThreeFold’s Decentralized Grid
+date: 2020-05-29
+taxonomies:
+    news-category: [farming,cloud,foundation]
+    tags: [partner,technology,update,blockchain]
+description: Harmony and ThreeFold will work together on developer and user projects on the ThreeFold Grid and Pangaea..
+extra:
+    imgPath: images/newsroom/harmony_threefold.png
+    image_caption: partners blockchain
+    authors: [sacha_obeegadoo]
+    authorImg: /images/people/sacha_obeegadoo.jpg
+    
+---
+
+[Harmony](https://www.harmony.one) and the [ThreeFold Foundation](https://threefold.io) are aligned in their focus on empowering an equal and fair world. Doing good for the planet and humanity is at the core of both organizations' DNA. Today, Harmony and ThreeFold are pleased to officially announce their collaborative partnership.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Harmony and ThreeFold will work together on developer and user projects on the [ThreeFold Grid](https://library.threefold.me/info/tfgrid/#/grid_why) and [Pangaea](https://docs.harmony.one/pangaea/). Harmony’s developer community, and anyone interested in contributing to their Blockchain and being a validator within the Harmony staking ecosystem, is being invited to use a more decentralized, performant and affordable [Peer-to-Peer Cloud](https://cloud.threefold.io/) solution brought by ThreeFold.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Developers can now deploy their nodes and any IT workloads on Pangaea and the ThreeFold Grid with an autonomous execution via [Smart Contracts for IT](https://library.threefold.me/info/sdk/#/smart_contract).  Anyone interested in being a node operator, as a validator, in the Harmony Blockchain using the ThreeFold Grid, is invited to get started in a few steps following this [documentation](https://forum.threefold.io/t/setting-up-a-harmony-node-on-the-threefold-grid/476).
+<br/>
+<br/>
+From ThreeFold Co-Founder Adnan Fatayerji,
+<br/>
+<br/>
+*"We’re super excited about our partnership with Harmony. Their approach to decentralization of applications and transactions perfectly couples with our approach of trying to bring an inclusive Internet. Together we will form a big powerhouse for positive change in this world."*
+<br/>
+<br/>
+ThreeFold and Harmony look forward to the further development of this collaboration.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+---
+
+### About Harmony
+
+[Harmony](https://www.harmony.one) is a fast and open blockchain for decentralized applications. Its protocol has achieved secure and random state sharding, being the first sharded Proof of Stake on production. Harmony's Mainnet supports thousands of nodes in multiple shards, producing blocks in a few seconds with instant finality. The network's staking mechanism reduces centralization while supporting stake delegation, reward compounding and double-sign slashing. Harmony aims to build an open network of nodes operated and governed by a large community. Harmony has designed a novel Proof-of-Stake (PoS) mechanism for network security and economics - Effective Proof-of-Stake (EPoS) which reduces centralization and distributes rewards fairly to thousands of validators.
+
+### About ThreeFold
+
+[ThreeFold](https://threefold.io) has developed the largest and most advanced peer-to-peer Internet grid in the world.  They launched the [ThreeFold Grid](https://explorer.grid.tf/) V2.0 in  April 2020 – a  more performant, private & secure, affordable, and sustainable solution than centralized cloud and internet providers. 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+With a collective and incentivized ecosystem of Farmers (independent Internet capacity providers) around the globe, ThreeFold Grid - largest peer-to-peer Internet grid on earth, is now open for developers to build on top of it,  and users can now benefit from all the advantages of the ThreeFold Grid.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+The ThreeFold Foundation aims to empower a more equal, autonomous, decentralized,  and sustainable internet and does so  by providing the necessary peer-to-peer technologies and infrastructure to individuals and creators, while incentivizing growth in developing regions.

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+title: Why ThreeFold chose Stellar?
+date: 2020-06-03
+taxonomies:
+    news-category: [farming,cloud,foundation]
+    tags: [threefold_token,update]
+description: At ThreeFold, together with a beautiful ecosystem of partners, we are co-creating a peer-to-peer Internet that empowers equality, freedom, and sustainability.
+extra:
+    imgPath: images/newsroom/stellar.png
+    image_caption: partners
+    authors: [sam_taggart]
+    authorImg: /images/people/sam_taggart.jpg
+    
+---
+
+At ThreeFold, together with a beautiful ecosystem of partners, we are co-creating a peer-to-peer Internet that empowers equality, freedom, and sustainability.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+To be honest, we were always focused on building and utilizing [our own transactional blockchain](https://github.com/threefoldtech/rivine). We wanted to make sure we did it in the right way, upholding our values - but then we realized that the solution was already out there.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+_Stellar is an open-source network for currencies and payments. Stellar makes it possible to create, send and trade digital representations of all forms of money - dollars, pesos, bitcoin, pretty much anything. It's designed so all the world's financial systems can work together on a single network._
+<br/>
+<br/>
+_Stellar has no owner; if anything it's owned by the public. The software runs across a decentralized, open network and handles millions of transactions each day. Like Bitcoin and Ethereum, Stellar relies on blockchain to keep the network in sync, but the end-user experience is more like cash - Stellar is much faster, cheaper, and more energy-efficient than typical blockchain-based systems._
+<br/>
+<br/>
+In the spirit of collaboration, something we believe in heavily, we knew the right decision was to abandon our own transactional blockchain and to move our ThreeFold Token (TFT) to Stellar.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+### Why did we choose Stellar?
+
+* Technology-wise it's a very strong platform - energy-friendly & fast.
+* There is good liquidity on the Stellar Network; it's super easy to go from XLM to TFT.
+* By utilizing the Stellar Network, we are part of a large blockchain platform/network. There is good integration with other digital currencies.
+* Perhaps most importantly, we share like-minded values.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+The Stellar Network is supported by the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF). From [their website](https://www.stellar.org/foundation), "SDF and Stellar seek to unlock the world's economic potential by making money more fluid, markets more open, and people more empowered."
+<br/>
+<br/>
+The ThreeFold and Stellar Foundations have very aligned goals, particularly around empowerment of all people around the world - to create equal access to the Internet and to a global, inclusive financial system. Both solutions are built on open-source technology, both aim to unlock the world's economic potential, and most of all, both empower people in developing countries and all around the globe.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+That is why ThreeFold is proud to be a part of the Stellar Network.

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+title: Dash & Dash NEXT partner with ThreeFold
+date: 2020-07-03
+taxonomies:
+    news-category: [farming,cloud,foundation]
+    tags: [partner,technology,update,blockchain]
+description: Dash, Dash NEXT and the ThreeFold Foundation are excited to officially announce their collaboration, effective the end of June 2020.
+extra:
+    imgPath: images/newsroom/dash_threefold.png
+    image_caption: blockchain
+    authors: [sacha_obeegadoo]
+    authorImg: /images/people/sacha_obeegadoo.jpg
+    
+---
+
+[Dash](https://www.dash.org) / [Dash NEXT](https://dashnext.org/) and the [ThreeFold Foundation](https://threefold.io) are excited to officially announce their collaboration, effective the end of June 2020.  Dash and ThreeFold are community-driven organizations focused on peer-to-peer solutions that strive for decentralization and the empowerment of humanity.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+Dash / Dash NEXT and ThreeFold will work together on developer projects on the ThreeFold Grid. The Dash developer community, and anyone interested in contributing to the Dash Blockchain, is being invited to use a truly decentralized and  affordable cloud alternative - [ThreeFold P2P Cloud](http://cloud.threefold.io). Developers can now deploy their Dash nodes and IT workloads on the ThreeFold Grid with an autonomous execution via [Smart Contracts for IT](https://library.threefold.me/info/sdk/#/smart_contract). 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+Further, community members are being invited to explore possibilities in using the ThreeFold Grid’s capacity and peer-to-peer cloud for their own personal computing needs and projects. Anyone interested in being a node operator in the Dash Blockchain using the ThreeFold Grid would be highly encouraged to get started in a few steps following this [documentation](https://forum.threefold.io/t/deploy-a-dash-node-in-5-steps-on-the-threefold-grid/509).  
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Adnan Fatayerji, co-founder at ThreeFold, enthusiastically expressed his excitement working with the Dash developer community, “We are extremely excited about our collaboration with Dash [and Dash NEXT], a global name in decentralized transactions. We look forward to empowering their developer community with access to a global substrate of peer-to-peer storage and compute. Together we will drive financial and Internet inclusion to the edge of the network!”
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+The Dash community and any individual or organization interested in contributing to Dash are now empowered to deploy their Dash MasterNodes and any containerized IT workload using the [ThreeFold P2P Cloud](http://cloud.threefold.io), and benefit from  an autonomous execution via [Smart Contracts for IT](https://library.threefold.me/info/sdk/#/smart_contract). Dash’s community is incentivized to get started with free compute and storage capacities offered by ThreeFold.  
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Felix Mago, Co-Founder at Dash NEXT shared his enthusiasm around that opportunity: “We are excited to have ThreeFold as a partner as they are enabling us to host Dash Masternodes in a decentralized manner.”
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+[You can follow this documentation to deploy full Dash nodes and MasterNodes on the ThreeFold grid  in 5 easy steps.](https://forum.threefold.io/t/deploy-a-dash-node-in-5-steps-on-the-threefold-grid/509)
+
+### About Dash:
+
+Dash is an open source peer-to-peer cryptocurrency with a strong focus on the payments industry. Dash offers a form of money that is portable, inexpensive, divisible and fast. It can be spent securely both online and in-person with only minimal transaction fees. Based on the Bitcoin project, Dash aims to be the most user-friendly and scalable payments system in the world.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+In addition to Bitcoin’s feature set, Dash currently also offers instant transactions ([InstantSend](https://docs.dash.org/en/stable/introduction/features.html#instantsend)), private transactions ([PrivateSend](https://docs.dash.org/en/stable/introduction/features.html#privatesend)) and operates a self-governing and self-funding model that enables the Dash network to pay individuals and businesses for work that adds value to the network. This [decentralized governance and budgeting system](https://docs.dash.org/en/stable/governance/index.html#governance) makes it one of the first ever successful decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO).
+
+### About ThreeFold:
+
+ThreeFold has developed the largest and most advanced peer-to-peer Internet grid in the world.  They launched the [ThreeFold Grid](https://explorer.grid.tf/) V2.0 in  April 2020 – a  more performant, private & secure, affordable, and sustainable solution than centralized cloud and internet providers. 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+With a collective and incentivized ecosystem of Farmers (independent Internet capacity providers) around the globe, the ThreeFold Grid  is now open for developers to build on top of it,  and users can now benefit from all the advantages of the ThreeFold Grid.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+The ThreeFold Foundation aims to empower a more equal, autonomous (decentralized) and sustainable world, and does so  by providing the necessary peer-to-peer technologies and infrastructure to the world, while incentivizing growth in developing regions.

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+title: ThreeFold partners with SKALE to empower its developer community
+date: 2020-08-13
+taxonomies:
+    news-category: [farming,cloud,foundation]
+    tags: [partner,update,technology,blockchain]
+description: SKALE and ThreeFold are excited to announce their collaborative partnership that will focus on solving scalability and decentralization limitations faced by Ethereum and Blockchain developers.
+extra:
+    imgPath: images/newsroom/skale_threefold.png
+    image_caption: partners blockchain
+    authors: [benjelloun_oussama]
+    authorImg: /images/people/benjelloun_oussama.png
+    
+---
+
+[SKALE](https://skale.network/) and [ThreeFold](https://threefold.io) are perfectly aligned in their visions to build a truly decentralized internet and a scalable web3 infrastructure. Both focus on creating community-owned and scalable technologies that can positively impact the lives of millions of individuals and enterprises around the globe. 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+SKALE and ThreeFold are excited to announce their collaborative partnership that will focus on solving scalability and decentralization limitations faced by Ethereum and Blockchain developers. This collaboration will also empower the SKALE developer community, and web3 developers, with the ThreeFold peer-to-peer cloud, enabling them to:
+<br/>
+<br/>
+1. Build highly scalable dApps on Ethereum using SKALE’s elastic Blockchain network.
+2. Completely decentralize their IT infrastructure using ThreeFold’s P2P compute, storage, and networking capacities (providing far more affordability, privacy, and decentralization through its native cloud automation and Smart Contract for IT). 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Adnan Fatayerji, co-founder at ThreeFold said, _“SKALE is perfectly positioned to take Ethereum and its dApp developers to the next level while pioneering scaling solutions for the Blockchain industry! ThreeFold and SKALE form such an ideal fit in this regard. By combining SKALE’s modular protocol and ThreeFold's universal substrate for decentralized storage and compute, developers are able to build highly scalable dApps and deploy workloads that are closer to the source, cost-effective, and easy to manage. We are excited to collaborate with the SKALE ecosystem!“_
+<br/>
+<br/>
+The ThreeFold team is inviting node operators around the world to contribute to the SKALE ecosystem by deploying their SKALE validator nodes after Phase 3 Mainnet availability on the ThreeFold Grid and is calling for game-changing, conscious web3 developers to build impactful applications.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+_"It's been exciting to work with the ThreeFolds team as they build their vision for providing node operators with a platform to decentralize their IT infrastructure,"_ said Christine Perry, VP Solutions Engineering, SKALE Labs. _"Not only do we share the mutual goal of a truly decentralized secure, scalable network. SKALE developers will be able use ThreeFold's peer-to-peer cloud to more easily build highly scalable Ethereum Dapps."_
+
+### About SKALE: 
+
+SKALE is an elastic blockchain network that gives developers the ability to easily provision highly configurable fully decentralized chains that are instantly compatible with Ethereum. SKALE chains can execute sub-second block times, run up to 2,000 tps per chain, and run full-state smart contracts in addition to decentralized storage, execute Rollups, and machine learning in EVM. The SKALE Network is an open-source project with many contributors including SKALE Labs, Inc. whose offices are in San Francisco, CA, and Kharkiv, Ukraine. The SKALE Network’s supporters include Blockchange, ConsenSys Labs, Hashed, HashKey, Floodgate, Multicoin Capital, Recruit Holdings, Signia VP, and Winklevoss Capital. The SKALE Network is supported by top validators in the world including Blockware, ConsenSys, Chorus One, Dokia, Figment Networks, Hashed, Staked, and StakewithUs, as well as key infrastructure players Bison Trails, Blockdaemon and Ankr. For more information please visit [skale.network](https://www.skale.network), [@SkaleNetwork](https://twitter.com/skalenetwork) on Twitter, and [@skaleofficial](https://t.me/skaleofficial) on telegram.
+
+### About ThreeFold: 
+
+ThreeFold has developed the largest and most advanced peer-to-peer internet grid in the world, that enables individuals and organizations  to build and deploy their web2 and web3 applications in a complete decentralized, private, sustainable, and autonomous IT infrastructure through its peer-to-peer cloud capacity and developer tools. 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+With a collective and incentivized ecosystem of Farmers around the globe, the [ThreeFold Grid](https://threefold.io/) has achieved 80+ petabytes of capacity, 18K+ CPU cores, distributed in 21 countries, and is constantly expanding across the edges. ThreeFold has a broad array of technology partners such as HPE, DigiByte, Stellar, Neo, Dash, TomoChain,  HoloChain Harmony, WaykiChain, SelfKey  and many others. 
+<br/>
+<br/>
+ThreeFold aims to empower a more equal, autonomous, and sustainable world and does so by providing the necessary peer-to-peer technologies and infrastructure to the world while incentivizing growth in developing regions. Visit [Threefold.io](https://threefold.io) to learn more, and [forum.threefold.io](https://forum.threefold.io) to chat with the team. 

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+title: Announcing the November 2020 community call
+date: 2020-10-26
+taxonomies:
+    news-category: [farming,cloud,foundation,twin]
+    tags: [community,update,event]
+description: Mark your calendars! Next Monday November 2nd at 5pm CET we will host a 30-minute community call to update you on exciting progress and to show you what we’ll be working towards in the coming months.
+extra:
+    imgPath: images/newsroom/nov2020communitycall.png
+    image_caption: Announcing the November 2020 community call
+    authors: [sam_taggart]
+    authorImg: /images/people/sam_taggart.jpg
+    
+---
+
+**Mark your calendars!**
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Next Monday November 2nd at 5pm CET we will host a 30-minute community call to update you on exciting progress and to show you what we’ll be working towards in the coming months. We highly recommend you attend!
+<br/>
+<br/>
+The following week we will host an AMA (Ask Me Anything) to answer any questions you might have related or unrelated to the community call.
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Call details:
+<br/>
+<br/>
+[Zoom Link](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89188543322)
+Meeting ID: 891 8854 3322
+<br/>
+<br/>
+[Google Calendar Event](https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NWw4NjQzYnFoZTBpOWhvaDQxZnJuOGNmZXQgdGFnZ2FydHNAaW5jdWJhaWQuY29t&tmsrc=taggarts%40incubaid.com)
+The room will open 10 minutes prior to the call!

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+---
+title: ThreeFold Now Marketplace is coming soon!
+date: 2020-10-22
+taxonomies:
+    news-category: [farming,cloud,foundation]
+    tags: [threefold_cloud,technology]
+description: Mark your calendars! Next Monday November 2nd at 5pm CET we will host a 30-minute community call to update you on exciting progress and to show you what we’ll be working towards in the coming months.
+extra:
+    imgPath: images/newsroom/tfnowmarketplace.png
+    image_caption: ThreeFold Now Marketplace is coming soon!
+    authors: [sam_taggart]
+    authorImg: /images/people/sam_taggart.jpg
+    
+---
+
+ThreeFold **Now Marketplace** is a peer-to-peer alternative to centralized cloud providers, enabling you to deploy independently and keep ownership of your own data. 🙌
+
+Starting this November you'll be able to choose and test the first tools available on Marketplace, such as discourse, gitea, website, and more.
+
+**Stay tuned!**
+

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+title: ThreeFold's October 2020 community update is here 
+date: 2020-10-30
+taxonomies:
+    news-category: [farming,cloud,foundation,twin]
+    tags: [community,update]
+description: It’s the end of October and a lot has gone on this month – an upgrade to testnet, progress on ThreeFold Now, some notable new team members, and more! Find the link to the full update within!
+extra:
+    imgPath: images/newsroom/oct2020communityupdate.png
+    image_caption: ThreeFold's October 2020 community update is here
+    authors: [sam_taggart]
+    authorImg: /images/people/sam_taggart.jpg
+    
+---
+
+It’s the end of October and a lot has gone on this month – an upgrade to testnet, progress on ThreeFold Now, some notable new team members, and more!
+<br/>
+<br/>
+Please find a recap of our October activities [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/tfgrid/#/threefold_update_oct2020).
+<br/>
+<br/>
+& have a great weekend! 🎃
+