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-date: 2021-04-20
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-Sometimes we're compared to blockchain projects. We love blockchains and have many partners there – CasperLabs, DigiByte, Polygon, and Dash, to name a few – but that's just not what we are. Here's a few ways we are different than the "typical" blockchain project.
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-description: The more liquidity we provide on Stellar, the more we contribute to creating and sustaining a healthy market for TFT there. So today, we’re embarking on a little journey to find out how to access TFT and how to provide liquidity on Stellar via Albedo.
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-date: 2021-01-27
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-date: 2023-11-21
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-*The below is an update from a summit we held here in Zanzibar this past weekend called the Africa Regenerative Futures Summit. It was a follow-up of [an event we hosted in July](https://youtu.be/GIBlmID7g5o?t=246&si=KYEExcPFHUCU7HKY). And we aim to continue to host this as a series of gatherings around OurWorld, ThreeFold, and other planet-first people-first projects and individuals who are supporting or want to support Tanzania and the African continent as a whole.*
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-- You can learn about farming [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__farming_intro).
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-- People will also be able to see how many people are online at the moment and where they are located on the globe (if permissions are allowed)
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-- Artheon will be hosted on the ThreeFold Grid!
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-date: 2017-10-12
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-The world’s most famous cryptocurrency Bitcoin, established in 2008 by a person or group of people under the pseudonym of Satoshi Nakamoto, is changing the world. With 106 million people owning Bitcoin after only twelve years, the growth momentum is undeniable. The popularity of Bitcoin is transforming monetary systems at large, and establishing trust through irrefutable records.
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-date: 2018-03-07
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-date: 2021-07-23
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-**[TF Chain](https://threefold.io/tech/tf-chain)** was built on the [Substrate framework](https://substrate.io/) with the purpose of decentralizing user-farmer relationships on the ThreeFold Grid. It has its own native form of [TFT](https://threefold.io/tft), which can be bridged back and forth from Stellar-based TFT. This model will be implemented for other chains in the future, for interoperability and cross-chain features between blockchain and DeFi ecosystems and the ThreeFold Grid.
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-## What’s new with TF Chain?
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-TF Chain represents a leap forward for simplicity in payments for capacity reservations and a move towards greater decentralization of the systems that support the ThreeFold Grid. With the launch of [ThreeFold Grid 3.0](https://forum.threefold.io/t/what-is-new-in-tfgrid-3-0/1133), TF Chain became the official record of ThreeFold farms and nodes, and brought peer-to-peer [billing](https://forum.threefold.io/t/introducing-tf-chain-an-updated-billing-model/1277) based on smart contracts for workload deployments on the ThreeFold Grid.
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-For now, minting will remain on Stellar but reservations of nodes and capacity on ThreeFold Grid 3.0 are already executed via [TF Chain](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__tfchain). Bridges were established between Stellar and TF Chain to facilitate payments, e.g. if you pay for a workload deployment in Stellar TFT, this payment needs to be bridged to TF Chain’s native TFT to fund the [smart contract](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__smartcontract_it).
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-### The two-way [bridge](https://bridge.bsc.threefold.io/) between Stellar & BSC
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-Until recently, the bridge between Stellar and Binance Smart Chain (BSC) was one-way only: from BSC to Stellar. Even though it was possible to transfer TFT from Stellar to BSC via [command line](https://github.com/threefoldfoundation/tft/blob/main/bsc/bridges/stellar/transfers.md), this was only an option for tech-savvy people. Now, you can also deposit TFT from Stellar to BSC using the bridge with a proper UI, as you can see in the image below.
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-id: threefold_foundation_33
-title: Bringing Trust is a Human Task
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-description: Everyone thinks that Satoshi Nakamoto invented blockchain technology when he published his whitepaper in January 2009
-date: 2019-08-17
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- tags: [blockchain,technology]
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-## A little history on blockchain technology
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-Everyone thinks that Satoshi Nakamoto invented blockchain technology when he published his whitepaper in January 2009 to make a digital currency the first use case. But it was not!.
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-In 1991, Dr. W. Scott Stornetta published a white paper in which he introduced a 'blockchain' as a decentralized database where digital transactions are secured. The research focused on creating a digital hierarchy system that time-stamped and chronologically secured deals in a chain of blocks. The first considered use case for blockchain technology was to sign and store land deeds digitally. The technology's main characteristics were decentralization and immutability across the process of storing transaction data.
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-Satoshi was the person (or part of a group of people) that used these blockchain principles to create the first digital currency - Bitcoin. The rest is history, from one to many digital currencies based on different creation principles (also referred to as cryptocurrencies, digital coins, etc.) that have been launched and existed for over a decade and have begun to come more into the mainstream purview.
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-## Decentralization and immutability
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-The two characteristics that have spawned interest in Blockchain technology are decentralization and immutability. In the current world, centralization is everywhere, in most industries, governments, education systems, the world wide web (Internet), and more. All roads these days seem to lead to centralized setups.
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-- **Monetary**: Fiat currencies are governed and controlled by central banks. According to Wikipedia: "A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages a state's currency, money supply, and interest rates. Central banks also oversee the commercial banking system of their respective countries. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank has a monopoly on increasing the monetary base in the state and prints the national currency, which serves as the state's legal tender. Central banks also act as a "lender of last resort" to the banking sector during a financial crisis. Most central banks also have supervisory and regulatory powers to ensure the solvency of member institutions, prevent bank runs, and prevent reckless or fraudulent behavior by member banks." So central banks control fiat currencies, and other institutions control central banks.
-- **World Wide Web (WWW)**: The World Wide Web is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), interlinked by hypertext links, and accessible via the Internet. English scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. Although distributed by design, this technology shares and exposes globally developed information and centralized functions crucial to make this World Wide Web work: large (commercial) monopolies have developed centralized search facilities, e.g., yellow pages of the world wide web. These search facilities now control what you find when you are looking for a specific search term.
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-To investigate what potential right use cases exist for blockchain technologies, let spend some time on some of the blockchain myths created in recent years. Similar to other new technologies, blockchains market themselves as a miracle technology that overcomes many (if not any) of the challenges and difficulties that exist in modern-day digital technology. Let's name and investigate a few.
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-Are they? Pure blockchain deployments are not super scalable compared to conventional (server-based) transaction methods. Current financial blockchain transaction times are very slow compared to any other (currency) transaction technologies out there, being it card transactions like Mastercard, VISA, or money transfers from one bank account to another.
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-Very questionable! While blockchains use cryptographic standards, the methods to ensure privacy is entirely outside of any blockchain standards and implementations. It's every implementer's responsibility to ensure security, therefore mostly handled as it is in the old (conventional?) world.
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-By what? Blockchain ensures the integrity of transactions and information storage, but otherwise, nothing is inherently trustworthy about any fact stored on the Blockchain. You need to corroborate trustworthiness by ensuring that the parties who store information in the Blockchain are incorruptible and that these facts are correct —just as you would in the rest of the world without using blockchain technology.
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-Potentially but maybe not in the way how people see it today. While this is technically true, Blockchain is limited to well-understood and straightforward use cases, without ambiguities. Smart contracts are essentially rocket science. By design, once published (launched), you cannot revise or bug fix them.
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-Not the same thing! Private blockchains are not the answer to privacy or restricted access to information. Purely private/enterprise blockchains might fail to realize any of the benefits of Blockchain.
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-### A new feature, "justifies deploying a new Blockchain."
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-Community-driven blockchain products are being forked left and right by private players who enhance them in various ways. But only the open-source blockchains with the largest communities and install-plus-adoption bases will persist. The rest are mainly lab experiments, and 99.9 percent of these probably fail.
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-So Blockchain is a hyped new technology, but they are not the answer to everything. Just like with any other technology or tool, you need to consider if the use case considered carefully is appropriate. In the end, it is only neutral characteristics that might be a reason for applying a blockchain or not:
-- is there a need for decentralization?
-- is there a need for immutability?
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-When considering Blockchain technology for a specific purpose, proper due diligence should happen. This to determine the fit and implementing it if it enhances value for the organization. Humans play a vital role in the decision process and are required to find solutions for the flaws that blockchains bring along.
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-Two frequent mistakes within the Industry:
-- The technology is used as the ultimate technology to solve all the problems described above, and this often leads to failure in the end as Blockchain can't fulfill these promises.
-- The technology is used under the false pretext that decentralization is wanted, whereas the real intention is to be in control. Blockchain thinking also requires an entirely different way of thinking than the classical models embedded in the heart of our economies: concentration of power & control and competition need to make room for decentralization and collaboration.
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-With all the hype around blockchain technology and also all the failed initiatives, blockchain technology does allow for digital worlds to exist without centralization. The information revolution has brought forward a lot of progress and innovation to the people; however, the outcome has also been only a few large organizations controlling all of it.
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-- Online search: Google
-- Online social: Facebook, Twitter
-- Online banking: any large international bank
-- Online insurance: few insurance alliances
-- Customer Relationship Management: SalesForce
-- Enterprise Resource Management: Oracle, SAP
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-All these organizations are leading in their specific digital innovation sector, and some of them even provide services for free. Nothing is for free in this world and reality -in return for these services, you accept the terms and conditions which allow the companies to use your personal information and user statistics for their benefits and make money from this behavior derived data.
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-The world is awakening and seeking alternatives in which such monopolistic structures do not control data and information. Blockchain technologies allow new solutions to be built without central governing bodies, creating person-to-person sharing and trading opportunities.
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-People remain the best to create decentralized business models that combine Blockchain's strengths with complementary measures to compensate for the weaknesses of the technology. Blockchains are not replacing people. Blockchain technology is just a tool that enhances people's ability to organize themselves around decentralized initiatives that require no central body to govern and control. Therefore, Blockchain is a powerful tool indeed but remains just a tool.
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-What if there would be a platform where the strong points of blockchains (decentralization) could enable people to organize themselves around a random initiative and launch it based on blockchain technology? Blockchain As a Service (BAAS).
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-A platform like that could be powerful to enable people around the world to use and benefit from blockchain technology to organize themselves around digital initiatives, currencies, finance, trade, company, anything. Let's consider a small example:
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-What if a platform could launch several blockchain nodes (60, one for each of them) and record all decisions, having all information trackable and traceable for anyone? Blockchain As A Service (BAAS) will enable people to organize themselves independently and create new movements, companies, groups, tribes. This would be a powerful platform allowing many people (and hopefully all people) to organize themselves in new ways, free of the need to have notaries, lawyers, and contracts.
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-- A single organization cannot own the platform, it needs to be owned by many
-- Such a platform cannot have administrator access. Administrators access takes away the neutrality and privacy that such a platform requires.
-- The platform needs to be very efficient. To be available to all people globally, it needs to be affordable for anyone.
-- The platform needs to be everywhere. Part of the efficiency is that it should require expensive international access lines - it needs to be able to live everywhere - in well connected (and affordable) areas as well as in less well-connected places.
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-Such a platform is a very different platform than most of what we know today. It needs to be a platform build by many people, for anyone. It needs not be governed by a single organization; it needs to be governed by many.
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-description: Dive into the magic of the ThreeFold Grid and what it enables for people around the world – from developers to end users, and everyone in between – with this three-part series! We’ll explore ThreeFold’s infrastructure, solutions and experiences available today. The first part will give a comprehensive overview of the Grid, its evolution and capabilities.
-date: 2022-09-15
-taxonomies:
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-*“ThreeFold is growing the ThreeFold Grid by enabling a community of thousands of farmers from around the world to participate and own a piece of the Internet.” – [Adnan Fatayerji](https://threefold.io/news/post/threefold_cybernews/)*
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-So, the ThreeFold Grid has been evolved, advanced and expanded quite a bit, hasn’t it? About time to take a closer look at our cloud solution and everything enabled by the technology and tooling built on top. As a heads up, part two of our series on ThreeFold’s game-changing Internet infrastructure is for the more tech-savvy crowd. If you don’t consider yourself “a tech person” you might prefer to jump to part three on weblets and end-user experiences right away.
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-Helpful Resources:
-* Dive into the [manual](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/) to get started
-* Find out more about our [technology](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/technology)
-* Learn more about [testing the ThreeFold Grid](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__grid3_testing?id=testing-the-threefold_grid3)
-* Join this growing [movement](https://t.me/threefold) & our [testing community](https://t.me/threefoldtesting)
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-description: In the final part of our three-part series, we’ll dive into a world of possibilities for developers, end-users and everyone in-between. Find out what’s possible on the ThreeFold Playground and discover your digital sovereignty with our end-user experiences.
-date: 2022-09-21
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-The [ThreeFold Playground](https://play.grid.tf/) makes it quite easy to build on top of the ThreeFold Grid by deploying weblets. A [weblet](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__weblets_home?id=weblets) is a compiled JavaScript component which can be embedded in any site. With ThreeFold, it basically establishes a private environment running inside your browser, and allows you to share it – while you maintain full control of all activities happening there by using your private key, and with full decentralization.
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-[Visit](https://play.grid.tf/) the TF Playground to explore the possibilities and read this [post](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-focus-series-tf-playground-v3-7-0/3315?u=hannahcordes) to find out what the new version 3.7.0 of the Playground – now live on testnet – has to offer. Dive right in and [get started](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/getstarted/manual__tfgrid3_getstarted) on the TF Grid today!
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-Presearch is a longstanding partner of ThreeFold and one of the most popular solutions offered on the Grid. As of the Grid v3.6 release, any 3Node can now host a Presearch node – so if you’re a ThreeFold farmer, it’s now become quite easy for you to host Presearch on your own node. Simply follow [this deployment guide](https://forum.threefold.io/t/presearch-nodes/3250?u=hannahcordes) to get decentralized search on top of a truly decentralized infrastructure!
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-Leverage the entire [CapRover app catalogue](https://forum.threefold.io/t/caprover-your-app-environment/2133/3) even faster and easier and deploy CapRover apps on the ThreeFold Grid. You’ll benefit from full decentralization, energy efficiency and affordability. [CapRover](https://forum.threefold.io/t/create-your-own-app-environment-fast-and-easy-with-caprover-on-the-people-s-internet/2644?u=hannahcordes) is a powerful platform for app deployment and thanks to our [CapRover weblet](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__weblets_caprover?id=caprover), you’re able to deploy anything you want on top of the ThreeFold Grid!
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-The [latest addition](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tfgrid-v3-7-0-is-now-live/3375?u=hannahcordes) to the ThreeFold Playground is [Subsquid](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__weblets_subsquid), Web3’s premier API framework which is supercharging decentralized apps across more than 30 chains. Basically, you can think of Subsquid as an ETL (extract, transform, load) tool, with a GraphQL server included. With Grid v3.7.0 live on testnet, you can now pre-process and decode raw chain data and store it for easier access by the query nodes by deploying your own Subsquid instance on the Grid’s testnet within just a few clicks [here](https://play.test.grid.tf/#/subsquid).
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-So with the ThreeFold Playground, ThreeFold is building a vast ecosystem of advanced deployment experiences and opening up a world of possibilities – allowing anyone to build, test and deploy easily and within a few clicks.
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-## How to achieve digital sovereignty with a set of end-user experiences
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-*“Through simple, secure, and scalable technology, ThreeFold empowers millions to invent and explore new experiences." – [Kristof de Spiegeleer](https://www.threefold.io/newsroom/paradise-hills/)*
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-We’ve entered the [third phase of our journey](https://www.threefold.io/blog/four-phases-of-threefold/) towards our ultimate vision of a better future – the phase of Web 4. In addition to fully comprehensive decentralized edge cloud solutions, the ThreeFold ecosystem is also developing a range of applications and experiences across IoT, metaverse, blockchain, DeFi, banking, education and beyond.
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-Throughout this phase – which has only just begun – a multitude of valuable and meaningful experiences are being built by the ThreeFold ecosystem and partners to empower people with equal chances to learn, create, and thrive in a decentralized digital economy – what we like to call an abundance-based future for humanity.
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-The Digital Twin technology provides each user with a unique digital identity that can serve as the key to an open, self-sovereign and complete digital future. This solution was designed with a very simple objective in mind: everyone should be the center of their entire digital life. It represents your digital self and hosts your entire digital life in a secure and private way – empowering you to own your data and offering you decentralized applications that enable you to maintain your sovereignty. For end users, owning their own deployments opens the possibility for a full range of experiences that have the same quality as crypto – self custody.
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-[FreeFlow Twin](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-updates-august-2022/3272?u=hannahcordes) will be part of an ecosystem of decentralized alternatives called FreeFlow Life. Find more information on the experiences, how to start testing now and where to share your feedback [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/lets-test-out-freeflow-twin-beta-formerly-uhuru/3299?u=hannahcordes)!
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-We've also decided to develop our [own DeFi solutions](https://www.threefold.io/blog/future-tft-ecosystem/) to support the growth and expansion of the Internet of Internets and an abundance-based future where we are truly sovereign: community-based liquidity pools and the P2P DeFi Wallet – both expected early next year. Learn more about the upcoming solutions [here](https://www.threefold.io/blog/future-tft-ecosystem/)!
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-## The Grid is open – an invitation to build, deploy and test
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-ThreeFold’s open Internet infrastructure is fully peer-to-peer, decentralized and super reliable. It already offers a multitude of solutions for developers, end-users and everyone in-between. And the Grid and the solutions offered are ready for the community to build, deploy and test, as we continue to collectively build, advance and expand.
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-* [Build on ThreeFold’s Open Infrastructure – Part Two: For Experts](https://www.threefold.io/blog/build-on-threefolds-open-infrastructure-part-two/)
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-*Not sure where to start? Dive into the [manual](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/) and learn more about [testing the ThreeFold Grid](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__grid3_testing?id=testing-the-threefold_grid3).*
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-title: "Build on ThreeFold’s Open Infrastructure – Part Two: For Experts"
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-description: This post is part of an ongoing series on building on ThreeFold’s open infrastructure. It’s for the more tech-savvy crowd, as we’ll dive into our cloud solution and everything enabled by the technology and tooling built on top.
-date: 2022-09-21
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- tags: [threefold_grid,technology,peer_to_peer]
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-ThreeFold’s reliable, open-source, peer-to-peer Internet infrastructure together with a growing community of enthusiastic, driven early-adopter developers and end-users are the key to accelerating the growth and development of the Grid and to unlocking all of its potential. While the foundation has been laid, it will be up to all of us as a movement to improve and build upon it.
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-ThreeFold’s [ZMachine](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/zmachine?id=zmachine) is a lightweight virtual machine (VM) solution that’s unique to the ThreeFold Grid. ZMachine enables both traditional VM deployments and also introduces a next generation container specification built on our [ZFlist](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__zos_fs?id=why-this-zflist-concept) technology. ZFlist containers enabled by ZMachines are more secure and more flexible than the current industry standard Docker-based containers. With Kubernetes running on top of ThreeFold’s ZMachine [technology](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/threefold__grid_use?id=tfgrid-kubernetes-cloud), we have a highly compatible and unique solution.
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-The [ZFlist](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__zos_fs?id=why-this-zflist-concept) is a next generation container format – supported directly at the operating system level on Zero-OS – which extends the industry-standard Docker container concept in an efficient and secure way. It provides a unique advantage over traditional containers via the use of mini VMs. By employing mini VMs, the FList concept provides better isolation than traditional container systems while retaining the advantages that containers offer over full VMs.
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-ThreeFold has long supported the most used open-source container orchestration tool in the world, [Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/), which integrates the industry standard [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) format, a container creation and management tool. It’s used to manage many of the largest and most complex cloud deployments. Kubernetes can be used to create a production-ready environment. The ThreeFold Grid provides a lightweight Kubernetes VM that can be used to create clusters according to specific needs. By providing both VMs and Kubernetes, we’re able to offer the most comprehensive solution in the decentralized/blockchain space to deploy, scale, and manage cloud compute workloads. Kubernetes users can, for the most part, simply bring their existing configuration files and recreate their deployments on a Grid based cluster seamlessly. With the third generation of the Grid, we provided a very simple way to provision [Kubernetes clusters with Terraform](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual3_iac/grid3_terraform/manual__terraform_k8s?id=more-info).
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-[Terraform](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-grid-3-0-supports-terraform/1184?u=hannahcordes) is a widely-used open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) software tool enabling a consistent workflow in order to manage complex deployments across different cloud providers. It also integrates directly with our Grid’s [existing Kubernetes functionality](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/cloud/threefold__usp_compatible?id=kubernetes) to offer a complete solution for reserving hardware and deploying software.
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-We’re also supporting [dedicated nodes](https://forum.threefold.io/t/exciting-news-dedicated-nodes-on-the-people-s-internet/2645?u=hannahcordes). By utilizing dedicated nodes on the ThreeFold Grid, you’ll benefit from a truly decentralized and highly reliable Internet infrastructure that uses less energy and comes at a much more affordable price than any comparable alternative. With dedicated nodes, users are able to exclusively reserve the entire capacity of a 3Node to deploy solutions for themselves or for other customers, while also paying for all capacity of the respective 3Node. Dedicated nodes on our Grid will be highly cost effective, as they’ll be available with a 70% discount on [pricing](https://forum.threefold.io/t/pricing-for-tfgrid/2518/7). All the ThreeFold Grid features will be available on [dedicated nodes](https://forum.threefold.io/t/exciting-news-dedicated-nodes-on-the-people-s-internet/2645?u=hannahcordes) as well – from deploying VMs and containers to CapRover and more. Dedicated and non-dedicated 3Nodes can be combined.
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-ThreeFold is built with simplicity in mind which is why we’re using [V](https://www.threefold.io/partners/vlang/) – a statically typed programming language similar to Go, and inspired by Rust, Swift, and Oberon. It’s the official [smart contract](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__smartcontract_it) language on the Grid, as its simplicity and readability allows anyone to go through and understand any code base, even non-developers.
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-So, now that you’ve learned more about the building blocks of the ThreeFold Grid and how you can build with them, we’d like to invite you to try and test them yourselves!
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-* Dive into the [manual](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/) to get started
-* Learn more about [testing the ThreeFold Grid](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__grid3_testing?id=testing-the-threefold_grid3)
-* Join this growing [movement](https://t.me/threefold) & our [testing community](https://t.me/threefoldtesting)
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-description: Part two of an approachable series on the inner workings of the ThreeFold Grid. This time, storage
-date: 2021-07-28
-taxonomies:
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- tags: [threefold_grid,technology,peer_to_peer]
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-Welcome back for the second part of this introductory series on ThreeFold Grid technology. [Last time](https://threefold.io/blog/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/) we took a high level view of all that the Grid offers. This time, we'll be zooming in on storage, covering the low level components and how they can provide a familiar experience like the cloud "drives" and "boxes" we use today.
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-So far, we've been discussing solutions that utilize storage space on a single node only. While this offers flexibility for developers with a variety of needs, it is also limited in the sense that the failure of a single node would result in the loss of all data. With that in mind, we offer the Zstor solution for spreading data across multiple nodes in a way that provides both resilience against failures and unprecedented security.
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-description: Part three of an approachable series on the inner workings of the ThreeFold Grid. This time, we're exploring compute.
-date: 2021-10-04
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-*Welcome back for another installment of our accessible series on ThreeFold Grid technology. We are working through the three major categories that make up cloud infrastructure: storage, compute, and network. This time, we'll be focusing on compute.*
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-## What is compute?
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-While [storage](https://threefold.io/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_pt2/) and network are fairly intuitive concepts – where data lives and how it gets around – compute is about the more mysterious realm of data processing and ultimately computer programming. Don't worry though, you don't need any technical abilities to gain a deeper understanding of what's happening behind the scenes when we use apps or interact with web sites.
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-As mentioned in the [first part](https://threefold.io/blog/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/) of this series, compute is basically what happens with data once it reaches its destination. Compute gives data relevance, by processing it according to the instructions provided by developers in their source code. When talking about what the [ThreeFold Grid](https://threefold.io/grid) offers in terms of compute, it's mostly about how the code that developers produce gets executed in order to provide the services we enjoy.
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-With ThreeFold, this actually happens for the most part using the same tools and systems provided by traditional cloud services, meaning that it's highly compatible with existing cloud applications. What really makes the Grid different is that it's been designed to provide a level of efficiency and security that simply isn't possible without starting "from the ground up". Before we get into specifics of compute offerings built into ThreeFold's [Zero-OS](https://threefold.io/how-it-works/zero-os), let's briefly explore what computing is.
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-Everything a computer's central processing unit does is based on a limited set of instructions that includes basic mathematical functions, logical operations, and ways to control the flow of a program. At their core, computers are really just automated adding machines that execute specified operations on whatever input they receive. It may be hard to believe that simple math creates all of the vibrant digital experience we enjoy, but at a certain low level, that's the truth.
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-In this context, compute is mostly responsible for organizing all of our messages based on the individual or group we were talking with, the time that the message happened, and whether or not we've opened it yet. Typically, a messaging app stores data both on our local devices and on a back end in the cloud. Compute is also how the service decides to copy messages you sent on one device to other devices where you have the same app installed.
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-Zmachine is a lightweight virtual machine (VM) implementation that's been developed in a uniquely efficient way by ThreeFold. VMs are essentially computers within computers, allowing multiple operating systems to run on a single physical system. A common example is running the Windows operating system on a Mac that's already running MacOS.
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-The [Flist](https://threefold.io/how-it-works/zflist) is a next generation container format which extends the industry standard Docker container concept in an efficient and secure way. It is supported directly at the operating system level on Zero OS, and in its latest version on ThreeFold Grid 3.0, provides a unique advantage over traditional containers via the use of mini virtual machines.
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-Containers usually represent small parts of a full solution, which are created, interconnected, and destroyed on an ongoing basis. Kubernetes is the industry standard container orchestration system, and it's used to manage many of the largest and most complex cloud deployments. Kubernetes solutions are defined through configuration files that specify the types of containers, how updates are handled, and the network architecture both between containers and with the outside world.
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-Taken together, the compute primitives offer a comprehensive alternative to existing cloud compute providers. Users of Docker, Kubernetes, and virtual machines can bring their deployments to the Grid with a minimal amount of migration effort. This is distinct from other decentralized cloud projects, which either offer a single solution like Kubernetes or a completely new environment that developers must adapt their code to run within.
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-description: We're (finally) back with part 4, looking at the networking aspects of the ThreeFold Grid.
-date: 2022-02-03
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-After introducing the ThreeFold Grid in [part one](https://threefold.io/blog/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/) and diving deep into [storage](https://threefold.io/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_pt2/) and [compute](https://threefold.io/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_3/), we’re back with part 4 to look at the networking aspects of the ThreeFold Grid.
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-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
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-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!
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-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.
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-description: In June, the ThreeFold Team went to Austin to share our vision for a decentralized Internet as sponsor of Consensus 2022. Throughout an incredible week, we spread the word about ThreeFold, formed meaningful connections and planted the seeds for the first sovereign Regional Internet.
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-The founding gathering in Austin was just the beginning. Building meaningful relationships with local communities to start the next few Regional Internets will be a big focus for the ThreeFold ecosystem in 2022. Therefore, we’ll be travelling to various places across the globe to [connect the dots](https://threefold.io/blog/connecting_the_dots/) in the upcoming months.
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-After entering a partnership with [Paradise Hills](https://threefold.io/blog/paradise_hills/) to build the first Community Cloud, planting the seeds for the first Regional Internet in Austin represents another crucial step in our journey to create the [Internet of Internets](https://threefold.io/blog/internet_of_internets/) – a glocal model that is infinitely scalable. So, the next few months will be vital for our [expansion phase](https://threefold.io/blog/four_phases_of_threefold/) and for building a better future for all of us.
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-*New to ThreeFold? [Join](https://t.me/threefold) the movement now and learn how to [be](https://threefold.io/blog/what_is_farming/) the Internet.*
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-description: With cyber sovereignty turning into a non-territorial challenge to sovereignty itself irrespective of the virtual realm of the internet, is there a way out for humanity?
-date: 2022-03-03
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-It is evident that the current internet is facing some big challenges that have major implications for humanity. Data privacy and self-sovereignty is almost impossible today, raising serious questions towards those that control the Internet. But it also seems that these companies fell into the trap of their own business models and algorithms.
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-[“A declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace”](https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence) by John Perry Barlow once attempted to shed light on the applicability of government and institutions on the rapidly growing internet, already in 1996 trying to protect its neutrality. According to research, the world is experiencing innovation at an increasingly rapid pace. With the rise of blockchains and web3 technology, could the dream of John Perry Barlow turn into reality?
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-The escalation of this cyber conflict can lead to unforeseen consequences and casualties. That is why it is especially important that our industry works together to protect customers, partners, employees and citizens. ThreeFold is on a mission to realize the promise of a fully-comprehensive, open-source and peer-to-peer internet infrastructure. ThreeFold is a platform for the creators of tomorrow to build that blueprint of responsibility and ensure that the outcome of future systems is neutrality.
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-date: 2021-06-17
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-date: 2023-01-03
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-- Get a node from [the Official ThreeFold webshop]( https://marketplace.3node.global/index.php)
-- Build your [own node](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__diy_guide)
-- Or join us on [our two-way chat](https://t.me/threefold)
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-date: 2021-10-11
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-date: 2019-08-21
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-In 1989, the Internet changed the world as we know it with the introduction of the World Wide Web. With time the Internet empowered people to share information in a decentralized way. Shortly after, big companies like Facebook, Google, and Apple emerged, providing many solutions that revolutionized the way we live. The “sharing economy” has grown exponentially over the last 5-10 years. This is thanks to a more simplified information flow and well-developed technology, which:
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-* No need for information to travel to central data centers, all communication is fast and private between Digital Twins: No more client-server.
-* All logic of your digital life is 100% private to you running in your Twin.
-* This is super efficient and sustainable, +10x power savings.
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-* Edge Computing hardware will consist of datacenter grade hardware and all sorts of other types of hardware. The Edge might include some smaller sized data center facilities but also include different types of "homes" for compute and storage equipment. Think of transportation as a specific use case - capacity on maritime vessels, capacity on trains, and vehicles' capacity. Hardware will have to accommodate different use cases, price levels, form factors, and power consumption.
-* Edge hardware needs a lightweight OS that is very close to the hardware components to get the maximum out of compute and storage capacity. Less is more - for real Edge capacity, local people won't be able to interact with edge capacity - one further step - there will be no need to have remote people access these devices for maintenance purposes. The ultimate edge computing solution will have a significant amount of self-sustainability - where there are no more highly technically skilled people required to keep the capacity available, up and running.
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- * [Filecoin](https://filecoin.io/)
-* Content delivery networks with a lot of "capacity" sitting close to end-users are expanding their capabilities beyond content delivery
- * [Limelight](https://www.limelight.com/products/iot-and-edge-cloud/)
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-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
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-## The neutrality of the current Internet is in danger.
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-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.
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-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.
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-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.
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-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.
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-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?
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-title: Creating solutions that respect humanity and the planet
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-description: Respect Human Rights, Respect Human Effort, Respect Human Experience
-date: 2017-06-06
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-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.
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-- **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.
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-- **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.
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-- **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.
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-*Photo by Renee Fisher on Unsplash.*
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-date: 2022-04-21
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-[Proof-of-Stake (PoS)](https://www.coindesk.com/learn/2020/12/30/what-is-proof-of-stake/) mechanisms have proven to be [less energy intensive](https://www.investopedia.com/tech/how-does-bitcoin-mining-work/#toc-downsides-of-mining) than PoW. With PoS, miners lock up (‘stake’) a blockchain’s cryptocurrency on escrow accounts to be granted mining rights. In exchange for this participation, miners receive an interest proportional to their stake as reward.
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-[ThreeFold Farming](https://threefold.io/blog/what_is_farming/) is a decentralized, energy-efficient and meaningful alternative to mining. [ThreeFold Tokens](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-potential-of-the-threefold-token-tft/1796) (TFT) are minted whenever new Internet capacity in terms of compute, storage or network is added to the ThreeFold Grid by connecting computers, known as 3Nodes.
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-* Join the global ThreeFold [movement](https://t.me/threefold).
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-date: 2023-12-05
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-date: 2020-12-02
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-For the past six years, we’ve been building up an incredible full-stack, open-source, decentralized Internet infrastructure, all from the ground-up. From creating our own decentralized operating system, to building a Quantum Safe Storage System, a complete far edge cloud computing platform and planetary peer-to-peer network all accessible via a unique Smart Contract for IT on the ThreeFold Blockchain, we’re proud to have the most complete edge infrastructure to power the next-generation Internet era. A new world is coming, and our technology has the potential to revolutionize digitization on a global scale, across sectors.
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-The creation phase was about developing the key tech components and an initial deployment of our infrastructure worldwide. The ThreeFold Grid is now live in its third generation and the stack is fully functional. As of today, people from all across the world have connected more than [3,000 nodes](https://twitter.com/threefold_io/status/1529903015938998272) across +78 countries to create the world’s largest decentralized Internet infrastructure, and new capacity is being connected every day.
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-## 2 The Phase of Expansion
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-The second phase is all about the growth of the ThreeFold Grid and [connecting the dots](https://threefold.io/blog/connecting_the_dots/). From individual farmers and farming cooperatives connecting Internet capacity independently to our global network, to building Community Clouds and Regional Internets for countries, various pathways to Grid growth have been established by the [Internet of Internets](https://threefold.io/blog/internet_of_internets/) concept.
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-The Internet of Internets will interconnect us all, while providing us with digital sovereignty, privacy and meaningful experiences. It focuses on incentivizing local communities to build their own resilient Community Clouds to support their city, town or village with the foundation to build their decentralized future.
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-Depending on their geographic proximity, Community Clouds will be able to form Regional Internets. Each Regional Internet will be equipped with their own blockchain, validators and liquidity providers as well as local digital experiences in order to remain independent from the rest of the world. In that sense, whatever would happen to the Internet infrastructure outside of the borders of that region would not affect local connectivity and digital economies.
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-Ultimately, Regional Internets will be interconnected by the ThreeFold Hub on a global level to create the Internet of Internets. This model is infinitely scalable. Instead of relying on one global network and blockchain, ThreeFold will allow for many independent and interoperable Internet infrastructures that support local communities with a platform to build their own blockchain, DeFi, metaverse, IoT, eCommerce solutions, and much more. Each layer has its own distinct purpose and enables seamless ecosystem-wide interactions.
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-With [the Paradise Hills partnership](https://threefold.io/blog/paradise_hills/) as the first proof of concept for Community Clouds and our team working with governments in multiple countries, we’re following the glocal approach of applying the global Internet of Internets concept locally with regional context. With our growing community and ecosystem supporting us, and building new relationships, we’re well set to turn the Internet of Internets into reality in the upcoming years.
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-In parallel with the expansion phase, the rollout of the Web 4 phase is expected to kick off later this year to re-imagine business, governance, finance, education and more in order to provide better alternatives for people, enterprises and governments. Essentially, the Internet of Internets is laying the foundational infrastructure, and Web 4 technology will open a world of new possibilities around peer-to-peer and self-sovereign systems.
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-The rise of the Internet of Internets and the build-up of powerful experiences on Web 4 technology will bring the ecosystem to its fourth phase – Velocity. At that moment in time, it will be all about utilization, economic growth and the acceleration of our collective vision.
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-The [ThreeFold tokenomics](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__tokenomics) have been designed to support a decentralized Internet economy that incentivizes participants to host nodes, validate the blockchain and build applications on the ThreeFold Grid. The moment utilization kicks in at a large scale on Web 4, the ThreeFold Ecosystem will be ready to reach millions – and eventually, billions – of users through powerful digital experiences that provide a better alternative than today’s paradigm. As of today, 35% of ThreeFold Token transactions under Proof of Utilization are burned to create a deflationary economy. This will create additional [value](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__grid_valuation) for the token ecosystem as it will reduce the circulating supply in relation to the increasing demand for ThreeFold’s infrastructure.
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-*"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." – John Lennon*
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-- [Join](https://t.me/threefold) the ThreeFold movement now
-- [Be](https://threefold.io/blog/what_is_farming/) the Internet
-- Help us [realize our vision](https://threefold.io/blog/realizing_the_promise/) for a better future
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-title: "A Glimpse into the Future of the TFT Ecosystem"
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-description: We truly believe in decentralization. So, the team is doing some incredible work on developing our own DeFi solutions. They’re aimed at providing a native financial system for the Internet of Internets and strengthening the foundation of the ecosystem by enhancing the stability and liquidity of the ThreeFold Token (TFT).
-date: 2022-08-11
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-The emergence of blockchain technology presented the world with new exciting opportunities – from independent digital currencies and decentralized financial (DeFi) applications to smart contracts, consensus-driven voting systems, and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Above all, blockchain technology held, and still holds, the promise of decentralization and transparency.
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-Blockchain ecosystems like [Stellar](https://threefold.io/blog/thriving_with_stellar/) and Algorand are amazing and offer everything we need to organically grow the [ThreeFold Token](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-potential-of-the-threefold-token-tft/1796?u=hannahcordes). And yet, we need additional mechanisms for liquidity providing which are designed to support the Internet of Internets. Many AMM DeFi pools are great and a step forward but not sufficient for certain use cases, e.g. DeFi pools usually don’t support bigger exchange trades, as the price would be too affected. Classic order book trading on-chain comes with its own set of limitations as well.
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-* [What is the real value of TFT](https://forum.threefold.io/t/what-is-the-real-value-of-tft/3143)
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-description: The truth is that ThreeFold is a big project. Here we will try to make things a little simpler for you.
-date: 2020-05-15
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-Everything on the internet – websites, apps, photos, videos, etc – uses up capacity and is stored in huge data centers owned by big companies, mainly in North America, Europe, and some in Asia. In our solution, centralized data centers are replaced with a grid of “nodes” distributed around the world.
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-It’s true that rebuilding the internet is not so simple. But a lot of infrastructure has already been built and the technology is quite advanced. Over the past 2+ years (as of May 2020), independent ThreeFold Farmers have already plugged in more than 40,000,000 GigaBytes worth of storage and 15,000 CPU Cores across 21+ countries. That might not mean a lot to non-technical folks but it is quite a significant amount.
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-Peer-to-peer means no middlemen – direct exchange of information and/or value between equal participants. Peer-to-peer means decentralization – breaking away from pyramid-based systems, greed-based systems – and putting **people** back in the center of their own (digital) lives.
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-By June, some of the first experiences will be live. This includes file storage and communication tools and a virtual browser, all with the advantages of being more sustainable for our planet and with full control of your own data. And over time, more and more experiences will come to this internet. We’ll be updating here and on our communication platforms as they come. But don’t worry, as a user it doesn’t change much – no coding required. :)
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-There are some tremendous reasons for a website or app to use our internet, but that will really be up to the website or the app. In the end, we are providing a responsible solution for responsible people and organizations. We would love to host anybody who believes in what we are doing!
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-Hacking has become a part of life and is almost impossible to avoid in the current systems – they are too complex and require too many people to operate. This results in less security which results in lots of security breaches. We took a look at the existing Internet (seven layers) and simplified it down to three layers. By simplifying the architecture and instead creating technology that is self-driving & self-healing, we removed the human requirement and therefore vastly minimized the possibility for hacking or human error. Then we also developed a storage algorithm which makes it such that if some of the information gets lost or stolen (somehow) or if some hardware goes down, it is all retrievable. Long story short, we flipped the existing system on its head.
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-That has a bit to do with the security as well. Since you own your data, you decide who gets access. Which means your data isn’t just out “there” for the taking. Basically, we put you at the center of your digital life, where the applications and experiences you use serve you, not the other way around.
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-- Having capacity everywhere, local to where users are – this reduces network requirements (and can even improve security)
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-In the end we want to provide sustainable access to the internet and all of its solutions for less than a dollar per month per person but for now the cost will depend on what you choose to do. Certain experiences will cost money. Storing photos or videos, for example. But all at a fair price.
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-description: The Internet as we know it was once free and decentralized by nature. Over time, the Internet lost its neutrality. ThreeFold represents an opportunity to realize the initial promise of a distributed and neutral Internet owned by the people.
-date: 2022-04-05
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-On 24th of March 2022, the European Parliament and Council negotiators agreed upon the [Digital Markets Act](https://variety.com/2022/digital/global/facebook-google-amazon-apple-digital-market-act-europe-regulation-1235214516/) (DMA). It seeks to give users more choice by demanding the most popular apps to open up and interoperate with smaller apps. Moreover, the act aims to ensure a fairer market competition by prohibiting certain gatekeeper practices like self-preferencing and targeted advertising. This set of new EU regulations is likely to impact the daily business of tech giants significantly once it becomes law. While the [DMA](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220315IPR25504/deal-on-digital-markets-act-ensuring-fair-competition-and-more-choice-for-users) promises to mitigate some of the issues discussed, it is doubtful that the act will be enough to fundamentally change the current system. This is a step in the right direction, but much more needs to be done.
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-The Internet has become our digital home. It’s impacting our lives in many ways by creating new opportunities, and changing how we communicate and connect. Therefore, it is crucial to restore the Internet’s neutrality to ensure a fair and equal environment. We need an Internet where we can rely on data security and privacy. An Internet where we’re empowered to truly and completely have ownership of and control of our own data. An Internet that empowers us with digital sovereignty.
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-The Internet used to be a free movement of culture and the Web. It started with an open-source and peer-to-peer vision to connect people. And while Web 3.0 projects are looking to liberalize the Internet as we know it, most of them still rely on centralized Web 2.0 infrastructure to some degree. The world needs better, holistic solutions. ThreeFold is [realizing the initial vision and promise](https://threefold.io/blog/realizing_the_promise/) of the Internet as an open-source, peer-to-peer planetary mesh network of nodes owned by humanity. It’s a 100% open-source and community-driven project that builds the critical, neutral infrastructure for a decentralized world – one that is built and owned by the people. With ThreeFold, individuals and organizations are empowered to store their data and run their applications on a peer-to-peer network of nodes in a way that ensures their data will not be manipulated, hacked or lost.
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-* Join the ThreeFold [movement](https://t.me/threefold) today and drive a new Internet era.
-* Break free from big tech and [be the Internet](https://threefold.io/blog/what_is_farming/) by setting up a 3Node at your home.
-* Help us [connect the dots](https://threefold.io/blog/connecting_the_dots/).
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-title: "The Internet is Moving to the Edge"
-image_caption: The Internet is Moving to the Edge.
-description: With emerging technologies like IoT, Web 3 and more, computing needs to be pushed from centralized data centers to the edge of the network. Learn why ThreeFold is the ideal foundation for a thriving interconnected future.
-date: 2022-05-10
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- tags: [threefold_grid,technology, peer_to_peer, data]
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-With new devices being connected every day and emerging technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), the metaverse and Web 3 gaining popularity, the [demand](https://www.cbre.com/en/insights/reports/north-america-data-center-trends-h2-2021) for Internet capacity is booming. Already, these developments are shifting the [Internet’s “center of gravity”](https://www.securityinfowatch.com/perimeter-security/physical-hardening/article/21263002/real-words-or-buzzwords-edge-cloud-and-the-evolving-internet) from its core to the edges in order to keep up with the growing demand. In an increasingly interconnected world, centralized cloud architectures are proving to be [bottlenecks](https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2022/03/25/demystifying-edge-technology/) hindering future growth.
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-* In 2022, [4.95 billion people](https://www.securityinfowatch.com/perimeter-security/physical-hardening/article/21263002/real-words-or-buzzwords-edge-cloud-and-the-evolving-internet) are using the Internet and about [2.5 quintillion bytes](https://www.securityinfowatch.com/perimeter-security/physical-hardening/article/21263002/real-words-or-buzzwords-edge-cloud-and-the-evolving-internet) of data are created on a daily basis.
-* About 2 billion computers, 15 billion mobile devices and more than 22 billion IoT devices are [active worldwide](https://www.securityinfowatch.com/perimeter-security/physical-hardening/article/21263002/real-words-or-buzzwords-edge-cloud-and-the-evolving-internet) on a daily basis.
-* By 2025, more than [1 billion people](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/executive-perspectives/annual-internet-report/index.html) and [75 billion IoT devices](https://www.statista.com/statistics/471264/iot-number-of-connected-devices-worldwide/#:~:text=Internet%20of%20Things%20%2D%20number%20of%20connected%20devices%20worldwide%202015%2D2025&text=By%202025%2C%20forecasts%20suggest%20that,IoT%20installed%20base%20in%202019.) are expected to join the Internet.
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-Computing needs to be pushed from centralized data centers to the edge to support the massive data consumption coupled to the rise of connected devices and emerging technologies. For instance, as more and more home appliances and devices are getting interconnected through the IoT economy, the amount of real-time data generated within our homes on a daily basis is rapidly expanding. Edge computing [tackles the shortcomings](https://www.i-scoop.eu/edge-computing-explained/) of the centralized model in terms of bandwidth, latency and autonomy. It enables applications and solutions to be hosted closer to where their data is being produced and consumed, thereby allowing for low latencies, rapid data processing and real-time decisions.
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-The industry analyst company [IDC estimates](https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS48772522) the global spending on edge computing to increase by 14.8% compared to 2021 – amounting to roughly $176 billion in 2022. By 2025, this number is predicted to reach about $274 billion.
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-The idea of edge computing’s ability to process data on-site is simple enough. Nevertheless, edge computing fails to deliver on its promise as it still remains somewhat centralized today. Granted, so-called edge data centers are [closer](https://stlpartners.com/articles/edge-computing/edge-data-centres/) to where the data is being consumed than hyperscale data centers. But while they do provide an improvement from traditional data centers, they are not able to provide [far-edge](https://www.thefastmode.com/expert-opinion/23002-what-are-various-types-of-edge-computing-that-exist-today) capabilities, i.e. moving as close to the user and point of data creation as possible. They are simply smaller types of data centers that are still operated in a centralized manner, require the [same infrastructure elements](https://connectorsupplier.com/how-the-rise-of-edge-computing-will-reshape-the-data-center-landscape/) as centralized data centers, and usually [rely](https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/definition/edge-data-center) on bigger, central data centers. Quite edgy isn’t it?
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-As the need for Internet capacity – specifically at the edge – is rapidly intensifying, a new approach to Internet infrastructure is clearly needed. The Web 3 movement created a spur of interest across industries due to its promise to decentralize the Internet and cloud as we know it. Future data will be generated at the edge of the network and Internet which certainly requires an [architectural shift](https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2022/03/25/demystifying-edge-technology/) away from the current model.
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-Ironically, decades after the spark of the open-source peer-to-peer Internet movement was steamrolled by large tech companies and governments eager to centralize the global Internet, we seem to enter an era of decentralization again. There’s no doubt that large tech companies did bring a lot of innovation to our global Internet and cloud stack. Technically though, [peer-to-peer](https://threefold.io/blog/p2p_web3/) systems have always been the most scalable option. Moreover, open-source architectures have built a strong reputation for providing high levels of security and flexibility.
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-* [Expand the new Internet](https://threefold.io/blog/what_is_farming/) by setting up a 3Node at your home or office.
-* Help us [connect the dots](https://threefold.io/blog/connecting_the_dots/) and accelerate our far-edge capabilities.
-* Join our global [movement](https://t.me/threefold) today.
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-title: Response - The Internet is Destroying Our Brains, but We Can't Quit
-image_caption: The Internet is Destroying Our Brains
-description: A response to a poignant article written by P.E. Moskowitz on the dangers of today's Internet.
-date: 2021-07-01
-taxonomies:
- people: [sam_taggart]
- tags: [why, peer_to_peer, digital_twin, technology]
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-In their article, Moskowitz concluded that "perhaps it is only a matter of time before enough of us say 'enough,' and protest the internet's totalizing grasp on our labor and our lives." But where does protest lead without a viable solution? Maybe this is the type of systemic change Moskowitz could imagine and could stand behind. It's not a band-aid approach, rather a total re-imagination and re-execution of today's flawed and manipulative Internet. It's an Internet by people, for people. Instead of working in the factory, we become the factory co-owners – and the Internet works for us.
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-- [Stay updated on ThreeFold News](https://t.me/threefoldnews)
-- [Join the conversation](https://t.me/threefold)
-- [Test the technology](https://t.me/threefoldtesting)
-- [Follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/threefold_io)
-- [Buy the ThreeFold Token](https://library.threefold.me/info/tfgrid/#/threefold__how_to_buy_and_sell)
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-title: "How to stop the Internet from Gobbling the World’s Energy"
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-description: Oftentimes, the Internet’s significant energy consumption and climate impacts go unnoticed. At ThreeFold, we're leading the way by working on energy-efficient and sustainable solutions for the Internet.
-date: 2022-04-26
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-Big tech corporations like Amazon, for example, have massive carbon footprints with their corporate facilities, power-hungry data centers, complex operations and more. One larger data center alone consumes up to [120 MW](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/opinions/from-the-sensor-to-the-data-center/) – and there are about 7.2 million data centers worldwide, according to [Statista](https://www.statista.com/statistics/500458/worldwide-datacenter-and-it-sites/). Moreover, a data center’s energy consumption accounts for [about 40%](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/opinions/from-the-sensor-to-the-data-center/) of its operating costs. In 2020, Amazon emitted more than [60 million metric tons](https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/environment/sustainable-operations/carbon-footprint) of carbon dioxide up from about 51 million in 2019. Others like Google try to downplay their energy consumption by switching to renewable energy. While renewable energy is an improvement for sure, it does not change the fact that Google’s energy consumption could [power entire countries](https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbryce/2020/10/21/googles-dominance-is-fueled-by-zambia-size-amounts-of-electricity/).
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-Is that really a desirable way for us to use the still scarce supply of renewable energy? Shouldn’t we rather focus on the root problem and on becoming more energy efficient in the first place?
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-The first step should be to reduce the Internet’s energy consumption and overall carbon footprint. But even then: reducing that energy consumption and transitioning to clean energy will only get us so far – particularly when considering that there simply is not enough clean energy to achieve a complete transition. Those emissions that cannot be cut have to be compensated for. A holistic solution to today’s Internet’s inefficiencies and emissions is needed.
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-## An energy-efficient and regenerative Internet
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-In December 2021, ThreeFold [announced](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/threefold-and-take-action-global-partner-to-bring-internet-access-to-1-billion-people-across-the-globe-301446693.html) its commitment to achieve a carbon double win for its open-source peer-to-peer Internet infrastructure, the ThreeFold Grid. The ThreeFold Grid is able to scale anywhere electricity and network exist, using about 10 times less energy than any comparable alternative while being more affordable as well. By starting from scratch at the operating system level, ThreeFold was able to build an Internet infrastructure that is highly [energy efficient](https://threefold.io/blog/for_our_planet/). This infrastructure is already made up of thousands of 3Nodes that are spread across 75 countries and counting.
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-Together with [Take Action Global](https://forum.threefold.io/t/driving-regeneration-with-tag/2120?u=hannahcordes) (TAG), an expert on climate education and action, ThreeFold aims to make the ThreeFold Grid planet-positive by removing its carbon emissions from the atmosphere three times in the form of [Voluntary Carbon Credits](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-on-track-to-be-planet-positive/2097?u=hannahcordes). While the pilot for this initiative was announced to start in January 2022, ThreeFold and TAG were so eager to take action against climate change, they kicked-off the pilot one month early in December 2021. It is the first step in ThreeFold’s plan to support the use of ‘nature-based climate solutions’ like tree planting to absorb twice more carbon than the ThreeFold Grid emits by 2022.
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-Every industry and organization has to pull their own weight. There is no way around it. Far-reaching actions and transformations are needed across industries to limit global warming to bearable levels. “The decisions we make now can secure a liveable future. We have the tools and know-how required to limit warming,” said Hoesung Lee, IPCC Chair, in an April 2022 [press release](https://www.enviro.or.id/2022/04/ipcc-press-release/). Together with TAG, ThreeFold leads the way by working on energy-efficient and sustainable solutions for the Internet. The new IPCC report gives us a reason to be optimistic about our future and have hope for the regeneration of our planet.
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-* Join the global ThreeFold [movement](https://t.me/threefold).
-* [Start farming](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__farming_intro) today and support a greener Internet while regenerating the planet.
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-title: "The Evolution Towards A More Secure, Private, And Sovereign Internet"
-image_caption: "The Evolution Towards A More Secure, Private, And Sovereign Internet"
-description: Today, the Internet is a ubiquitous part of our daily lives, and it continues to evolve. As we continue to innovate and collaborate, we can build a better, more secure digital future for all.
-date: 2023-04-11
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- tags: [threefold_grid, technology, peer_to_peer, threefold_cloud]
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-The Internet has undergone a natural evolution from its early days as a fragmented network of computers, to the vast interconnected web of infrastructure and platforms we know today. This has shaped the way we communicate, work, and live. With each passing decade, new technologies and protocols have emerged to address growing concerns about cybercrime, surveillance, and censorship. Let's take a closer look at each phase of this evolution and how ThreeFold is taking action for the next step.
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-The Internet as we know it began as a project of the US Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in the 1960s, with the aim of creating a communication network that could withstand a nuclear attack. The network was designed to be decentralized, so that if one node was destroyed, the network could still function. The result was a decentralized system that allowed computers to communicate with each other over long distances, without relying on a central server.
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-In the late 1970s, the TCP/IP protocol suite was developed, which enabled computers to communicate across different networks and laid the foundation for the global Internet. This was the dawn of the peer-to-peer concept. In the early 1980s, the Domain Name System (DNS) was developed, which provided a way to translate human-readable domain names into IP addresses, making it easier to access websites and other resources on the Internet. Finally, in 1989, Tim Berners-Lee developed the World Wide Web, which provided a user-friendly interface for accessing and sharing information on the Internet.
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-The 1990s marked a turning point in the Internet's evolution. The World Wide Web became the primary way people accessed information and connected with one another online. This new platform, which allowed users to easily access and share information, changed the Internet's use from an exclusive network for institutions and organizations to a tool accessible to the general public. As such, there was an explosion in its use, which allowed for the rise of e-commerce and online advertising – creating new business opportunities and changing the way we shop and consume media.
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-This phase of the Internet was thus marked by the consolidation of power in the hands of a few large companies who controlled the infrastructure and thus access to information and data. The introduction of social media created new ways for people to connect and share information, but it also enabled the spread of misinformation and misuse of data. Some companies began to build their businesses on the collection and analysis of user data to sell advertising, which started raising concerns about data ownership, privacy, and security.
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-The 2010s saw the rise of big data and social media, which brought a new set of privacy and security concerns. Issues such as data breaches, cyber attacks, and online harassment were becoming increasingly common as the Internet continued to evolve. Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter collected vast amounts of data on their users, often without their explicit knowledge or consent. Governments continued to monitor online activities, and there were widespread reports of government surveillance and censorship.
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-The 2020s have seen a growing movement towards creating a more private and sovereign Internet. With continued concerns about data breaches, surveillance, and censorship, there has been a growing demand for more secure and private online services. Many people have started to switch to privacy-focused services like Signal and ProtonMail, which offer end-to-end encryption and other privacy protections.
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-## Looking Ahead: Together We Build
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-Today, the Internet is a ubiquitous part of our daily lives, and it continues to evolve. As we continue to innovate and collaborate, we can build a better, more secure digital future for all. Already, we are seeing the emergence of new technologies, such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, that promise to transform the Internet even further. As we move forward, we can expect to see more innovations and developments that aim to create a more secure, decentralized, and user-centric Internet that prioritizes privacy, data ownership, and security.
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-- Visit our [Website](https://www.threefold.io).
-- Visit our [Forum](https://forum.threefold.io/).
-- Collaborate on [GitHub](https://github.com/threefoldtech).
-- Subscribe to our [Weekly & Monthly Newsletters](https://bit.ly/threefoldweekly).
-- Connect with us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/threefold_io), [LinkedIn](https://ae.linkedin.com/company/threefold-foundation), & [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/threefold/).
-- Join our [Community Chat](https://t.me/threefold) and [Updates Channel](https://t.me/threefoldnews).
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-title: Internet is growing wild
-image_caption: planet
-description: The internet is growing at an extremely fast pace, but is that a good thing?
-date: 2019-12-05
-taxonomies:
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- tags: [technology,why,threefold_grid]
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-The current growth of internet needs 4000+ new large scale data centers of computer systems. The global data growth will reach more than 40 Zetabytes by 2020 which represents an average yearly growth of 42% starting at 4.5 Zetabytes in 2013. To host all this data, over 4000 new big data centers have to to be built. And to achieve this goal, $ 1 trillion USD investment capital is needed and land totalling the size of the UK would be needed.
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-A big majority of users in the world connect to servers that are not present in their region and as such experience higher costs and low performance. According to a study by datacentermap.com, 80% of the data centers of the current Internet's service providers are based in the U.S. and Europe. The rest of the world has scarce Internet resources dotted around territories.
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-## The Internet needs to perform better
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-Compute and Storage vendors create poor-performing solutions. There have been yearly improvements in hardware following Moore's law. While this has allowed ThreeFold to progress and innovate, it has also led to software developers taking these advances for granted; cutting corners where they can, creating sub-optimal code and allowing software components to be layered on top of each other to achieve certain behavioral functionalities.
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-If we could go down to the core algorithms and take another look at these, and innovate at the heart of technology instead of applying patches and pain killers, we would be able to create much more end-user capacity than what systems provide today. Systems will last longer and will not have to be replaced by faster ones. Also, fewer engineers will be needed to create, operate and maintain these systems. Combined, these elements would present a more stable and reliable platform that can achieve higher levels of uptime.
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-Did you know that the current Internet is responsible for between 5 and 10% of global energy consumptions? Making it more harmful to our planet than the airline Industry. The good news is that we can achieve 10x more power efficiency by addressing certain areas such as storage.
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-The biggest cost in running IT architectures is the human cost. Today's complex systems, built out of ‘band aid and patches’ point solutions, organically-grown and badly documented IT infrastructures, need an armada of people to keep them ticking. Even though this is an example, one can learn a lot from the trends that are presented:
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-- About 50% of IT budgets are spent on Infrastructure ane operations. Similarly, a big part goes to applications. A mere 5% is considered to be internal overhead within the IT department.
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-The biggest source of downtime in computer systems is people. Getting people involved in fixing infrastructure problems creates the risk of accidentally causing more system downtime. A very recent example on this hit a large organisation cloud service provider.
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-20+ years ago when Internet data centers came into existence next to telecom points of presence (POP), the level of complication in architecting, and building and maintaining these infrastructures exploded. From an already reasonable complicated technology setup to transport packets of data around the globe, these information warehouses were created where data was uploaded to, processed, and the obtained results sent back to end users on the other side of the globe.
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-On a humanitarian level the opportunities for creativity, learning and development are currently negatively influenced by a lack of access to performant and affordable Internet services. Since [Internet access is a human right](https://www.businessinsider.com/un-says-internet-access-is-a-human-right-2016-7#:~:text=Due%20to%20the%20lack%20of,20.), it should protect the status quo between the developed and less-developed regions of our world.
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-*Photo by Jeremy Thomas on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/jh2KTqHLMjE).*
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-description: Together, we’re building our own future through the Internet of Internets – decentralized, open, inclusive, regenerative, and resilient.
-date: 2022-05-24
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-*The Internet of Internets is owned by the people.*
-*It interconnects us all, directly, without any intermediaries.*
-*We store our data in full sovereignty and privacy.*
-*On top of it, we build valuable experiences, useful experiences.*
-*Not to control. Not to polarize. Not to addict. Not to manipulate.*
-*Rather to connect. To exchange. To share. To provide value for each other.*
-*A circular economy, to benefit the collective and, as a result, each of us individually.*
-*As believers in a better world who choose to act.*
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-*The Internet of Internets is owned by the people.*
-*It interconnects us all, directly, without any intermediaries.*
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-Community clouds in proximity connect directly with each other to form a network, what we call a regional Internet. These regional Internets have their own blockchains and can operate 100% independent from other regional Internets. A regional Internet starts with 99 founding fathers and mothers who deploy blockchain nodes, with integrated support for DeFi. Each regional Internet has its own ThreeFold Token, and differences in farming and cultivation models are possible depending on the decisions of the regional Internet’s DAO. Further, each regional Internet has its own DeFi pool to allow frictionless exchange between TFT and the regional TFT.
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-*Not to control. Not to polarize. Not to addict. Not to manipulate.*
-*Rather to connect. To exchange. To share. To provide value for each other.*
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-The Internet of Internets empowers people to build their own Internet infrastructure. Along with building community-owned Internets, our ecosystem is reimagining education, business, governance and finance for a fairer, more inclusive and regenerative future. The Internet of Internets is opening up a new world of possibilities, and we’re just getting started.
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-The Internet of Internets provides a regenerative, safe and sovereign Internet infrastructure layer. It offers a secure, private, reliable and high-performing Internet experience. Moreover, it will include a set of experiences, solutions and knowledge that enable all people to equally learn, create, exchange, and thrive online.
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-*A circular economy, to benefit the collective and, as a result, each of us individually.*
-*As believers in a better world who choose to act.*
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-The Internet of Internets provides a much-needed alternative to big tech that can bring the Internet to even the most remote places in the world in an ethical, sustainable and secure way. It starts locally and ends globally.
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-The Internet of Internets is based on an equality- and abundance-based paradigm to benefit and provide fair value exchange for the collective and each of us individually. We are driven by a planet-first, people-first philosophy that shapes the future we want to live in. Without our planet, we have nothing. And we believe people need a better system. One they can depend on. One that allows everyone to provide economic flow. One that gives them the opportunity to thrive. One that is able to empower local communities all over the world.
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-description: An interview with Jonas Delrue from Jimber, the team developing P2P solutions like video chat and office workspace, using the Digital Twin platform. Digital Twin is a use case on top of the ThreeFold Grid.
-date: 2021-08-26
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-Earlier this month, I met with Jonas Delrue from Jimber, the team developing P2P solutions like video chat, office workspace, isolated web browser, and messaging, using the Digital Twin platform. Digital Twin is a use case on top of the ThreeFold Grid. We talked about the technical hurdles and motivations for developing private, decentralized, and open source alternatives to popular products from major corporations.
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-I'm wondering about this video chat solution that we're using for the interview right now. Building reliable video conferencing took a long time for the industry to get right, as far as I understand, and this seems very comparable in performance to Zoom. What did it take to produce this, what challenges came up, and what open source components are you using?
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-Very cool. I know for Zoom free accounts, all traffic is routed through servers in the United States which also has performance implications for anyone in other parts of the world. You have this big transatlantic hop back and forth for people talking to each other in different parts of Europe, for example, which could create lag or dropouts. And of course, the privacy feature is super important, because if we're using Zoom or any other centralized service it's a black box. They say your connections are end-to-end encrypted, but there's no way to verify that without open source code and self hosting.
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-description: We probably don’t need to tell you that the invention of Blockchain technology changed the world dramatically..
-date: 2020-02-03
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-The ThreeFold Foundation has the key to change the internet for good, and you might want to play a big role in this. And so can you! By becoming a farmer you are taking part in that process. You are contributing to a significant increase in Net Neutrality which has come under serious threat in recent years. You are helping to build a more sustainable Internet for generations to come by giving the internet back to the people.
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-The ThreeFold Ecosystem is a token economy where tokens (digital currency) are being generated (and therefore financially backed) by internet capacity generating equipment, owned by anyone and housed anywhere. By building and creating internet capacity owned and operated by all of us, we can create wealth and business opportunities for anyone in the world. Also, this sets the foundation for a more stable digital currency to emerge.
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-date: 2020-01-04
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-The ThreeFold Token is the currency of the new Internet. It is a decentralized digital currency that represents a unit of reservation of capacity (compute, storage) on the largest peer-to-peer network of capacity on earth.
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-5. The market for farming, cultivating and trading TFT is open to all. Anyone with internet connection, power supply and necessary hardware can become a Farmer or trade ThreeFold tokens (TFT).
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-date: 2023-09-19
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-description: An entirely new Internet economy that is owned by all of us. Add capacity, earn income!
-date: 2021-06-09
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-Today's Internet is powered by hyper-scale data centers which are owned by large corporations. With +80% of the global infrastructure and +60% of the global Internet networks owned by a bunch of companies, the Internet became a real business with us humans being the products of that business model.
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-ThreeFold creates an entirely new Internet economy that is owned by all of us and makes the traditional cloud model of building data centers obsolete. With ThreeFold, independent people called "Farmers" plug in 3Nodes (hardware) from their homes or offices anywhere around the world. And they earn income for it.
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-You can buy one of the ready-made nodes from cooperatives around the world. This is a good and very easy way to support the ThreeFold project and to "BE THE INTERNET."
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-Today you can buy a 3Node via our website. We are also working with our farming cooperatives to decentralize the provisioning and distribution of hardware to a glocal approach (a global network of local networks).
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-But what if 3Nodes are not immediately available? For example, last week we had a huge influx of orders for our Titan V2 3Nodes and sold out the entire batch with 3,000 extra orders. We're now talking with many hardware distributors to make sure we can satsify all these orders, but this could take a while.
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-- [ThreeFold Foundation GitHub](https://github.com/threefoldfoundation)
-- [ThreeFold Tech GitHub](https://github.com/threefoldtech)
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-The centralized data centers that power today's Internet are located "strategically" mainly in North America, Europe, and select parts of Asia. For populations living in these regions, Internet is accessible and generally relatively affordable. But the further you travel from these data centers, the less available and more expensive the internet becomes. Internet access is mostly an issue Sub-saharan Africa, throughout Asia, and some parts of South America.
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-- **Crazy energy requirements**: Computing complex proof of work hashes requires enormous amounts of processing power. Actually, a large portion of today’s hashrate is produced by very large dedicated billion dollar data centers called miners. It is estimated that the energy consumed by digital currency mining is approximately equivalent to the power consumption of the entire country of Denmark.
-- **Certain perceived reputational issues**: Numerous commentators - particularly in the early years of bitcoin - speculated that unregulated digital currencies could be used to fund illicit activities.
-- **A general absence of intrinsic value**: The major digital currencies today are not backed by real assets - therefore their value is more surrounded by hype.
-- **Limited utility**: Today digital currencies are predominantly held by miners and investors. There is very limited use of digital currencies to buy goods and services.
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-- **Look at root causes, no painkiller approach**: Step away from existing storage solutions that require proprietary acceleration hardware and use standard off the shelf, affordable and efficient components with a 100% software-based storage solution that can withstand hardware failures without requiring human intervention - creating a very efficient, reliable and performing storage solution that can operate standalone.
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-date: 2017-06-01
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-- To support the continuous growth of the Internet and connect billions to new Internet Of Things devices, 400 million new servers are needed by 2020. The world therefore needs another 4,000 large-scale data centers that each consume 200 MWe of electricity: [see source](http://bit.ly/1UPUZYG).
-- Today, about 4 billion people have no access to the Internet due to the high costs of connectivity and capacity. We believe these people have the fundamental right to have low-cost access to digital resources such as online identity solutions, education, health information and more. For this to happen, solutions that can lower the cost by a factor of 10 are required.
-- Bandwidth does not follow Moore’s law. The growth of bandwidth required is much higher than the speed at which new capacity can be delivered. This is even more important in emerging markets.
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-- **Impossible to scale the networks connecting users to the hyperscale data centers**. Since hyperscale data centers are built in large "central" locations, the network leading to these data centers is congested. Even more, remote regions that are less connected to the Internet cannot benefit from these data centers’ IT services.
-- **Non-local data and capacity**. Governments around the world are becoming more and more concerned about data leaving their borders. To tackle this centralization issue, they would need local IT infrastructure. Also, IoT workloads need local capacity to deliver constant real-time computing and storage requirements - for certain applications and workloads (e.g. driverless cars), latency is not an option. Hyperscale data centers can simply not match these requirements.
-- **Not secure / at risk of choke point failures**. There are plenty of recent well-publicized problems around security, outages and loss of data. The reason for this is that centralized hyperscale architectures are inherently insecure - and failures at a single hyperscale location can cause widespread contagion and outages.
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-- **Decentralized**: The solution enables to bring capacity closer to where users are located, enabling a Cloud at the Edge.
-- **Sustainability**: The technology removes the need to build huge power hungry datacenters and by decentralizing the architecture enables up-to 1000% energy savings.
-- **Making IT a true utility**: We always approached IT as Energy. Today we provide 3x more uptime and between 3-10x more cost effectiveness.
-- **Neutrality**: The solution enables 100% neutral & private Internet IT capacity. Our blockchain technology provides security, neutrality & scale.
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-- **Sustainability**: Storing the hardware uses about 10x less energy, and about 2-3x for other workloads.
-- **Decentralized**: The Zero Operating System ("Zero OS") is ideally suited for Edge networking - where automation, self-healing and hyper-distribution are must-haves.
- - The Zero-Nodes are deployed as close as possible to the consumers of Internet IT capacity (IoT, residential, business, government, education, …).
- - This results in massive bandwidth savings, we estimate to be able to keep 99% of the required bandwidth locally which has a huge impact on cost.
- - This is the only viable solution to be able to provide internet to the 3.2 billion people waiting.
-- **Self healing**: The architecture is designed to ensure that workloads and data can be accessed at all times.
-- **Neutral & private**: A lot of work has done using blockchain (technology which powers crypto currency) to guarantee privacy and net neutrality.
- - Designed around simplicity to be used by everyone.
- - The technology provides anyone with the autonomy to deliver complex IT applications without the need for complex integration services.
-- **Empowers equality**: Our technology should be usable by the “other billions” that remain unconnected. Due to the low cost-points, low energy requirements and reduced need of backbone network capacity.
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-So why get involved in ThreeFold? Well first of all, you can join an engaged, open movement that seeks to shape the future we want to live in and provide better solutions for our planet and people. You can meet, exchange and collaborate with people from all over the world that share similar interests and values.
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-First coined in 2014, Web3 is now one of the hottest and overused buzzwords in the digital space – the idea of a new iteration of the web, a decentralized environment based on blockchain technology that incorporates token-based economics. The promise of Web3 – decentralization of control and authority from big tech, data security, scalability, and privacy for users – is tremendous. But what is a promise without delivery? Is it possible that we will see major adoption soon?
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-description: This post is the second one in a series to explore fellow projects and their solutions with regards to what they share with ThreeFold but also where we differ. Follow me on my journey through the space. This time, we're looking into Akash!
-date: 2021-10-05
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- people: [sam_taggart]
- tags: [threefold_grid, blockchain, technology, threefold_cloud, threefold_token]
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-*"This article was originally published by Hannah Cordes, a former member of ThreeFold Foundation."*
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-As announced in [the first episode of this series](https://threefold.io/blog/project_comparison_1_dfinity/), I’d like to shed some light on the complex decentralization and blockchain space and look into what fellow projects have to offer. There are various projects decentralizing parts of the internet. So in this second blog post, we’ll be exploring Akash and their solutions to find out what we have in common and where we differ. Follow me on the second step of my journey to better understand the space we operate in and how ThreeFold stands out.
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-## Akash & how the project compares to ThreeFold
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-Founded in 2015, [Akash](https://akash.network) is an open-source and blockchain-based cloud computing platform. They [strive](https://akash.network/about#vision) for an open, permissionless, and sovereign cloud that allows anyone to reserve computing resources without any intermediaries. Their cloud platform provides a simple way for deploying and scaling cloud applications.
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-The Akash Network is a decentralized, on-chain marketplace for leasing cloud computing resources, while the Akash Container Platform is an off-chain platform for cloud management services (deployment, hosting, and management of workloads) on Kubernetes, the industry standard for container orchestration. We also integrated Kubernetes into our [P2P Cloud](https://threefold.io/info/cloud#/cloud__cloud_intro) solution, but we didn’t stop there. On ThreeFold’s cloud solution, developers additionally have the option to deploy virtual machines or to discover the future of cloud computing with [ZFlist](https://threefold.io/tech/zflist) – a game-changing Docker-compatible solution that is distributed across many mini VMs, positioning itself as the ideal infrastructure for edge workloads. And all data produced by these workloads can be stored in our [Quantum Safe File System](https://threefold.io/tech/zdbfs) solution that is highly compatible with most storage tools (e.g. S3) and protocols (e.g. IPFS).
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-With Akash, developers would get access to what is probably the best decentralized computing cloud on the market, whereas ThreeFold offers a full stack cloud infrastructure that unites compute, storage, and network. Having integrated all leading industry-standard tools, ThreeFold’s [cloud solution](https://cloud.threefold.io/) allows for a seamless migration of any digital workload – even from centralized cloud providers like [AWS or Microsoft Azure](https://threefold.io/blog/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure/). This empowers developers from all over the world to deploy their applications and workloads on a fully decentralized infrastructure, without having to learn new tools. Developers using Akash, however, may still need to rely on other decentralized projects to decentralize the storage and network components of their solutions.
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-Akash sees their [USP](https://docs.akash.network) in hosting containers that allow any type of cloud-native application to be hosted without vendor lock-in or having to learn new protocols, a vision shared and extended by ThreeFold as the project is already compatible with most of the industry standards. With the integration of [Terraform](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-grid-3-0-supports-terraform/1184) into the upcoming third release of the [ThreeFold Grid](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/06/20/largest-distributed-peer-to-peer-grid-on-the-planet-laying-foundation-for-a-decentralized-internet/), developers will be capable of hosting any existing or future Linux workload seamlessly.
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-Akash is one of the most robust decentralized compute solutions out there and is one of the key players in driving the DeCloud movement. On its platform, computing resources can be leased on the Akash Marketplace, driven by its blockchain based on the [Cosmos SDK](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk). It’s already being used by a range of blockchains and applications. On their marketplace, users can determine the terms and price for their deployments and have cloud providers bid for the opportunity in a reversed auction. Nevertheless, the project still relies on centralized data centers as they seek to prevent unutilized capacity [from centralized cloud computing services](https://blog.orchid.com/akash-networks-greg-osuri-on-decentralizing-cloud-computing/) to go to waste, leveraging about 85% of this underutilized cloud capacity from data centers. So, while Akash is preventing capacity from being wasted, they also highly depend on centralized capacity – and so do the workloads using their platform.
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-Both, Akash Token (AKT) and [ThreeFold Token](https://threefold.io/tft) (TFT), are utility tokens fuelling an open-source cloud. While the Akash Tokens (AKT) represent a unit of compute on the Akash Network, ThreeFold Tokens (TFT) represent a unit of compute, storage or network on the ThreeFold Grid. Akash’s payment model allows users to pay for what they need, when they need it, using a reverse auction. In order to create a deployment, users have to provide a deposit first. As payments are effected passively, it is crucial for users to keep their deposits funded to maintain the lease of their capacity reservations. With our [ThreeFold Blockchain](https://threefold.io/tech/tf-chain), which will be released on Testnet 3.0 soon, a [new billing model](https://forum.threefold.io/t/introducing-tf-chain-an-updated-billing-model/1277) is being introduced. This model allows users to authorize [smart contracts](https://threefold.io/tech/smart-contract) to automatically deduct their wallets (similarly to a direct debit transaction), depending on how much capacity they use. Additionally, we’re implementing a new discount model, which will provide users with discounted capacity pricings according to the amount of ThreeFold Tokens stored in a user’s wallet.
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-All in all, Akash does a great job with regards to decentralizing cloud capacity. However, it doesn’t challenge the status-quo in terms of [data privacy](https://forum.threefold.io/t/security-privacy-on-the-threefold-grid-and-second-best-alternatives-out-there-today/1290). At ThreeFold, we’re determined to empower users, to give them back control and ownership of their data in an [entirely secure](https://forum.threefold.io/t/critical-security-updates-for-apple-and-google-underline-need-for-secure-it-ecosystem/1271), peer-to-peer IT ecosystem. While Akash and ThreeFold seem like competitors on a cloud level, we see ourselves more as a potential [decentralized substrate](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-is-the-substrate-for-decloud/1295) for Akash to scale to the edges of our world. Akash developers would surely benefit from the lightweight and stateless features of our Zero-OS which could provide them with a more efficient and private infrastructure to test, build, and collaborate on workloads.
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-title: "A Journey through the Decentralization and Blockchain Space – Part Three: Filecoin"
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-description: This post is the third one in a series to look into fellow projects and their solutions to better understand the space we operate in and how ThreeFold stands out. This time, we're taking a closer look at Filecoin!
-date: 2021-10-08
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- tags: [threefold_grid, blockchain, technology]
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-Welcome to the third stop on our journey that aims to better understand the space we operate in and how ThreeFold stands out. After exploring [Dfinity](https://threefold.io/blog/project_comparison_1_dfinity/) and [Akash](https://threefold.io/blog/project_comparison_2_akash/), I will now take a closer look at Filecoin to discover the similarities as well as differences of their project and ThreeFold. Let’s dive right in!
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-## Filecoin & how the project compares to ThreeFold
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-[Filecoin](https://filecoin.io) is a global decentralized storage network and marketplace, founded in 2014 and based on the peer-to-peer protocol [IPFS](https://ipfs.io/). The open-source project is one of the most popular providers of decentralized storage, with people storing files reliably on their mainnet. Like IPFS, Filecoin was founded by [Protocol Labs](https://protocol.ai).
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-title: "A Journey through the Decentralization and Blockchain Space – Part Four: Storj"
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-description: Follow me to the fourth stop on my journey through the space. This time, we’re looking into Storj!
-date: 2021-10-21
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- people: [sam_taggart]
- tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_cloud, technology, blockchain, peer_to_peer]
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-Welcome to the fourth part of our journey through the decentralization space. After exploring [Dfinity](https://threefold.io/blog/project_comparison_1_dfinity/), [Akash](https://threefold.io/blog/project_comparison_2_akash/), and most recently [Filecoin](https://threefold.io/blog/project_comparison_3_filecoin/), we’ll now explore Storj to find out what we have in common and where ThreeFold stands out. Here we go!
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-Thanks for coming along and joining me on this journey through the decentralization and blockchain space. After four stops, we're taking a break. If you'd like us to continue this journey, let us know and feel free to make suggestions for our next stops [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/a-journey-through-the-decentralization-and-blockchain-space-part-three-filecoin/1348/3)!
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-date: 2021-10-14
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-ThreeFold was inspired by the blockchain burst when it was created in 2016. After doing a comprehensive scan of the technological space we realized that Blockchain holds the best technology to store (1) Smart Contracts and (2) Transactions in an immutable way. We created our own blockchain database: Rivine to host the Smart Contract layer before switching to the Parity Substrate of Polkadot and our Transactional blockchain to the Stellar Network.
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-While we use blockchain technology, ThreeFold is much more than just "a blockchain project" as we apply many more revolutionary technologies. We decided to use Parity Substrate as we don’t see the need to create something if there’s already great technologies out there that we can already use. Today we’re proud of our Smart Contract for IT layer and approach the ThreeFold Grid v3.0 release this year which will expose its full potential to interact with the primitives of the grid.
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-## So what is this Smart Contract for IT about?
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-The Smart Contract for IT allows you, your company or your community to execute the storage and running of your files and applications securely with consensus and automatic billing. You could compare it as a fingerprint check and your data would be accessible only if presenting your private key (fingerprint). Let’s maybe go through the process for a better idea of how this works.
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-The smart contracts are like recipes for chefs to cook exactly what you want. In that sense they need to be very accurate and as descriptive as possible to deliver what you need. In the case of ThreeFold, the smart contracts would define different sets of Internet resources you would need to store files, run applications, or communicate across the network.
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-ThreeFold had to make sure that user data would remain ultra-secure. Inspired by storage and communication algorithms used in space, we integrated it between the Smart Contract layer and Zero OS. The algorithm splits data into unrecognizable ‘slices’ that are distributed via network connections to different nodes locally or across the world, and that can be reconstructed only with your fingerprint.
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-title: "Stake TFT and Become a ThreeFold Validator"
-image_caption: Stake TFT and Become a ThreeFold Validator
-description: ThreeFold is realizing the initial promise of an open-source, peer-to-peer Internet owned by the people. Anyone can become a validator and participate in the decentralization of the Internet economy.
-date: 2022-03-16
-taxonomies:
- people: [sam_taggart]
- tags: [threefold_grid, community, blockchain, update]
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-ThreeFold is an innovative Internet infrastructure. By applying peer-to-peer technology to the Internet, ThreeFold operates without centralized cloud providers or authorities the management of transactions and the offering of Internet capacity is carried out collectively by a people-powered network.
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-ThreeFold is open-source – its code is public, nobody owns or controls ThreeFold and everyone can take part. Through many of its unique properties, ThreeFold represents the next-evolution of the Internet and is the low-level foundation to support any current or future digital workload including Edge Computing, Web2, Web3, Blockchain, IoT and the Metaverse.
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-ThreeFold aims to ensure that no application, big or small, is subject to the limitations of Web3 or the pitfalls of Web2. Its peer-to-peer Internet Grid is infinitely more resilient, secure and scalable than centralized cloud providers like AWS or Microsoft Azure.
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-The [ThreeFold Blockchain](https://threefold.io/blog/tf_chain/) records transactions that happen on the ThreeFold Grid, including Internet capacity (farming), Internet capacity provisioning (smart contract for IT), identity, account metadata and more.
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-[Validator nodes](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/decentralization/validators/threefold__validators) support the network by remaining in sync with the ThreeFold Blockchain and recording the chain’s data while validating and/or injecting transactions. Essentially, a validator stores and validates transactions aka, mining blocks.
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-L2 Validators store the records of the ThreeFold Blockchain, the ThreeFold DAO and the development of side chains on the ThreeFold Grid. There are only 50 in the first batch and 37 have already been verified – meaning there are only 13 spots left! Running an L2 validator requires 2,000,000 TFT staked in order to begin validating. This 2,000,000 TFT is the minimum bond needed to begin validating blocks. A validator also earns voting rights in the ThreeFold DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization), which is responsible for the operations of the ThreeFold Blockchain and ThreeFold Grid.
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-For their commitment, and as an incentive for their continued participation, validators are rewarded with a share of the ThreeFold Grid’s revenue. By helping the network reach consensus, validators also earn rewards for processing transactions into new blocks or checking the work of other validators because that's what keeps the ThreeFold Blockchain secure. A minimum of 5% yield is foreseen in the next 2 years.
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-ThreeFold is realizing the initial promise of an open-source, peer-to-peer Internet owned by the people. Anyone can become a validator and participate in the decentralization of the Internet economy. If you are interested in running one, just follow these simple steps:
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-description: While technology has had an important role in the creation of today’s societies, it might have an even greater role for our future. Two opposite pictures could be painted - a utopia or a dystopia. Technology should not be a tool to extort humanity, but one at the service of humanity.
-date: 2022-10-28
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-Technology… In today’s world, technology holds a central role. Younger generations in developed countries grow up amidst technological wonders of all sorts, truly immersed in an evolving digital landscape. Any information is a click away, offering immense intellectual capital unlike ever before – and on the other hand, great distraction, misinformation, and potential for division.
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-description: The Edge internet needs a different approach. So, we started as from scratch and shaped a totally new approach..
-date: 2018-05-12
-taxonomies:
- people: [weynand_kuijpers]
- tags: [technology,threefold_grid]
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-The Edge internet needs a different approach. So, we started from scratch and shaped a new approach. ThreeFold's open-source technology addresses the scalability, security, storage, energy, and operating issues by simplifying architectures and not relying on third-party software. This drives down costs and improves efficiencies.
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-- **Free**: finds the optimal performance of server & storage nodes at no cost.
-- **Private**: no data footprint remains while workloads move from one node to another.
-- **Distributed**: capacity is generated without the need for data centers: At The Edge.
-- **High-available**: easy creation of clusters while applications run in fragmented segments.
-- **Portability**: moving software from one node to another within the grid is instant.
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-description: Last week, we shared an update on what's new in TF Grid 3.0.1 – and the path to mainnet! There's been a lot of exciting progress by the team, and we wanted to share more details with you, starting with the admin portal!
-date: 2021-11-26
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- tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_cloud, technology, blockchain, update]
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-description: The Explorer was designed to provide a simple way for anyone to find decentralized Internet capacity on the ThreeFold Grid, and we’re thrilled to announce a new user interface for Grid 3.x on both testnet and devnet!
-date: 2021-11-30
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-date: 2021-12-15
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-date: 2021-07-08
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-In its essence, the movement is open and inviting. We've created **a participatory Internet economy**, where anybody around the world can plug in a 3Node and add capacity to the ThreeFold Grid. Together, we're expanding a data sovereign and planet positive Internet infrastructure, owned by the people, across geographical and cultural borders.
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-We believe in **collaboration, not competition**. Our technology serves as a responsible underlying layer on top of which anybody can build and create. We have [beautiful partners](https://threefold.io/partners) already on board – and [an alliance](https://threefold.io/aci) of conscious people and organizations who share our vision – and we are constantly expanding our ecosystem across industries.
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-And while the ThreeFold Foundation is currently the driving force behind the ThreeFold Movement, we believe in **decentralization**. We have open channels like [a forum](https://forum.threefold.io), [a two-way Telegram chat](https://t.me/threefold), Github ([Foundation](https://github.com/threefoldfoundation) & [Tech](https://github.com/threefoldtech/)), and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/threefold_io), where people can and do contribute, ask questions and provide feedback that goes into our everyday decision-making and actions.
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-As I said at the start, you've dreamt of a different world. And so have I. John Lennon once said, "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." Thank you for dreaming with us. Together, this will happen!
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-description: It was an eventful first half of 2022 for ThreeFold and the entire ecosystem – with the evolution of the Internet of Internets, huge advancements and the continued expansion of the ThreeFold Grid, new partnerships, and more!
-date: 2022-07-26
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-## The Internet of Internets & Tech Highlights
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-In May, we introduced you to the [Internet of Internets](https://threefold.io/blog/internet_of_internets/) which will interconnect us all, while providing us with digital sovereignty, privacy and meaningful experiences. The Internet of Internets is infinitely scalable and in line with our [glocal strategy](https://threefold.io/blog/connecting_the_dots/). It empowers people to build their own regional Internet infrastructures that will be interconnected on a global level.
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-The ThreeFold Grid is currently on testnet [version 3.6.0](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tfgrid-v3-6-0-is-now-live/3084?u=hannahcordes). This release includes some significant updates like [Uhuru v1.2 (beta)](https://beta.uhuru.me/), improvements to the app and the wallet, new [planetary network](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__tfgrid_release_3_6_0?id=tf-planetary-network-v030) functionalities, on-chain farmer voting, and a lot more. Huge progress was also made on [TF Chain](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__tfgrid_release_3_6_0?id=tfchain-v112): DAO support, the support of [dedicated nodes](https://forum.threefold.io/t/dedicated-node-support/2521), farm certification, and other features vital to our mission were implemented. [Vote](https://forum.threefold.io/t/release-of-tfgrid-3-6/3144?u=hannahcordes) for **releasing ThreeFold Grid 3.6.0 on mainnet** now!
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-Additionally, we made huge progress in **making TFT more accessible** to the world by launching and evolving the [“Get TFT” platform](https://gettft.com/gettft/) which allows anyone to buy TFT [directly with Bitcoin](https://forum.threefold.io/t/get-tft-directly-with-btc/1825) or with [fiat currency](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tft-fiat-gateway-beta-testing-program/2746).
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-While we started the year 2022 with about 1,450 3Nodes in 57 countries, we’re now up to more than 3,200 3Nodes connected from [81 countries](https://explorer.threefold.io/) – thanks to all farmers who built or bought and connected 3Nodes. In early 2022, we officially opened up registrations for validator nodes and are proud to have many amazing validators already verified!
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-Throughout the last few months, some of the team has been travelling to places around the world to meet new people, to share our vision and to expand our community on the ground – from Dubai to Miami and [Austin](https://threefold.io/blog/consensus_2022_recap/), to the Nile and Zanzibar. We met with investor groups and other blockchain projects with which we’re in discussions around opportunities for collaboration. And we’ll continue to build meaningful relationships with local communities and to explore opportunities around the world to [connect the dots](https://threefold.io/blog/connecting_the_dots/).
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-## What’s coming in the second half of 2022
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-We’re currently in a [phase of expansion](https://threefold.io/blog/four_phases_of_threefold/) with many new ecosystem developments, tech advancements and building blocks for the Internet of Internets happening all around. We’re very proud of our progress and the strong ecosystem around us. Together, we continue to build.
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-On top of that, we’re working on multiple banking projects and country implementations, key steps in the journey to create a truly decentralized world. At this point, we’re not able to share more. Nevertheless, these projects emphasize the value of and need for our technology, and we’ll be sharing as much as we can as we go!
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-*In the meantime, learn all about ThreeFold in this [ThreeFold Litepaper](http://litepaper.threefold.me/) and become a part of the ThreeFold movement by [building](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__diy_guide) or [buying](https://marketplace.3node.global/) a 3Node or by buying the ThreeFold Token ([TFT](https://threefold.io/tft)).*
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-title: How ThreeFold Will Give Internet to 43% of the World’s Population
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-description: Proper access to the Internet helps to protect people’s freedom of speech and thought, as well as access to knowledge and information.
-date: 2021-06-22
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- tags: [farming, threefold_grid, why]
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-The United Nations publicly ruled Internet access to be a human right in 2016. Proper access to the Internet helps to protect people’s freedom of speech and thought, as well as other fundamentals such as access to knowledge and information.
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-Nonetheless, as of 2019, about 43% of humanity remains unconnected to the Internet, creating huge inequalities in access to information and knowledge. It is essential to take the necessary steps to strengthen the relationship between governments and people while still upholding all human rights.
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-description: It’s that time of the year when believers and builders of a decentralized tomorrow gather to celebrate the festival for the decentralized world. And ThreeFold is the foundation to realize a truly decentralized world.
-date: 2022-05-17
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-I think we’ve already come to Consensus that decentralization has to start at the foundational level. See what I did there? The ThreeFold co-founders have more than 20 years of experience in setting world records in Internet storage and cloud automation technologies. With ThreeFold, they started from scratch to build a fully decentralized Internet infrastructure that’s peer-to-peer and open source. We’re realizing the promise of an Internet built and owned by the people, back to the vision of Web 1 through the implementation of Web 4 technology. For us, it’s obvious that we simply cannot build a fair and equal digital world on top of today's old-world infrastructure which is owned by the few.
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-With our fair, inclusive and decentralized Internet infrastructure, we’re laying the foundation for a better world. Following our ethos of *planet first – people second – profit (value) only as a result*, we’re striving to regenerate our planet and to empower the collective – the many and not the few. By putting our planet and people first, we create real sustainable value. We believe that, together, we’re strong enough to build new regenerative systems powerful enough to enable anyone to have a sovereign, safer and more fulfilling life.
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-The ThreeFold team and community will soon gather at the Austin Convention Center, 500 E. Cesar Chavez Street, Austin. Meet the ThreeFold team at **Exhibit Booth 310** not far from the Networking Lounge. We’ll be there throughout the entire exhibit to connect with participants, share the ThreeFold story and extend the community – Friday, June 10 through Saturday, June 11 from 9am until 6pm.
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-ThreeFold is more than an Internet. It is the foundation for a truly decentralized world. Are you ready to [join](https://t.me/threefold) the global ThreeFold movement?
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-description: As we’ve recently been exploring decentralized projects to see where ThreeFold is in the space and where we stand out, we thought it’s a good time to also look into how we compare to traditional, centralized cloud providers.
-date: 2021-10-12
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-The cloud market is a highly complex and competitive one, currently [dominated](https://www.srgresearch.com/articles/amazon-and-microsoft-maintain-their-grip-market-others-are-also-growing-rapidly) by the market leaders Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure who account for more than half of the worldwide cloud revenues. This centralized nature of today’s cloud as well as its hyper-scale data center model are the cause for various issues, ranging from the monopolistic power of the few big market players and vendor lock-in effects to the incredibly high energy consumption of data centers and the limited scalability of the current model. Moreover, traditional data centers are more prone to outages and cyber attacks. We believe the [ThreeFold Grid](https://threefold.io/grid) built by independent farmers around the globe and our [ThreeFold P2P Cloud](https://cloud.threefold.io) provide a solution to all of these issues.
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-This is the biggest and most obvious difference. Today, big tech holds a [monopoly](https://www.srgresearch.com/articles/amazon-and-microsoft-maintain-their-grip-market-others-are-also-growing-rapidly) on the Internet and Cloud markets, meaning they somehow became the gatekeepers of what was originally intended to be a distributed, neutral Internet. When using AWS or Google Cloud, the data is stored in centralized data centers owned by private corporations. These data centers are susceptible to hacking and outages that can take down massive chunks of the Internet. In this system, people have become products, as they exchange their [data](https://threefold.io/blog/data_leaks/) for “free” online experiences. With [ThreeFold](https://threefold.io/mission), data is stored fully decentralized on the peer-to-peer ThreeFold Grid, where the physical hardware is owned by independent ThreeFold [Farmers](https://threefold.io/farm), and the data is owned by as well as only accessible to the person(s) who put it there. So, hackers can’t get in and due to the decentralized nature of the [ThreeFold Grid](https://threefold.io/grid), large-scale outages would be much less likely as well. Further, no organization or entity needs to be trusted and people are not treated as products – with ThreeFold’s infrastructure, the Internet is owned [by the people](https://threefold.io/blog/tf_grid_peoples_internet/).
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-Our lightweight operating system [Zero-OS](https://threefold.io/tech/zero-os) makes it possible and even easy to install a node close to where the data is being consumed. There is no need for large servers, nor for heavy power supply installations. Together with our hardware partners, we’re offering [3Nodes](https://threefold.io/farm) with plug-and-play functionalities, allowing [anyone to participate](https://threefold.io/blog/join_the_peoples_internet/). This makes our model infinitely scalable at the edge. Hyper-scale data centers are not able to provide these levels of scalability and edge benefits. In order to scale their operations, centralized cloud providers need to build more data centers and take care of the related maintenance which takes time and costs billions. The traditional data center model also isn’t well suited for the edge, as this requires flexibility and close proximity to the respective data.
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-Centralized clouds are secure, but vulnerable. At ThreeFold, we pride ourselves on the levels of security we’re providing. The [peer-to-peer](https://threefold.io/tech/peer-to-peer) nature of our technology means end-to-end transmission of data between parties (with no middlemen). This is a big one: Nothing is being stored or copied in central servers. Moreover, ThreeFold’s self-driving and self-healing IT removes the need for human intervention and eliminates the many back doors present in current architecture. So, [security issues](https://forum.threefold.io/t/critical-security-updates-for-apple-and-google-underline-need-for-secure-it-ecosystem/1271) caused by human error and hacking possibilities both diminish greatly. In addition to that, there is the distributed storage algorithm which makes it nearly impossible for data to be lost. And much more. You can find more info on our [wiki](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/threefold__usp_secure?id=network-security) or in this [forum post](https://forum.threefold.io/t/security-privacy-on-the-threefold-grid-and-second-best-alternatives-out-there-today/1290).
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-The fact that you [own your data](https://threefold.io/blog/threefold_data_sovereignty/) and nobody – not even us – can get access to it is key to making ThreeFold much more private than centralized cloud providers. On top of that, connections within our global overlay network, the [Planetary Network](https://forum.threefold.io/t/how-our-planetary-network-works/1210), are peer-to-peer and end-to-end encrypted.
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-In the end, the centralized cloud is quite expensive, whereas our ThreeFold P2P Cloud is much more cost-effective. Learn more about this in our cloud pricing comparison [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/pricing/threefold__cloud_pricing_compare).
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-While electricity for storing and transporting data, administration, human resources, and even gas (to transport physical data-holding devices) lead to a very high energy consumption, our dispersed storage model and peer-to-peer infrastructure allow for [significant energy savings](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/sustainability/threefold__energy_savings_storage). So, another big difference between ThreeFold and centralized cloud providers is that we’re up to 100x more [energy-efficient](https://new.threefold.io/blog/post/for_our_planet/).
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-All in all, the combination of our [ThreeFold Grid](https://threefold.io/grid) and [ThreeFold P2P Cloud](https://cloud.threefold.io) provide significant advantages over centralized cloud providers with their hyper-scale data centers. From decentralization and infinite scalability at the edge to considerable energy savings and cost effectiveness as well as data privacy and security, [our solution](https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/ambitious-startup-to-disrupt-the-internet-and-cloud/b38rwj4) has much more value to offer, while solving critical issues related to centralized clouds. If you’d like to test our cloud solution yourself, take a look [here](https://threefold.io/info/cloud#/cloud__evdc_getting_started). You can also start participating in our decentralized ecosystem by becoming a [3Node]( https://shop.threefold.tech/index.php?route=common/home) on our ThreeFold Grid.
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-date: 2023-12-04
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-description: ThreeFold is building the engine for an Internet where people can finally be data sovereign.
-date: 2021-05-23
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-If you’ve seen [The Social Dilemma](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0), you know all too well that today, people are being turned into products. Everything we do online – all of the data we upload and all of our digital activities – is tracked and oftentimes used against us. Targeted advertising is just the beginning.
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-description: Learn about a developer meetup we co-hosted this week in Dar Es Salaam, and what's upcopming for Dunia Yetu.
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-This Monday, ThreeFold, in collaboration with [H.E.R DAO](https://www.her-dao.xyz/), orchestrated a meetup in Dar Es Salaam that brought together a group of more than 50 students, developers, and members of the tech community. The gathering unfolded as a platform for insights, discussions, and actionable steps aimed at fostering digital sovereignty and inclusive innovation in Tanzania.
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-Overall, The ThreeFold X H.E.R. DAO meetup was a convergence of minds, ideas, and actions, marking the next step towards cultivating a digital ecosystem that is not only future-facing but also inclusive and accessible. The commitment to building a better sovereign future in Tanzania echoed throughout, setting the stage for collaborative initiatives that will drive positive change in the region.
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-date: 2021-05-15
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-description: It was an important year for ThreeFold, with huge developments on the ThreeFold Grid, the continued expansion of the grid by farmers, key partnerships, and more – all setting up for a strong 2022!
-date: 2022-01-02
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-It was an important year for ThreeFold, with huge developments on the ThreeFold Grid, the continued expansion of the grid by farmers, key partnerships, and more – all setting up for a strong 2022.
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-2021 was all about bringing TFT to more chains and making TFT more accessible, with the [BSC integration](https://threefold.io/news/post/bsc_update_news/), TF Chain, and [1inch](https://threefold.io/news/post/tft_1inch/).
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-[> OUR LAUNCHPLAN Q1 2022](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-threefold-grid-3-x-launch-plan/1634)
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-date: 2022-12-31
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-- Thanks to our motivated team and [testing community](https://t.me/threefoldtesting), the grid evolved from version 3.0 to 3.7.1, and soon [3.8](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tf-product-updates-december-2022-tfgrid-v3-8-0-updates/3654). Each update included improvements to various ThreeFold Grid components including the [Playground](https://play.grid.tf/), Zero-OS, TF Wallet, TF Chain and more.
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-- For those who are interested in farming, find your node(s) on the [global 3Node marketplace](https://marketplace.3node.global/), launched this year. (Or, [build your own](https://forum.threefold.io/c/farming/diy-farming/43)!)
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-- The [ThreeFold Playground](https://play.grid.tf/) became a robust grid solution and gained new additions this year! Find more [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/an-introduction-and-explanation-of-the-threefold-playground/3454).
-- Full Virtual Machines, introduced in Q4, allow limitless possibilities and are [easier than ever to deploy on the Grid](https://forum.threefold.io/t/full-vms-now-live-on-mainnet-playground/3449) as from Grid 3.7.
-- The grid experience became much more simple. For instance, the [Dashboard](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-threefold-dashboard-dive-in-the-new-internet/3635) has been improved & features such as the explorer have been integrated within.
-- We are very proud to have launched the [FreeFlow Twi](https://forum.threefold.io/t/lets-test-out-freeflow-twin-beta-formerly-uhuru/3299) (formerly Uhuru), a decentralized alternative to digital platforms, tools and browsers, offering a tangible UX. Anyone can try it out [here](https://demo.freeflow.life/).
-- The [ThreeFold Connect App](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tf-product-focus-tfconnect-app-tfgrid-v3-8-0/3409) gained new features and improvements as well to offer a better UX.
-- [Mastodon Powered by ThreeFold](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-focus-mastodon-servers-powered-by-threefold/3562) are servers that are deployed on the ThreeFold Grid via [ThreeFold’s Mastodon Deployer](https://getmastodon.threefold.io/). It’s a web application that will enable anyone to deploy and manage their Mastodon within a few clicks (See more below).
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-- Several Grid Enhancement Proposals were made and voted on by the community around the grid and farming.
-- This year, we officially introduced the validator program, which will come to fruition in 2023.
-- As of [ThreeFold Grid v3.6.1](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-updates-july-2022-tfgrid-v3-6-1-highlights-more/3206), the DAO functionality has been live on TF Chain.
-- The first [TF Chain (L1) DAO proposal](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-first-vote-of-the-threefold-tf-chain-l1-dao-gold-certified-farming/3323) – for the creation of the Gold Certified Farming Policy – was voted on and approved
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-While the token price has been low this year, it presents a great opportunity for believers to [buy TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__tft_ecosystem).
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-- This year, it became possible to buy TFT directly [with BTC](https://forum.threefold.io/t/get-tft-directly-with-btc/1825) (Bitcoin) as well as [with fiat currencies through the Mercuryo gateway](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tft-fiat-gateway-beta-testing-program/2746).
-- In 2023, we’ll be introducing TFT-fiat gateways into the Mastodon weblet (see below) and across the whole grid ecosystem to make it even easier to use grid services.
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-As believers in truly decentralized models, we have repeatedly questioned how to exist without centralized exchanges. In August, TFT was [delisted from the Liquid Exchange](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tft-will-be-delisted-on-liquid-what-now-and-what-next/3197), the result of their acquisition by FTX earlier this year. A blessing in disguise, after seeing the monumental [FTX crash](https://forum.threefold.io/t/on-the-ftx-crash-and-the-tft-model/3524) which affected Liquid (which could have resulted in a loss of funds, although the exchange Liquid “hopes to return customer funds in 2023”) and sent ripple effects across the entire industry.
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-Part of our aim next year will be to introduce concepts like the liquidity pool and P2P DeFi wallet to provide a resilient, sustainable, and native [financial system](https://forum.threefold.io/t/a-new-financial-system-is-needed-for-a-better-future/3547) for the Internet of Internets, which strengthens the foundation of the ecosystem by enhancing the stability and liquidity of the ThreeFold Token.
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-- ThreeFold signed a Head of Terms in December 2022 to officialize a public-private-partnership with a country in East Africa in Q1 2023. This partnership will support the roll out of a decentralized Internet infrastructure to support fintech services, e-residency and more.
-- ThreeFold is on track to support international communities to launch their digital nations (AKA network states).
-- ThreeFold & OpenNebula [opened a collaboration](https://threefold.io/partners/opennebula/) to explore cooperation in open source & edge computing
-- Alongside 27 organizations such as Atos and Deutsche Telekom, ThreeFold is part of [Structura-X](https://www.gaia-x.eu/news/structura-x-lighthouse-project-european-cloud-infrastructure-launched-concrete-implementation) – a lighthouse project ensuring common European infrastructure services that meet [Gaia-X](https://www.gaia-x.eu/) requirements.
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-- ICT Tanzania (update [1](https://forum.threefold.io/t/ict-tanzania-update-1-karibu-threefold/3453), [2](https://forum.threefold.io/t/ict-tanzania-update-2-ourworld-mkusanyiko/3459), & [3](https://forum.threefold.io/t/ict-tanzania-update-3-hello-ourverse/3482)) in Zanzibar
-- [Consensus 2022](https://threefold.io/blog/post/consensus_2022_recap/), Austin
-- [World Blockchain Summit](https://twitter.com/threefold_io/status/1507009092165853185), Dubai
-- [Visiting Lebanon](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-weekly-february-21st-edition-volume-seven/2251)
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-The aftermath of Musk’s acquisition of Twitter was a mass digital migration towards Mastodon (up from 300,000 to 2.5 million monthly active users). We supported this trend towards decentralized social media platforms, and saw that [ThreeFold could be of great support to Mastodon](https://forum.threefold.io/t/mastodon-threefold-101-what-is-mastodon-and-how-can-threefold-support/3494)!
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-- [Blog: Twitter, Mastodon, and Why We’re Evolving the Internet](https://www.threefold.io/blog/twitter-mastodon/)
-- [Community Call recording](https://forum.threefold.io/t/mastodon-the-fediverse-community-call-recording/3522) focused around Mastodon
-- We have been working on a weblet to [deploy Mastodon servers on top of the Grid](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-focus-mastodon-servers-powered-by-threefold/3562), and Mastodon powered by ThreeFold is now [ready for testing](https://forum.threefold.io/t/beta-testers-wanted-mastodon-powered-by-threefold/3637/2)! Your feedback is valued, and be sure to spread the word!
-- Read the manual on how you can deploy your own Mastodon on TF Grid [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__threefold_mastodon_home).
-- For more: [Fediverse section](https://forum.threefold.io/c/threefold-grid-utilization/fediverse/113) of the Forum
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-In Q4, we held a series of Community Calls aimed at bringing the community together while updating on, exploring, and discussing key topics related to the ThreeFold Ecosystem! Watch them here:
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-- [Grid Utilization](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-november-3-grid-utilization-community-call-recording/3476)
-- [Tokenomics & Regional Internet](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tft-tokenomics-regional-internet-community-call-recording/3501)
-- [Mastodon & the Fediverse](https://forum.threefold.io/t/mastodon-the-fediverse-community-call-recording/3522)
-- [How to Create & Monetize Weblets](https://forum.threefold.io/t/building-your-own-weblets-community-call-recording/3553/4)
-- [Farming](https://forum.threefold.io/t/december-2022-farming-community-call-recording/3567)
-- [End-Of-Year Call](https://forum.threefold.io/t/end-of-year-2022-community-call-recording/3636)
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-In a fast-moving and ever-changing world, it is our belief that ThreeFold is one of the few projects out there that can genuinely enable a better future. We are driven by our mission and vision, guided by our values, and upheld by our global community.
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-description: Time to take a deeper dive into the value of TFT, its tokenomics and mechanisms for growth. We’re also exploring potential token growth and future demand – especially in relation to the synergies between the token and the Internet of Internets.
-date: 2022-08-31
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-Today, the blockchain space is flooded with as many as 22,000 coins and tokens and for several months now, the market has been struggling at large with some coins even collapsing. A thorough shakeout could expose those tokens and coins purely focused on making quick profits and creating hype, and mitigate pump-and-dump schemes. Now’s the time for projects like us to shine – projects with tokens that serve a higher purpose and come with sound tokenomics.
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-We’re an Internet infrastructure project building the [Internet of Internets](https://threefold.io/blog/internet_of_internets/) together with a growing community around the world. So, TFT is not just any token. TFT is our native utility token, and as such, is backed by the continuous growth of the ThreeFold Grid.
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-Generally speaking, [utility tokens](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tokens/threefold__newtotokens?id=threefold-token-for-beginners) are created to give digital access to specific products or services. While they do provide value in different ways, they cannot be considered “money” as directly as coins can be.
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-As the utility token and medium of exchange of the [ThreeFold Grid](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tfgrid/threefold__grid_intro), TFT represents Internet capacity. It supports a truly decentralized Internet for all and is leveraged to access and scale our open-source peer-to-peer Internet infrastructure. TFT is and will remain our main token, it’s our global currency. In a nutshell, TFT is our way of incentivizing an open ecosystem where anyone can connect and utilize Internet capacity without any intermediaries.
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-We’ve made a lot of progress in making the ThreeFold Token more accessible and in creating a healthy financial ecosystem for it. Moreover, the team is building our own DeFi solutions. You can learn more about our efforts towards providing a native financial system for the Internet of Internets [here](https://threefold.io/blog/future_tft_ecosystem/).
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-*If you’re new to ThreeFold, I recommend giving our “[ThreeFold Token for Beginners](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tokens/threefold__newtotokens)” page a read.*
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-First of all, the supply of TFT is [limited](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tokens/threefold__tft_limited_supply) to a total number of 4 billion. New TFT are only minted when new Internet capacity is added to the ThreeFold Grid – we call this process of connecting capacity [farming](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__farming_intro). The tokens are minted using our so-called [Proof of Capacity](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__proof_of_capacity) algorithm. We’re also exploring the possibility of providing farmers with booster rewards for certain achievements in areas like reliability and uptime, quality of bandwidth, level of utilization.
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-In line with our [planet-first people-first philosophy](https://threefold.io/blog/planet_first_people_first/), we’ve implemented a Voluntary Carbon Credits system in the PoC algorithm, so every 3Node mints additional TFT to offset its own carbon emissions, as outlined [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-on-track-to-be-planet-positive/2097?u=hannahcordes).
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-To incentivize the long-term growth of the ecosystem, a burning mechanism permanently removes TFT from the circulating supply, as this ensures scarcity and continuous [farming rewards](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__farming_reward). Burning will increase proportionally as the [utilization](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tokens/threefold__proof_of_utilization) of the Grid grows, ensuring the amount of TFT in the market is limited and leading to a healthy economic system.
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-Also, many existing token holders expressed their confidence and support by [vesting](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tokens/threefold__vesting_overview) their TFT in 2021, further limiting the number of TFT circulating. Moreover, chances are that a growing number of token owners will hold onto their TFT – because they expect the token to rise in value – which will increase scarcity. Ultimately, [TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__threefold_token) has the potential to become a valuable commodity, offering a more reliable alternative to other digital currencies like Bitcoin. The hoarding of TFT means that these tokens won’t be available to be used on the Grid, additionally reducing the amount of available TFT.
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-And there are more factors potentially reinforcing scarcity. Staking is the mechanism to let the community invest and benefit from the growth of the Grid. Once the validator nodes can be deployed, validator owners and community members will be able to stake TFT on the validators which will secure the blockchain. To unlock voting rights and rewards, a certain amount of TFT has to be staked. Eventually, rewards for the validator owners could account for up to 50% of the [TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__threefold_token) supply.
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-The combination of the token’s scarcity mechanisms with our staking and validator programs will lead to an increased scarcity of TFT on the market – which, in turn, will allow our future DeFi solutions to sell TFT at a higher value.
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-*Visit our wiki to dive deeper into our [tokenomics](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tokens/threefold__tokenomics) and to find more details on the [value of TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tokens/threefold__grid_valuation).*
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-We don’t believe in hype or speculation, and we don’t spend any of our scarce resources on supporting speculation. We believe in the [Internet of Internets](https://threefold.io/blog/internet_of_internets/) which will interconnect us all, while providing us with digital sovereignty, privacy and meaningful experiences. We believe in the organic and sustainable growth of ThreeFold Token and the Internet of Internets vision.
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-Along with building community-owned Internets, our ecosystem is reimagining education, business, governance and more for a fair, inclusive and regenerative future – opening up a new world of possibilities. And in order to connect such an ecosystem of Internets, a healthy and fair financial system with a strong, stable currency is key.
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-As the glocal concept will be rolled out, the ThreeFold Token will unfold its [potential](https://forum.threefold.io/t/what-is-the-real-value-of-tft/3143) and flourish. The Internet of Internets empowers people to build their own regional Internet infrastructures and will become a huge stimulator for the TFT economy. Every Regional Internet will have its own self-sustaining liquidity pool, validators, and regional digital currencies – with TFT acting as the reserve currency of the entire decentralized system. It is the currency needed to transfer between all the different Regional Internets via liquidity pools. TFT is also the currency of the main ThreeFold Blockchain.
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-*Catch a [glimpse of the future](https://threefold.io/blog/future_tft_ecosystem/) of the TFT ecosystem to learn more!*
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-ThreeFold is not only for believers in open source and decentralization. ThreeFold, and TFT, are needed. TFT is [much more](https://forum.threefold.io/t/what-is-the-real-value-of-tft/3143) than a simple token. It energizes the ThreeFold Grid and the [expansion](https://threefold.io/blog/four_phases_of_threefold/) of a truly decentralized Internet. There are many new ecosystem developments, tech advancements and building blocks for the Internet of Internets happening all around.
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-The realization of the Internet of Internets combined with the previously mentioned burning and [scarcity](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tokens/threefold__tft_limited_supply) mechanisms will trigger basic supply-and-demand mechanisms. The limited token supply will meet a rising demand for TFT. The token will be needed to buy and reserve current or future Internet capacity and services on our Grid as well as for driving the rollout and expansion of the Internet of Internets – establishing the global Internets of Internets alone will require billions of TFT. In addition to that, TFT will be needed to access the [FreeFlow Twin](https://forum.threefold.io/t/lets-test-out-freeflow-twin-beta-formerly-uhuru/3299/12) (formerly known as Uhuru) and to deploy workloads on the Grid, e.g. through weblets on the [TF Playground](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-focus-series-tf-playground-v3-7-0/3315/3). All in all, there will be a natural economic demand for TFT.
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-For farmers, developers and community members looking to build a better world, there has never been a better time to join the [movement](https://t.me/threefold) and take action. This is an exciting time to be part of the global ThreeFold community.
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-Subscribe to our [news channel](https://t.me/threefoldnews) and to our newsletter via the mail icon on [our website](https://threefold.io/) to stay up-to-date on everything that’s happening with TFT and the Internet of Internets!
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-*Please note that the ThreeFold Token ([TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tokens/threefold__threefold_token)) is not an investment instrument. TFT represents IT capacity on the [ThreeFold Grid](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tokens/threefold__threefold_grid), farmers create TFT, developers use TFT. Also, this is not investment advice, everyone is free to make their own choices. So, do your own research and read our [disclaimer](https://library.threefold.me/info/legal/#/legal__disclaimer).*
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-description: Everything we need for a healthy financial ecosystem is already available on Stellar today. Find out more about Stellar and its role in the TFT ecosystem, and learn how to buy TFT with Stellar.
-date: 2022-08-04
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- people: [sam_taggart]
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-Launched in 2014, [Stellar](https://www.stellar.org/) is an open network for storing, moving and trading any kind of money transparently and efficiently. The [decentralized system](https://www.stellar.org/learn/intro-to-stellar) enables users “to create, send, and trade digital representations of all forms of money” in a faster, cheaper and more energy-efficient way – facilitating millions of transactions on a daily basis.
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-In [2020](https://threefold.io/news/post/stellar/), ThreeFold decided to move the [ThreeFold Token](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__token_what) (TFT) to Stellar from Rivine (a transactional blockchain created by ThreeFold), which still is the main blockchain for the minting of TFT and the distribution of farming rewards. Internet capacity provisioning and workload deployments are executed via [TF Chain](https://threefold.io/blog/tf_chain/). Therefore, [bridges](https://threefold.io/blog/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/) between Stellar and TF Chain were established to facilitate payments.
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-We were and still are big fans of Stellar. Over the last two years, we’ve had a great experience with Stellar. And we believe everything we need for a healthy financial ecosystem is already available on Stellar.
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-The Stellar Network is faster, more cost-effective and more energy-efficient than usual blockchain-based systems. It’s a huge, highly reliable network that integrates a multitude of digital currencies and provides good liquidity. In addition to that, we share the same values and a similar vision: Stellar and ThreeFold are both open source, looking to empower humanity and striving towards building fair, inclusive systems.
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-* Stellar helps exchanges with enabling compliant [on/off ramps](https://resources.stellar.org/stellar-for-exchanges) and thereby opens up exchanges’ access to new markets, users and services
-* Stellar does so through native and interoperable on/off-ramps within the Stellar Network, called anchors
-* All exchanges have to do is integrate assets like [Stellar USDC](https://www.stellar.org/usdc)
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-* Stellar has a built-in decentralized exchange, SDEX, which enables users to place orders to buy or sell one Stellar-network asset for another
-* These orders are aggregated into so-called [order books](https://stellar.org/blog/introducing-automated-market-makers-on-stellar) and prioritized for execution based on price
-* The order book model is very established – it's the same model used by traditional exchanges where users trade forex or cryptocurrencies
-* In general, order books on decentralized money chains are pretty straightforward, while basically offering the same functionalities as centralized exchanges
-* The order book on Stellar is relatively small but as people start using it it will get bigger, there is no downside compared to Liquid
-* TFT is also available on order books on [Stellar USDC](https://www.stellar.org/usdc)
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-* As of [November 2021](https://www.stellar.org/developers-blog/protocol-18-upgrade-complete), Stellar natively supports the creation of AMMs to improve liquidity and to thereby make cross-border payments fast, cheap, and highly usable
-* AMMs [coexist alongside](https://stellar.org/blog/introducing-automated-market-makers-on-stellar) the SDEX as an alternate source of liquidity
-* They democratize access by making the process of [providing liquidity](https://stellar.org/blog/amms-in-the-stellar-ecosystem) accessible, simple, and inclusive while making asset conversion more efficient
-* While users trade against other users’ existing orders in the order book model, users trade against a liquidity pool with AMMs
-* AMMs on Stellar are a great opportunity to provide easily accessible liquidity at scale, especially for markets that are new and/or overlooked by traditional market makers, as issuers of an asset on Stellar don’t have to rely on market makers anymore – with AMMs, they can set up liquidity pools and enable individuals to provide liquidity
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-Stellar provides a number of different [wallets](https://www.stellar.org/ecosystem/projects?tab=wallets#Wallets) with various functionalities, both hardware and software wallets, to make it really simple for users to enter the Stellar Network – from LOBSTR and Solar to StellarX and Trezor.
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-Basically, selling and buying TFT is possible via all the above and below mentioned interfaces and wallets within the Stellar Network through [Stellar USDC](https://www.stellar.org/usdc). We currently recommend the following ways to [buy TFT on Stellar](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__tft_stellar_dex):
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-One of our key objectives is to make TFT more accessible. Already, there are many options to [buy and sell TFT](https://manual.grid.tf/threefold_token/buy_sell_tft/buy_sell_tft.html) – like [gettft.com](https://gettft.com/) or Stellar’s DEX, and more coming soon. We’re also exploring the feasibility and synergies for a meaningful partnership with Algorand – including making TFT available on Algorand order books.
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-* [What is the real value of TFT](https://forum.threefold.io/t/what-is-the-real-value-of-tft/3143)
-* [The Potential of the ThreeFold Token (TFT)](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-potential-of-the-threefold-token-tft/1796)
-* [TFT Knowledge Base](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tokens/tokens_home.md)
-* [Liquidity Whitepaper](https://threefold.docsend.com/view/3mu3cddgj7znuixj)
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-**How to Buy & Sell TFT**
-* [How to Buy & Sell TFT – Overview](https://manual.grid.tf/threefold_token/buy_sell_tft/buy_sell_tft.html)
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-- Capacity and Expansion: A main data center with a 2-10 MW capacity, supplemented by at least 9 edge data centers.
-- Flexible Configuration: Each edge data center can include 3 to 30 pods (more information below), with the main data centers configurable as pod, rack, or container-based.
-- Disaster Resilience: The circular design, with a main data center and edge data centers, offers robust protection against natural disasters, war, or unrest.
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-date: 2023-01-11
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-* We’re collecting [farmer stories](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-farmer-stories-to-share-with-the-world/2398?u=hannahcordes) to **share about the people behind ThreeFold** – a globally diverse community united around the mission of building an open-source, peer-to-peer Internet, owned by humanity.
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-* Only **8 [L2](https://forum.threefold.io/t/procedure-to-register-your-l2-validator-node/1864) and 3 [L0](https://forum.threefold.io/t/procedure-to-register-your-l0-validator-nodes/1866) validator spots remain**. We are grateful to know that the people behind the validators believe in a decentralized future and want to take part in a meaningful way. Learn how to stake TFT and become a validator [here](https://threefold.io/blog/stake_tft_become_validator/).
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-### Technology Developments:
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-* The **[ThreeFold Grid version 3.0.0 A5](https://forum.threefold.io/t/announcement-of-tfgrid-3-0-0-a5/2522?u=hannahcordes)** was released on Devnet. Testnet will follow soon.
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-* TF Grid v3.0 A5 will support **[dedicated nodes](https://forum.threefold.io/t/dedicated-node-support/2521)**.
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-### ThreeFold Grid:
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-* **Hurry up and migrate your 3Nodes from V2 to V3**. As a **decentralized community, it’s our collective responsibility** to ensure we’re powering the latest version of our technology for feature and security reasons. Follow the migration process via ThreeFold Connect [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/farming-migration-grid-v2-v3/2143?u=hannahcordes).
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-* Please remember that the minting payout for March 2022 will be executed on the 8th of April instead of the 5th of April.
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-* We created a **new [pricing calculator](https://forum.threefold.io/t/new-pricing-calculator-and-suggested-price-change/2520) for TF Grid deployments** and are looking for [feedback](https://forum.threefold.io/t/pricing-for-tfgrid/2518/3).
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-* 3Node deliveries to all parts of the world continue. If you ordered a Titan recently, please fill in this [specific migration process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/farming-migration-grid-v2-v3-open-unshipped-orders/2144) to ensure quick delivery.
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-See you next week, everyone! 🙌
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-*You can find all earlier editions of ThreeFold Weekly along with the ThreeFold Product Updates [here](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41).*
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-title: "ThreeFold Weekly! April 5th, 2022 (Vol 13)"
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-description: Welcome to the 13th edition of of ThreeFold Weekly. Let’s take a look what’s been going on in the ThreeFold universe last week.
-date: 2022-04-05
-taxonomies:
- people: [sam_taggart]
- tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, interview, update]
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-*"This article was originally published by Hannah Cordes, a former member of ThreeFold Foundation."*
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-## Major ThreeFold News:
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-* Last week, Gulf Land Property hosted the **Paradise Hills Award Gala with over 160 people** including home owners, contractors and supporting project developers. During the Gala, ThreeFold’s **Adnan Fatayerji and Weynand Kuijpers** had the chance to present ThreeFold to the audience with an overwhelmingly positive response and support. Moreover, the two co-founders accepted **an award for ThreeFold** as an **integral technology partner** of Paradise Hills Development and establishing the [world's first community-driven cloud](https://threefold.io/news/post/paradise_hills/).
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-* ThreeFold co-founder **Adnan Fatayerji** joined the [BlockHash Podcast](https://youtu.be/wu-vf1H-zQ0) to share all about ThreeFold and to discuss decentralization. It’s a great interview, **covering all ThreeFold essentials** . Well done, Adnan!
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-### Community updates:
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-* **Mik** from Canada shared about his experiences as a DIY farmer and how he is **leading the way** by providing **big-time support** for the ThreeFold Farming community. Watch the inspiring conversation between Mik and Sam [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE5E1mCVdqk&t=2s). *If you’re a community member interested in sharing your story in a similar format, let us know in the comments below [this post](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-farmer-stories-to-share-with-the-world/2398?u=hannahcordes).*
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-* A big thank you to those who registered to become validators of the ThreeFold Grid for being vital members of our community and securing the Grid! There are only **8 [L2](https://forum.threefold.io/t/procedure-to-register-your-l2-validator-node/1864) and 1 [L0](https://forum.threefold.io/t/procedure-to-register-your-l0-validator-nodes/1866) validator spots remaining**. Take a look [here](https://threefold.io/blog/stake_tft_become_validator/) if you’d like to learn how to stake TFT and become a validator.
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-### Technology Developments:
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-* We’ve launched a new and improved **3.0 wallet in the TF Connect app** which includes a TF Chain wallet. Take a look at [this post](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tf-connect-wallet-v3/2565) to find all the details.
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-### ThreeFold Grid:
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-* In a [new Grid Enhancement Proposal](https://forum.threefold.io/t/gep-farming-start-price-april-2022/2585?u=hannahcordes), the Grid Council proposed the **farming start price of 0.08 USD in April**. Thank you all for voting, this GEP has **passed with 89%** of our community voting in favour, meaning the farming start price for April will be 0.08 USD. Please remember that the minting payout for March 2022 will be executed on the 8th of April instead of the 5th of April.
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-* **Have you migrated your 3Nodes from V2 to V3 yet?** If not, please do it asap as **it’s our collective responsibility** to fully bring the ThreeFold Grid to its latest version. Also, it’s crucial for you to log in V3 farming rewards, so finish the migration process via ThreeFold Connect as explained [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/farming-migration-grid-v2-v3/2143?u=hannahcordes).
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-* Titan 3Node orders continue to be shipped all over the world. If you have specific questions about your order, please get in touch with the support team!
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-Until next time, ThreeFolders! 🙌
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-*You can find the latest edition [here](https://threefold.io/blog/weekly_vol_12/). For older editions of ThreeFold Weekly, go to [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41).*
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-title: "ThreeFold Weekly! April 19th, 2022 (Vol 14)"
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-description: Welcome to the 14th edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Here’s what happened in the ThreeFold universe since last time.
-date: 2022-04-19
-taxonomies:
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-*"This article was originally published by Hannah Cordes, a former member of ThreeFold Foundation."*
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-## Major ThreeFold News:
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-* **ThreeFold was hand-picked as one of [5 top Web 3 startups](https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/web3-startups/)** by StartUs Insights – standing out from about 300 startups analyzed for this report!
-
-### Community updates:
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-* Are any of you in Amsterdam this week? [Join](https://amsterdamblockchainweek.org/events/all-the-nachos-margaritas-threefold-decentralized-layer-0/) the community-organized ThreeFold gathering during **Amsterdam Blockchain Week**!
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-* Members of the ThreeFold community gathered in Miami during **Bitcoin 2022** to evangelize the People’s Internet with the Blockchain space and the Americas.
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-* Weynand participated in the **Fair Data Initiative** hosted by [Solidaridad](https://threefold.io/partners/solidaridad) along with about 25 agricultural innovators, NGOs, banks and large tech companies. Read the full update [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/solidaridad-revival/2158/6?u=hannahcordes)!
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-* Get to know **[Nelson](https://twitter.com/threefold_io/status/1512418985844916227?s=20&t=9jr1BAtpKT6zsWxW9euMGA)** and **[Dan](https://twitter.com/threefold_io/status/1513150808036061185?s=20&t=9jr1BAtpKT6zsWxW9euMGA)**, both ThreeFold Farmers and soon-to-be Validators, a little better. Also check out [this unique node setup](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6915127377786253312/?actorCompanyId=13594159) from **Athus** in Brazil!
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-* Another star Farmer **Mik** (aka idrnd) and other ThreeFolders built a second part of FAQs [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/farming-faq-zero-os-v3-part-2/2620).
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-* We invite you to learn more about our [outreach strategy](https://forum.threefold.io/t/targeting-projects-communities-with-powerful-threefold-solutions/2646) and to share how you can support ThreeFold in reaching new frontiers in cyberspace.
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-* Only **7 [L2](https://forum.threefold.io/t/procedure-to-register-your-l2-validator-node/1864) validator spots remain**. L0 validators are oversubscribed, so hurry up and follow the [verification process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-threefold-validators-verification-process/2276) to secure your spot!
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-
-
-* A community-led ThreeFold [Discord channel](https://discord.gg/PaQtT7A72E) was recently launched – join in!
-
-### ThreeFold Grid:
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-* **A deadline has been set for the 1st of May for V3 migration**, so make sure your 3Nodes are all migrated asap. Simply follow the [migration process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/farming-migration-grid-v2-v3/2143?u=hannahcordes).
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-* Titan orders continue to be delivered, although there is a delay in Europe due to provisioning delays. In case of any specific questions, please reach out to the support team.
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-We shared new videos of our **Knowledge Base series** explaining ThreeFold and the technology behind it. [Watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuegcGK1CSc&list=PLTGQlepPqwUXsvHsrm4pbQj0-DCa-Ud0c) the latest additions on Zero-OS, TF Chain, the Planetary Network and more!
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-See you next week, ThreeFolders! 🙌
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-
-
-*If you’re a community member interested in [sharing your story](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-farmer-stories-to-share-with-the-world/2398?u=hannahcordes) or [being featured](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-people-to-feature-in-threefold-content-its-super-simple/2636/3) in ThreeFold content, please reach out!*
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-
-
-*You can find the previous editions on [our blog](https://threefold.io/blog). For older editions of ThreeFold Weekly (Vol 1-11), go to [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41).*
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-title: "ThreeFold Weekly! April 26th, 2022 (Vol 15)"
-image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! April 26th, 2022 (Vol 15)
-description: Welcome to the 15th edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Let’s dive into last week’s highlights in the ThreeFold universe.
-date: 2022-04-26
-taxonomies:
- people: [sam_taggart]
- tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update]
- categories: [foundation]
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-*"This article was originally published by Hannah Cordes, a former member of ThreeFold Foundation."*
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-
-## Major ThreeFold News:
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-* We officially released **[ThreeFold Grid V3.0.0 Alpha-5](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-updates-tfgrid-v3-a-5-april-2022/2713?u=hannahcordes)**! There are various upgrades, improvements and fixes to different ThreeFold Grid components like the **TFT shop, Zero-OS, the Playground** and more.
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-### Community updates:
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-* Watch the [recording](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-april-19-2022-community-call-recording-presentation/2714/2?u=hannahcordes) of the April 19th **ThreeFold Community Call**! We covered topics including ThreeFold’s strategic goals, the Paradise Hills model, the latest ThreeFold Grid release, what’s coming soon, and token activities.
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-* Only **7 [L2](https://forum.threefold.io/t/procedure-to-register-your-l2-validator-node/1864) validator spots remain**. As for L0 validator applicants, please follow the [verification process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-threefold-validators-verification-process/2276) to secure your spot!
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-
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-* Have you joined our community-led ThreeFold [Discord channel](https://discord.gg/PaQtT7A72E) yet?
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-* We have a few new videos up on YouTube! Be sure to subscribe to [our channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/ThreeFoldFoundation/videos) to stay in-the-know as new content is posted.
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-### Technology Developments:
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-* As of ThreeFold Grid V3.0.0 Alpha-5, we are supporting the deployment of **dedicated nodes**.
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-* On the **new TFT Shop** release, we’re giving users the option to **buy TFT with fiat currency** via the integration of a [mercuryo.io](http://www.mercuryo.io/) (third-party) widget.
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-* The new feature release of **TF Connect App** includes new features such as enabling users to sign documents on the app directly, and many other backend improvements.
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-* Read the full **ThreeFold Grid V3.0.0 Alpha-5** update [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-updates-tfgrid-v3-a-5-april-2022/2713?u=hannahcordes)!
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-### ThreeFold Grid:
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-* The deadline for **V3 migration is set for the 1st of May**, so we urge you to migrate all 3Nodes asap. The [migration process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/farming-migration-grid-v2-v3/2143?u=hannahcordes) is quite simple and fast.
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-* There has been a discussion about farming rewards V2 vs. V3. Take a look at [this post](https://forum.threefold.io/t/comparison-v2-vs-v3-minting/2122) for a comparison.
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-
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-* The new global 3Node marketplace was launched. Check it out [here](https://marketplace.3node.global/)!
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-* The global shipping of Titan orders continues, although there is a pause in Europe due to provisioning delays. For specific questions about your order, please reach out to the support team.
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-
-
-Until next time, ThreeFolders! 🙌
-
-
-
-*If you’re a community member interested in [sharing your story](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-farmer-stories-to-share-with-the-world/2398?u=hannahcordes) or [being featured](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-people-to-feature-in-threefold-content-its-super-simple/2636/3) in ThreeFold content, please reach out!*
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-
-
-*You can find the previous editions on [our blog](https://threefold.io/blog). For older editions of ThreeFold Weekly (Vol 1-11), go to [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41).*
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-title: "ThreeFold Weekly! May 5th, 2022 (Vol 16)"
-image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! May 5th, 2022 (Vol 16)
-description: Welcome to the 16th edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Here’s what happened in the ThreeFold universe last week.
-date: 2022-05-05
-taxonomies:
- people: [sam_taggart]
- tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update]
- categories: [foundation]
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-*"This article was originally published by Hannah Cordes, a former member of ThreeFold Foundation."*
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-
-### Community updates:
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-* **Earn a 500 TFT** ‘cash back’ for testing the latest version of the [TFT Fiat Gateway](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tft-fiat-gateway-beta-testing-program/2746) released as part of [ThreeFold Grid V3 A5](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-updates-tfgrid-v3-a-5-april-2022/2713?u=hannahcordes).
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-
-
-* **Registered to become a validator?** *Follow the [verification process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-threefold-validators-verification-process/2276) to secure your spot!*
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-
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-* ThreeFold envisions a fully decentralized **3Node marketplace** that connects buyers and sellers peer-to-peer. Join the [discussion](https://forum.threefold.io/t/3node-marketplace-how-do-we-further-decentralize/2752?u=hannahcordes) on how to achieve that vision.
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-
-
-* A community member will add ThreeFold branding to a coffee shop and is looking for feedback and ideas. Share your thoughts [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/if-bitcoin-is-resumed-in-one-word-as-hope-what-tft-would-be/2725/10).
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-
-
-* The ThreeFold Promotion Team is looking for community stories. We’d be grateful if you could share [your story](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-farmer-stories-to-share-with-the-world/2398?u=hannahcordes) and/or [be featured](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-people-to-feature-in-threefold-content-its-super-simple/2636/3) in ThreeFold content. Thank you for reaching out!
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-### Technology Developments:
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-* The team is currently testing the **ThreeFold Hub** – the portal for validators and delegated stakers to take action and vote for the future developments of the ThreeFold ecosystem. More coming soon, so stay tuned!
-
-### ThreeFold Grid:
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-* A [Grid Enhancement Proposal](https://forum.threefold.io/t/gep-farming-v3-start-price-june-2022-and-v2-minting/2745?u=hannahcordes) to determine **V3 Farming Price** for June 2022 and **discontinuing V2 Minting** is currently open for voting. Make sure to participate!
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-* We urge you to **migrate 3Nodes to V3 asap** as described in the [migration process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/farming-migration-grid-v2-v3/2143?u=hannahcordes).
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-* A [Grid Enhancement Proposal](https://forum.threefold.io/t/gep-for-tfgrid-pricing/2772?u=hannahcordes) on **cloud unit pricing** is currently open to determine utilization cost in the upcoming months.
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-* Global Titan shipping continues while Europe is facing provisioning delays. If you ordered a Tian, please fill in your **[information](https://forum.threefold.io/t/creating-your-v3-farm-required-for-open-unshipped-orders/2144)** for your 3Node to be set up accordingly. For specific questions about your order, please reach out to the support team.
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-
-
-On another note: Fake accounts are currently inviting people to participate in airdrop campaigns under the name of ThreeFold. Unfortunately, scams are very common in the crypto space. In order to protect yourself, please treat PMs with care and read this [article](https://medium.com/the-capital/cryptocurrency-airdrop-scams-how-to-spot-them-and-avoid-being-a-victim-38172ad91b2d) on **how to spot scams**.
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-See you next week, ThreeFolders! 🙌
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-
-
-*You can find the previous editions on [our blog](https://threefold.io/blog). For older editions of ThreeFold Weekly (Vol 1-11), go to [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41).*
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-title: "ThreeFold Weekly! May 10th, 2022 (Vol 17)"
-image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! May 10th, 2022 (Vol 17)
-description: Welcome to the 17th edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Let’s dive into last week’s highlights throughout the ThreeFold ecosystem.
-date: 2022-05-10
-taxonomies:
- people: [sam_taggart]
- tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update]
- categories: [foundation]
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-*"This article was originally published by Hannah Cordes, a former member of ThreeFold Foundation."*
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-## Major ThreeFold News:
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-* The new [Grid Enhancement Proposal](https://forum.threefold.io/t/gep-grid-upgrade-to-version-alpha-5-a5/2797?u=hannahcordes) (GEP) has **passed with 96%** of our community voting in favour, meaning we’ll be **upgrading the ThreeFold Grid** to V3 Alpha-5!
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-### Community updates:
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-* We’ll be attending **Consensus 2022 Presented by CoinDesk in June** as bronze sponsors to connect with attendees, share the ThreeFold story, and grow the community. Let us know if you or anyone you know will be in **Austin** and take advantage of [our discount code](https://events.coindesk.com/consensus2022?promo=a7MsHxui)!
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-* Some of the ThreeFold team and ecosystem are gathering on the Nile this week to discuss how to build a better future through the **Internet of Internets and creating abundance**.
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-* We’ve seen questions and confusion in the community around **Internet capacity and connectivity**. Find the answers [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/internet-connectivity-capacity/2802?u=hannahcordes).
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-* **Registered to become a validator?** Follow the [verification process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-threefold-validators-verification-process/2276) asap to secure your spot, as we’ll share more information on activation soon!
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-
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-* Joined our community-led ThreeFold [Discord channel](https://discord.gg/PaQtT7A72E)!
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-### Technology Developments:
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-* **ThreeFold Grid V3.0.0 Alpha-6** is on devnet! Check out the full update on what’s happening in May [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-updates-tfgrid-v3-a-6-plan-may-2022/2808?u=hannahcordes)!
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-### ThreeFold Grid:
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-* The [Grid Enhancement Proposal](https://forum.threefold.io/t/gep-for-tfgrid-pricing/2772?u=hannahcordes) on **cloud unit pricing** has **passed with 97%** of participants agreeing to the current pricing. Thank you all for voting!
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-* Again, we urge you to **migrate 3Nodes to V3 asap**. It just takes a few steps, the [migration process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/farming-migration-grid-v2-v3/2143?u=hannahcordes) is quite simple and fast.
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-* The global shipping of Titan orders continues, though Europe is experiencing some provisioning delays. In case of any specific questions, please reach out to the support team.
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-*You can find the previous editions on [our blog](https://threefold.io/blog). For older editions of ThreeFold Weekly (Vol 1-11), go to [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41).*
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-date: 2022-05-18
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-* Some of the team, investors, partners, and other contributors (new and old) are gathering on the Nile to help **take ThreeFold to the next level**. More precise developments and outcomes to be shared as soon as possible!
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-* ThreeFold’s Sacha Obeegadoo appeared on [Macro Visions](https://mainstaydigital.com/verticals/macro-visions/macro-visions-doing-to-the-internet-what-bitcoin-did-to-money-with-sacha-obeegadoo/) by [Mainstay Digital](https://www.mainstaydigital.com/) for an insightful conversation on **ThreeFold’s vision** and Internet infrastructure, the future of blockchain, digital sovereignty, and more.
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-* **Registered to become a validator?** Don’t forget to follow the [verification process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-threefold-validators-verification-process/2276) to secure your spot!
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-* In May, the engineering team is working on upgrades, new features and functionalities for Zero-OS, TF Chain, ThreeFold Wallet, and more. Dive into the highlights of **TF Grid V3.0.0 Alpha-6** [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-updates-tfgrid-v3-a-6-plan-may-2022/2808?u=hannahcordes)!
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-* A small group of community members are working on a weblet to **deploy a Hydra node** on the ThreeFold Grid. They’ve made incredible progress already and are proof of what a dedicated, talented community we have. Check out their work [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/grant-suggestion-deploy-a-hydra-node-on-tfgrid/2493/30)!
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-* An initiative to power 3Nodes exclusively with **renewable energy** is gaining momentum. Take a look at [this post](https://forum.threefold.io/t/distributed-farming-with-unsteady-renewable-energy/2151?u=hannahcordes) to learn more!
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-* Please **migrate your 3Nodes to V3 asap**. Simply follow the [migration process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/farming-migration-grid-v2-v3/2143?u=hannahcordes).
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-* If you ordered a Titan, please fill in your **[information](https://forum.threefold.io/t/creating-your-v3-farm-required-for-open-unshipped-orders/2144)** for your 3Node to ensure quick delivery. Global Titan shipping continues, though Europe is still facing some delays.
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-*If you’re a community member interested in [sharing your story](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-farmer-stories-to-share-with-the-world/2398?u=hannahcordes) or [being featured](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-people-to-feature-in-threefold-content-its-super-simple/2636/3) in ThreeFold content, please reach out!*
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-*You can find the previous editions on [our blog](https://threefold.io/blog). For older editions of ThreeFold Weekly (Vol 1-11), go to [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41).*
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-* On the UAE Tech Podcast, ThreeFold **co-founder Weynand Kuijpers** explains how Threefold works in simple terms and why an Internet by the people for the people is so important. Tune in [here](https://www.albawaba.com/business/uae-tech-podcast-threefold-layer-zero-and-peoples-internet-1477554)!
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-* Give [this conversation](https://medium.com/coinmonks/a-farmers-journey-through-yielding-defi-nodes-and-expanding-the-grid-with-threefold-a70a3e3b98ea) between Kyle Ellicott and Scott Yeager a read. The two cover a lot of topics – from Scott’s **experience as a DIY farmer** and his **journey into ThreeFold** to advice for fellow farmers.
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-* Some of the team and members of the ThreeFold ecosystem finished two weeks of gatherings on the Nile to educate and evangelize. With **new advocates for the ThreeFold movement** (e.g. farmers, investors) by our side, we’ll continue to **build a better future** through the Internet of Internets.
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-* We just launched our **new ThreeFold Podcast**. Listen to the first four episodes [here](https://anchor.fm/threefoldpodcast)!
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-* If you’re a community member interested in [sharing your story](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-farmer-stories-to-share-with-the-world/2398?u=hannahcordes) or [being featured](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-people-to-feature-in-threefold-content-its-super-simple/2636/3) in ThreeFold content, please reach out.
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-* **Registered to become a validator?** Follow the [verification process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-threefold-validators-verification-process/2276) asap to secure your spot.
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-* Curious about what the team has been up to in May? Check out the highlights shared in [this update](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-updates-tfgrid-v3-a-6-plan-may-2022/2808?u=hannahcordes) on **ThreeFold Grid V3.0.0 Alpha-6**!
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-* To learn how to verify your 3Nodes’ payouts on Stellar Blockchain, read [this post](https://forum.threefold.io/t/how-to-verify-your-3nodes-payments/2864?u=hannahcordes)!
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-* If you ordered a Titan but have not yet received it, **[please make sure you have created your V3 farm](https://forum.threefold.io/t/creating-your-v3-farm-required-for-open-unshipped-orders/2144)** to ensure quick delivery. Global Titan shipping is ongoing in all regions! *Our support team is available via threefold.io or on the ThreeFold Connect app with any questions.*
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-* And if you're an existing farmer, we urge you to **migrate 3Nodes to V3 asap**. It just takes a few steps, [the migration process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/farming-migration-grid-v2-v3/2143?u=hannahcordes) is quite simple and fast.
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-Until next week, ThreeFolders! 🙌
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-*You can find the previous editions on [our blog](https://threefold.io/blog). For older editions of ThreeFold Weekly (Vol 1-11), go to [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41).*
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-date: 2022-06-07
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-- ThreeFold and **the Institute of Emerging Technologies of South Africa [(IETSA)](https://ietsa.org.za/)** are partnering to **expand the ThreeFold’s decentralized Internet infrastructure** across South Africa, and to **provide education** in blockchain protocols and digital technologies. Learn more about this amazing collaboration [here](https://www.itweb.co.za/content/Pero3qZ3lkpvQb6m)!
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-- The ThreeFold team and community are **heading to Austin** to celebrate the festival of the decentralized world: Consensus 2022 by CoinDesk. **Meet the ThreeFold team at Booth 310** to connect, find resources that will empower you to get involved, and to learn about our gathering this Sunday!
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-- Have you read our **updated ThreeFold Litepaper**? [Dive right in](https://forum.threefold.io/t/litepaper-threefold-v17-important/2927?u=hannahcordes) and let us know what you think – especially with regards to the structure of the **Internet of Internets**!
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-- **Registered to become a validator?** We’ll be sharing an update on next steps asap. If you have any specific questions please get in touch with @samtaggart on Telegram.
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-- Take a look at the **ThreeFold Grid V3.0.0 Alpha-6 highlights** and learn more about what the team is working on in June [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-updates-june-2022/2937?u=hannahcordes)!
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-- Give [this post](https://forum.threefold.io/t/specs-for-tfgrid-dao/2926?u=hannahcordes) a read to learn more about the **TF Grid DAO**, who can vote and what areas can be voted on, as well as to find more about Grid Guardians, solutions rewards, and more!
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-- A [Grid Enhancement Proposal](https://forum.threefold.io/t/pricing-default-40-discount/2924?u=hannahcordes) on offering a **40% discount by default** on Grid pricing is currently open for voting. Make sure to participate!
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-- [Another Grid Enhancement Proposal](https://forum.threefold.io/t/gep-gold-certified-farming-specs/2925) was started on **Gold-Certified Farming Specs**. Check out the suggested quality requirements and leave your vote!
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-- If you ordered a Titan, please **fill in your [information](https://forum.threefold.io/t/creating-your-v3-farm-required-for-open-unshipped-orders/2144) for your 3Node** to ensure quick delivery. Global Titan shipping continues.
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-See you next week, ThreeFolders! 🙌
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-*You can find the previous editions on [our blog](https://threefold.io/blog). For older editions of ThreeFold Weekly (Vol 1-11), go to [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41).*
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-date: 2022-06-15
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-* The team spent a few eventful days in Austin, Texas, to celebrate the festival of the decentralized world: **Consensus by CoinDesk**. Over four days, we met hundreds of people, re-engaged with partners, took part in several interviews with the press, and co-hosted a gathering to lay the foundation for a **sovereign Regional Internet in Austin** – by and for the people of the Austin community. Read the full recap [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/consensus-2022-and-laying-the-foundation-for-austins-sovereign-internet/3018).
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-* There’s a new episode available on our **ThreeFold Podcast**. Listen to Kyle and Weynand as they dive into everything from space to self-hosted data centers to the ownCloud partnership – you can listen to the episode [here](https://anchor.fm/threefoldpodcast)!
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-* Wondering what the team is working on in June? Well, it’s a lot – including many [updates and new functionalities](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-updates-june-2022/2937?u=hannahcordes) for the Planetary Network, TF Wallet, the ownCloud freemium experience, and more.
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-* A new [Grid Enhancement Proposal](https://forum.threefold.io/t/gep-for-super-green-farming-with-100-renewable-energy/2992) for **Green Farming with 100% Renewable Energy** was shared and is now open for voting. Make sure to participate – planet first, people first!
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-* Global Titan shipping continues, so don’t forget to **provide all [information](https://forum.threefold.io/t/creating-your-v3-farm-required-for-open-unshipped-orders/2144)** for your Titan order to ensure quick delivery.
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-Sending you positive vibes from Austin, ThreeFolders! 🙌
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-*If you’re a community member interested in [sharing your story](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-farmer-stories-to-share-with-the-world/2398?u=hannahcordes) or [being featured](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-people-to-feature-in-threefold-content-its-super-simple/2636/3) in ThreeFold content, please reach out!*
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-*You can find the previous editions on [our blog](https://threefold.io/blog). For older editions of ThreeFold Weekly (Vol 1-11), go to [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41).*
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-date: 2022-06-28
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-### ThreeFold in the News:
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-* [Why A Decentralized Internet Could Tackle Internet Poverty And Improve Data Protection](https://www.ibtimes.com/why-decentralized-internet-could-tackle-internet-poverty-improve-data-protection-3488398) (via **International Business Times**)
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-* Read last week’s [update](https://forum.threefold.io/t/validator-update/3049) on our validator programs to learn more about the **engineering and deployment status** of the L2 and L0 validators. The update also includes a **new set of FAQs**, e.g. on rewards and hardware requirements.
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-* Influencer **Your Friend Andy**, who has about 75.7k subscribers on YouTube, announced ThreeFold as one of his next projects in this [video](https://forum.threefold.io/t/medium-known-youtuber-names-threefold-as-one-of-his-next-nodes-project/3023/6).
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-* Check out the ongoing podcast series about ThreeFold's efforts towards building the Internet of Internets [here](https://anchor.fm/threefoldpodcast)!
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-### Technology Developments:
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-* **ThreeFold Grid V3.6.0** is live on testnet and available for public testing! Get the full update [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tfgrid-v3-6-0-is-now-live/3084?u=hannahcordes) and join our [TF Grid Tester Group](https://t.me/threefoldtesting) now!
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-* There’s a new 3Node partner for North America on the Global 3Node Marketplace: **Duck Farm Data** – started by farmer and community member **Nelson**! Find out more in the [official announcement](https://forum.threefold.io/t/global-3node-marketplace-newsletter-1-21-06-2022/3060).
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-* We urge you to **migrate your 3Nodes to V3 asap**. Just follow the simple steps of the [migration process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/farming-migration-grid-v2-v3/2143?u=hannahcordes).
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-* If you ordered a Titan, **please fill in your [information](https://forum.threefold.io/t/creating-your-v3-farm-required-for-open-unshipped-orders/2144)** for your 3Node to ensure quick delivery. Global Titan shipping continues.
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-Until next week, ThreeFolders! 🙌
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-*If you’re a community member interested in [sharing your story](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-farmer-stories-to-share-with-the-world/2398?u=hannahcordes) or [being featured](https://forum.threefold.io/t/looking-for-people-to-feature-in-threefold-content-its-super-simple/2636/3) in ThreeFold content, please reach out!*
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-*You can find the previous editions on [our blog](https://threefold.io/blog). For older editions of ThreeFold Weekly (Vol 1-11), go to [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41).*
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-*As of edition 24, we’ll only share the Weekly via email and [TF News](https://t.me/threefoldnews), so make sure to subscribe via the respective buttons on the top-right corner of [our website](https://threefold.io).*
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-### Community Updates:
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-* YouTube influencer [Tactical Investing](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPRC2wIfZtAlzCa_6iKE46w) featured ThreeFold in a **new video** and shared the **potential of ThreeFold farming** with his community of 82.3K subscribers. Watch it [here](https://youtu.be/maISozq2p1o)!
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-* You’re going on vacation but don’t know how to check on your 3Nodes? Read the community-sourced [tips and tricks](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tf-farm-tips-when-youre-away-for-some-days/3088?u=hannahcordes) on how to **secure and maintain your TF farm** while you’re away.
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-* Did you already check out the new [ThreeFold Video Gallery](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-video-gallery/3091?u=hannahcordes)? It’s a collection of all video material available on ThreeFold – from deep dive sessions to DIY tutorials and more!
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-* **TF Chain** was updated to the latest version of Substrate on devnet. This will facilitate further development and allows us to get code reviews from the Parity team.
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-* Start testing **ThreeFold Grid V3.6.0 live** on testnet. Check out the full release with actionable tips for testing [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tfgrid-v3-6-0-is-now-live/3084?u=hannahcordes)!
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-* Take a look at this [actionable guide](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tf-grid-deploying-workloads/3094?u=hannahcordes) for **deploying workloads on the ThreeFold Grid**, shared by all-star farmer Mik, and get started today!
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-description: A decentralized and energy-efficient way for people to expand a new Internet infrastructure.
-date: 2022-03-01
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-ThreeFold farming refers to the act of connecting a 3Node to the ThreeFold Grid – providing Internet capacity to a globally distributed peer-to-peer Internet infrastructure. Farming is a decentralized and energy-efficient way for people to expand a new Internet infrastructure instead of corporations building hyper-scale data centers. It’s also a way to extend the Internet to underserved regions of our planet, which cannot afford data centers. Every ThreeFold Farmer around the world contributes to the growth of the foundation for a self-sovereign, private and secure digital world.
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-ThreeFold is a peer-to-peer network of computers (known as “3Nodes”), including servers, desktops and laptops, that creates an open-source, decentralized Internet. People who connect computers to the ThreeFold Grid (known as “farmers”) are rewarded with ThreeFold Tokens (TFT) on a monthly basis for meeting the required uptime necessary for users to access their workloads.
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-ThreeFold was created to realize the promise of an open-source, peer-to-peer Internet. As such, ThreeFold farming rewards all farmers equally according to the amount of Internet capacity they provide to the network.
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-Bitcoin mining and other blockchains became famous for requiring enormous amounts of computers and power to solve complex mathematical equations to win the chance of earning the famous cryptocurrency. Since then, many other projects have been born and carried on the mining concept.
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-date: 2020-12-15
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-- *Scalability*: In a many-to-many system, scale is essentially unlimited. There is simply no bottleneck. And hardware (nodes) can be added at ease compared to current data center model.
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-date: 2020-05-03
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-One of my friends was complaining about how he couldn’t log in to one of his social media platforms, because all of his passwords are different and he forgot which one he used for this particular platform. Another friend was saying how she tagged her sister on a funny meme, but her sister couldn’t find it on Facebook. Turns out she tagged her on Instagram. And then one of them said something that I keep hearing more and more from people, “Why do we have so many apps, I can’t find anything anymore!”
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-We exist so many times online, but why? There is only one me in the real world. Why should there not be only one me online? Why should I have 25 different profiles on 25 different platforms, with 25 different logins, when I am unique?
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-The 3Bot is built on the ThreeFold Grid, and has the same values as ThreeFold. Freedom, Equality, and Sustainability. It is important that your data is safe, and what can be safer than you being the only one who not only has access to it, but also the only one who owns that data? Your online world should not be that different from your offline world. In your offline world, you are the center of your own life. That is what ThreeFold is doing with the 3Bot, putting you in the center of your online life, too.
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-date: 2021-05-18
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-Just like a brain is an interconnected network of neurons, the Internet (or internet) is a global interconnected network of computers and devices that communicate with each other via the [Internet protocol suite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_protocol_suite) (TCP/IP). The communications infrastructure of the Internet consists of hardware components and a system of software layers that control various aspects of the architecture.
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-Classic IT infrastructure setup is complex and is not cost-effective. Applications need a specific environment to operate in, built by integrating different technology components from different vendors. Elements of such a setup are operating systems, storage systems, networks, security systems, authentication systems, and more.
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-date: 2021-01-12
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-date: 2022-01-02
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-date: 2020-11-17
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-Greetings, friends. Please take some time to read our hot-off-the-press [update](https://forum.threefold.io/t/december-22-2023-update-from-the-team/4170) from the team!
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-description: At ThreeFold, we believe in "Planet First." Take a look at some of the ways ThreeFold is acting to positively impact the planet.
-date: 2022-04-22
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-- [ThreeFold on track to be Planet-Positive](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-on-track-to-be-planet-positive/2097)
-- [This ThreeFold Farm Keeps Veggies Warm](https://threefold.io/blog/post/blockheating_intro/)
-- [A Better Solution For Our Planet](https://threefold.io/blog/post/for_our_planet/)
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-description: With farmerbot coming very soon, Bert took the time to explain “how to set up the technical environment where the farmerbot will operate.
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-description: Take a look as Scott takes us through how to set up the Farmerbot on an Ubuntu system and manage your nodes.
-date: 2023-03-24
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-date: 2024-01-26
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-date: 2021-09-15
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-date: 2021-09-02
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-date: 2020-05-29
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-[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.
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-[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.
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-[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.
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-date: 2021-03-14
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-date: 2021-07-07
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-description: Insights into developing P2P Grid solutions using the Digital Twin platform.
-date: 2021-09-03
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-date: 2021-03-09
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-- *[ThreeFold Connect | Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jimber.threebotlogin&hl=en&gl=US)*
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-date: 2021-08-09
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-date: 2022-06-03
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-date: 2022-03-17
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-date: 2021-08-19
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-date: 2021-11-15
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-date: 2021-07-07
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-_P.s. If you're already a farmer and would like to be featured on our websites please [fill out this form.](https://forms.gle/cW6uFUhkohSw81KT6) Let's introduce the world to the farming community behind this awesome project!_
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-date: 2023-03-14
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-date: 2024-01-25
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-Dive into the [upgraded ThreeFold Grid Dashboard](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-new-and-improved-tf-grid-dashboard-ui-ux/4202), designed for seamless TF Grid management and deployment. We've prioritized simplicity and intuition in the user experience.
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-date: 2020-11-12
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-For those who missed yesterday's community call (~30 minutes) or would like to rewatch, you can find the recording [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpU7wb2jmyg)!
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-[Google Calendar Event](https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NWw4NjQzYnFoZTBpOWhvaDQxZnJuOGNmZXQgdGFnZ2FydHNAaW5jdWJhaWQuY29t&tmsrc=taggarts%40incubaid.com)
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-date: 2020-11-30
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-date: 2020-11-10
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-✨ **New ThreeFold Now Marketplace Solution!**
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-We need your help, dear community, to try our solutions on testnet and give us feedback on your experience. Join the tester group [here](https://t.me/joinchat/TSI25Ee-RcQaOmieYJ9Yyg) 💪
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-🔥 Try to deploy a TF Now solution [here](http://marketplace.threefold.io/)
-🔥 Manual for deployment [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/sdk/#/sdk__peer2peer_cloud_intro)
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-✨ **Have you seen our new TF Capacity Explorer?**
-We have a new [TF Capacity Explorer site](http://explorer.threefold.io/) where we showcase ALL nodes from around the world, whether on mainnet, testnet, or devnet. One website for all!
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-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!
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-[OpenNebula Systems](https://threefold.io/partners/opennebula) and [ThreeFold Tech](http://threefold.io/) have signed a cooperation agreement to explore open-source and edge computing applications and joint innovation initiatives.
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-- [Read the full release notes](https://threefold.io/info/cloud#/cloud__release_notes_2_7_1)
-- [Join the Grid testing community](https://t.me/threefoldtesting)
-- [Info: Get TFT with BTC directly on ThreeFold Connect](https://library.threefold.me/info/tfgrid/#/threefold__threefold_connect_btc)
-- [Info: Get TFT via Binance Smart Chain](https://library.threefold.me/info/tfgrid/#/threefold__tft_binance_defi?id=how-to-get-tft-on-pancakeswap)
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-date: 2021-09-02
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-📹 Here is **[the recording of yesterday’s community call](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc3-y-jT6r4)**, which focused on updates around farming and ThreeFold Grid 3.0!
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-date: 2023-09-02
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-Please take a few moments to read the most recent [update](https://forum.threefold.io/t/september-02-2023-update-from-the-threefold-team/4060) from the team, which touches on where we are today and what we are building towards.
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-date: 2022-12-23
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-title: ThreeFold partners with SKALE to empower its developer community
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-date: 2020-08-13
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-[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.
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-date: 2021-06-30
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-description: Provide feedback on TF Grid 3.5 (formerly 3.12) topics, including validator and farming staking!
-date: 2023-09-05
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-date: 2023-11-08
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-description: Prefer email communication?
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-title: Tactical Investing Covers ThreeFold
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-description: Large YouTube influencer talks about ThreeFold, Titan v2 Nodes Sell Out!
-date: 2021-06-05
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- tags: [farming,community,influencer]
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-Yesterday, YouTube influencer [Tactical Investing](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPRC2wIfZtAlzCa_6iKE46w) posted a video to his account "THIS IS HUGE...Better Than Akash Network? *Time Sensitive*" to share about the ThreeFold farming opportunity with his community.
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-date: 2022-02-09
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-**Together with Take Action Global 🤝 we are taking real action to make the ThreeFold Grid the first planet-positive 🌍 Internet infrastructure in the world.**
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-- [Pt II: Supporting initiatives to regenerate the planet](https://forum.threefold.io/t/supporting-initiatives-to-regenerate-the-planet/2110)
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-date: 2023-02-28
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-description: Thanks to Drew for creating this great resource for anyone in the community that wants to get the word out about deploying workloads on ThreeFold.
-date: 2023-01-03
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-description: I wanted to get the invite out early for next weeks community Q&A and tech call.
-date: 2023-01-24
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-I wanted to get the invite out early for next weeks community Q&A and tech call. This is a space where the community and the team comes together so you can bring any questions or ideas you may have and we can work together to get your project off the ground!
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- - When: _01.30.23 at 13:00 EST / 19:00 CET_
-- You can check out the recording of today's call [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/01-23-23-weekly-community-q-a-and-technical-call-recording/3732/2). Today's call included:
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-You also don't want to miss what Mik (@mp_mik) has been doing to bring Ai to the Threefold Grid, you can check out his AI support bot [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/automating-support-nlp-bot-for-q-a/3057/6).
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-date: 2023-02-01
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-date: 2023-02-21
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-date: 2021-11-30
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-date: 2021-12-13
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-date: 2023-04-21
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-- 💡 [How TFT Remains Relevant in Version 4.0](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tf-grid-4-series-how-tft-remains-relevant-in-version-4/3904/2)
-- 💡 [3Bot: Hello, Old Friend](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tf-grid-4-series-3bot-hello-old-friend/3905/2)
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-date: 2020-11-20
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-description: We still need more people willing to test – join in!
-date: 2021-02-10
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-date: 2021-07-22
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-date: 2023-11-03
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-date: 2023-11-09
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-description: Calling all farmers to vote on the GEP to bring grid version 3.12 to mainnet!
-date: 2023-12-01
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-date: 2022-03-17
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-- [Get started on TF Grid 3](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/)
-- [Take advantage of the Weblet Playground](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__weblets_home)
-- [Easily deploy Discourse](https://forum.threefold.io/t/from-zero-to-hero-deploy-discourse-and-wordpress-in-under-10-5-minutes/2206) & [WordPress on the TF Grid](https://forum.threefold.io/t/easily-deploy-wordpress-the-most-popular-website-builder-on-tf-grid/2136)
-- [Join our Grid Testers Chat](https://t.me/threefoldtesting)
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-title: Update on Testnet for TF Grid 3.0
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-description: Testnet for TF Grid 3.0 is fully available for testing, both for connecting infrastructure and for deploying workloads!
-date: 2021-11-15
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-description: Take a look at ThreeFold's first half of 2022 and some of what's planned for the rest of the year.
-date: 2022-07-27
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-date: 2020-12-11
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-date: 2020-12-04
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-title: 🗓 Grid 3.10 to Mainnet on Monday July 3
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-description: After a successful GEP vote last week, the team will migrate Grid v3.10 to mainnet this coming Monday!
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-description: After a successful testing of TF Grid v3.10 on Testnet, we are opening a Grid Enhancement Proposal to release on Mainnet.
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-date: 2023-06-06
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-date: 2023-09-13
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-date: 2023-09-04
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-description: For those who missed it, dive into the discussion around 3.12!
-date: 2023-08-12
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-👀 **TF Grid 3.0 mainnet is [almost there](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tfgrid-mainnet-almost-there/1624/2)!**
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-description: TF Grid v3.6.0 is now live on testnet and available for public testing!
-date: 2022-06-29
-taxonomies:
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-📣 **ThreeFold Grid v3.6.0 is Live on Testnet!**
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-- **[Full announcement](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tfgrid-v3-6-0-is-now-live/3084)**
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-description: A lot unfolded in our universe the last three months. Find out all you need to know in our Q1 Recap!
-date: 2021-04-02
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-date: 2021-09-01
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-date: 2021-08-23
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-date: 2021-10-13
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-ThreeFold is developing a peer-to-peer Internet platform that aims to liberalize what it labels as a centralized and unequally distributed Internet. Its platform, called the [ThreeFold Grid](https://threefold.io/info/threefold#/threefold__grid_home), comprises over +600 servers in 25+ different countries around the world, delivering approximately 80 PB in storage and over 16,000 CPU cores worldwide, making it the largest storage and compute peer-to-peer Internet network in the world. See ThreeFold Grid’s statistics in more detail using their explorer [here](https://explorer.threefold.io/all).
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-Each server runs ThreeFold’s stateless and lightweight open-source operating system, Zero-OS, and is set up and operated by independent individuals and organizations called Farmers. Farmers earn rewards in [TFT](https://threefold.io/info/threefold#/threefold__token_home) - the platform’s native token - for their participation. TFT is the currency of the ThreeFold Grid, with each token representing a unit of storage and compute on the platform. Grid users can use these tokens to reserve the storage and compute they need to store, build and share on the platform’s internet network.
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-ThreeFold’s ultimate vision is to be part of the movement to fully democratize the Internet worldwide.
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-Visit [threeFold.io](https://threefold.io) to learn more, [forum.threefold.io](https://forum.threefold.io) to chat with the team, or stay updated [on Telegram](https://t.me/threefoldnews).
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-title: ThreeFold Announces Plans to go Multichain
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-date: 2021-04-29
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-date: 2023-03-16
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-date: 2018-10-18
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-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.
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-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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-date: 2020-10-22
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-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. 🙌
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-date: 2020-11-27
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-Privacy and decentralization are some of the values shared by both [Presearch](https://www.presearch.io/) and [ThreeFold](https://threefold.io), at the core of their missions to create scalable technologies that can positively impact the lives of millions of individuals and enterprises around the globe.
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-ThreeFold has developed the largest and most advanced peer-to-peer internet grid in the world, which 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.
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-date: 2021-12-17
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-date: 2021-04-10
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-- 👩🌾 [Be The Internet](https://threefold.io/farming): Become a ThreeFold Farmer
-- ☁️ Test on the [P2P Cloud](https://threefold.io/cloud)
-- 🛒 Be empowered with the [P2P Marketplace](https://threefold.io/marketplace)
-- 🤝 Learn about our wide array of [amazing partners](https://threefold.io/partners)
-- 🔄 Get Involved w. [TFT](https://threefold.io/token): The currency of the P2P Internet
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-title: Zetako and ThreeFold Join Forces
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-description: Zetako and ThreeFold join forces to enable hyper-efficient data transport and storage for people and for our planet
-date: 2021-06-15
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-date: 2022-05-27
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-date: 2021-10-12
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-date: 2021-09-08
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-date: 2021-06-11
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-description: We have some final decisions to make regarding the token & farming plan & we're calling for the community's help!
-date: 2021-02-03
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-title: TomoChain & ThreeFold are joining forces to decentralize Cloud Computing
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-description: TomoChain will invite their developer community and anyone interested in contributing to the TomoChain Blockchain, to connect and use the Threefold Grid.
-date: 2020-05-20
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-date: 2022-03-09
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-date: 2021-04-14
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-date: 2021-06-13
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-title: 📊 Weekly Grid Stats - New Nodes + Utilization
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-date: 2022-08-29
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-date: 2023-10-30
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-date: 2021-06-26
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-date: 2022-01-21
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-Honored to be part of a team that has the potential to make the world a better place by connecting billions of people to a new, accessible, data sovereign and environmentally conscious internet. A social entrepreneur, plant based warrior and a sovereign digital economy advocate with a passion for music creation and collaboration. Adnan has been based in the United Arab Emirates for the past 20 years, during which he has built successful grass-root businesses and invested startups in various sectors. At ThreeFold Adnan is responsible for driving the ThreeFold Foundation Ecosystem. Adnan is also the CEO of the @Mazraa Cooperative which is a founding farm and P2P Cloud Capacity provider on the ThreeFold Network.
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-Ahmed is an Automation Software Testing Engineer, started his career at Codescalers, and now has about a year experience in Cloud computing software. Engineer fell in love with Threefold I believe that Threefold is changing the world by building the new neutral internet, it's a great experience to be part of this.
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-Ahmed is a passionate software test engineer with experience in software testing and automation using Selenium, Cypress, and other technologies. And always curious to learn more.
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-After graduating from a Master in Finance at Toulouse School of Management, Alexandre worked with regenerative companies to help them in their funding round. He quickly thought about how unsustainable our current financial market is and reflecting on how can we make this system more devoted to collaboration instead of competition. Believing that digital currencies can solve a lot economical problems, he joined ThreeFold because it is perfectly aligned with his vision of enhancing people’s life on this earth. Being an artist-painter on the side, he is creating an online gallery which will promote and support international artists whose inspirations come from their deep connection with nature. He has the aim of bridging the creative world with the business world.
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-Trilingual (Arabic, English & German) software developer and chemical engineer skilled in remote pair programming and mentoring. I can use multiple languages, frameworks, and technologies to efficiently achieve a project’s goals.
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-Wandering the Net since it's inception (www wasn't even a thing back then... and yes, I'm that old), I have experienced the (r)evolution of the Internet in steps going backward in terms of accessibility, bias and width. It seems to me, by the effect of personalized search, directed ads, filtered and hidden information, that the Internet has become so much smaller, narrowing and enforcing biased views. That needs to be addressed. The Net needs to become that vast resource of unbiased knowledge, so that people can start thinking for themselves again. That's why I'm here, to be part of a group of guardians who's purpose is to equalize all views so that people can really understand viewpoints instead of being just judgemental. Techie at heart, having lived professionally in the tech basements of the Internet, I can help and I will help. Education for all is the only path to a better world. Count me in.
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-A software engineer, Golang, Typescript.
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-Passionate DevOps Engineer. Engineer fell in love with Threefold I believe that Threefold will change how to world works, and i want to be part of that, we are building the future.
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