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+ +Wealth is more than the accumulation of money and resources. It can be generated in ways other than through conventional financial means. The financial justice warrior, Bernard Liataer, highlighted that to capture the wealth of our societies, our culture and our environments, we have to pay heed to the notion of wealth as well-being. + +
+ +But how do we obtain that well-being? We all know the answer to this question – we have a sense of well-being when all of our needs are met. It is not just the basic needs of food, clothing and shelter but also the need to be a creative participant in our community, have a voice in our own destiny, and pursue our own spiritual development unhindered by social sanction. Developing real wealth implies making choices that enable all members of the community to attain well-being. Achieving sustainable wealth implies meeting the present's needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. + +
+ +Digital Twin has been created while taking into consideration the different types of community capital that need to be achieved to create real wealth:  + +
+ +1. Natural Capital - It includes the community environment that produces more assets. Our today's economies failed to measure, understand and account for the true value of nature's riches - clean air and water, soil and pollination for food, the social, intrinsic and spiritual values of natural beauty. Digital Twin will be the tool for us to place a proper value on Natural capital finally.  + +
+ +2. Technological Capital – It includes how we harness our intellectual resources to create tools, systems, machines, arts, skills, and materials designed to improve our lives. This is what Digital Twin is all about - providing the required technology to enhance our lives and those of our communities' members through collective efforts and intelligence. Digital Twin is only the foundation for this future global well-being. People will support education and creativity throughout the world and give access to material information required to create additional innovative technologies. + +
+ +3. Social Capital – It recognizes the economic importance of all the ways we are connected: the relationships, our networks and values we share and the cooperative systems, and all its different components we use for interacting. Nowadays, our social capital is threatened through the repetitive act of violence, betrayal of trust, exclusion or less sharing and caring towards our fellow humans. Digital Twin has been created to encourage the easy sharing and exchange of resources and cooperate with each other on a platform. + +
+ +4. Historical and Cultural Capital – Through history, we have learned, and now we are transmitting our cultural understanding and recommendation about the economic and financial system to others through an open-source, public and transparent peer-to-peer exchange protocol. + +
+ +5. Human Capital – It includes all capabilities that people have to learn, invent, create, work, care for each other, and contribute to the community. This is the reason why Digital Twin has been created - A project to benefit us all. +
+ +6. Financial Capital – It is the creation of real wealth through the availability of liquidity resources through a multi-currency system and Savings & Investments made by individuals and institutions. By strengthening and increasing this type of capital, our peer-to-peer platform believes that it is the obvious path to a successful economic development. + +
+ +All of these forms of capital produce the critical flows of assets through the economic system. Capital is the foundation, the reproductive system, the greenhouse that grows a healthy economy. This has been one of the fundamental beliefs of Digital Twin - For the well-being of worldwide communities.  + + diff --git a/content/blog/a_different_approach_to_blockchain/a_different_approach_to_blockchain.png b/content/blog/a_different_approach_to_blockchain/a_different_approach_to_blockchain.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..400858e0e Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/a_different_approach_to_blockchain/a_different_approach_to_blockchain.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/a_different_approach_to_blockchain/index.md b/content/blog/a_different_approach_to_blockchain/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..854d69cf6 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/a_different_approach_to_blockchain/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +--- +id: a_different_approach_to_blockchain +title: Not your average blockchain project +image_caption: a different approach to blockchain +date: 2021-04-20 +description: Sometimes we're compared to blockchain projects. We love the blockchain but that's just not who we are. +taxonomies: + people: [sacha_obeegadoo] + tags: [digital_twin,data,why] + categories: [] +extra: + imgPath: a_different_approach_to_blockchain.png +--- + +
+ +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. + +## ThreeFold is actually much more than a blockchain + +ThreeFold is not actually even a blockchain project, rather it uses blockchain technology by combining it with other cutting-edge solutions. It's way more that just a blockchain alternative to a public cloud. ThreeFold started everything from scratch – built a super-lightweight and shell-less operating system, and a fully autonomous (self-driving and self-healing) architecture to enable a true peer-to-peer infrastructure. With zero intermediaries on the ThreeFold Grid, that leads to high efficiency and minimum complexity. +
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+The blockchain database (BCDB) acts as a registry for the workloads on the Threefold Grid. Workloads can only be accessed and managed with the private key of the data owner. The BCDB can prove to any party that their workloads are executed exactly as intended and that their data is untouched. +
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+In most distributed systems, data is stored multiple times to guarantee redundancy. This leads to a lot of unnecessary overhead and is also not the most secure mechanism. ThreeFold uses a dispersed storage algorithm to store the workloads on the ThreeFold Grid. The dispersed storage algorithm breaks data into shards and stores them on different nodes. This enables two things – first, performance efficiency (no need for consensus to run compute and storage) and second, energy efficiency (as there’s no more need for data duplication). +
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+ +*As mentioned up top, we have many partners in the space and we are working with them to bring true decentralization to their blockchains.* + +## ThreeFold had no ICO nor IEO. It pre-farmed its tokens + +ThreeFold didn’t have an ICO or IEO. ICOs and IEOs are fundraising schemes for blockchains to sell tokens to investors either directly (ICO) or through regulated exchanges (IEO). Instead, ThreeFold pre-farmed (ThreeFold’s sustainable alternative to mining) its tokens prior to going to the market and listed them on several exchanges, public and decentralized. +
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+This allowed ThreeFold to incentivize its early contributors, while also securing the ongoing development of the project until the launch of the Threefold Grid 2.0 in April 2020. Pre-mining is also an organic approach to the market, in line with ThreeFold’s values and vision of delivering products over using hype. + +## Product over Hype + +In some cases, ICOs and IEOs were surrounded with hype. It is always very hard to judge the ability of a project to deliver its promises through a white paper. +
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+Instead of fundraising with a white paper, the technological development remained the primary focus. For 4 years, ThreeFold developed the whole technology stack, starting with an operating-system built from scratch to the autonomous smart contract and virtual system administrator technology that enables a fully-autonomous peer-to-peer Cloud. +
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+In 2020, ThreeFold held the public launch of the ThreeFold Token on Liquid Exchange. At that time, the ThreeFold Grid was already live in its 2nd version. +
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+ +Now more than ever with this global pandemic happening since late 2019, our lives are being shaped by our interaction with the digital world - work meetings on Zoom followed by Skype or Messenger Video Call with your family before a quick run with your favourite running app and a google search for your next meal. Technologies and services offer us a lot and greatly improve our daily lives. But what's the real cost of these tools we rely on so much?  + +
+ +A lot of companies, especially those offering free services, collect data about you. It might be data you knowingly and willingly share to enjoy the benefits of the service (name, age, email address,..) or data that you might not realize you are sharing, like your approximate location through your IP address or your social network identifier or apps accessing your contacts.  + +
+ +While some of this data, and its collection, may appear harmless to some, what happens behind the scenes is a real source of concern as the data collection is only the first step in a long and opaque process. Adtech companies combine this information and create an assumed picture of you that we may call a digital doppelganger - Your "digital secret identity". Actually, you may have hundreds or thousands of different doppelgangers held by companies you've never heard of.  + +
+ +Our data are so valuable that big tech giants spend so much time and effort building the platform that is useful for us and giving those platforms to us for free. Well, this data is collected for a single purpose: to better predict your behaviour and target you with ads.  + +
+ +Real example:  + +
+ +Imagine a person who has never talked about their political views online, never shared anything related to politics, never donated any money and never mentioned anything even in their private emails. Now the algorithms models that had been developed can analyse his/her Facebook likes or the music he/she listen to and with high accuracy can predict their political affiliation, and then being the target of unnecessary ads.  + +
+ +P.S: This is not only for political affiliation. It stands out for every products and service using these marketing tools.  + +
+ +Technology isn't just hardware and software; it's a fundamental component of every aspect of our lives and society. Inventions need to be created with social impact in mind. The invention should not be driven solely by profit, and the long-term effects should not be ignored and unknowable.  + +
+ +If you are not paying for it, you are not the customer. You are the product being sold. It's a powerful phrase, a modern dialogue to get people rethinking their relationship to social media.  + +
+ +With Digital Twin, regain your freedom where you will live your digital life securely and privately. Now, you will have one and unique digital identity to interact in human-to-human way with your peers, edit, manage and store your documents, publish your web and make automatic payments.  + +
+ +With Digital Twin, only you own your data and no one else. + + diff --git a/content/blog/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid.png b/content/blog/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..17a4976b0 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/07/post-3/index.md b/content/blog/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/index.md similarity index 89% rename from content/blog/2021/07/post-3/index.md rename to content/blog/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/index.md index 5b7c50a8d..2d8bda956 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/07/post-3/index.md +++ b/content/blog/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/index.md @@ -1,25 +1,20 @@ --- -title: "Building a New Internet From the Ground Up – Part 1: Introduction" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "The ThreeFold Grid Peer-to-Peer Technology -excerpt: The first episode in an approachable series on the inner workings of the ThreeFold Grid." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid +title: "Building a New Internet From the Ground Up – Part 1: Introduction" +image_caption: The ThreeFold Grid Peer-to-Peer Technology date: 2021-07-19 -updated: 2021-07-19 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: The first episode in an approachable series on the inner workings of the ThreeFold Grid. taxonomies: - people: [scott_yeager] - categories: [foundation,farming,cloud] - tags: [threefold_grid,technology,peer_to_peer] - + people: [scott_yeager] + tags: [threefold_grid,technology,peer_to_peer] + categories: [foundation,farming,cloud] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid.png - + imgPath: an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid.png --- ## An Intro to the ThreeFold Grid -If you are a farmer or member of the ThreeFold community, you may be wondering about the capacity provided by the ThreeFold Grid and how it's relevant to individuals and businesses who currently rely on centralized corporate clouds. This can be hard to imagine, because the back end infrastructure that makes all of our apps and services tick is generally invisible to us. +If you are a farmer or member of the ThreeFold community, you may be wondering about the capacity provided by the ThreeFold Grid and how it's relevant to individuals and businesses who currently rely on centralized corporate clouds. This can be hard to imagine, because the back end infrastructure that makes all of our apps and services tick is generally invisible to us.
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-On the ThreeFold Grid, servers are known as 3Nodes. A 3Node can be pretty much any modern computer system, offering capacity by running the Zero OS operating system. This is a major distinguishing factor, both from the traditional cloud computing world and also from other projects working to create decentralized networks in this space. +On the ThreeFold Grid, servers are known as 3Nodes. A 3Node can be pretty much any modern computer system, offering capacity by running the Zero OS operating system. This is a major distinguishing factor, both from the traditional cloud computing world and also from other projects working to create decentralized networks in this space. ## The OS for a Next Generation Cloud @@ -59,7 +54,7 @@ Workloads are pieces of software that provide services. If you upload a file to ## Network -Networking takes place over cellular connections, wifi, and wired internet lines to move data from one place to another. For our purposes here, those details aren't so important—we'll focus on what happens once communication is completed by whatever means. +Networking takes place over cellular connections, wifi, and wired internet lines to move data from one place to another. For our purposes here, those details aren't so important—we'll focus on what happens once communication is completed by whatever means.
@@ -67,15 +62,15 @@ When you connect to the cloud storage service, there are network workloads that ## Compute -Compute is what happens with data once it reaches its destination. Computers are mostly just fancy adding machines that take numbers and turn them into other numbers according to a set of specifications, which we call software. In our example, the compute step might involve compressing the information so it takes up less space and also deriving some useful statistics like the file's original size. +Compute is what happens with data once it reaches its destination. Computers are mostly just fancy adding machines that take numbers and turn them into other numbers according to a set of specifications, which we call software. In our example, the compute step might involve compressing the information so it takes up less space and also deriving some useful statistics like the file's original size.
-Of course, there are many details we're glossing over here, and the compute resources are ultimately responsible for providing much of our end user experience and the interactivity of the apps we utilize. 3Nodes offer a compute environment that natively runs the vast majority of workloads in use today. +Of course, there are many details we're glossing over here, and the compute resources are ultimately responsible for providing much of our end user experience and the interactivity of the apps we utilize. 3Nodes offer a compute environment that natively runs the vast majority of workloads in use today. ## Storage -Storage, of course, is the disk space where data resides. It can be a little strange to think about, actually, that all of the information you've stored online actually has at least one physical location where it exists as many small electrical charges. On the Grid, application developers can access the disks of nodes directly, in a way that's optimized for energy efficiency. +Storage, of course, is the disk space where data resides. It can be a little strange to think about, actually, that all of the information you've stored online actually has at least one physical location where it exists as many small electrical charges. On the Grid, application developers can access the disks of nodes directly, in a way that's optimized for energy efficiency.
@@ -83,7 +78,7 @@ We also have more advanced storage solutions that offer unparalleled security an ## Looking Forward -Taken together, network, storage, and compute are the raw elements that give life to the internet we know and love. On the ThreeFold Grid, these elements are expressed in a way that's both familiar for developers but also pushes the limits of what is possible in terms of technical evolution. +Taken together, network, storage, and compute are the raw elements that give life to the internet we know and love. On the ThreeFold Grid, these elements are expressed in a way that's both familiar for developers but also pushes the limits of what is possible in terms of technical evolution.
diff --git a/content/blog/artheon_blog_one/artheon_blog_one.png b/content/blog/artheon_blog_one/artheon_blog_one.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..96df6c177 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/artheon_blog_one/artheon_blog_one.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/08/post-2/index.md b/content/blog/artheon_blog_one/index.md similarity index 90% rename from content/blog/2021/08/post-2/index.md rename to content/blog/artheon_blog_one/index.md index 90ac770db..41dc2d446 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/08/post-2/index.md +++ b/content/blog/artheon_blog_one/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "Art & Culture in VR: Coming to the ThreeFold Grid" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Taking a deeper look at the Artheon partnership and where we are headed together." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: artheon_blog_one +title: "Art & Culture in VR: Coming to the ThreeFold Grid" +image_caption: ThreeFold and Artheon date: 2021-08-11 -updated: 2021-08-11 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Taking a deeper look at the Artheon partnership and where we are headed together. taxonomies: - people: [sam_taggart] - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] - tags: [partner, peer_to_peer, update] - + people: [sam_taggart] + tags: [partner, peer_to_peer, update] + categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: artheon_blog_one.png + imgPath: artheon_blog_one.png --- Last year at a ThreeFold gathering, a few of us on the team had the pleasure to meet a man named Vasily, a creative mind with a big heart and proud founder of Artheon. Artheon, in its essence, was a virtual reality museum experience focused on bringing fine art and culture from around the world directly to people. The concept was immediately captivating, and the demo brought it to life for us. The graphics were already solid, and being able to walk around a museum and interact with the artwork was a unique experience to say the least. We talked about the implications and his greater vision around access and education, and it was very clear we needed to partner up. Not long after, Artheon and ThreeFold joined forces. @@ -42,7 +39,7 @@ Decentralized clouds have been associated with the promise of new digital applic And finally, Artheon experienced an unfortunate event earlier this summer where their servers suffered from an intense heat wave and essentially burned up. There was no backup, and this would have been catastrophic in the scenario of them having millions of users. Good thing they aren't live yet, but this is a great example of how centralized models fail. With a decentralized infrastructure like ThreeFold, this type of situation would not have occured, as data would be hosted on many locations.

-So, by distributing the computing power closer to their users, a VR experience such as Artheon would not only improve their latency speed, security, and privacy, but also the resilience of their business model. +So, by distributing the computing power closer to their users, a VR experience such as Artheon would not only improve their latency speed, security, and privacy, but also the resilience of their business model.  ## What is the status of Artheon (and its partnership with ThreeFold)? @@ -57,7 +54,7 @@ Over the past year, Artheon has been making incredible improvements to the graph - 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) - Allow the possibility for museums to host free or closed paid exhibitions - Artheon will be hosted on the ThreeFold Grid! -
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-Stake your claim in the decentralized Internet by [hosting the Internet](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__farming_intro) or [getting TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__how_to_buy) today. +Stake your claim in the decentralized Internet by [hosting the Internet](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__farming_intro) or [getting TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__how_to_buy) today. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/blog/blockchain_dilemma/blockchain_dilemma.png b/content/blog/blockchain_dilemma/blockchain_dilemma.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e897871b5 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/blockchain_dilemma/blockchain_dilemma.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/blockchain_dilemma/index.md b/content/blog/blockchain_dilemma/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3bc3c0bdf --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/blockchain_dilemma/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +--- +id: threefold_foundation_34 +title: Solving the Blockchain Dilemma +image_caption: blockchain +date: 2018-03-07 +description: Blockchain technology has the power to change the world of IT. There are a huge number of new initiatives using blockchain technology around the world, with countless use cases. +taxonomies: + people: [kristof_de_spiegeleer] + tags: [technology,threefold_grid,blockchain] + categories: [tech, grid] +extra: + imgPath: blockchain_dilemma.png +--- + +## Introduction + +Blockchain technology has the power to change the world of IT. There are a huge number of new initiatives using blockchain technology around the world, with countless use cases. +
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+In general, there are two types of blockchains: proof of work blockchains and proof of stake blockchains. They are consensus algorithms on how transactions are verified and added to the ledger (forever, as blockchains provide an immutable record of events). More on these two types of blockchains below. + +## Blockchain Basics + +A blockchain is, as the word says, a chain of blocks of information. These “blocks” contain information on transactions. For instance transactions like the transfer of value of a digital currency (token) from wallet A to wallet B. The “chain” aspect comes when part of the information is stored in a block as a link to the previous block (a unique number). This is a very simple representation of what a blockchain is. + +## Private, Permissioned or Public Blockchains + +The complexity around a blockchain comes from how the blockchain software is run. The software can run in two different ways: a small (or large) number of nodes controlled by one single entity (private blockchain) a person or a company, or a large (or small) number of nodes controlled by multiple entities (public) that do not know each other and where anyone interested to run a blockchain node can join. +
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+By running blockchain software under the supervision of one entity (private, centralized) you can quite easily make sure the information stored in the blockchain (transactions) are not tempered with by only operating a small number of nodes and deploying them in very safe physical locations (private data-centers, vaults, basements of offices, etc). A private blockchain does not allow unknown entities to join and run the blockchain software. +
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+A permissioned blockchain is operated by known entities such as stakeholders of a given industry. It is a mix of both private and public blockchains. In this type of blockchain network, a participant may not need permission to join the network but needs permission to transact with another network participant. +
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+A public blockchain allows anyone to join the blockchain operation and create a new blockchain node. The blockchain is run by multiple entities (decentralized, public) that have no relationship nor knowledge about each other +
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+For these three types of blockchains, there are different mechanisms to protect and guarantee the validity of transactions and make them tamper-proof. + +## Private Data and Anonymous or Pseudo-Anonymous Data? + +For private blockchains, it is straightforward to see that all data that is stored on private blockchains is private and creates 100% anonymity for its users. The only entity or person that has access to information stored on the blockchain is the blockchain operator. This is comparable to how a bank operates. The bank knows everything about all of its customers and the customers only know about themselves - the non-bank customers do not know a thing. +
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+On a public blockchain, people can join and operate a blockchain node on which all information of that blockchain is stored. While private blockchains get their security from putting their blockchain nodes in secure buildings operated by trusted people a public blockchain achieves its security from having a large number of nodes that have the same data replicated over and over. A consensus algorithm is required in order to accept new data (new blocks) to the chain. + +## Consensus Protocols for Public Blockchains + +The main consensus protocols used today are Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake. + +### Proof of Work (High Cost in Compute and Energy) + +The proof of work consensus protocol is best explained as a race. The consensus is achieved by having all participating nodes solve a puzzle. The puzzle is a one-way translation of an amount of information consisting of the following items: +- All the data that present the transactions in the block - all the data is known by all participating nodes +- The number of the previous block. Remember a blockchain links blocks of information together. +- A (variable) number. This number is the part that can be changed. +
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+The “work” is done by changing the variable number and see what the translation of all data brings. The translation of all this data is a new number, and the requirement is that that number needs to be smaller than what is known as the “difficulty level”. The difficulty level number has a fixed amount of numbers but when the first digits of the number are zero the overall number is lower. So a higher difficulty is built by having a number that has more zeros at the start in the difficulty number. +
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+Once the block is completed, all nodes will get the complete block of transactional data, everyone knows the previous block number and will start to change the variable number to get output from the puzzle algorithms comparing it to the required difficulty level. +
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+The node that will find the number first will announce that it has found a solution matching the required difficulty level and the variable number of shared with all nodes in the network to verify that his solution is correct. If a large portion of the nodes has verified the solution to be valid the solution is accepted and the block is added to the chain because consensus is reached. + +### Proof of (Block) Stake (Low Cost in Compute and Energy) + +With proof of stake consensus algorithms, the consensus algorithm does not solve puzzles in a race to be the first. The first step is to identify and allow a certain number of nodes to be part of the blockchain. This is called a permissioned blockchain because you need to have permission to partake. This permission is given by distributing stakes. +
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+Proof of Stake consensus mechanism is solving a puzzle, but the puzzle contains only static elements - not variables - based on different characteristics: +- The block number +- The content (part) of blocks a long time ago (>2000 blocks) +- The transaction number (between the first and the last transaction) in the block of the stake transfer transaction all participating nodes needs to +- The current timestamp +
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+All these numbers are fixed but the time stamp and every node in the block stake blockchain will solve this puzzle every second until the output of this puzzle matches the required difficulty level. +
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+To make sure the one node that has solved the puzzle to match the difficulty level cannot introduce information in the block which allows him to tamper with the next blocks this node cannot use his used stake for a period amount of time for creating new blocks. +
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+The fact that the puzzle-solving includes historic block data and once a node is assigned to create the block and put it on a chain will not be able to use that block state for a period of time makes it very costly to try to tamper with the content of the block (and the next blocks). + +## The Blockchain Dilemma Problem + +Public and private blockchains have their specific advantages and disadvantages and are very good for specific use cases - but not all. If we list the specifics of both we end up with a table like this: +
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+| * | Public Blockchains | Private Blockchains | +|---|---|---| +| Security | Provided by having a large number of nodes running it | Provided by having them in secure controlled places | +| People | Build, managed and controlled by unknown people | Build, managed, and controlled by known people | +| Speed | Slow by design - all data needs to be copied to all of them | Fast(er) and more efficient by design - a smaller number of copies of the blockchain data | +
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+So what if we want to have a secure, performant, and easy to manage blockchain solution? This is not what can be delivered by either type of blockchains. We have to create a new type of blockchain that combines the best of both worlds and delivers. +
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+The key element in finding a solution for this problem is to take the human element out of it. The fact that when you deploy blockchains solutions in locations without human intervention means that you need to create a different deployment mechanism that takes out people touching code, compiling code, deploying code, and in the end operating the machine in which the code runs. +
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+A way to get around the trusted people problem is to select a platform on which software can be downloaded, compiled, installed, and operated without human intervention. Such a platform is a unique platform that has not been developed and launched. Such a platform would have to have the following characteristics. To make this system work and solve the blockchain dilemma we need to have three components working together in an orchestrated way. The three elements are: +
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+ +- **Zero-OS**: A (simple) operating system that does not allow local and remote logins - a closed operating system that receives instructions to launch or kill applications. This operating system needs to be stateless to keep as simple as possible: +- **3Bot**: A virtual system administrator that is able to perform system administration tasks to make the system operate, self-heal and execute instructions from authenticated and authorized sources. +- **Zero-Chain**: A ledger or database to store information with regards to authentication, operational and financial transactions. +
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+This system architecture allows for authenticated and trusted virtual system administrators to download, compile and deploy software on a grid of secure Zero-OS nodes with an immutable ledger that records all transactions, operational and financial. This presents a platform on which a public (permissioned) blockchain can be run securely without requiring trusted people to operate the nodes. +
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+In such architecture, we can build and deploy a high-performance secure blockchain which are the combined benefits of a public and private blockchain. diff --git a/content/blog/blockheating_intro/blockheating_intro.png b/content/blog/blockheating_intro/blockheating_intro.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..65db6000a Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/blockheating_intro/blockheating_intro.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/07/post-5/index.md b/content/blog/blockheating_intro/index.md similarity index 76% rename from content/blog/2021/07/post-5/index.md rename to content/blog/blockheating_intro/index.md index 98248514f..166faaceb 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/07/post-5/index.md +++ b/content/blog/blockheating_intro/index.md @@ -1,50 +1,45 @@ --- -title: "This ThreeFold Farm Keeps Veggies Warm" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Meet Blockheating" -excerpt: "Somewhere in the Netherlands, a ThreeFold Farm is supporting the growth of vegetable crops such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: blockheating_intro +title: This ThreeFold Farm Keeps Veggies Warm +image_caption: Meet Blockheating date: 2021-07-23 -updated: 2021-07-23 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Somewhere in the Netherlands, a ThreeFold Farm is supporting the growth of vegetable crops such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. taxonomies: - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] - tags: [why, peer_to_peer, digital_twin, technology] - + people: [] + tags: [why, peer_to_peer, digital_twin, technology] + categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] extra: - author: Roel Van Sabben - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: blockheating_intro.png + imgPath: blockheating_intro.png --- -Somewhere in the Netherlands, a ThreeFold Farm is supporting the growth of vegetable crops such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. By directing the excess heat generated from the hardware operations to the greenhouse next door, they are able to achieve an incredible model that benefits both hardware and vegetables. +Somewhere in the Netherlands, a ThreeFold Farm is supporting the growth of vegetable crops such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. By directing the excess heat generated from the hardware operations to the greenhouse next door, they are able to achieve an incredible model that benefits both hardware and vegetables.

-Jeroen Burks, CEO of Blockheating, tells us everything we need to know about their sustainable farming operations. As far as he can remember, Jeroen has always been a protagonist of the “no waste” approach. He started by recycling material previously used by the tech industry, mainly in the cloud market. +Jeroen Burks, CEO of Blockheating, tells us everything we need to know about their sustainable farming operations. As far as he can remember, Jeroen has always been a protagonist of the “no waste” approach. He started by recycling material previously used by the tech industry, mainly in the cloud market.

-"By default, most data center operations replace their power supplies every 3 years, no matter the state they are in. They are being replaced to counter any possible downtime." +"By default, most data center operations replace their power supplies every 3 years, no matter the state they are in. They are being replaced to counter any possible downtime."

-By refurbishing and repurposing “old” power units from data centers, he gives them a second life as electric tractor chargers, lithium ION pack chargers, and more. +By refurbishing and repurposing “old” power units from data centers, he gives them a second life as electric tractor chargers, lithium ION pack chargers, and more.

-"You just need to trick the unit into thinking it is still powering servers, add some cables here and there, and it is ready for duty." +"You just need to trick the unit into thinking it is still powering servers, add some cables here and there, and it is ready for duty."

-His quest towards sustainability started when he was challenged on a pilot project. His friend had bought a new building and was looking for the most sustainable approach to heating it. Jeroen came up with the idea of putting two server racks in the basement and using the heat from that operation, to heat the offices and spaces above. While this project was a success, Jeroen realised that it could be way more efficient, if done with other structures. +His quest towards sustainability started when he was challenged on a pilot project. His friend had bought a new building and was looking for the most sustainable approach to heating it. Jeroen came up with the idea of putting two server racks in the basement and using the heat from that operation, to heat the offices and spaces above. While this project was a success, Jeroen realised that it could be way more efficient, if done with other structures.

-He quickly engaged with a second pilot project where he used two server racks to heat a small greenhouse. This model turned out to be a great combination, which benefited both hardware, as well as farming operations. And so sprouted ‘Blockheating’ -- a data center that provides heat for tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. Why specifically these vegetables? Well, the Netherlands has a fair amount of greenhouses cultivating them, and these ‘veggies’ need that heat during summer nights. +He quickly engaged with a second pilot project where he used two server racks to heat a small greenhouse. This model turned out to be a great combination, which benefited both hardware, as well as farming operations. And so sprouted ‘Blockheating’ -- a data center that provides heat for tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. Why specifically these vegetables? Well, the Netherlands has a fair amount of greenhouses cultivating them, and these ‘veggies’ need that heat during summer nights.

Right now Blockheating has around 400 compute nodes with direct cooling that stores all the heat in a buffer throughout the day, which is then released into the greenhouses during the night hours. -"By doing it the way we do, we grow the internet grid, help grow vegetables and curb fossil fuel usage – in carbon negative compute power!" +"By doing it the way we do, we grow the internet grid, help grow vegetables and curb fossil fuel usage – in carbon negative compute power!"

Right now, Blockheating has a portion of their data center dedicated to ThreeFold Farming for a few reasons:

- - The alignment of values is huge - ThreeFold Farming is easy to manage - ThreeFold Farming counters wasteful behavior of internet resources, so it's a triple win diff --git a/content/blog/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem.png b/content/blog/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..43b2300cb Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/01/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/index.md similarity index 71% rename from content/blog/2022/01/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/index.md index 91074383d..9b89bab40 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/01/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/index.md @@ -1,21 +1,18 @@ --- -title: "Bridges Connecting the ThreeFold Ecosystem to External Networks" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Since the launch of ThreeFold Grid 3.0, TFT is now available on three blockchains – Stellar, Binance Smart Chain and the Substrate-based ThreeFold Blockchain (aka TF Chain)." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem +title: "Bridges Connecting the ThreeFold Ecosystem to External Networks" +image_caption: Bridges Connecting the ThreeFold Ecosystem to External Networks date: 2022-01-10 -updated: 2022-01-10 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Since the launch of ThreeFold Grid 3.0, TFT is now available on three blockchains – Stellar, Binance Smart Chain and the Substrate-based ThreeFold Blockchain (aka TF Chain). taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: [foundation, cloud, technology] - tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_cloud, technology, blockchain, update] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_cloud, technology, blockchain, update] + categories: [foundation, cloud, technology] extra: - subtitle: "The UNIQUE Post 1 subtitle" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem.png + imgPath: bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem.png --- -Wondering how to switch between blockchains? Cross-chain bridges allow you to easily transfer TFT from one blockchain to another. +Wondering how to switch between blockchains? Cross-chain bridges allow you to easily transfer TFT from one blockchain to another. 
@@ -43,8 +40,8 @@ ThreeFold uses blockchain bridges to connect external blockchain networks to the
-- Stellar <> Binance Smart Chain -- Stellar <> TF Chain +* Stellar <> Binance Smart Chain +* Stellar <> TF Chain
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-**[Stellar](https://www.stellar.org/?locale=en)** is an open-source network for storing and moving digital assets, and still remains the main blockchain for the minting of TFT and distribution of farming rewards. Until the launch of TF Chain with Grid 3.0, only TFT living on Stellar were accepted for the reservation of Internet capacity on the ThreeFold Grid. +**[Stellar](https://www.stellar.org/?locale=en)** is an open-source network for storing and moving digital assets, and still remains the main blockchain for the minting of TFT and distribution of farming rewards. Until the launch of TF Chain with Grid 3.0, only TFT living on Stellar were accepted for the reservation of Internet capacity on the ThreeFold Grid. 
@@ -64,15 +61,11 @@ But what is the difference between the 3 chains? ## What’s new with TF Chain? -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. +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. 
-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). In the future, minting will also also be handled over TF Chain, as the creation of a custom blockchain for our ThreeFold Grid gives us great flexibility and scalability moving forward. - -
- -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). +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). ### The two-way [bridge](https://bridge.bsc.threefold.io/) between Stellar & BSC  @@ -80,7 +73,7 @@ Until recently, the bridge between Stellar and Binance Smart Chain (BSC) was one
-![tft_bsc_bridge](images/blog/tft_bsc_bridge.png) +![tft_bsc_bridge](./tft_bsc_bridge.png)
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-![tft_bsc_transfer](images/blog/tft_bsc_transfer.png) +![tft_bsc_transfer](./tft_bsc_transfer.png)
-As Binance Smart Chain is a more expensive chain, **a fee of 50 TFT** will be automatically charged for the bridge from Stellar to BSC. Find the full **step-by-step guide** for the Stellar-BSC bridge [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__tft_bsc_bridge). +As Binance Smart Chain is a more expensive chain, **a fee of 50 TFT** will be automatically charged for the bridge from Stellar to BSC. Find the full **step-by-step guide** for the Stellar-BSC bridge [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__tft_bsc_bridge).  ## What’s next?  -As the ThreeFold ecosystem continues to grow, we’re looking into building more bridges (e.g. Cosmos, Ethereum), some of which are already under development, to improve the accessibility of TFT and simplify the onboarding of blockchain and DeFi projects on the ThreeFold Grid. TF Chain will play an important role in the further development of the People’s Internet as the main inter-chain for [TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__threefold_token). +As the ThreeFold ecosystem continues to grow, we’re looking into building more bridges (e.g. Cosmos, Ethereum) to improve the accessibility of TFT and simplify the onboarding of blockchain and DeFi projects on the ThreeFold Grid. TF Chain will play an important role in the further development of the People’s Internet, so give our blog post on TF Chain a read [here](https://threefold.io/blog/post/tf_chain/). 
-_Try out the Stellar-BSC bridge [here](https://bridge.bsc.threefold.io/) and visit [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/) to share your experiences._ - -
- -_Also, check out our blog post on TF Chain [here](https://threefold.io/blog/post/tf_chain/)._ +*Try out the Stellar-BSC bridge [here](https://bridge.bsc.threefold.io/) and visit [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/) to share your experiences.* diff --git a/content/blog/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/tft_bsc_bridge.png b/content/blog/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/tft_bsc_bridge.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6eb0f6e20 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/tft_bsc_bridge.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/tft_bsc_transfer.png b/content/blog/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/tft_bsc_transfer.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f4da3b873 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/tft_bsc_transfer.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/bringing_trust_is_a_human_task/bringing_trust.png b/content/blog/bringing_trust_is_a_human_task/bringing_trust.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..49ff27d5e Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/bringing_trust_is_a_human_task/bringing_trust.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/bringing_trust_is_a_human_task/index.md b/content/blog/bringing_trust_is_a_human_task/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..54bd1d5e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/bringing_trust_is_a_human_task/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@ +--- +id: threefold_foundation_33 +title: Bringing Trust is a Human Task +image_caption: humans +date: 2019-08-17 +description: Everyone thinks that Satoshi Nakamoto invented blockchain technology when he published his whitepaper in January 2009 +taxonomies: + people: [weynand_kuijpers] + tags: [blockchain,technology] + categories: [twin] +extra: + imgPath: bringing_trust.png +--- + +## A little history on blockchain technology + +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. + +## Decentralization and immutability + +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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+Examples of centralized setups today: +
+ +- **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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+There seems to be a natural "desire" to organize and create different things with central control. Probably the result of our (humankind) social models based on hierarchies and competition. These social models have influenced a lot of what we have built in the industrial and information revolution - creating centralization as the defacto standard of building anything. +
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+Now that we have invented a technology that potentially can build different things without a lot of centralization, we need to be careful to use it for the right things. + +## Blockchain myths + +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. + +### Blockchains are "Super Scalable" + +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. + +### Blockchain technology brings "Impeccable security." + +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. + +### When using Blockchains, "Trustworthiness is guaranteed." + +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. + +### Blockchains can manage "Anything." + +Blockchain is a protocol expressed in code, and this does not define in terms of any standard. There are no standards bodies to provide sanctioned implementation rules or guidance. +
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+Many contracts or types of data are better dealt with not on a blockchain: as it is a database that has only write and read functionality, but no update nor deletion is possible, it's even dangerous to post sensitive and personal data on a blockchain, and if not used well, there might raise conflicts with regulations such as GDPR. However, a blockchain can provide consensus where required. + +### Smart contracts on the Blockchain can do "Everything." + +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. + +### Blockchain deployments "If not public - go private!" + +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. + +### A new feature, "justifies deploying a new Blockchain." + +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. + +## Blockchain myths undone + +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? +
+
+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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+Scalability, security, trustworthiness, functionality are to be added by humans to blockchain deployments. +
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+This delicate mix of characteristics to be implemented explains why many Blockchain projects don't succeed, despite the rightful claims around the disruptive nature of the technology. +
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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. + +### Blockchains are here to stay! + +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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+Examples are: +- 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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+Most industry leaders have become so powerful that there is almost no way around them anymore. You are practically obliged to comply with their terms and conditions to do something useful with the Internet today. +
+
+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. + +### The combination of people and blockchains is really powerful + +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. + +### A platform for people to start blockchains + +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: +
+
+e.g., Sixty people want to start an organization in which they all have an equal stake. They can organize this by going to the notary and establishing a company with equity and dividing the equity amongst them. They can run quarterly /annual meetings to govern and control the company. They would also need an administration to record decisions and communicate across the organization. +
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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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+However, to build such a platform, compliance is needed with some pretty specific requirements. Requirements that enable such a platform not to be governed and controlled by a single organization. +
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+The requirements for such a platform would sum up as follows: +- 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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+People with the right intentions need to collectively build a platform based on hardware owned by many and software that is open and can be inspected and improved by anyone. It is a platform created by people for people using blockchain technology to achieve a genuinely decentralized nature of the platform running Blockchain as a service. +
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+People should always remain as the element that brings trust in IT. 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This time, storage" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_pt2 +title: "Building a New Internet From the Ground Up – Part 2: Storage" +image_caption: The ThreeFold Grid Peer-to-Peer Technology date: 2021-07-28 -updated: 2021-07-28 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Part two of an approachable series on the inner workings of the ThreeFold Grid. This time, storage taxonomies: - people: [scott_yeager] - categories: [foundation, farming, cloud] - tags: [threefold_grid, technology, peer_to_peer] - + people: [scott_yeager] + tags: [threefold_grid,technology,peer_to_peer] + categories: [foundation,farming,cloud] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: building_a_new_internet_2.png + imgPath: building_a_new_internet_2.png --- Welcome back for the second part of this introductory series on ThreeFold Grid technology. [Last time](https://threefold.io/blog/post/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. diff --git a/content/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_3/building_a_new_internet_3.png b/content/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_3/building_a_new_internet_3.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c8c7836ef Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_3/building_a_new_internet_3.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/10/post-2/index.md b/content/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_3/index.md similarity index 85% rename from content/blog/2021/10/post-2/index.md rename to content/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_3/index.md index 1de059be6..94199f56f 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/10/post-2/index.md +++ b/content/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_3/index.md @@ -1,23 +1,18 @@ --- -title: "Building a New Internet From the Ground Up – Part 3: Compute" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "The ThreeFold Grid Peer-to-Peer Technology -excerpt: Part three of an approachable series on the inner workings of the ThreeFold Grid. This time, we're exploring compute." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_3 +title: "Building a New Internet From the Ground Up – Part 3: Compute" +image_caption: The ThreeFold Grid Peer-to-Peer Technology date: 2021-10-04 -updated: 2021-10-04 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Part three of an approachable series on the inner workings of the ThreeFold Grid. This time, we're exploring compute. taxonomies: - people: [scott_yeager] - categories: [foundation] - tags: [foundation,farming,cloud] - + people: [scott_yeager] + tags: [threefold_grid,technology,peer_to_peer] + categories: [foundation,farming,cloud] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: building_a_new_internet_3.png - + imgPath: building_a_new_internet_3.png --- -_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._ +*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.* ## What is compute? @@ -25,7 +20,7 @@ While [storage](https://threefold.io/blog/post/building_a_new_internet_from_the_
-As mentioned in the [first part](https://threefold.io/blog/post/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. +As mentioned in the [first part](https://threefold.io/blog/post/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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-Here is an important distinction about how the ThreeFold Grid operates. In a traditional cloud environment, it is impossible to know for sure what is happening on the backend, even if you are the one running the service. The administrative access retained by the cloud provider can be used for surveillance and tampering that can be very difficult or impossible to detect. +Here is an important distinction about how the ThreeFold Grid operates. In a traditional cloud environment, it is impossible to know for sure what is happening on the backend, even if you are the one running the service. The administrative access retained by the cloud provider can be used for surveillance and tampering that can be very difficult or impossible to detect.
@@ -57,7 +52,7 @@ Since we're getting a bit into the technical weeds here, we'll just take a brief ### Zmachine -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. +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.
@@ -65,7 +60,7 @@ In the cloud world, virtual machines are a classic way to manage complex deploym ### Flist -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. +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.
diff --git a/content/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_4/building_a_new_internet_pt_4.png b/content/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_4/building_a_new_internet_pt_4.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5d4fd213c Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_4/building_a_new_internet_pt_4.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_4/index.md b/content/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_4/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..257f95ac4 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_4/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +--- +id: building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_4 +title: "Building a New Internet From the Ground Up – Part 4: Network" +image_caption: The ThreeFold Grid Peer-to-Peer Technology +date: 2022-02-03 +description: We're (finally) back with part 4, looking at the networking aspects of the ThreeFold Grid. +taxonomies: + people: [scott_yeager] + tags: [threefold_grid,technology,peer_to_peer] + categories: [foundation,farming,cloud] +extra: + imgPath: building_a_new_internet_pt_4.png +--- + +After introducing the ThreeFold Grid in [part one](https://threefold.io/blog/post/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/) and diving deep into [storage](https://threefold.io/blog/post/building_a_new_internet_from_the_ground_up_pt2/) and [compute](https://threefold.io/blog/post/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. + +
+ +Computer networking is a rather complex phenomenon with a thankfully intuitive outcome: you send messages from one place to another. We all understand that our digital devices become a lot less interesting when they are not connected to the Internet. However, networking is not just Internet, and when it comes to building a new Internet, it's important to understand what that means. + +
+ +The existing Internet can be defined as a global set of networks and protocols that enable us to do things like load web pages and use apps that rely on external data. It depends on lots of underlying infrastructure, including fiber optic cables running along the ocean floor, our home routers and their connection to an Internet service provider (ISP), lots of cell service towers, and an increasing number of satellites. All of that makes the Internet possible, and it's still required for a new Internet to function. + +
+ +[ThreeFold](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/) uses and builds new protocols to create a network that is interoperable with the existing Internet. These include private overlay networks, the [Planetary Network](https://forum.threefold.io/t/how-our-planetary-network-works/1210) based on Yggdrasil, and various interfaces to the public Internet. Let's see how they work. + +## Private overlay networks + +Every deployment on the [ThreeFold Grid](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/threefold__tfgrid_primitives?id=network-uses-nu) belongs to a network, which is one of the Grid primitives. These networks allow data to be transmitted between workloads in a private and secure manner. They are called overlay networks because they pass traffic over some underlying network. That could be within a single node or between nodes on infrastructure provided by a farmer. The Grid uses software called WireGuard for this purpose, a simple, fast, and secure option among its alternatives. + +
+ +By means of encryption, the traffic on a private overlay network is unreadable to any other device on that network. Likewise, the workloads within the private network have no visibility of the underlying network. Individuals who deploy workloads can access their networks over a secure tunnel, assuming that one of the nodes in the network is reachable from the public Internet. This is suitable for workload administration and some private applications. For public services and peer-to-peer communication, the ThreeFold Grid provides other solutions. + +## Planetary Network + +The [Planetary Network](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/technology/threefold__planetary_network?id=planetary-network) is an implementation of the [Yggdrasil Network](https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/about.html), which is a next generation approach to network routing. It is a peer-to-peer solution where all traffic is encrypted and takes the shortest path to its destination. These features make it highly compatible with the ethos and goals of the ThreeFold Grid: privacy, security, and efficiency. The design also allows nodes, workloads, and users to communicate freely without relying on centralized intermediaries. + +
+ +Many [ThreeFold Farmers](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__farming_intro?id=threefold-farming) connect their nodes to a home router which blocks all inbound traffic by default. This is a sensible feature that doesn't interfere with most Internet usage (enthusiasts who want to host their own website or a gaming server might bypass this, for example). However, nodes on the Grid need to be reachable, especially in order to receive workload definitions from deployers. + +
+ +The Planetary Network solves this by accepting inbound traffic through an outbound connection to a publicly accessible peer. You can think of this like making a call to an operator and then waiting for another call to be routed to you on that line. Even if your phone is set to block all incoming calls, someone can still reach you if they can reach the operator. + +
+ +This also provides a way for workloads to communicate with one another and be reachable by users. Anyone can enable the Planetary Network on their own device to access sites and services in a very [secure and private](https://forum.threefold.io/t/critical-security-updates-for-apple-and-google-underline-need-for-secure-it-ecosystem/1271) way. While the ThreeFold Grid is designed to be fully interoperable with the existing Internet, the Planetary Network provides an alternative which can sit side by side in a seamless way. + +### Reliable Message Bus + +Using the Planetary Network, nodes and Grid users can send messages over the [Reliable Message Bus](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/manual__rmd). Notably, it is used for the delivery of workload definitions as mentioned earlier. [Zero-OS](https://forum.threefold.io/t/all-you-need-to-know-about-zero-os/1734) supports some other RMB messages as well, for doing things like checking available capacity on a node in real time. RMB is a general purpose protocol that can be used by developers in their applications. It queries the [ThreeFold Blockchain](https://threefold.io/blog/post/tf_chain/) as a kind of address book for the Planetary Network, enabling nodes and users to find each other in a decentralized way. + +## Public IPs and Web Gateways + +Finally, let's see how the Grid can offer services over the public Internet using public IP addresses and [web gateways](https://threefold.io/tech/web-gateway/). Everytime we type a domain name into our browser, like threefold.io, it is resolved to an IP address. The browser then forms a connection with that address to retrieve the site we're looking for. Reviving a theme from earlier, that IP must be publicly reachable. + +### Public IPs + +We're in the midst of a shift from the older IPv4 standard to the newer IPv6 standard. While IPv6 has plenty of addresses for every device on the planet and many more, it hasn't been universally adopted yet, and IPv4 addresses are in short supply. You likely have one assigned to your router at home, and these days, even getting a second one from your ISP can be a difficult and expensive proposition. + +
+ +The ThreeFold Grid allows farmers who own blocks of IPv4 addresses to rent them out to deployers. These addresses get attached to individual workloads which are then reachable over the public Internet. A deployer could then assign their own domain name to that IP and host a website there. This is a very flexible way to make Grid deployments publicly available, but it comes at a relatively high cost. + +### Web Gateways + +[Web gateways](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/technology/threefold__webgw) are another way to make workloads on the ThreeFold Grid available over the public Internet. In this case, the farmer may provide a domain name that points to one of their nodes which is publicly reachable. Deployers are then able to reserve a subdomain, like explorer.threefold.io is a subdomain of threefold.io, that routes traffic to their workload. It is also possible for a deployer to point their own domain to the gateway node which then routes traffic to the appropriate workloads. + +
+ +We glossed over a bit in the earlier description of domain name to IP address resolution. In fact, multiple domains can point to a single IP address and this is common practice among existing web hosts. Adding similar functionality to the Grid helps to ease the demand for IPv4 addresses and is a lower cost solution for deployers than renting a dedicated IP. The web gateway also serves to enhance security and reliability of Grid-hosted services. + +
+ +The gateway provides a connection from the public Internet to the secure private overlay networks that all workloads use. However, this is not a standard network connection but instead a network socket, which provides security through separation. This is something like passing along the contents of mail pieces without their envelopes. Web gateways also enable redundancy, as multiple gateways can point to the same workload, and multiple workloads can serve the same set of gateways. + +
+ +When we say the ThreeFold Grid scales limitlessly, this is one of the ways that's true. Many nodes, many gateways, many applications, and many users can all fit into this model. Deployers can start with a single [virtual machine](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__weblets_vm?id=virtual-machine) and a single public IP like in the example I'll use to wrap up this piece below, then ramp up to a globally distributed and highly redundant system as their requirements grow. + +## Send, receive, complete + +Now we've seen how the ThreeFold Grid handles networking. From private and secure communication between workloads, to next generation [peer-to-peer](https://threefold.io/tech/peer-to-peer/) communication and full compatibility with the existing Internet, these offerings are comprehensive. Not only that, but they can be pretty darn fun to play with too. + +
+ +In my own recent experience, I deployed a virtual machine on the Grid with a public IP and hosted a simple website with a map of nodes on the Grid that I'd been working on. I was able to quickly share it with some colleagues and members of the community. It went from a project I was tinkering with on my own computer to a live site on the Internet in a matter of minutes, thanks especially to the [networking features](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tf-deep-dive-session-5-threefold-grid-architecture/1756) of the ThreeFold Grid. + +
+ +For the final piece of this series, we'll see how everything comes together to turn computer code into a meaningful digital experience. Stay tuned! diff --git a/content/blog/connecting_the_dots/connecting_the_dots.png b/content/blog/connecting_the_dots/connecting_the_dots.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6f90be6fb Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/connecting_the_dots/connecting_the_dots.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/03/post-9/index.md b/content/blog/connecting_the_dots/index.md similarity index 74% rename from content/blog/2022/03/post-9/index.md rename to content/blog/connecting_the_dots/index.md index 244af30bd..c80c5fc81 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/03/post-9/index.md +++ b/content/blog/connecting_the_dots/index.md @@ -1,33 +1,30 @@ --- -title: "Connecting the Dots: ThreeFold plans to scale globally" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -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." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: connecting_the_dots +title: "Connecting the Dots: ThreeFold plans to scale globally" +image_caption: "Connecting the Dots: ThreeFold plans to scale globally" date: 2022-03-29 -updated: 2022-03-29 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +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. taxonomies: - people: [sacha_obeegadoo] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, interview, update] - + people: [sacha_obeegadoo] + tags: [threefold_grid, peer_to_peer, community, why] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "The UNIQUE Post 1 subtitle" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: connecting_the_dots.png + imgPath: connecting_the_dots.png --- ThreeFold started as an idea about ten years ago and is now manifesting itself into the most comprehensive peer-to-peer Internet and cloud infrastructure in the world. The potential of our technology to revolutionize digitization globally is endless and limited only to our collective imagination. In this blog, we share our ‘glocal’ strategy on how we will build our ecosystem, and the exciting opportunities opening up around the world for those interested to join us!
-Let’s start with some background. Today’s Internet is global\*. However, it is incredibly centralized and vulnerable. ThreeFold aims to decentralize its infrastructure, empower people to be sovereign, and accelerate the world’s transition towards open-source systems to build a more inclusive and fair future for all. +Let’s start with some background. Today’s Internet is global*. However, it is incredibly centralized and vulnerable. ThreeFold aims to decentralize its infrastructure, empower people to be sovereign, and accelerate the world’s transition towards open-source systems to build a more inclusive and fair future for all.
-A peer-to-peer Internet has an undeniable potential in driving a distributed global economy. This is for a number of reasons – including, but not limited to the fact that instead of relying on centralized cloud providers and tech giants to expand the infrastructure that holds humanity’s data and applications, the peer-to-peer Internet allows any global citizen to participate in the Internet economy by connecting a computer from their house or office to build the decentralized future they want to live in. Also, while half of the world takes Internet access for granted, it remains unavailable to the other half. +A peer-to-peer Internet has an undeniable potential in driving a distributed global economy. This is for a number of reasons – including, but not limited to the fact that instead of relying on centralized cloud providers and tech giants to expand the infrastructure that holds humanity’s data and applications, the peer-to-peer Internet allows any global citizen to participate in the Internet economy by connecting a computer from their house or office to build the decentralized future they want to live in. Also, while half of the world takes Internet access for granted, it remains unavailable to the other half.
-\*So then is the Internet really “global?” +*So then is the Internet really “global?” ## Empowering sovereignty and economic freedom @@ -39,11 +36,11 @@ The Internet is a human right but it is unequally distributed around the world. ## So how can ThreeFold go truly global? -Going global is complicated and even more these days with the evolving regulatory and socio-economical landscapes. Thus, it’s important for us to be on the ground. So we will work with our community and ecosystem on one hand, and with governments and regulators on the other hand, for all of us to meet in the middle. We will always aim to be the most transparent, trusted, inclusive and decentralized Internet solution wherever we go. +Going global is complicated and even more these days with the evolving regulatory and socio-economical landscapes. Thus, it’s important for us to be on the ground. So we will work with our community and ecosystem on one hand, and with governments and regulators on the other hand, for all of us to meet in the middle. We will always aim to be the most transparent, trusted, inclusive and decentralized Internet solution wherever we go.
-A first step in our strategy is to support the growth of local communities across regions to build local presence on the ground. The only way for a truly decentralized Internet to emerge is to involve people in the building process of it, both on a hardware and software level. We are in the midst of kicking off an extensive global expansion strategy, with grants and hiring plans to grow the ThreeFold Grid across markets and ultimately build strong local communities that can serve potential customers locally. +A first step in our strategy is to support the growth of local communities across regions to build local presence on the ground. The only way for a truly decentralized Internet to emerge is to involve people in the building process of it, both on a hardware and software level. We are in the midst of kicking off an extensive global expansion strategy, with grants and hiring plans to grow the ThreeFold Grid across markets and ultimately build strong local communities that can serve potential customers locally.
@@ -59,15 +56,15 @@ Every region is unique and we cannot take the same approach wherever we go. This ## Global Concept: Launch of educational campaigns around the importance of a peer-to-peer Internet -ThreeFold’s mission is to realize the promise of an open-source, peer-to-peer Internet owned by humanity, and we take this commitment heartedly. The first objective of our global strategy is to allow anyone who wants to expand the peer-to-peer Internet to their neighborhood to be able to find compatible computers and how to get started. +ThreeFold’s mission is to realize the promise of an open-source, peer-to-peer Internet owned by humanity, and we take this commitment heartedly. The first objective of our global strategy is to allow anyone who wants to expand the peer-to-peer Internet to their neighborhood to be able to find compatible computers and how to get started.
-For a multi-region approach to scaling the ThreeFold Grid to arise, a decentralized 3Node marketplace will be launched in April 2022. This will allow communities to access a simple, decentralized and certified platform to buy and sell compatible computer hardware locally. As the ThreeFold Grid expands, we will look to go local, as shared below: +For a multi-region approach to scaling the ThreeFold Grid to arise, a decentralized 3Node marketplace will be launched in April 2022. This will allow communities to access a simple, decentralized and certified platform to buy and sell compatible computer hardware locally. As the ThreeFold Grid expands, we will look to go local, as shared below: -## Applied locally: Grow localized ecosystems of developers and enterprises to productize the infrastructure +## Applied locally: Grow localized ecosystems of developers and enterprises to productize the infrastructure -Most countries are looking for new Internet infrastructure alternatives to protect their sovereignty. ThreeFold’s peer-to-peer Internet supports any current and emerging technological trend in a way that is fully compliant with any local digital laws and regulations. For developers and enterprises, this includes a peer-to-peer Infrastructure as a service which offers a distributed, quantum-safe storage and a decentralized edge computing platform to host any current or future technology. For institutions, we will offer a suite of advanced infrastructure set-ups for a sovereign and unbreakable Internet infrastructure. +Most countries are looking for new Internet infrastructure alternatives to protect their sovereignty. ThreeFold’s peer-to-peer Internet supports any current and emerging technological trend in a way that is fully compliant with any local digital laws and regulations. For developers and enterprises, this includes a peer-to-peer Infrastructure as a service which offers a distributed, quantum-safe storage and a decentralized edge computing platform to host any current or future technology. For institutions, we will offer a suite of advanced infrastructure set-ups for a sovereign and unbreakable Internet infrastructure.
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-At ThreeFold, we’re committed to building and expanding the open Internet that is owned by humanity. We are always looking at expanding our ecosystem with the world’s best thinkers and talent ready to be at service of a mission that unites us all. If you think this could be you, we’re waiting for you! +At ThreeFold, we’re committed to building and expanding the open Internet that is owned by humanity. We are always looking at expanding our ecosystem with the world’s best thinkers and talent ready to be at service of a mission that unites us all. If you think this could be you, we’re waiting for you!
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-_Apply for an open position [here](https://threefold.io/careers) and bring your proposals to the community-led [forum](https://forum.threefold.io/t/about-the-join-the-fold-category/2570)._ +*Apply for an open position [here](https://threefold.io/careers) and bring your proposals to the community-led [forum](https://forum.threefold.io/t/about-the-join-the-fold-category/2570).* diff --git a/content/blog/consensus_2022_recap/consensus_2022_recap.png b/content/blog/consensus_2022_recap/consensus_2022_recap.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7934bc02a Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/consensus_2022_recap/consensus_2022_recap.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/consensus_2022_recap/index.md b/content/blog/consensus_2022_recap/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3a50d635d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/consensus_2022_recap/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +--- +id: consensus_2022_recap +title: "Consensus 2022 Recap – ThreeFold Community Celebrates the Internet of Internets" +image_caption: "Consensus 2022 Recap – ThreeFold Community Celebrates the Internet of Internets" +date: 2022-06-28 +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. +taxonomies: + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, threefold, peer-to-peer, community] + categories: [foundation] +extra: + imgPath: consensus_2022_recap.png +--- + +The ThreeFold Team was in Austin, Texas, in June to share our vision for a decentralized Internet as an exhibitor and sponsor of [Consensus](https://threefold.io/blog/post/threefold_at_consensus_2022/) by Coindesk. The four-day conference attracted over [20,000 people](https://cointelegraph.com/news/consensus-2022-web3-unpacking-regulations-and-optimism-for-crypto-s-future) who explored conversations on topics like decentralization, blockchain, crypto, Web 3 and more. The ThreeFold team shared our “planet first, people first” vision and story with hundreds of attendees who visited our conference booth to learn about ThreeFold – leading to new community members, farmers, token holders, and partners.  + +
+ +Co-founder [Adnan Fatayerji](https://threefold.io/people/adnan_fatayerji/) conducted several media interviews and found that our story resonated well – after all, [Consensus](https://threefold.io/blog/post/threefold_at_consensus_2022/) is the Festival for the Decentralized World. Nevertheless, many of the other projects at Consensus are still using centralized infrastructure for hosting. We shared the potential for ThreeFold as the foundation to make a truly decentralized world a reality. Already, independent people and organizations from 80 countries and counting are connecting decentralized Internet capacity, bringing to life this new infrastructure. + +
+ +![ThreeFold Booth Consensus](./threefold_booth_consensus.png) + +
+ +![ThreeFold Booth People](./threefold_booth_people.png) + +
+ +*“As the Layer 0 for Web2/3/4 or 5, we came to Consensus with open arms and in the spirit of collaboration and that’s exactly what happened. We made friends and connected with the projects out there that are truly moving the needle of ‘Trust’/Web3 forward. We look forward to nurturing these incredible partnerships on ThreeFold’s foundational layer and to scale ‘Digital Trust’ in all its forms towards mainstream adoption.” – Adnan Fatayerji* + +## Bringing the Sovereign Internet to Austin + +Together with some of [our Austin friends](https://www.yourhomecommunity.com/), we gathered with 45 like-minded people at Casa de Luz, a spiritual and wellness retreat, to launch the first sovereign Regional Internet in Austin, Texas. All of us shared our own stories and reasons for attending. Then we explored the opportunities, benefits and next steps for Austin to establish its own truly self-sovereign regional Internet. + +
+ +We found shared values among a group of open, inspiring, passionate and like-minded individuals who formed this founding group. Austin has long been a hub for innovative thinkers and high-tech companies. Austin has a strong connection to and respect for nature. Austin is aligned well with our planet-first, people-first philosophy. + +
+ +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. And we're honoured to be working with the people of Austin in the global rollout of the Internet of Internets. We’re now looking to launch the first 3Nodes there to lay the foundation of Austin’s sovereign Regional Internet. + +
+ +![ThreeFold and Austin Community](./threefold_austin_community.png) + +
+ +We’ve spent a truly incredible week in Austin, spreading the word about ThreeFold, forming meaningful connections and finding a new home. Thank you, Austin! + +
+ +*“It’s been inspiring to meet everyone at Casa de Luz! Feeling so grateful for the opportunity to build Austin’s sovereign Internet together!” – Sacha Obeegadoo* + +
+ +*“It was such an honor. I’ll never forget that day. We’re going to do something really beautiful!” – Sam Taggart* + +
+ +*“Connecting with the beautiful community of the good people of Austin was absolutely amazing. We really felt at home and Austin is a true freedom vortex in the US where people truly value their free spirits and the importance of staying resilient and independant. We could not have dreamt of a better place to start the Internet of Internets in the US and create the first local internet. Keep it weird Austin!” – Florian Fournier* + +## Next steps + +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/post/connecting_the_dots/) in the upcoming months. + +
+ +After entering a partnership with [Paradise Hills](https://threefold.io/blog/post/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/post/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/post/four_phases_of_threefold/) and for building a better future for all of us. + +
+ +Together, we’re building a better Internet by and for the people, the foundation for a better world. An Internet to regenerate our planet and to empower the collective – the many and not the few. + +
+ +So, we’re proud to join together to build the future we want to live in – whether by [building](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__diy_guide) or [buying](https://marketplace.3node.global/) a 3Node, by buying the ThreeFold Token ([TFT](https://threefold.io/tft)), or by helping us bring the sovereign Internet to your community or region. + +
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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, partner, 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. +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.
-Join ThreeFold in building the new internet. +Join ThreeFold in building the new internet. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/blog/data_leaks/data_leaks.png b/content/blog/data_leaks/data_leaks.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c871931ee Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/data_leaks/data_leaks.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/06/post-2/index.md b/content/blog/data_leaks/index.md similarity index 83% rename from content/blog/2021/06/post-2/index.md rename to content/blog/data_leaks/index.md index 3b6f80810..be9d4c4a9 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/06/post-2/index.md +++ b/content/blog/data_leaks/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "It's Time We Stand Up For Our Data" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "As consumers, we should be able to trust that our data is truly safe and secure. And today, we cannot. It's time we stand up for what is ours." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: data_leaks +title: It's Time We Stand Up For Our Data +image_caption: stand up for our data date: 2021-06-17 -updated: 2021-06-17 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: As consumers, we should be able to trust that our data is truly safe and secure. And today, we cannot. It's time we stand up for what is ours. taxonomies: - people: [sam_taggart] - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] - tags: [data, why, peer_to_peer] - + people: [sam_taggart] + tags: [data, why, peer_to_peer] + categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: data_leaks.png + imgPath: data_leaks.png --- Do a quick search for "data leak" on your search engine of choice, and you'll likely see headlines like this: @@ -23,8 +20,8 @@ Do a quick search for "data leak" on your search engine of choice, and you'll li - Billions of emails and passwords appear in largest data leak ever - Here's How the IRS Could Have Prevented the Tax Data Leak - Time to Change Your Password: Tips on Protecting Yourself from Online Scams -
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Week after week, month after month, year after year, companies are being hacked, private consumer data is being compromised and released, and we somehow begin to think that this is the reality of our world, something we just have to deal with.
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We say, no." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: decentralize_blockchain +title: How ThreeFold Can Truly Decentralize Blockchain +image_caption: Decentralizing Blockchain date: 2021-10-11 -updated: 2021-10-11 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Is a blockchain truly decentralized if it is being hosted on a centralized solution? We say, no. taxonomies: - people: [sam_taggart] - categories: [farming,grid,aci,cloud,foundation] - tags: [farming,threefold_grid,technology,peer_to_peer,threefold_cloud] - + people: [sam_taggart] + tags: [farming,threefold_grid,technology,peer_to_peer,threefold_cloud] + categories: [farming,grid,aci,cloud,foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: decentralize_blockchain.png - + imgPath: decentralize_blockchain.png --- The topic of decentralization is commonly tied to blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Blockchain doesn't store any of its information in a central location, rather it is copied and spread across a network of computers. 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+In summary, this means that the cloud is divided into smaller pieces and distributed to the edge of the network. + +## Drivers for Edge Computing + +Some latency-sensitive applications require fast response times to work correctly. A good example is self-driving cars. A lot of decisions in autonomous vehicles have to be made instantaneously; the decision to react to the unexpected while driving at high speed cannot afford to be slowed down by data traveling long distances to be processed. To improve the system's reliability, additional hops, and any further points of failure must be eliminated. Moving to compute as far out as possible to the Edge is the logical choice. +
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+More generically, real-world situations are increasingly relying on an IT component to be involved in some form of decision making where time is of the essence. The current IT setup is that we have highly concentrated IT setups in data centers connected by fast networks to the rest of the world. This setup is rapidly becoming obsolete as we need to have the fastest possible response for everyday activities, which cannot sustain the time delay caused by (extended) network connections. Having actual data processing and storage facilities close to these real-world situations is the next IT capacity evolution. +
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+These thousands of situations are mostly in the IoT area. Still, other killer applications like streaming would greatly benefit from being served from the Edge rather than a distant central location. +
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+ +## Edge Computing Market Facts + +Due to the billions of IoT devices driven by various use cases like autonomous driving, a massive demand for Edge Computing is evolving rapidly. According to the Digital Journal, the Edge Computing market is growing extremely fast. With a CAGR of over 35.0% and the market is expected to reach USD 33.75 billion by the end of 2023. +
+Source: [http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3394129](http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3394129) +
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+Edge Computing and Grid Computing are often used in the same context and sometimes are confused. For this article, we'd like to define the terms going forward as follows: +
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+Grid Computing means a computer network of 100% distributed computer resources like processing power, memory, and data storage of similar or different types to which authorized people can run their computation workloads. That means that Grid Compute nodes are mostly in data centers and maybe dispersed over more extensive regions but are typically still far from the Edge. Compared to Edge Computing, Grid Computing environments are owned by more than one individual or company, and thus, controlled by many. +
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+Edge computing has risen from a need to have data processing and storage as close as possible to real-world situations. The situation could be as simple as recording biometric data by a smartwatch to support the required information for a self-driving car to function as intended. The necessity comes from having local computing and storage capacity - it can be used by multiple use cases (situations) but does not have to. + +## The Benefits of Edge Computing + +Edge computing comes with specific benefits that are mandatory for the next evolution in the IT industry. We have optimized the central model to such a degree that the network connects the central capacity to use cases in the field, the next bottleneck. Edge computing is solving several challenges faced by real-world situations with the following benefits: + +### Speed + +**Speed** is probably the most crucial benefit of edge computing, as there are plenty of use cases that require near-real-time computing. + +### Scalability + +The scalability of edge computing also makes it incredibly [versatile](https://www.vxchnge.com/blog/edge-computing-use-cases). By partnering with local data centers further out on the Edge, companies can easily target desirable markets without investing in expensive infrastructure expansion. Edge data centers allow them to service end-users efficiently with little physical distance or latency. They also do not constrain companies with a substantial footprint, allowing them to shift to other markets rapidly should economic conditions change. + +### Availability and Security + +Traditional cloud computing architecture is, by definition, centralized, which makes it especially vulnerable to [distributed denial of service (DDoS)](https://www.vxchnge.com/blog/how-to-protect-data-centers-from-a-new-generation-of-ddos-attacks) attacks and power outages. Edge computing distributes processing, storage, and applications across a wide range of devices, nodes and data centers, which makes it difficult for any single disruption to take down the network which is why logically and geographically dispersed systems are often used for DDoS mitigation like in Content Delivery Networks (CDN) +
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+By pushing everything to the cloud, you're leaving your business open to ISP failures and cloud server downtime. Many mission-critical operations like railroads and chemical plants won't even use the cloud today. Their server farms are the only way to guarantee uptime. + +### Process optimisation + +Another big benefit is process optimization. If self-driving cars were to use the cloud instead of the Edge, they'd be pushing all the data they gather up to the cloud. But if the Edge makes local decisions, the cloud may not need all that data immediately – or even at all. + +## Requirements for Edge Computing + +When compute and storage capabilities exist on the Edge, we need to overcome several challenges around capacity distribution. Most traditional IT technologies do not allow this as they live in large data centers where there is a lot of "care" for these technologies. +
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+The most significant generic hurdle to overcome is that there is going to be a lot less "care" for the technology to rely on at the Edge. These "devices" have to be self-sufficient to no small degree. If we want to sum up some of the specifics of edge technology, this will come out: +
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+ +* A typical edge device or node must run an OS that comes in at a low cost or, ideally, for free like some open source offerings. This enhances the proliferation of capacity at the Edge. +* Container technology must be embedded in the OS at the lowest possible level to create the maximum benefit of efficiency from the edge hardware: classic Virtual Machine environments are just too inefficient and resource consuming for edge use cases. There will be Virtual Machine based edge solutions, but these are going to be out there for a certain period, catering for current IT workloads to move to the Edge. The Edge's correct move can only happen when traditional IT applications split up into pieces and require a lot less capacity to run. Hence, it will convert over time to containerized technology. +* 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. +* In most cases, Edge means being remote, and having no access to humans or humans are only too expensive for the specific use case. +* Power outages or no network availability will cause system failures. The ideal OS to deal with this revolves around no people; the zero-touch approach should be stateless and needs to have self-healing capabilities run by automation software robots.
+ +## Existing Edge Computing Solutions + +Today there are a few Edge Computing platforms out there that cover some requirements as outlined above. +
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+* Microsoft, for instance, launched products like Azure IoT Edge and Azure Data Box Edge to extend their Datacenter based Azure cloud offering to the Edge. +* Another attempt to bring centralized cloud technology to the Edge is the Openstack Edge Computing initiative, which is in the concept phase only so far. +* A new OS for the Edge is CoreOs, also known as Container Linux, which runs on nearly any platform, whether physical, virtual, or private/public cloud. +* More recently, there are a few blockchain-driven technologies out there pushing for edge capacity to exist. Examples are: + * [SIA](https://sia.tech/) + * [Sonm](https://sonm.com/) + * [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/) + * [Akamai](https://www.akamai.com/)
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+ +## The Holy Grail + +The holy grail would be a self-healing Edge Grid. Edge, because of all the benefits Edge Computing brings to the user: Speed, Scalability, Reliability, Security, Versatility, and Process Optimization. Grid, because it fulfills the distributed workload requirements, a classic centralized cloud would generally be used without a centralized nature and all its disadvantages. +
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+Probably the most critical part of the ideal solution is self-healing. The biggest challenge of an Edge Computing environment is the dependency on local care: humans to maintain hardware and upgrade or fix software components. Self Healing needs to do the job here, which means zero people can be involved. +
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+Only a self-healing mechanism with zero-people involved, completely decentralized, brings down the cost and provides more security to the environment, and makes it highly scalable. +
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+Some of you may think that new blockchain-based technologies may be the holy grail. But they are not. +
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+In most cases, their implementations are too slow, and that's why it does not make sense to use them for production purposes. Another downside is the complexity of the application caused by stitching together 3rd party technologies. In many cases, these blockchain-based technologies are at a very early stage with beta implementations or even roadmap only type of technology. +
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+The holy grail is something that hasn't been created before; it needs to be a versatile system that is self-manageable. A large global conglomerate should not own the capacity - it should be owned by many. Therefore, it should have a commercial model where people individually can decide to partake in building this global edge solution and where there is a defined return on investment for those partakers. +
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+A few groups of people, like us, are creating decentralized solutions for this, owned by the many, and creating services for all. + + diff --git a/content/blog/escape_great_hack/escape_great_hack.png b/content/blog/escape_great_hack/escape_great_hack.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e6f70b4d5 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/escape_great_hack/escape_great_hack.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2019/11/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/escape_great_hack/index.md similarity index 69% rename from content/blog/2019/11/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/escape_great_hack/index.md index 4b4b58bf9..e020e4e1f 100644 --- a/content/blog/2019/11/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/escape_great_hack/index.md @@ -1,41 +1,39 @@ --- -title: "An escape from the Great Hack" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -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." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: escape_great_hack +title: An escape from the Great Hack +image_caption: technology hackers date: 2019-11-21 -updated: 2019-11-21 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +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. taxonomies: - people: [sabrina_sadik] - categories: [farming, cloud, twin, foundation, aci] - tags: [technology, why] - + people: [sabrina_sadik] + tags: [technology,why] + categories: [farming,cloud,twin,foundation,aci] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: escape_great_hack.png + imgPath: escape_great_hack.png --- ## The neutrality of the current Internet is in danger. -Have you seen ‘The Great Hack’ on Netflix? It’s a documentary about the Cambridge Analytica hacking scandal, where personal data of millions of peoples’ Facebook profiles were harvested without their consent and used for political advertising purposes. +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.

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.

-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. +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.

In addition to that, the Internet is extremely centralized, with most of these data centers being located in the US. Think of it like electricity. If consumers in, for example, Turkey had to use electricity generated in the US, it would be too expensive and inefficient, because it is too far away. The transmission lines would be too strained and losses and repairs would make it unsustainable. Capacity is like electricity. When centralized, it becomes too expensive and wasteful for remote users. -## So what is the solution to these problems? +## So what is the solution to these problems? The Internet needs to be more distributed, cost-effective, neutral, and sustainable. ThreeFold has developed such a new technology, the ThreeFold Grid (Grid) and a token which enables all this to happen.

-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? +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?

Please visit [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io) if you have any questions or would like to continue the conversation!

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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. @@ -26,7 +22,7 @@ Organizations should always respect human rights, human effort and human experie - **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. +- **Decentralization**: To better distribute power, value and opportunities, we need more decentralization. Technologies and solutions should be available everywhere to improve equality and sustainability. - **Openness & Interoperability**: Allows technologies to work together in an open way, without limitation, and therefore expands the possibilities for innovation and sharing. - **Accessibility**: Whatever the location or situation, people should benefit from easy and fast access to information and solutions. - **Security & Privacy**: Protect people from being put in situations of danger or exploitation. People should be empowered to be independent and they should be the sole owners of their experiences. @@ -44,6 +40,6 @@ Organizations should always respect human rights, human effort and human experie - **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.* diff --git a/content/blog/farming_a_greener_alternative_to_crypto_mining/farming_a_greener_alternative_to_crypto_mining.png b/content/blog/farming_a_greener_alternative_to_crypto_mining/farming_a_greener_alternative_to_crypto_mining.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..384ea30ce Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/farming_a_greener_alternative_to_crypto_mining/farming_a_greener_alternative_to_crypto_mining.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/04/post-5/index.md b/content/blog/farming_a_greener_alternative_to_crypto_mining/index.md similarity index 88% rename from content/blog/2022/04/post-5/index.md rename to content/blog/farming_a_greener_alternative_to_crypto_mining/index.md index 54a8cf5b4..4d049eb06 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/04/post-5/index.md +++ b/content/blog/farming_a_greener_alternative_to_crypto_mining/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "Farming – A Greener Alternative to Crypto Mining" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "ThreeFold Farming is about so much more than crypto mining. It's a decentralized, energy-efficient and meaningful alternative." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: farming_a_greener_alternative_to_crypto_mining +title: "Farming – A Greener Alternative to Crypto Mining" +image_caption: Farming – A Greener Alternative to Crypto Mining. date: 2022-04-21 -updated: 2022-04-21 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: ThreeFold Farming is about so much more than crypto mining. It's a decentralized, energy-efficient and meaningful alternative. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, farming, threefold_token, why] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, farming, threefold_token, why] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: farming_a_greener_alternative_to_crypto_mining.png + imgPath: farming_a_greener_alternative_to_crypto_mining.png --- In [October 2008](https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-for-beginners/the-history-of-bitcoin-when-did-bitcoin-start), when the financial crisis was in full swing, an anonymous individual or group under the pseudonym ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ published a [white paper](https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf) on Bitcoin, a “peer-to-peer electronic cash system” that ended up disrupting the financial system and sparked the creation of an entirely new industry: crypto mining. @@ -23,7 +20,7 @@ Considering that many people view Bitcoin as a commodity, similar to gold, it on
-More than a decade later, Bitcoin keeps intriguing individuals and organizations all around the world, and has become [one of the most popular](https://cointelegraph.com/news/is-bitcoin-a-waste-of-energy-pros-and-cons-about-bitcoin-mining) financial assets. Nevertheless, criticism and doubts around Bitcoin and crypto mining remain. The most popular cryptocurrency is also frequently brought to the spotlight around its potential affiliations to money laundering, financing of terrorism and cybercrime, as well as the energy the mining process of its cryptocurrency consumes. +More than a decade later, Bitcoin keeps intriguing individuals and organizations all around the world, and has become [one of the most popular](https://cointelegraph.com/news/is-bitcoin-a-waste-of-energy-pros-and-cons-about-bitcoin-mining) financial assets. Nevertheless, criticism and doubts around Bitcoin and crypto mining remain. The most popular cryptocurrency is also frequently brought to the spotlight around its potential affiliations to money laundering, financing of terrorism and cybercrime, as well as the energy the mining process of its cryptocurrency consumes. 
@@ -35,7 +32,7 @@ Among the most popular quotes on the topic is Bill Gates’ statement in the New ## But why is Bitcoin mining so energy intensive anyways? -At the heart of Bitcoin’s energy-intensive model is the [Proof-of-Work (PoW)](https://www.coindesk.com/learn/2020/12/16/what-is-proof-of-work/) protocol. [Bitcoin mining](https://www.investopedia.com/tech/how-does-bitcoin-mining-work/), the process of creating new Bitcoins using PoW, requires solving complex cryptographic equations to receive the rewards associated with the creation of the next block in the blockchain. PoW is carried out by computers, known as ‘miners’. +At the heart of Bitcoin’s energy-intensive model is the [Proof-of-Work (PoW)](https://www.coindesk.com/learn/2020/12/16/what-is-proof-of-work/) protocol. [Bitcoin mining](https://www.investopedia.com/tech/how-does-bitcoin-mining-work/), the process of creating new Bitcoins using PoW, requires solving complex cryptographic equations to receive the rewards associated with the creation of the next block in the blockchain. PoW is carried out by computers, known as ‘miners’. 
@@ -43,19 +40,19 @@ In the early days, a simple computer was enough to mine Bitcoin. However, the di
-It’s only sensible that miners are beefing up their machines to increase their chances. In fact, the sector became so competitive that [Intel created](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sustainable-crypto-mining-becoming-reality-nameet-potnis/) dedicated chips and specialized manufacturers for mining servers like [Bitmain](https://www.bitmain.com/) were established. With up to 32,500 Watts indicated by manufacturers, the power consumption of such devices averages 28,470 kWh per year if operated continuously. In comparison, the annual consumption of a freezer is estimated between 200 and 500 kWh per year. +It’s only sensible that miners are beefing up their machines to increase their chances. In fact, the sector became so competitive that [Intel created](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sustainable-crypto-mining-becoming-reality-nameet-potnis/) dedicated chips and specialized manufacturers for mining servers like [Bitmain](https://www.bitmain.com/) were established. With up to 3,250 Watts indicated by manufacturers, the power consumption of such devices averages 28,470 kWh per year if operated continuously. In comparison, the annual consumption of a freezer is estimated between 200 and 500 kWh per year. 
-Additionally, operating a single mining machine is hardly the way to succeed. The biggest Bitcoin miners have fleets of hundreds of machines in so-called ‘mining farms’, carefully maintained and constantly ventilated, to prevent them from overheating. Some of the largest, like [Northern Data](https://www.rockdalemdd.org/news/whinstone-us-breaks-ground-build-world%E2%80%99s-largest-bitcoin-mining-facility-rockdale-texas) in Texas, have an energy consumption of 1 GWh per year, the equivalent of the energy produced by about [3.1 million](https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/how-much-power-1-gigawatt) photovoltaic (solar) panels. +Additionally, operating a single mining machine is hardly the way to succeed. The biggest Bitcoin miners have fleets of hundreds of machines in so-called ‘mining farms’, carefully maintained and constantly ventilated, to prevent them from overheating. Some of the largest, like [Northern Data](https://www.rockdalemdd.org/news/whinstone-us-breaks-ground-build-world%E2%80%99s-largest-bitcoin-mining-facility-rockdale-texas) in Texas, have an energy consumption of 1 GWh per year, the equivalent of the energy produced by about [3.1 million](https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/how-much-power-1-gigawatt) photovoltaic (solar) panels. 
-In critical times where humanity is facing serious global challenges in relation to climate change and the collapse of biodiversity, we must rethink the basics of how to decentralize our world. +In critical times where humanity is facing serious global challenges in relation to climate change and the collapse of biodiversity, we must rethink the basics of how to decentralize our world.  ## Are there more energy-conscious solutions? -[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. +[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. 
@@ -63,23 +60,23 @@ PoS-based blockchains are faster and much more energy efficient than PoW-based b
-While this might sound great at first, it does not resolve the underlying issue of incredibly high energy consumption. Should we really allocate relatively scarce renewable energy resources to such energy-intensive endeavours? Or should we rather look for more efficient alternatives – considering we have all the technology to create more energy-efficient models from scratch – and then support what energy consumption remains with renewable energy? +While this might sound great at first, it does not resolve the underlying issue of incredibly high energy consumption. Should we really allocate relatively scarce renewable energy resources to such energy-intensive endeavours? Or should we rather look for more efficient alternatives – considering we have all the technology to create more energy-efficient models from scratch – and then support what energy consumption remains with renewable energy?  ## ThreeFold Farming offers a greener paradigm -[ThreeFold Farming](https://threefold.io/blog/post/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. +[ThreeFold Farming](https://threefold.io/blog/post/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. 
-By contributing decentralized Internet capacity to the ThreeFold Grid, independent people and organizations called ‘farmers’ earn TFT in return – based on a [Proof-of-Capacity](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__proof_of_capacity?id=why-proof-of-capacity)  (PoC) algorithm. PoC is autonomously carried out by ThreeFold’s [extremely efficient](https://threefold.io/blog/post/for_our_planet/) operating system. First, Zero-OS scans the computer’s resources. Then the operating system registers the computing power and Internet storage on the [ThreeFold Blockchain](https://threefold.io/blog/post/tf_chain/), making the resources available to the entire network – thereby creating a [decentralized model](https://coincheckup.com/blog/threefold-is-the-decentralized-web-the-future-of-the-internet/) for Internet capacity provisioning. The [energy consumption](https://threefold.docsend.com/view/wsru3f9tmeaq62wq) of a 3Node can vary, depending on the amount of Compute Units (CUs) and Storage Units (SUs) it holds. “The average consumption for a Titan 3Node is around 26.71 KwH per hour”, says ThreeFold’s [Alexandre Hannelas](https://threefold.io/people/alexandre_hannelas/). +By contributing decentralized Internet capacity to the ThreeFold Grid, independent people and organizations called ‘farmers’ earn TFT in return – based on a [Proof-of-Capacity](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__proof_of_capacity?id=why-proof-of-capacity)  (PoC) algorithm. PoC is autonomously carried out by ThreeFold’s [extremely efficient](https://threefold.io/blog/post/for_our_planet/) operating system. First, Zero-OS scans the computer’s resources. Then the operating system registers the computing power and Internet storage on the [ThreeFold Blockchain](https://threefold.io/blog/post/tf_chain/), making the resources available to the entire network – thereby creating a [decentralized model](https://coincheckup.com/blog/threefold-is-the-decentralized-web-the-future-of-the-internet/) for Internet capacity provisioning. The [energy consumption](https://threefold.docsend.com/view/wsru3f9tmeaq62wq) of a 3Node can vary, depending on the amount of Compute Units (CUs) and Storage Units (SUs) it holds. “The average consumption for a Titan 3Node is around 26.71 KwH per hour”, says ThreeFold’s [Alexandre Hannelas](https://threefold.io/people/alexandre_hannelas/). 
-Farming supports the realization of an open-source peer-to-peer Internet free from centralized servers and authorities. Similarly to Bitcoin, the management of transactions and the issuing of TFT is carried out collectively by the network to create a decentralized Internet economy. In a way, what [Bitcoin did to money](https://threefold.io/blog/post/bitcoin_threefold/), ThreeFold does to the Internet – while using much [less energy](https://threefold.io/blog/post/for_our_planet/). +Farming supports the realization of an open-source peer-to-peer Internet free from centralized servers and authorities. Similarly to Bitcoin, the management of transactions and the issuing of TFT is carried out collectively by the network to create a decentralized Internet economy. In a way, what [Bitcoin did to money](https://threefold.io/blog/post/bitcoin_threefold/), ThreeFold does to the Internet – while using much [less energy](https://threefold.io/blog/post/for_our_planet/). 
-_"By using blockchain for what it's good at and other pioneering technologies, such as peer-to-peer networking, to complement it, we built the most efficient Internet infrastructure in the world, and by far." – Kristof de Spiegeleer._ +*"By using blockchain for what it's good at and other pioneering technologies, such as peer-to-peer networking, to complement it, we built the most efficient Internet infrastructure in the world, and by far." – Kristof de Spiegeleer.*
@@ -103,5 +100,5 @@ If not us, who? If not now, when?
-- Join the global ThreeFold [movement](https://t.me/threefold). -- [Start farming](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__farming_intro) today and become a part of the new Internet while regenerating the planet. +* Join the global ThreeFold [movement](https://t.me/threefold). +* [Start farming](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__farming_intro) today and become a part of the new Internet while regenerating the planet. diff --git a/content/blog/for_our_planet/better_solution.png b/content/blog/for_our_planet/better_solution.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c53b12a42 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/for_our_planet/better_solution.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2020/12/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/for_our_planet/index.md similarity index 88% rename from content/blog/2020/12/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/for_our_planet/index.md index 0896ef97b..a9a3e16b7 100644 --- a/content/blog/2020/12/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/for_our_planet/index.md @@ -1,26 +1,22 @@ --- -title: "A Better Solution for Our Planet" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "We believe IT can be sustainable. Actually, it should be! That's why energy efficiency has always been a key focus of ours.." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: for_our_planet +title: A Better Solution for Our Planet +image_caption: sustainability date: 2020-12-02 -updated: 2020-12-02 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: We believe IT can be sustainable. Actually, it should be! That's why energy efficiency has always been a key focus of ours.. taxonomies: - people: [weynand_kuijpers] - categories: [farming, twin, foundation, cloud, aci] - tags: [threefold_farming, why] - + people: [weynand_kuijpers] + tags: [threefold_farming,why] + categories: [farming,twin,foundation,cloud,aci] extra: - subtitle: "The UNIQUE Post 1 subtitle" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: better_solution.png + imgPath: better_solution.png --- -

Today, the global Internet and IT infrastructure requires enormous amounts of energy, responsible for about 10% of annual global energy consumption. This makes the IT industry amongst the most pollutive industries in the world (along with the often-discussed airline industry, for comparison).

-We believe IT can be sustainable. Actually, it should be! That's why energy efficiency has always been a key focus of ours. With climate change and sustainability as some of the most pressing issues of our times, new green solutions need to be our priority. It has been key to ThreeFold since the very beginning of its story to enable a technological infrastructure that can reduce the Internet’s carbon footprint drastically. +We believe IT can be sustainable. Actually, it should be! That's why energy efficiency has always been a key focus of ours. With climate change and sustainability as some of the most pressing issues of our times, new green solutions need to be our priority. It has been key to ThreeFold since the very beginning of its story to enable a technological infrastructure that can reduce the Internet’s carbon footprint drastically. ## Simplicity is the key to unlock a better future @@ -57,7 +53,7 @@ Supercomputing delivered many new technologies. But, not all of them are usable
RDMA is only used in certified farms and requires involvement of TFTech. -## Minimizing disk usage +## Minimizing disk usage The storage solution uses slow and big (the bigger the better) HDD disks which drive in rack density. As they spin slower they consume less power and need less cooling. But then, how can you deal with read/write intensive workloads? The storage algorithm uses a SSD cache to acknowledge Inputs/Outputs coming from the applications, fills the erasure coded data blocks in large (up to 64MB) storage containers and writes the big chunks of data on the big and slow HHDs. If you are familiar with HDD disks, you know they like to be streamed on instead of having a lot of small bits written in a scratchy way.
diff --git a/content/blog/2022/06/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/four_phases_of_threefold/index.md similarity index 90% rename from content/blog/2022/06/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/four_phases_of_threefold/index.md index 445c63957..fa680e8d5 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/06/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/four_phases_of_threefold/index.md @@ -1,25 +1,22 @@ --- -title: "Building the Future We Want to Live In – A Four Step Journey" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Driven by our planet-first, people-first philosophy, the ThreeFold movement is shaping the world we want to live in and laying the foundation for an open, inclusive and abundance-based future." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: four_phases_of_threefold +title: Building the Future We Want to Live In – A Four Step Journey +image_caption: Four Phases of ThreeFold date: 2022-06-01 -updated: 2022-06-01 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Driven by our planet-first, people-first philosophy, the ThreeFold movement is shaping the world we want to live in and laying the foundation for an open, inclusive and abundance-based future. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, why, technology, farming, threefold_token] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid,why,technology,farming,threefold_token] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: the_four_phases_of_threefold.png + imgPath: the_four_phases_of_threefold.png --- What started out as an idea for a better Internet about a decade ago has evolved into a global movement that’s building a decentralized, open and inclusive future through [the Internet of Internets](https://threefold.io/blog/post/internet_of_internets/). The journey towards our ultimate vision of a better future for all is a big one, but can be divided into four digestible phases: creation, expansion, Web 4 and velocity. ## 1 The Phase of Creation -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. +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.
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ The Internet of Internets will interconnect us all, while providing us with digi
-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. +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.
@@ -83,19 +80,19 @@ The rise of the Internet of Internets and the build-up of powerful experiences o
-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. +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.
-Simply put, the fourth phase will drive significant utilization of the ThreeFold Token and support in positioning it as the Bitcoin for Internet capacity. It will open up a decentralized Internet economy full of opportunities, empowerment and meaningful experiences for people all around the world. +Simply put, the fourth phase will drive significant utilization of the ThreeFold Token and support in positioning it as the Bitcoin for Internet capacity. It will open up a decentralized Internet economy full of opportunities, empowerment and meaningful experiences for people all around the world. ## Bringing Abundance & Opportunity to the World -_"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." – John Lennon_ +*"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." – John Lennon*
-We’ve reached a pivotal moment in the evolution of ThreeFold to support our world in solving some of its greatest challenges. A complete and resilient Internet infrastructure owned by local communities is an essential way to build a circular and participatory economy. Considering that the Internet is the second largest and fastest growing economy in the world, the Internet of Internets represents a foundation for a decentralized and abundant world. +We’ve reached a pivotal moment in the evolution of ThreeFold to support our world in solving some of its greatest challenges. A complete and resilient Internet infrastructure owned by local communities is an essential way to build a circular and participatory economy. Considering that the Internet is the second largest and fastest growing economy in the world, the Internet of Internets represents a foundation for a decentralized and abundant world.
diff --git a/content/blog/2022/06/post-1/the_four_phases_of_threefold.png b/content/blog/four_phases_of_threefold/the_four_phases_of_threefold.png similarity index 100% rename from content/blog/2022/06/post-1/the_four_phases_of_threefold.png rename to content/blog/four_phases_of_threefold/the_four_phases_of_threefold.png diff --git a/content/blog/future_tft_ecosystem/future_tft_ecosystem.png b/content/blog/future_tft_ecosystem/future_tft_ecosystem.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c0b062e87 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/future_tft_ecosystem/future_tft_ecosystem.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/future_tft_ecosystem/index.md b/content/blog/future_tft_ecosystem/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2089233d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/future_tft_ecosystem/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +--- +id: future_tft_ecosystem +title: "A Glimpse into the Future of the TFT Ecosystem" +image_caption: A Glimpse into the Future of the TFT Ecosystem +date: 2022-08-11 +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). +taxonomies: + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_token, technology, blockchain, update] + categories: [foundation] +extra: + imgPath: future_tft_ecosystem.png + isFeatured: "true" +--- + +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. + +
+ +But somewhere along the way, much of the blockchain and crypto space started to return to principles and methods of the old financial system. Many projects out there seem to choose hype and fast profits over long-term growth and providing real value. Now, unsurprisingly, we’re experiencing a serious bear market, [the worst](https://cointelegraph.com/news/2022-bear-market-has-been-the-worst-on-record-glassnode) crypto has seen to date. + +
+ +That doesn’t have to be a bad thing, though. And it won’t be, for projects like us who provide real value, bring impactful solutions, and take a different approach. The monetary system is clearly failing, we shouldn’t need to rely on central banks – or even centralized exchanges for that matter. And we don’t have to! + +
+ +We believe in decentralization. And we believe that the future is decentralized. DeFi is great and fortunately, many decentralized alternatives already exist, with thriving ecosystems and communities. There are many options to [buy and sell TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__how_to_buy) in a decentralized way, including multiple options within the [Stellar ecosystem](https://threefold.io/blog/post/thriving_with_stellar/) – and we’re also exploring meaningful partnership opportunities with Algorand. Both Stellar and Algorand already provide everything we need for a healthy financial ecosystem and offer various functions crucial for the [TFT](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-potential-of-the-threefold-token-tft/1796) ecosystem – from order books to wallets to AMM liquidity pools and on/off ramp options. And both have huge, thriving communities. + +
+ +Beyond these great decentralized options, we’ve decided to develop our own DeFi solutions to support the [growth and expansion](https://threefold.io/blog/post/four_phases_of_threefold/) of the Internet of Internets and an abundance-based future where we are truly sovereign: community-based liquidity pools and the P2P DeFi Wallet. These DeFi solutions will be the foundation of the financial system for the [Internet of Internets](https://threefold.io/blog/post/internet_of_internets/). + +
+ +Let’s take a look at both of the innovative features and when to expect them. + +## What are ThreeFold Liquidity Pools? + +ThreeFold’s community-based liquidity pools are a means of enabling the people and organizations within the ThreeFold ecosystem to exchange [TFT](https://threefold.io/tft) and to provide liquidity in a safe and decentralized way. They will become the main point of entry and exit for TFT. And everyone can be a part of this. + +## What is the P2P DeFi Wallet? + +As the name P2P DeFi Wallet already gives away, this new wallet is a DeFi platform based on peer-to-peer principles. It will enable anyone to buy and sell TFT, and to trade it for other digital currencies in a highly secure and safe way within the wallet – no need to integrate with other DeFi applications or exchanges. This prevents TFT from market manipulation and protects our community from abuse by financial bots. This wallet provides a solid, stable financial base for our token. + +## Why Are These New DeFi Solutions Important for the ThreeFold Ecosystem? + +Blockchain ecosystems like [Stellar](https://threefold.io/blog/post/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. + +
+ +Along with building community-owned Internets, our ecosystem is reimagining education, business, governance and more for a [fair, inclusive and regenerative future](https://threefold.io/blog/post/planet_first_people_first/) – opening up a new world of possibilities. And in order to connect such an ecosystem of Internets, a healthy and fair financial system is key. + +
+ +The liquidity pools and our P2P DeFi Wallet will work together. They are designed to improve the stability and liquidity of TFT, and will allow us to acquire as many tokens as possible from external sources. Buying back as many TFT as possible will not only lead to the rise and stabilization of the value of TFT – it will also allow us to build a protected treasury that supports our [co-owned future](https://threefold.io/blog/post/internet_of_internets/), as the TFT in the pools will be used to provide the community with liquidity as we grow. + +
+ +The liquidity pools and the new wallet are key to building our own liquid, peer-to-peer financial system based on Web 4 principles – powering a new economic model and offering a fair, equally accessible and decentralized financial system for the Internet of Internets. Additionally, the liquidity coming from the pools and the wallet will enable us to accelerate the [expansion and Web 4 phases](https://threefold.io/blog/post/four_phases_of_threefold/) of our journey towards building the future we want to live in. + +
+ +The combination of TFT’s [scarcity mechanisms](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-potential-of-the-threefold-token-tft/1796) with our staking and validator programmes, will lead to an increased scarcity of TFT on the market – which, in turn, will allow the liquidity pools and wallet to sell TFT at a higher value. + +## The Future of the TFT Ecosystem + +We believe in the organic growth of our token and the Internet of Internets vision. So, building our own sustainable, peer-to-peer DeFi system will mark a new chapter for the ThreeFold movement. And the [Internet of Internets](https://threefold.io/blog/post/internet_of_internets/) concept will become a huge stimulator for the TFT economy, as every Regional Internet will have its own self-sustaining liquidity pool, validators, and regional TFTs – with TFT acting as the reserve currency of the entire decentralized system. + +
+ +Developing our own DeFi solutions for the Internet of Internets will complement the opportunities of ecosystems like Stellar and Algorand, and enrich the TFT ecosystem. The community-based liquidity pools and P2P wallet are another major step in bringing a fair financial model that will create more opportunities and empower people from all over the world to co-create a [better system for all](https://threefold.io/blog/post/planet_first_people_first/). + +
+ +We are excited for these new solutions which are expected by early next year. [Join the movement](https://t.me/threefold) to stay updated on the TFT ecosystem!  + +
+ +Learn more: + +* [Liquidity Litepaper](https://threefold.docsend.com/view/3mu3cddgj7znuixj) +* [What is the real value of TFT](https://forum.threefold.io/t/what-is-the-real-value-of-tft/3143) +* [Status and timing of liquidity pools and P2P DeFi Wallet](https://forum.threefold.io/t/status-and-timing-of-liquidity-pools-and-p2p-defi-wallet/3228) diff --git a/content/blog/how_it_works/how_it_works.png b/content/blog/how_it_works/how_it_works.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..39c142e12 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/how_it_works/how_it_works.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2020/05/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/how_it_works/index.md similarity index 90% rename from content/blog/2020/05/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/how_it_works/index.md index c34647654..72f2a0f2d 100644 --- a/content/blog/2020/05/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/how_it_works/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "ThreeFold's Long Story Short" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "The truth is that ThreeFold is a big project. Here we will try to make things a little simpler for you." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: how_it_works +title: ThreeFold's Long Story Short +image_caption: technology date: 2020-05-15 -updated: 2020-05-15 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: The truth is that ThreeFold is a big project. Here we will try to make things a little simpler for you. taxonomies: - people: [sam_taggart] - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation] - tags: [technology, why] - + people: [sam_taggart] + tags: [technology,why] + categories: [farming,cloud,foundation] extra: - subtitle: "The UNIQUE Post 1 subtitle" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: how_it_works.png + imgPath: how_it_works.png --- ## So, ThreeFold is building a new internet. Why? @@ -68,7 +65,6 @@ That has a bit to do with the security as well. Since you own your data, you dec There are a few reasons for us being more sustainable. Data centers are super unsustainable, so the simple (but incomplete) answer is “no more huge data centers.” But if you want more detail:

- - We use up to 3x less hardware for the same output, and using hardware at least 2x longer while maintaining good performance - Having capacity everywhere, local to where users are – this reduces network requirements (and can even improve security) - Using new algorithms (e.g. the one mentioned above for storage) which have dramatic efficiency improvement @@ -89,4 +85,4 @@ Essentially, the ThreeFold Token is the medium of exchange on the new internet. We hope that helps explains things. Obviously there is [a whole wiki](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/) to dive in to. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, please ask us on our [forum](https://forum.threefold.io)!

-_Photo by Nong Vang on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/9pw4TKvT3po)._ +*Photo by Nong Vang on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/9pw4TKvT3po).* diff --git a/content/blog/in_search_of_a_better_internet/in_search_of_a_better_internet.png b/content/blog/in_search_of_a_better_internet/in_search_of_a_better_internet.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c7c9a79f6 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/in_search_of_a_better_internet/in_search_of_a_better_internet.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/04/post-3/index.md b/content/blog/in_search_of_a_better_internet/index.md similarity index 85% rename from content/blog/2022/04/post-3/index.md rename to content/blog/in_search_of_a_better_internet/index.md index f9462e38d..4669f0d67 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/04/post-3/index.md +++ b/content/blog/in_search_of_a_better_internet/index.md @@ -1,25 +1,22 @@ --- -title: "The Internet that connects us also manipulates us. In search of a better future." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -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." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: in_search_of_a_better_internet +title: "The Internet that connects us also manipulates us. In search of a better future." +image_caption: The Internet that connects us also manipulates us. In search of a better future. date: 2022-04-05 -updated: 2022-04-05 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +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. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, interview, update] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, data, peer-to-peer, why] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "The UNIQUE Post 1 subtitle" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: in_search_of_a_better_internet.png + imgPath: in_search_of_a_better_internet.png --- -The Internet is one of humanity’s [greatest inventions](https://coincodex.com/article/14083/threefold-host-the-cloud-at-your-house/). In its early days, it used to be [free and decentralized](https://theconversation.com/web-3-0-the-decentralised-web-promises-to-make-the-internet-free-again-113139) by nature. No single entity was able to control access to the web as it was built on the foundation of a peer-to-peer network of nodes owned by developers and researchers. Until the dot-com era. Throughout the early 2000s, large corporations took over the web. New platforms like YouTube and MySpace were launched and new infrastructure needed to be built at an extreme pace, starting the data revolution and changing the digital landscape forever. +The Internet is one of humanity’s [greatest inventions](https://coincodex.com/article/14083/threefold-host-the-cloud-at-your-house/). In its early days, it used to be [free and decentralized](https://theconversation.com/web-3-0-the-decentralised-web-promises-to-make-the-internet-free-again-113139) by nature. No single entity was able to control access to the web as it was built on the foundation of a peer-to-peer network of nodes owned by developers and researchers. Until the dot-com era. Throughout the early 2000s, large corporations took over the web. New platforms like YouTube and MySpace were launched and new infrastructure needed to be built at an extreme pace, starting the data revolution and changing the digital landscape forever. 
-Twenty years down the line, the Internet’s architecture has become highly centralized – owned by a handful of large corporations that act as the [gatekeepers](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/who-owns-the-internet) of our digital world. What was once an open and free platform accessible to anyone has long since built up barriers and lost its neutrality. Users are trapped in a cyberspace that exploits their personal data and allows censorship, hate speech, disinformation and political targeting to thrive. +Twenty years down the line, the Internet’s architecture has become highly centralized – owned by a handful of large corporations that act as the [gatekeepers](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/who-owns-the-internet) of our digital world. What was once an open and free platform accessible to anyone has long since built up barriers and lost its neutrality. Users are trapped in a cyberspace that exploits their personal data and allows censorship, hate speech, disinformation and political targeting to thrive.  ## Going down the Rabbit Hole @@ -31,7 +28,7 @@ The Wall Street Journal’s [investigation](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fac
-By purchasing thousands of personal data points collected by social media platforms and analyzing them, companies like Cambridge Analytica are able to not only predict but influence the behaviour of each and everyone of us. Data collection and analysis to such an extent allow these companies to craft and push perfectly targeted messages to users in a way that’s optimized to sway their opinions in favour of whatever agenda they have. +By purchasing thousands of personal data points collected by social media platforms and analyzing them, companies like Cambridge Analytica are able to not only predict but influence the behaviour of each and everyone of us. Data collection and analysis to such an extent allow these companies to craft and push perfectly targeted messages to users in a way that’s optimized to sway their opinions in favour of whatever agenda they have.   ## Can a neutral and free Internet still exist? @@ -43,14 +40,14 @@ The Internet has become our digital home. It’s impacting our lives in many way
-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/post/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. +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/post/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. 
-Powered by a global community, ThreeFold is the world’s largest peer-to-peer Internet infrastructure with a few thousand 3Nodes connected from 74 countries and the neutral foundation for [any current and future IT workload](https://medium.com/authority-magazine/the-future-is-now-kristoff-de-spiegeleer-of-threefold-on-how-their-technological-innovation-will-7acc0e51c365). ThreeFold is now on the verge of opening up a new Internet era free from censorship, user tracking and privacy breaches. And anyone can participate in ThreeFold’s model by building or buying a 3Node, and connecting Internet capacity from their home or office – creating a fully [decentralized Internet](https://coincheckup.com/blog/threefold-is-the-decentralized-web-the-future-of-the-internet/). +Powered by a global community, ThreeFold is the world’s largest peer-to-peer Internet infrastructure with a few thousand 3Nodes connected from 74 countries and the neutral foundation for [any current and future IT workload](https://medium.com/authority-magazine/the-future-is-now-kristoff-de-spiegeleer-of-threefold-on-how-their-technological-innovation-will-7acc0e51c365). ThreeFold is now on the verge of opening up a new Internet era free from censorship, user tracking and privacy breaches. And anyone can participate in ThreeFold’s model by building or buying a 3Node, and connecting Internet capacity from their home or office – creating a fully [decentralized Internet](https://coincheckup.com/blog/threefold-is-the-decentralized-web-the-future-of-the-internet/). 
-- 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/post/what_is_farming/) by setting up a 3Node at your home. -- Help us [connect the dots](https://threefold.io/blog/post/connecting_the_dots/). +* 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/post/what_is_farming/) by setting up a 3Node at your home. +* Help us [connect the dots](https://threefold.io/blog/post/connecting_the_dots/). diff --git a/content/blog/2022/05/post-3/index.md b/content/blog/internet_at_the_edge/index.md similarity index 89% rename from content/blog/2022/05/post-3/index.md rename to content/blog/internet_at_the_edge/index.md index b4f671741..fbaa4facf 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/05/post-3/index.md +++ b/content/blog/internet_at_the_edge/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "The Internet is Moving to the Edge" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -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." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: internet_at_the_edge +title: "The Internet is Moving to the Edge" +image_caption: The Internet is Moving to the Edge. date: 2022-05-10 -updated: 2022-05-10 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +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. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, technology, peer_to_peer, data] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid,technology, peer_to_peer, data] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: internet_at_the_edge.png + imgPath: internet_at_the_edge.png --- 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. @@ -23,10 +20,10 @@ Here are some interesting numbers to emphasize the explosive growth of connected
-- Back in 2018, [90% of global data creation](https://www.securityinfowatch.com/perimeter-security/physical-hardening/article/21263002/real-words-or-buzzwords-edge-cloud-and-the-evolving-internet) took place within the two previous years. -- 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. +* Back in 2018, [90% of global data creation](https://www.securityinfowatch.com/perimeter-security/physical-hardening/article/21263002/real-words-or-buzzwords-edge-cloud-and-the-evolving-internet) took place within the two previous years. +* 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.
@@ -38,7 +35,7 @@ About [175 Zettabytes](https://www.seagate.com/files/www-content/our-story/rethi ## The rise of edge computing -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. +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. 
@@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ As the need for Internet capacity – specifically at the edge – is rapidly in ## Realizing an interconnected future -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/post/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. +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/post/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/post/what_is_farming/) by setting up a 3Node at your home or office. -- Help us [connect the dots](https://threefold.io/blog/post/connecting_the_dots/) and accelerate our far-edge capabilities. -- Join our global [movement](https://t.me/threefold) today. +* [Expand the new Internet](https://threefold.io/blog/post/what_is_farming/) by setting up a 3Node at your home or office. +* Help us [connect the dots](https://threefold.io/blog/post/connecting_the_dots/) and accelerate our far-edge capabilities. +* Join our global [movement](https://t.me/threefold) today. diff --git a/content/blog/2022/05/post-3/internet_at_the_edge.png b/content/blog/internet_at_the_edge/internet_at_the_edge.png similarity index 100% rename from content/blog/2022/05/post-3/internet_at_the_edge.png rename to content/blog/internet_at_the_edge/internet_at_the_edge.png diff --git a/content/blog/2021/07/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/internet_destroying_brain/index.md similarity index 89% rename from content/blog/2021/07/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/internet_destroying_brain/index.md index 63c62132b..0ee155af7 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/07/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/internet_destroying_brain/index.md @@ -1,20 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "Response - The Internet is Destroying Our Brains, but We Can't Quit" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "The Internet is Destroying Our Brains -excerpt: A response to a poignant article written by P.E. Moskowitz on the dangers of today's Internet." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: internet_destroying_brain +title: Response - The Internet is Destroying Our Brains, but We Can't Quit +image_caption: The Internet is Destroying Our Brains date: 2021-07-01 -updated: 2021-07-01 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: A response to a poignant article written by P.E. Moskowitz on the dangers of today's Internet. taxonomies: - people: [sam_taggart] - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] - tags: [why, peer_to_peer, digital_twin, technology] - + people: [sam_taggart] + tags: [why, peer_to_peer, digital_twin, technology] + categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: internet_destroying_brain.png - + imgPath: internet_destroying_brain.png --- The other day, I came across [a poignant article](https://africa.businessinsider.com/strategy/the-internet-is-destroying-our-brains-but-we-cant-quit-its-a-factory-were-forced-to/z4drxf5) written by [P.E. Moskowitz](https://twitter.com/_pem_pem) entitled "The internet is destroying our brains, but we can't quit. It's a factory we're forced to work in without any pay." As someone who started out in social media advertising (read: trying to capture peoples' attention to get them to buy or do something often by using their data against them), worked in influencer marketing in its early days, and has now gone 180º to help to build a decentralized Internet by people and for people (where people are digitally sovereign), it really resonated with me. @@ -26,7 +21,7 @@ It's commonly-discussed (see: The Social Dilemma) and quite obvious if you use o In their article, Moskowitz points out how the Internet is not just like a toxic relationship or junk food, where you can leave or stop yourself from eating, rather it's "an all-encompassing technology, our main economic engine, the tool we are forced to use to meet others and mediate our entire lives."

-The truth is that the Internet _has_ become more than an addiction, it's become a necessity to keep up in today's increasingly-digital world. Yet the Internet is not even accessible to about 40% of the global population – and for those who _do_ have access, it does not serve us. It's actually the other way around. We are the product. +The truth is that the Internet *has* become more than an addiction, it's become a necessity to keep up in today's increasingly-digital world. Yet the Internet is not even accessible to about 40% of the global population – and for those who *do* have access, it does not serve us. It's actually the other way around. We are the product.

"We produce the memes, tweets, posts, and pictures that keep us tethered to the internet, and then that content is monetized in the form of advertisements - revenue users help produce, but do not usually see a penny of," says Moskowitz. We have become cogs in a machine that uses us for its own benefit. Or as they call it, "a factory we're forced to work in without any pay." @@ -46,7 +41,7 @@ Simply pending less time on the Internet or using certain apps instead of others As pointed out recently [in TGDaily](https://tgdaily.com/web/6-dfinity-threefold-are-leading-an-internet-decentralization-revolution/), ThreeFold is that revolution.

-ThreeFold is the engine for a _new_ Internet, driven by a movement of people who care about a better future. With more than two decades of direct knowledge of the Internet and Cloud industries, we flipped today's Internet on its head. We rebuilt the architecture from the ground up, with people and our planet at the center of our focus. Instead of relying on centralized hyper-scale data centers owned by a few private corporations, we provide the opportunity for people across the world with access to a network connection and electricity to plug in hardware and provide local capacity, and earn income while they are at it. +ThreeFold is the engine for a *new* Internet, driven by a movement of people who care about a better future. With more than two decades of direct knowledge of the Internet and Cloud industries, we flipped today's Internet on its head. We rebuilt the architecture from the ground up, with people and our planet at the center of our focus. Instead of relying on centralized hyper-scale data centers owned by a few private corporations, we provide the opportunity for people across the world with access to a network connection and electricity to plug in hardware and provide local capacity, and earn income while they are at it.

In our model, we prioritize simplicity, security, efficiency, and privacy. The technology runs autonomously, removing human error and malicious intent from the equation. Connections are peer-to-peer, meaning no middlemen get in the way of our content, our transactions, or other data. And importantly, people own their data. What we produce is ours. We decide where it gets stored and we decide who can access it (and for what value). In fact, it's basically impossible from a technical standpoint for anybody to access someone's data without their consent – including us. @@ -72,7 +67,7 @@ If you believe in what we are building, we invite you to join the movement: - [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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We are a growing group of people from around the world who not only believe what many of you believe, but we are doing something about it. Let's grow the People's Internet, together. diff --git a/content/blog/internet_destroying_brain/internet_destroying_brain.png b/content/blog/internet_destroying_brain/internet_destroying_brain.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..874d4e8e6 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/internet_destroying_brain/internet_destroying_brain.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/04/post-7/index.md b/content/blog/internet_energy_consumption/index.md similarity index 90% rename from content/blog/2022/04/post-7/index.md rename to content/blog/internet_energy_consumption/index.md index 25da4e911..296649273 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/04/post-7/index.md +++ b/content/blog/internet_energy_consumption/index.md @@ -1,21 +1,18 @@ --- -title: "How to stop the Internet from Gobbling the World’s Energy" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -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." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: internet_energy_consumption +title: "How to stop the Internet from Gobbling the World’s Energy" +image_caption: How to stop the Internet from Gobbling the World’s Energy date: 2022-04-26 -updated: 2022-04-26 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +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. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_farming, farming, why] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_farming, farming, why] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: internet_energy_consumption.png + imgPath: internet_energy_consumption.png --- -_Global carbon emissions keep rising. Climate change and the collapse of biodiversity are accelerating faster than ever before. And yet, it’s important to believe in our ability to change our behaviour if we are to secure our children’s future. It’s not about being naive or optimistic, but rather a commitment to change and to do better. Across the globe, movements are sprouting to save our planet. How does ThreeFold take part in this? How are we contributing to making the world a better place?_ +*Global carbon emissions keep rising. Climate change and the collapse of biodiversity are accelerating faster than ever before. And yet, it’s important to believe in our ability to change our behaviour if we are to secure our children’s future. It’s not about being naive or optimistic, but rather a commitment to change and to do better. Across the globe, movements are sprouting to save our planet. How does ThreeFold take part in this? How are we contributing to making the world a better place?*  
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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. +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.  ## A silver lining on the horizon @@ -75,5 +72,5 @@ Really, all it takes right now is widespread support and adoption of more energy
-- 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. +* 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. diff --git a/content/blog/internet_energy_consumption/internet_energy_consumption.png b/content/blog/internet_energy_consumption/internet_energy_consumption.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9594c09ec Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/internet_energy_consumption/internet_energy_consumption.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/internet_is_growing_wild/index.md b/content/blog/internet_is_growing_wild/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6e06100a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/internet_is_growing_wild/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +--- +id: internet_is_growing_wild +title: Internet is growing wild +image_caption: planet +date: 2019-12-05 +description: The internet is growing at an extremely fast pace, but is that a good thing? +taxonomies: + people: [] + tags: [technology,why,threefold_grid] + categories: [farming,cloud,foundation,aci] +extra: + imgPath: internet_is_growing_wild.png +--- +
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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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+The Internet is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. In this article we'll explain why that's not always such a good thing and where we see opportunities. + +## Internet capacity needs to become localized + +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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+As a consequence most Internet users use Internet-based services running on infrastructure which is located far away from their physical location and most likely outside their country's borders. This decreases the general end-user experience (latency) but also adds unnecessary costs to transporting the information back and forth. Also, it adds legislation and compliance headaches to enterprises. +
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+Our mission is to empower and inspire people to recognize abundance by living new experiences one hour at a time. + +## The Internet needs to perform better + +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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+The inefficiencies have now led to a situation where organically-grown IT architectures are immensely complex. They use a variety of components from different software and hardware vendors integrated by so called 'integrators'. The overall effort and cost involved to create, operate and maintain such architectures is growing continuously and requiring an ever-increasing budget and resourcing to continue. +
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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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+Only upsides, right? Well a huge downside of such an approach is that vendors will make less revenue and more importantly less margin as systems will run for longer, be more stable and require less updates. So why would vendors innovate at the core of their solution? + +## The Internet needs to become more sustainable + +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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+ThreeFold believes IT can do a much better job at being more sustainable - in fact ThreeFold believes it can reduce the Internet’s carbon footprint by 10 times compared to other industry standards in IT capacity producing solutions. +
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+Power consumption is a function of better compute and storage performance that in theory would require more racks and cooling. ThreeFold's architectural approach brought solutions that enables it's Farmers to achieve roughly 3 times the performance per rack (so it uses fewer racks) and the racks require less energy than typical racks in the industry. +
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+Read more about how ThreeFold achieves sustainability in [the following blog](https://www.threefold.io/blog/post/for_our_planet/). + +## The Internet needs to become more affordable + +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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+- On average an IT budget takes 5% of overall revenues +- IT consumes 6.5% of the total number of Full-time equivalent in the company, of which 85% are insourced and 15% on payroll. This means that the enterprise doesn't retain internal know-how to operate their IT. +- 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. +- Around 65% of the IT budget is spent on resources and services, around 35% is spent on hardware and software. +
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+These figures present industry average numbers and paint a troubling picture that IT is a sizeable part of an overall budget, and that most spending is going to have the right knowledge skills insourced to the organisation to run the core IT architecture it relies on. For any other discipline in any organisation this would present an unacceptable risk to the business and its continuity - strangely not for IT. + +## The Internet needs to become self-healing + +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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+Managing a data center that contains solutions for information transportation, storage and processing is not an easy task and the growth of data volume uploaded, stored and processed has exponentially increased. The number of technologies invented and implemented in regards to the processing and storing of information has also exploded. This resulted in a double exponential growth in complexity to architect, build, operate and maintain these IT systems. +
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+The time has come that we no longer rely on people to do the right thing in case of emergency - the complexity is overwhelming and the dependency on the availability of that information is huge. Having people to do manual deployments and operational responsibilities does not provide the agility and speed to keep up with the continuous exponential growth of the industry. It is time to take the human element out of IT and let smart and autonomous systems to take over. This will also let people focus on more creative activities. + +## The world needs a responsible internet + +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. + +## The Internet is growing fast, with the wrong solutions + +It is evident that the current solutions are super unsustainable and make no sense. Luckily, ThreeFold and many other start-ups are deploying new solutions. +
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+*Photo by Jeremy Thomas on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/jh2KTqHLMjE).* diff --git a/content/blog/internet_is_growing_wild/internet_is_growing_wild.png b/content/blog/internet_is_growing_wild/internet_is_growing_wild.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3283bc020 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/internet_is_growing_wild/internet_is_growing_wild.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/05/post-7/index.md b/content/blog/internet_of_internets/index.md similarity index 73% rename from content/blog/2022/05/post-7/index.md rename to content/blog/internet_of_internets/index.md index b60a7a8f8..745b48cbd 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/05/post-7/index.md +++ b/content/blog/internet_of_internets/index.md @@ -1,28 +1,25 @@ --- -title: "Welcome to the Internet of Internets" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Together, we’re building our own future through the Internet of Internets – decentralized, open, inclusive, regenerative, and resilient." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: internet_of_internets +title: "Welcome to the Internet of Internets" +image_caption: Welcome to the Internet of Internets date: 2022-05-24 -updated: 2022-05-24 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Together, we’re building our own future through the Internet of Internets – decentralized, open, inclusive, regenerative, and resilient. taxonomies: - people: [sam_taggart] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, why, update] - + people: [sam_taggart] + tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, why, update] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: internet_of_internets.png + imgPath: internet_of_internets.png --- -_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._ +*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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-_It interconnects us all, directly, without any intermediaries._
-_We store our data in full sovereignty and privacy._ +*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.*
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-The ThreeFold Hub interconnects the Regional Internets to form the Internet of Internets. Secured by 100 L2 Validators, this is the home of the TFT and the base governance layer for ThreeFold. Here you can see a model which starts locally and scales forever. Each layer has a distinct purpose and allows the ecosystem to interact. And while being hierarchical, it’s still 100% peer-to-peer and decentralized. An Internet of Internets, by the people, for the people – safe, sovereign, and sustainable. +The ThreeFold Hub interconnects the Regional Internets to form the Internet of Internets. Secured by 100 L2 Validators, this is the home of the TFT and the base governance layer for ThreeFold. Here you can see a model which starts locally and scales forever. Each layer has a distinct purpose and allows the ecosystem to interact. And while being hierarchical, it’s still 100% peer-to-peer and decentralized. An Internet of Internets, by the people, for the people – safe, sovereign, and sustainable. ## A world of endless possibilities lives on top -_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._ +*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.*
@@ -98,8 +95,8 @@ With the Internet of Internets, we’re laying the foundation for a world built ## The foundation for a better (digital) world -_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._ +*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.*
@@ -125,4 +122,4 @@ Together, we’re building our own future through the Internet of Internets –
-_In the coming weeks, we’ll be diving deeper into the Internet of Internets model, to share more about the different layers, how they come together, and how you can get involved._ +*In the coming weeks, we’ll be diving deeper into the Internet of Internets model, to share more about the different layers, how they come together, and how you can get involved.* \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/blog/2022/05/post-7/internet_of_internets.png b/content/blog/internet_of_internets/internet_of_internets.png similarity index 100% rename from content/blog/2022/05/post-7/internet_of_internets.png rename to content/blog/internet_of_internets/internet_of_internets.png diff --git a/content/blog/2021/08/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/interview_with_jimber/index.md similarity index 79% rename from content/blog/2021/08/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/interview_with_jimber/index.md index 6c8dc9d39..967b32114 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/08/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/interview_with_jimber/index.md @@ -1,150 +1,147 @@ --- -title: "Interview – Designing Solutions for a P2P Future" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -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." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: interview_with_jimber +title: Interview – Designing Solutions for a P2P Future +image_caption: interview with jimber date: 2021-08-26 -updated: 2021-08-26 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +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. taxonomies: - people: [scott_yeager] - categories: [farming, threefold_grid, threefold_token, foundation] - tags: [peer_to_peer, threefold_grid, technology] - + people: [scott_yeager] + tags: [peer_to_peer, threefold_grid, technology] + categories: [farming, threefold_grid, threefold_token, foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: interview_with_jimber.png + imgPath: interview_with_jimber.png --- 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.

-_The following has been edited lightly for clarity and flow._ +*The following has been edited lightly for clarity and flow.*

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?

-_Yes, the solution is fully open source, using Janus as a back end which is a signaling and MTU server that handles all the traffic. But the main reason why we created our own solution is because we want to deploy the solution on the ThreeFold Grid and make a really decentralized video application. So everyone can start their own video room and the data will only be shared between the members of the room, instead of going through Zoom._ +*Yes, the solution is fully open source, using Janus as a back end which is a signaling and MTU server that handles all the traffic. But the main reason why we created our own solution is because we want to deploy the solution on the ThreeFold Grid and make a really decentralized video application. So everyone can start their own video room and the data will only be shared between the members of the room, instead of going through Zoom.*

-_The reasons for this have become very clear in the latest developments at Zoom where they had the lawsuits for end-to-end encryption. So something that our solution will offer is not only end-to-end encryption but also the traffic won't go through central points – so there's no way for us to eavesdrop on any of the conversations as a company since we're not included in the process. So that's the main reason that we created this one._ +*The reasons for this have become very clear in the latest developments at Zoom where they had the lawsuits for end-to-end encryption. So something that our solution will offer is not only end-to-end encryption but also the traffic won't go through central points – so there's no way for us to eavesdrop on any of the conversations as a company since we're not included in the process. So that's the main reason that we created this one.*

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.

-_Yep, so what we offer is fully open source, and using the Digital Twin platform you'll be able to start your own solutions, so it's fully in your own hands._ +*Yep, so what we offer is fully open source, and using the Digital Twin platform you'll be able to start your own solutions, so it's fully in your own hands.*

Do you know what kind of resources are required to run the video chat server?

-_The CPU and memory usage on the server is very low, but bit rate depends on how good your connection is and how high quality you want to use. Right now we have some default quality but we will be able to make that configurable, so you'll be able to choose how much data that you want to consume during your conversation, which will of course imply a better or a worse resolution and experience._ +*The CPU and memory usage on the server is very low, but bit rate depends on how good your connection is and how high quality you want to use. Right now we have some default quality but we will be able to make that configurable, so you'll be able to choose how much data that you want to consume during your conversation, which will of course imply a better or a worse resolution and experience.*

Totally. I've heard that we should be able to host many Digital Twins on a single node. I'm curious of your thoughts on that. How many Digital Twins do you think we could run on a single Titan node or server in a rack?

-_That's a hard one. I'd have to check for real numbers on the current implementation, but the thing is that there's not really a hard limit, as long as you keep improving your software and making it more efficient, making it more suitable to the scaling case. Right now in centralized systems this mostly is not a concern, but if you make it more suitable to self hosting and the digital twin scenario, then we should be able to get really far on that._ +*That's a hard one. I'd have to check for real numbers on the current implementation, but the thing is that there's not really a hard limit, as long as you keep improving your software and making it more efficient, making it more suitable to the scaling case. Right now in centralized systems this mostly is not a concern, but if you make it more suitable to self hosting and the digital twin scenario, then we should be able to get really far on that.*

-_It's going to take some effort and time to improve it and to make it better so the usage goes down, while the hardware also gets better so it's two ways. I think in the long run we should be able to host really lots and lots of Digital Twins on one single node. It also depends on what you're doing on the Digital Twins, if everyone is doing video conversations it will of course have more consumption than if everyone is just chatting in text._ +*It's going to take some effort and time to improve it and to make it better so the usage goes down, while the hardware also gets better so it's two ways. I think in the long run we should be able to host really lots and lots of Digital Twins on one single node. It also depends on what you're doing on the Digital Twins, if everyone is doing video conversations it will of course have more consumption than if everyone is just chatting in text.*

There's a good number of features here in video chat already like the background replace and some others I was impressed to see already during my testing. Of course Zoom has many more features like hosting these large conferences, breakout groups, allowing people to raise their hand digitally. I'm wondering what features are on the road map for this solution and what should we expect to see coming next?

-_Raising hands is one of the things that we're developing now, but we're mostly doing improvements at the back end so we can get a more efficient solution and a solution that is better suited to the decentralized way of working. Now, we don't have the size of team that Zoom has of course at this point, so we're a bit slower in releasing new features. We do have a list of things that we want to implement in the near future. Things like waiting rooms and all the stuff that you came up with, they're on the road map but not for the very short term since right now we're really focusing on getting this thing working in a decentralized way on the Grid._ +*Raising hands is one of the things that we're developing now, but we're mostly doing improvements at the back end so we can get a more efficient solution and a solution that is better suited to the decentralized way of working. Now, we don't have the size of team that Zoom has of course at this point, so we're a bit slower in releasing new features. We do have a list of things that we want to implement in the near future. Things like waiting rooms and all the stuff that you came up with, they're on the road map but not for the very short term since right now we're really focusing on getting this thing working in a decentralized way on the Grid.*

That makes sense. And what is the status of that? Are we using the Grid right now, or is this a staging server?

-_This is a production server of Jimber. We use this one to talk to our employees, so for internal calls, and we're also using it to talk to clients. We've been using it for over six months without any problems so it's really production ready, but this version is not running on the Grid right now. We do have deployments on the Grid that work perfectly._ +*This is a production server of Jimber. We use this one to talk to our employees, so for internal calls, and we're also using it to talk to clients. We've been using it for over six months without any problems so it's really production ready, but this version is not running on the Grid right now. We do have deployments on the Grid that work perfectly.*

Good to know. Is that something that someone with the proper amount of knowledge and motivation could test for themselves already, running the solution on the Grid?

-_Yeah, they should be able to. It might be that they still need a little bit of help from the technical team, but it should be doable, yes._ +*Yeah, they should be able to. It might be that they still need a little bit of help from the technical team, but it should be doable, yes.*

Cool, I'll put that on my list of things to try out. So that's video chat. Do you see any challenges arising from quirks of the Grid in implementing any features or scaling things up to a certain level. Is there anything that's tricky about moving something like this onto the Grid?

-_It's more about the Digital Twin than the meeting solution itself. Right now we're really working on getting the Digital Twin able to launch for a single person, so we're checking out how we'll do the deployments, the payment flow, things like that._ +*It's more about the Digital Twin than the meeting solution itself. Right now we're really working on getting the Digital Twin able to launch for a single person, so we're checking out how we'll do the deployments, the payment flow, things like that.*
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-_So for us, that's the challenge right now, but in the long run it's probably going to be scaling, being sure that the Digital Twin runs close enough to the person actually using it, being sure that the interaction between Digital Twins is really fast and with low latency. Things like that will of course be a huge challenge, and also keeping everything private, making sure that everything is secure is also a bit challenging._ +
+*So for us, that's the challenge right now, but in the long run it's probably going to be scaling, being sure that the Digital Twin runs close enough to the person actually using it, being sure that the interaction between Digital Twins is really fast and with low latency. Things like that will of course be a huge challenge, and also keeping everything private, making sure that everything is secure is also a bit challenging.*
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-_Another big challenge is that users are not used to a decentralized environment. So if you lose your seed phrase or in some way destroy your own Digital Twin, it's decentralized so we can't access it. There isn't a company that can just look into the big system and fix it for you. You are a bit responsible for your own system so that's also a bit of a challenge. So to get users informed and make software that's really easy for them, where they can't mess things up, and where users can give us enough logs when something goes wrong to help them in a decentralized way._ +
+*Another big challenge is that users are not used to a decentralized environment. So if you lose your seed phrase or in some way destroy your own Digital Twin, it's decentralized so we can't access it. There isn't a company that can just look into the big system and fix it for you. You are a bit responsible for your own system so that's also a bit of a challenge. So to get users informed and make software that's really easy for them, where they can't mess things up, and where users can give us enough logs when something goes wrong to help them in a decentralized way.*

For sure, I know that's a big concern around our VDC solution as well. You onboard someone into the system and they need to take responsibility for their own data and deployments. I think that's a huge issue across this space right, you want to give people the power but they also need to be able to take the responsibility. We'll see how that goes, as users start to come onboard and what kinds of challenges they run into.

-_Yeah, that's going to be the fun part, once users really start onboarding and start using everything. It's mostly a stressful situation at first if you launch a new product, but we're going to be starting off with a beta version so we don't get too much ahead of ourselves. Using the beta period to really get the software to be at the point where we need it for production will probably be the best step, to take the stress a bit off the team, and in the next version we can go full fledged production with a really nice product._ +*Yeah, that's going to be the fun part, once users really start onboarding and start using everything. It's mostly a stressful situation at first if you launch a new product, but we're going to be starting off with a beta version so we don't get too much ahead of ourselves. Using the beta period to really get the software to be at the point where we need it for production will probably be the best step, to take the stress a bit off the team, and in the next version we can go full fledged production with a really nice product.*

How soon do you think we'll be ready to invite some members of the community to start testing?

-_We want to have a version ready for September, so that's what we're looking at._ +*We want to have a version ready for September, so that's what we're looking at.*

Great. Let's shift gears and talk about the file browser and office solution, which I've also tested. It's very cool. You're able to preview images and videos, edit documents, and more. I understand it's at least two open source components, you have the file browser and OnlyOffice working together.

-_So the file browser is totally made by us, it's fully new. We use OnlyOffice as a document service to edit the documents, and right now you can already share documents with other people and collaborate on documents. We're building a kind of online office alternative that is owned by you and where your files are safe from companies trying to get data from it to give you specific advertisements and that sort of thing._ +*So the file browser is totally made by us, it's fully new. We use OnlyOffice as a document service to edit the documents, and right now you can already share documents with other people and collaborate on documents. We're building a kind of online office alternative that is owned by you and where your files are safe from companies trying to get data from it to give you specific advertisements and that sort of thing.*

Okay, I didn't realize that the file browser piece had been built in house.

-_It's still very basic. It doesn't have all the features of the big ones yet. It has the basic functionality—you can upload files, make folders, put the files in the folders, open files, collaborate, save them, share with people, all of those things are available, so it's pretty usable. This has been launched in a staging version right now, so it's not available to the full public yet but it should be available in September when we launch the first Digital Twin version._ +*It's still very basic. It doesn't have all the features of the big ones yet. It has the basic functionality—you can upload files, make folders, put the files in the folders, open files, collaborate, save them, share with people, all of those things are available, so it's pretty usable. This has been launched in a staging version right now, so it's not available to the full public yet but it should be available in September when we launch the first Digital Twin version.*

I've tested it, and it works really well. I'm curious again—obviously building something like this isn't a small task. Building an alternative to products from massive corporations with huge budgets and teams. So for your team, what are the challenges and how did you make this work?

-_Of course using open source components like OnlyOffice is a big difference. It'd be hard to make all of the documents services ourselves—that would be really insane. So using open source components is a big key factor in this, but a second thing is that our team has been building and trying out stuff like this for a few years so we do have some experience in building these kinds of tools._ +*Of course using open source components like OnlyOffice is a big difference. It'd be hard to make all of the documents services ourselves—that would be really insane. So using open source components is a big key factor in this, but a second thing is that our team has been building and trying out stuff like this for a few years so we do have some experience in building these kinds of tools.*

So in Digital Twin we also have the chat solution. Is there anything about chat that's cool or unique?

-_We're looking at the big modern chat applications for our ideas there, as well as adding some new stuff in it. For the most part you have all the features that you need. You can send text messages and audio streams. You can send GIFs, which is of course the most important feature in any chat application. Then there's, block users, delete users, add users to make group conversations, share files with the whole group, all the things like that._ +*We're looking at the big modern chat applications for our ideas there, as well as adding some new stuff in it. For the most part you have all the features that you need. You can send text messages and audio streams. You can send GIFs, which is of course the most important feature in any chat application. Then there's, block users, delete users, add users to make group conversations, share files with the whole group, all the things like that.*

Does that mean that we should be able to switch from Telegram sometime in the near future?

-_I hope so yeah, it would be really cool when we can do that. The biggest difference of course is the underlying decentralized architecture._ +*I hope so yeah, it would be really cool when we can do that. The biggest difference of course is the underlying decentralized architecture.*

So finally, to wrap up, maybe you could talk a bit about how privacy and security is handled? We have end-to-end encryption, we have self hosting of data. What does that look like and how is it built?

-_In terms of the platform itself, that's something that the ThreeFold core team is more working on, so I know the principles and know how it works but I can't give you real technical details. As for what we build, the biggest tool that we use right now for end-to-end encryption is Yggdrasil or the Planetary Network, as we refer to it in ThreeFold. So that's a technology where multiple computers form one grid and they can exchange messages with each other which are fully end-to-end encrypted, using the standard TCP stack of those nodes. In that way we can communicate between Digital Twins in a very easy way, using standard technology, but just changing the underlying network architecture._ +*In terms of the platform itself, that's something that the ThreeFold core team is more working on, so I know the principles and know how it works but I can't give you real technical details. As for what we build, the biggest tool that we use right now for end-to-end encryption is Yggdrasil or the Planetary Network, as we refer to it in ThreeFold. So that's a technology where multiple computers form one grid and they can exchange messages with each other which are fully end-to-end encrypted, using the standard TCP stack of those nodes. In that way we can communicate between Digital Twins in a very easy way, using standard technology, but just changing the underlying network architecture.*

Totally, I know a bit about Yggdrasil. I haven't had a chance to test it myself, but it's super exciting technology, right? It allows anyone behind a firewall to still have a public address where they can still be reachable on IPv6 and everything is encrypted.

-_And as soon as you're connected to one node, you're connected to every one of them, because they all forward the packets, all end to end encrypted. So it's a really cool technology._ +*And as soon as you're connected to one node, you're connected to every one of them, because they all forward the packets, all end to end encrypted. So it's a really cool technology.*

Absolutely, and it's great to be able to build on this kind of stuff. Like you're saying, the open source components give us a big head start in trying to build these alternatives.

-_Indeed._ +*Indeed.*

Is there anything else you'd like to say about what you all have been building over there?

-_The whole ride has been really cool, we're kind of working on a few things at once, and ThreeFold is one of the components of it. For us it's a very exciting project, it's very technical and building something entirely new that doesn't exist yet using all these open source components. So for the team it's a very cool challenge, we really like to work on it, and it drives the team to create something really cool. It's a great opportunity._ +*The whole ride has been really cool, we're kind of working on a few things at once, and ThreeFold is one of the components of it. For us it's a very exciting project, it's very technical and building something entirely new that doesn't exist yet using all these open source components. So for the team it's a very cool challenge, we really like to work on it, and it drives the team to create something really cool. It's a great opportunity.*

I love that, and it's a big reason I'm excited to be involved with ThreeFold as well: building something that's totally new, going from 0 to 1, and then inviting the world to come check it out and enjoy all the benefits. @@ -153,25 +150,25 @@ I love that, and it's a big reason I'm excited to be involved with ThreeFold as Oh yeah, I forgot to ask about the web browser. I understand that Jimber has been building this for a while and I've seen some things about this on your website. So the web browser solution essentially renders the webpage on the back end and just shows the user an image of it?

-_Yeah, it caches the page on the back end and forwards the data to the client where it's rendered. So the code of the website itself doesn't reach you, and that's a solution that we use for multiple things. One is to protect APIs from getting attacked by users, what we call web application isolation. The second use case is where we have an office environment where people browse the internet and they use our solution to kind of make a gap between the computer in the company and the internet itself. But they can still browse the web and use all their favorite tools without having the risk of getting viruses and things like that._ +*Yeah, it caches the page on the back end and forwards the data to the client where it's rendered. So the code of the website itself doesn't reach you, and that's a solution that we use for multiple things. One is to protect APIs from getting attacked by users, what we call web application isolation. The second use case is where we have an office environment where people browse the internet and they use our solution to kind of make a gap between the computer in the company and the internet itself. But they can still browse the web and use all their favorite tools without having the risk of getting viruses and things like that.*

I didn't realize that there's benefit on the server end as well. So by requiring users to interact with a web service through the browser solution, that provides isolation for the app as well?

-_If users are going to the service they are going through our browser, which will fetch the service for you and just give you a state of how it looks so that way we can really protect the back end of the applications from multiple attacks._ +*If users are going to the service they are going through our browser, which will fetch the service for you and just give you a state of how it looks so that way we can really protect the back end of the applications from multiple attacks.*

And does this effectively provide a VPN for users as well?

-_It's kind of the same thing, yes._ +*It's kind of the same thing, yes.*

That's super exciting. Something that folks ask me about when they learn about ThreeFold is hosting VPNs on the Grid as a way to get the benefits of VPN in a decentralized way.

-_Yggdrasil is a bit closer to a VPN than our browser itself, but they pretty much help each other out. The browser in the ThreeFold network is used to protect the Digital Twin itself, to make it very secure and private for you, but the browser can also be used to browse websites from any country in the world without restrictions. So it can be used in that way too, which is kind of similar to how people at home use VPNs._ +*Yggdrasil is a bit closer to a VPN than our browser itself, but they pretty much help each other out. The browser in the ThreeFold network is used to protect the Digital Twin itself, to make it very secure and private for you, but the browser can also be used to browse websites from any country in the world without restrictions. So it can be used in that way too, which is kind of similar to how people at home use VPNs.*

That's good to know. Well, I really like the bigger picture here of an internet experience that's end-to-end encrypted, where all of your data is under your control, and you have the anonymity and privacy that a VPN would provide. It's very exciting stuff, and I'm looking forward to sharing about it with our larger community. diff --git a/content/blog/interview_with_jimber/interview_with_jimber.png b/content/blog/interview_with_jimber/interview_with_jimber.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..44a9cbd41 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/interview_with_jimber/interview_with_jimber.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/intro_to_farming/index.md b/content/blog/intro_to_farming/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..df906a25f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/intro_to_farming/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +--- +id: intro_to_farming +title: An intro to ThreeFold Farming +image_caption: internet farming +date: 2020-02-03 +description: We probably don’t need to tell you that the invention of Blockchain technology changed the world dramatically.. +taxonomies: + people: [] + tags: [farming] + categories: [farming,threefold_grid,threefold_token] +extra: + imgPath: intro_to_farming.png +--- +
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+We probably don’t need to tell you that the invention of Blockchain technology changed the world dramatically. The ThreeFold application of Blockchain technology to compute and storage capacity is one of the most exciting initiatives we have seen to date. + +## The problem + +There are some major challenges with the current foundation of the internet and how it has moved from being a medium to independently share information amongst internet users to a multi-billion dollar industry governed by a few (American) companies. + +## The solution + +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 Foundation has created end-to-end technology that creates a very stable digital currency with neutral, private and distributed capacity generating hardware as a financial backing mechanism._ + +## The ecosystem +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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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. @@ -34,11 +30,11 @@ No ThreeFold Tokens have ever been minted. ThreeFold Tokens are generated throug 4. By employing Stellar technology, TFT transactions and smart contracts are powered by one of the most energy-efficient blockchains available. Furthermore, TFT is the medium of exchange on the greenest internet network in the world. 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). 6. By buying, holding, and utilizing ThreeFold Tokens, you are actively supporting the expansion of the ThreeFold Grid and its use cases — creating a more sustainable, fair, and equally accessible Internet. -
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-_Important note: TFTs are not an investment instrument. It is the medium of exchange on the ThreeFold Grid, and is a mechanism to enable the Internet we believe is possible._ +*To learn more about the token, please dive into [our wiki](https://library.threefold.me/info/tfgrid/#/token).* +
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+ +*Important note: TFTs are not an investment instrument. It is the medium of exchange on the ThreeFold Grid, and is a mechanism to enable the Internet we believe is possible.* diff --git a/content/blog/intro_to_the_tf_token/intro_tf_token.png b/content/blog/intro_to_the_tf_token/intro_tf_token.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..90b7a5b16 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/intro_to_the_tf_token/intro_tf_token.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/06/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/join_the_peoples_internet/index.md similarity index 83% rename from content/blog/2021/06/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/join_the_peoples_internet/index.md index 9ecfc49a4..6fbe9d9da 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/06/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/join_the_peoples_internet/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "How You Can Join the People's Internet" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "An entirely new Internet economy that is owned by all of us. Add capacity, earn income!" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: join_the_peoples_internet +title: How You Can Join the People's Internet +image_caption: join the people's internet date: 2021-06-09 -updated: 2021-06-09 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: An entirely new Internet economy that is owned by all of us. Add capacity, earn income! taxonomies: - people: [weynand_kuijpers] - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] - tags: [threefold_grid, farming] - + people: [weynand_kuijpers] + tags: [threefold_grid, farming] + categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: join_the_peoples_internet.png + imgPath: join_the_peoples_internet.png --- Yes, that's right. With ThreeFold, you *can* become the Internet! Let me quickly explain.  @@ -21,7 +18,7 @@ Yes, that's right. With ThreeFold, you *can* become the Internet! Let me quickl 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.

-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. +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.

Together, they power a new, data-sovereign, and planet-positive Internet owned and powered by the people. This is a game-changer. @@ -48,8 +45,8 @@ To "become the Internet" is fairly simple (but does take some technical knowledg - A smartphone on which you can download and run the "ThreeFold Connect" app. This will provide you with a wallet (to receive your farmed TFT and to pay a very small amount of TFT to get started). - A laptop / desktop (and USB stick) to launch your online 3Bot, configure your farm, download your bootloader and burn the bootloader to a USB stick. - Some technical knowledge, interest and 45 minutes of time. -
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If you are still here and reading, we're good to go! I go through the whole process in a 3-minute video which will give you a quick overview of how to set up your farm. (Click through to the video on YouTube and find helpful links in the description.)
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In this video, Sam, based in Turkey, and Scott, based in the Pacific Northwest (USA), have a conversation about Scott’s journey into ThreeFold. They speak about how he found out about the project and started contributing (and how you can do the same), the technology, the mission, vision, and values, the people, and what Scott is most looking forward to in the short, medium, and long-term.

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Today, more than 40% of the world is without access to the internet, a tool which brings incredible access to knowledge (education) and important information, communication tools that keep loved ones connected and are crucial for emergencies, and economic opportunities. And over the last year, as the world is spending more time at home, digital economies are booming and education is going remote. With an uncertain future, we need to fix the digital divide or we risk leaving billions of people even further behind. diff --git a/content/blog/more_inclusive_internet/more_inclusive_internet.png b/content/blog/more_inclusive_internet/more_inclusive_internet.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e84d83fcf Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/more_inclusive_internet/more_inclusive_internet.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2019/03/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/new_digital_currency/index.md similarity index 69% rename from content/blog/2019/03/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/new_digital_currency/index.md index bfc80e55a..7563bbee4 100644 --- a/content/blog/2019/03/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/new_digital_currency/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "The need for a sustainable digital currency" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Cryptocurrencies commonly face some major problems, which can be solved." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: new_digital_currency +title: The need for a sustainable digital currency +image_caption: tokens date: 2019-03-06 -updated: 2019-03-06 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Cryptocurrencies commonly face some major problems, which can be solved. taxonomies: - people: [adnan_fatayerji] - categories: [farming, foundation] - tags: [threefold_token] - + people: [adnan_fatayerji] + tags: [threefold_token] + categories: [farming,foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: new_digital_currency.png + imgPath: new_digital_currency.png --- ## The world needs a new stable & green digital currency, which is usable globally @@ -28,10 +25,10 @@ However, cryptocurrencies commonly face some major problems, such as: - **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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+- **Less is more**: Scale down the operating system for a virtualization architecture to a minimum and boot it over the network - no local operating system files installed on local storage. +- **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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+The platform is secured by using a network boot mechanism that makes it virtually hack resistant as there are no operating system files installed locally. Infrastructure as a service traditionally runs in hyper-scale data centers, remote from the businesses using it. ThreeFold node technology allows you to install, operate and run IAAS services close to your business locations operated by your local IT team. It operates on a peer-to-peer network - only transferring bits of data that need to be transported to avoid network congestion and traffic bottlenecks. + +### Archive + +Data generation is growing exponentially. More data has been generated in the last 2 years than ever before. This creates a big need to archive data. The ThreeFold node technology creates storage and archiving capabilities by using standard hardware and known interfaces (S3, FTP, WebDav, CIFS, and NFS) will be built by developers worldwide and made available. The low-level storage functionality supports version controlling of the archived data, which keeps all relevant changes without any limitation by using a small amount of actual storage capacity. + +### Security + +Data security and reliability are key aspects of any storage system. The ThreeFold node allows all data to be compressed and encrypted if and when needed. The distributed character of the storage system enables site redundant storage algorithms to be deployed while keeping large data volumes from being stored in a single location. This removes the risk of data being stolen (physically) and prevents a site outage to result in data outage. The distributed character of the system is in line with the increasing spread of actual data generation. ThreeFold has sensory equipment everywhere these days, and the overhead of storing all that information in a few central places is enormous. Data collection and storage happens once - reading data to use it for a particular workload happens many times. + +### Data Mining + +On traditional server architectures, every application has to set up its servers that run their code in isolated silos, making sharing of data hard. The distributed character of the ThreeFold node technology presents compute and storage capacity everywhere. This enables large data mining workloads to happen close to the source of the data. By storing data in a distributed manner, mining can be distributed as well. Distributed compute capacity next to storage capabilities creates the possibility to create data mining operations on local storage (which makes it very fast and efficient) by coding data mining algorithms in programming languages (such as Python, Lua, Javascript, and Golang). Data mining follows distributed data storage. +
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+Never run into scalability problems again with the ThreeFold node. Data storage can expand horizontally using thousands of distributed nodes to create large storage volumes. + +### Smart Contracts + +Smart contracts are applications that run on a decentralized platform, exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud, or third-party interference. These applications run on a blockchain, a powerful shared global infrastructure that can move value around and represent the ownership of that value. Smart contracts enable developers to create markets, store registries of debts (or promises), move funds following past instructions (like a will or a futures contract), and many other things without a middleman or counterparty risk. ThreeFold nodes run based on smart-contracts. + + +### Self-Learning and AI + +Blockchains can be seen as databases. By current database standards, traditional blockchains like Bitcoin are terrible: low throughout, low capacity, high latency, poor query support, and so on. But even with these terrible characteristics, blockchains introduced three new and important characteristics: +
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**The Internet is growing like crazy and is now a trillion dollar problem. Together we can build a new neutral Internet.** ## An introduction to the problems @@ -30,14 +28,13 @@ extra: Today, the cloud computing industry represents a 100 billion dollar industry - mostly owned by about 20 global cooperations. Experts such as Bell Labs and Cisco believe the capacity requirements in the next decade will dramatically exceed existing infrastructure - requiring many more data centers and billions, if not trillions in investments.

-The spectacular growth and advancements in cloud computing that occurred over the last decade resulted in large part from “hyper-scale” efficiencies - i.e. centralizing Internet infrastructure in very large billion dollar data centers. However, demand for Internet capacity already surpassed the available infrastructure with emerging technologies such as Big Data, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology. The existing hyperscale cloud architecture cannot cope with this growing demand as the requirements for land, power and funding are becoming outrageous. +The spectacular growth and advancements in cloud computing that occurred over the last decade resulted in large part from “hyper-scale” efficiencies - i.e. centralizing Internet infrastructure in very large billion dollar data centers. However, demand for Internet capacity already surpassed the available infrastructure with emerging technologies such as Big Data, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology. The existing hyperscale cloud architecture cannot cope with this growing demand as the requirements for land, power and funding are becoming outrageous.

The challenges facing the Internet includes the following:

- -- **Trillions of Investment Required**. In the next decade, the global Internet infrastructure requires another 4,000 data centers (250M - 1B dollar investment each) to meet demand which would cost trillions - this money could be better used in education, healthcare, or sustainable innovations. +- **Trillions of Investment Required**. In the next decade, the global Internet infrastructure requires another 4,000 data centers (250M - 1B dollar investment each) to meet demand which would cost trillions - this money could be better used in education, healthcare, or sustainable innovations. - **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. @@ -57,7 +54,7 @@ By 2025, 60% of new Internet infrastructure will be decentralized and located at - **Security**: The ThreeFold Grid is distributed and benefits from our ItsYou.Online identity management platform - making it much more secure. - **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. +- **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. ## The ThreeFold Zero-Node @@ -65,17 +62,16 @@ By 2025, 60% of new Internet infrastructure will be decentralized and located at The Zero-Node provides compute, network and storage capacity to the internet and ThreeFold's blockchain. This capacity can be used for any possible workload. Here are some characteristics of ThreeFold's Zero node:

- - **Modularity**: Scaling from 8 vCPUs and 3.5 TB of storage (smallest) to clusters with 8000 vCPUs and 2 PB of storage (large), there is a range of possibilities at hand. - **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. +- **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. + - 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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-Blockchain is a clear evolution to the centralized client-server model, but there are severe challenges sourced from the [blockchain trilemma](https://medium.com/certik/the-blockchain-trilemma-decentralized-scalable-and-secure-e9d8c41a87b3) between decentralization, scalability and security. Peer-to-peer systems transcend those challenges as they don’t require any valid2ation or verification from a third party, and enable end-to-end connections that can scale limitlessly without the potential of being altered or corrupted by intermediaries. In peer-to-peer systems, all participants are equally privileged, presenting a fairer model. Peer-to-peer represents an incredibly simple and efficient paradigm for organizing our digital world, and has already proven to be the most efficient alternative to centralized information systems. +Blockchain is a clear evolution to the centralized client-server model, but there are severe challenges sourced from the [blockchain trilemma](https://medium.com/certik/the-blockchain-trilemma-decentralized-scalable-and-secure-e9d8c41a87b3) between decentralization, scalability and security. Peer-to-peer systems transcend those challenges as they don’t require any valid2ation or verification from a third party, and enable end-to-end connections that can scale limitlessly without the potential of being altered or corrupted by intermediaries. In peer-to-peer systems, all participants are equally privileged, presenting a fairer model. Peer-to-peer represents an incredibly simple and efficient paradigm for organizing our digital world, and has already proven to be the most efficient alternative to centralized information systems.
@@ -61,4 +58,4 @@ Support the realization of a peer-to-peer Internet owned by the people today: - [Get TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__how_to_buy), the currency of the peer-to-peer Internet. - [Connect a computer](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__farming_intro) to the peer-to-peer Internet and earn monthly rewards. -- [Build applications](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#//manual__manual3_home_new) on the peer-to-peer Internet. +- [Build applications](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#//manual__manual3_home_new) on the peer-to-peer Internet. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/blog/p2p_web3/p2p_web3.png b/content/blog/p2p_web3/p2p_web3.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8fc4e7957 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/p2p_web3/p2p_web3.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/04/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/paradise_hills/index.md similarity index 82% rename from content/blog/2022/04/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/paradise_hills/index.md index 76345598f..c7514a7fe 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/04/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/paradise_hills/index.md @@ -1,25 +1,22 @@ --- -title: "ThreeFold in Paradise" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "An inside look at how the Paradise Hills partnership came to be and how the model can scale around the world." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: paradise_hills +title: ThreeFold in Paradise +image_caption: ThreeFold in Paradise date: 2022-04-07 -updated: 2022-04-07 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: An inside look at how the Paradise Hills partnership came to be and how the model can scale around the world. taxonomies: - people: [sam_taggart] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [partner, threefold_grid, why] - + people: [sam_taggart] + tags: [partner, threefold_grid, why] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "The UNIQUE Post 1 subtitle" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: paradise_hills.png + imgPath: paradise_hills.png --- It’s January 2022. ThreeFold co-founder Adnan Fatayerji sits in the office of Shaher Mousli, CEO of Paradise Hills Development, along with Suhaib Sheikh, COO of the project. Shaher and Adnan are long-time friends and in fact Shaher gave Adnan his first internship in Dubai about two decades ago, while Adnan was in his final year at university.
-Shaher is well-known in the Dubai real-estate market, for his open-heartedness and transparency, and has a history of always looking for ways to stand out and differentiate himself and his projects. Paradise Hills in itself came from the idea of creating a “paradise” themed model for residents that could even serve as a tropical resting place for birds in Dubai. +Shaher is well-known in the Dubai real-estate market, for his open-heartedness and transparency, and has a history of always looking for ways to stand out and differentiate himself and his projects. Paradise Hills in itself came from the idea of creating a “paradise” themed model for residents that could even serve as a tropical resting place for birds in Dubai. ## The “aha” moment @@ -27,7 +24,7 @@ For the past twenty years, Adnan and Shaher have maintained a strong relationshi
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-If the Paradise Hills story inspires you, and you have an idea for how to bring this model elsewhere, we invite you to take action. Head to the ThreeFold Forum, create a topic under the [Paradise Hills Model](https://forum.threefold.io/t/about-the-paradise-hills-model-category/2632) category, and let’s spread this to the world. +If the Paradise Hills story inspires you, and you have an idea for how to bring this model elsewhere, we invite you to take action. Head to the ThreeFold Forum, create a topic under the [Paradise Hills Model](https://forum.threefold.io/t/about-the-paradise-hills-model-category/2632) category, and let’s spread this to the world. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/blog/paradise_hills/paradise_hills.png b/content/blog/paradise_hills/paradise_hills.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..76b23ccc6 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/paradise_hills/paradise_hills.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/paradise_hills/paradise_hills_3node.png b/content/blog/paradise_hills/paradise_hills_3node.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7b8fe3fcd Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/paradise_hills/paradise_hills_3node.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/paradise_hills/paradise_hills_connected.png b/content/blog/paradise_hills/paradise_hills_connected.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b017372f5 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/paradise_hills/paradise_hills_connected.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/paradise_hills/paradise_hills_partners.jpeg b/content/blog/paradise_hills/paradise_hills_partners.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0dd47441f Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/paradise_hills/paradise_hills_partners.jpeg differ diff --git a/content/blog/planet_first_people_first/index.md b/content/blog/planet_first_people_first/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7929b5e81 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/planet_first_people_first/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +--- +id: planet_first_people_first +title: "Planet first. People first." +image_caption: Planet first. People first. +date: 2022-07-05 +description: Together with our community and partners, we're taking action and making productive choices for our planet and humanity. +taxonomies: + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [community, why] + categories: [foundation] +extra: + imgPath: planet_first_people_first.png +--- + +Today, the world is facing an unprecedented number of crises and disruptions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic to climate change to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. From supply chain disruptions and rising inflation to shortages in food and energy supply, serious challenges lie ahead. + +
+ +We have always believed that technology can help some of humanity’s greatest challenges – for example by providing the foundation for an interconnected world that can enable abundance to spread. ThreeFold has focused on developing a more reliable Internet which can meet the demands and challenges of the future. A [more sustainable](https://threefold.io/blog/post/planting_the_seeds/) Internet that uses [less energy](https://threefold.io/blog/post/for_our_planet/) and is offsetting its carbon emissions by supporting tree planting and other impact initiatives. And an Internet that empowers us with digital [sovereignty](https://threefold.io/blog/post/threefold_data_sovereignty/) while providing high levels of [privacy and security](https://forum.threefold.io/t/critical-security-updates-for-apple-and-google-underline-need-for-secure-it-ecosystem/1271?u=hannahcordes). One that is [inclusive](https://threefold.io/blog/post/more_inclusive_internet/) by being more affordable and accessible. + +
+ +Our [mission](http://mission.threefold.me/) is planet first and people first.  + +## The planet and people are at the heart of our movement + +Without our planet, humanity has no home. Without our planet, we can’t survive. The fate of humanity depends on the planet’s health. We need a healthy planet for humanity to thrive. And our planet needs regenerative solutions at a large scale that combat climate change and the collapse of biodiversity. That includes the Internet and everything that lives on top. + +
+ +ThreeFold aims to deliver on our promise of providing better solutions for our planet and people through our technology. With this approach, we’re taking action and making productive choices for our planet and humanity. Our [journey](https://threefold.io/blog/post/four_phases_of_threefold/) is shaped by the determination to drive the regeneration of our planet and to enable a better life for people. + +
+ +*“Today billions of people don’t have access to the internet because of their station of birth. On one hand, it is unfair to them, and on the other, the world is losing billions of inventors and talents. Our internet can scale to anywhere electricity and network exist to provide access to the internet, education, and financial inclusion to everyone.” – [Kristof de Spiegeleer](https://medium.com/authority-magazine/the-future-is-now-kristoff-de-spiegeleer-of-threefold-on-how-their-technological-innovation-will-7acc0e51c365)* + +
+ +Our approach is also based on community and connection. We’re determined to build better, sustainable and inclusive systems for the planet and people – from realizing the Internet of Internets on a global scale to reimagining business, governance, finance, education and more in order to provide better alternatives for people, enterprises and governments. And we are in dialogue and partnership with global leaders who share a similar vision. + +
+ +Here are three examples of the impact we’re creating together: + +
+ +* Together with [Take Action Global](https://threefold.io/blog/post/planting_the_seeds/), we’re offsetting the ThreeFold Grid’s emissions three times through planting and protecting trees + +
+ +* Together with [IETSA](https://threefold.io/news/post/threefold_ietsa/), we’re making the decentralized Internet more accessible in underserved South African communities while also providing education in blockchain and Web 3.0 technologies + +
+ +* Together with [Solidaridad](https://forum.threefold.io/t/solidaridad-revival/2158?u=hannahcordes), we’re working on the Fair Data initiative to enable a fair data economy + +## Driving change towards the future we want to live in + +We strongly believe in the ThreeFold Law which states that any good you do will return to you threefold in this lifetime. By making our technology actionable, we energize a collective approach towards a single mission – empowering humanity while regenerating our planet. + +
+ +We’re aware that this mission is a big one. We’re aware how aspirational it is. We’re aware that we are not perfect. And we realize that changing the world for the better requires patience and community. We’re in it for the [long run](https://threefold.io/blog/post/four_phases_of_threefold/) and we’re in it together. + +
+ +*“It's an honor every day to wake up and be a part of a global movement of people who are trying to build a better Internet for humanity that can uplift and empower.” – [Adnan Fatayerji](https://threefold.io/news/post/threefold_cybernews/)* + +
+ +ThreeFold is more than a company or a project. ThreeFold is a global movement consisting of like-minded individuals and partners who share these values and vision. A movement united in our shared beliefs in open source, peer-to-peer, equality and inclusion. By coming together to build a better Internet, we can create the foundation for a better world. We’re incredibly proud of the ThreeFold community and ecosystem. This beautiful community consists of open-minded, passionate and determined people from all around the world, just like you. We’re dreamers, creators, builders and change makers. + +
+ + + +## We are part of the solution + +There are many great projects and organizations out there that also follow the planet-first people-first philosophy. Like [Ecosia](https://www.ecosia.org/?c=en) – the search engine that plants trees and thereby positively impacts ecosystems, communities and our planet. Like [ShareTheMeal](https://sharethemeal.org/en/index.html) – the world’s first app against global hunger that enables you to ‘share the meal’ with a child in need with one simple tap on your phone. Like [Patagonia](https://www.patagonia.com/home/?utm_source=actionworks&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=global_nav&utm_content=link) – a designer of outdoor clothing and sports gear that turned into an environmental activist. And like so many others. + +
+ +Together, we can achieve the extraordinary. The ThreeFold movement is building our own future through the [Internet of Internets](https://threefold.io/blog/post/internet_of_internets/) – an Internet that will be made up of hundreds, thousands, and ultimately millions, of interconnected local Internets that enables us all to directly connect and exchange without limitations or intermediaries. No matter what you do to support planet-first people-first movements, thank you. In doing so, you’re making a difference. You’re contributing to making the world a better place. + +
+ +With ThreeFold, anyone anywhere can make a difference. For a better life, for a better future. + +
+ +If not us, who? If not now, when? + +
+ +*If you’re new to ThreeFold and don’t know you to contribute best, here are a few ways to take action:* + +
+ +* *[Join](https://t.me/threefold) this growing movement* +* *[Buy](https://marketplace.3node.global/) or [build](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__diy_guide) a 3Node and be the Internet* +* *[Buy](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__how_to_buy) TFT* diff --git a/content/blog/planet_first_people_first/planet_first_people_first.png b/content/blog/planet_first_people_first/planet_first_people_first.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a963e412d Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/planet_first_people_first/planet_first_people_first.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/05/post-2/index.md b/content/blog/planting_the_seeds/index.md similarity index 87% rename from content/blog/2022/05/post-2/index.md rename to content/blog/planting_the_seeds/index.md index 51b53a9f8..9be034182 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/05/post-2/index.md +++ b/content/blog/planting_the_seeds/index.md @@ -1,25 +1,22 @@ --- -title: "Planting the Seeds: ThreeFold's Plans to Regenerate the Planet" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "We believe our planet needs regenerative solutions at a large scale. ThreeFold and Take Action Global (TAG) are on a mission to regenerate the planet together." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: planting_the_seeds +title: "Planting the Seeds: ThreeFold's Plans to Regenerate the Planet" +image_caption: "Planting the Seeds: ThreeFold's Plans to Regenerate the Planet." date: 2022-05-05 -updated: 2022-05-05 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: We believe our planet needs regenerative solutions at a large scale. ThreeFold and Take Action Global (TAG) are on a mission to regenerate the planet together. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, farming, threefold_token, why] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, farming, threefold_token, why] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: planting_the_seeds.png + imgPath: planting_the_seeds.png --- -_‘Being sustainable’ has become a buzzword – a claim to boost our image rather than an honest endeavour. It is hard to trust people and brands today when we fear to fall into the trap of greenwashing. However, we have no choice but to change our collective behaviour, consumption patterns and business practices if we want to combat climate change and the collapse of biodiversity._ +*‘Being sustainable’ has become a buzzword – a claim to boost our image rather than an honest endeavour. It is hard to trust people and brands today when we fear to fall into the trap of greenwashing. However, we have no choice but to change our collective behaviour, consumption patterns and business practices if we want to combat climate change and the collapse of biodiversity.*
-Last November, [COP26](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03431-4) shed light on how indecisive our global institutions and governments are in the face of an unprecedented climate crisis. We now have to come to terms with the fact that carbon neutrality is no longer enough. Rising carbon emissions have been linked to an increasing amount of heat waves, droughts, floods and hurricanes globally. It is our collective responsibility to reverse the unintended consequences of our actions. +Last November, [COP26](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03431-4) shed light on how indecisive our global institutions and governments are in the face of an unprecedented climate crisis. We now have to come to terms with the fact that carbon neutrality is no longer enough. Rising carbon emissions have been linked to an increasing amount of heat waves, droughts, floods and hurricanes globally. It is our collective responsibility to reverse the unintended consequences of our actions. 
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-As we shared in our Planet-Positive Farming Series, we’re setting the plan for a planet-positive Internet by implementing a [Voluntary Carbon Credits](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-on-track-to-be-planet-positive/2097?u=hannahcordes) (VCC) system and supporting [planet-positive initiatives](https://forum.threefold.io/t/supporting-initiatives-to-regenerate-the-planet/2110?u=hannahcordes) with our trusted partners from [Take Action Global](https://forum.threefold.io/t/driving-regeneration-with-tag/2120?u=hannahcordes) (TAG). +As we shared in our Planet-Positive Farming Series, we’re setting the plan for a planet-positive Internet by implementing a [Voluntary Carbon Credits](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-on-track-to-be-planet-positive/2097?u=hannahcordes) (VCC) system and supporting [planet-positive initiatives](https://forum.threefold.io/t/supporting-initiatives-to-regenerate-the-planet/2110?u=hannahcordes) with our trusted partners from [Take Action Global](https://forum.threefold.io/t/driving-regeneration-with-tag/2120?u=hannahcordes) (TAG).  ## Driving regeneration with Take Action Global @@ -83,11 +80,11 @@ With our tree planting initiatives in Sierra Leone, Malawi and Cambodia, we’re
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-_"What we do today will determine what the world looks like tomorrow." – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach_ +*"What we do today will determine what the world looks like tomorrow." – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach*
-_P.S.: If you have ideas or suggestions for further planet-positive initiatives or potential partnerships, let us know on our [forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/sustainability/90)._ +*P.S.: If you have ideas or suggestions for further planet-positive initiatives or potential partnerships, let us know on our [forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/sustainability/90).* diff --git a/content/blog/2022/05/post-2/planting_the_seeds.png b/content/blog/planting_the_seeds/planting_the_seeds.png similarity index 100% rename from content/blog/2022/05/post-2/planting_the_seeds.png rename to content/blog/planting_the_seeds/planting_the_seeds.png diff --git a/content/blog/planting_the_seeds/tree_planting_1.png b/content/blog/planting_the_seeds/tree_planting_1.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d53f3f8cf Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/planting_the_seeds/tree_planting_1.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/planting_the_seeds/tree_planting_2.png b/content/blog/planting_the_seeds/tree_planting_2.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c2ecef2d4 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/planting_the_seeds/tree_planting_2.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/planting_the_seeds/waves_of_crises.png b/content/blog/planting_the_seeds/waves_of_crises.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2c600a605 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/planting_the_seeds/waves_of_crises.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/10/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/project_comparison_1_dfinity/index.md similarity index 89% rename from content/blog/2021/10/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/project_comparison_1_dfinity/index.md index ee6570f82..a172f0608 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/10/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/project_comparison_1_dfinity/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "A Journey through the Decentralization and Blockchain Space – Part One: Dfinity" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "This post is the first 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. First up – Dfinity!" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: project_comparison_1_dfinity +title: "A Journey through the Decentralization and Blockchain Space – Part One: Dfinity" +image_caption: The Dfinity Foundation & how it compares to ThreeFold date: 2021-10-01 -updated: 2021-10-01 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: This post is the first 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. First up – Dfinity! taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: [foundation] - tags: [threefold_grid, blockchain, technology] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, blockchain, technology] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: project_comparison_1_dfinity.png + imgPath: project_comparison_1_dfinity.png --- Whether you’re new to ThreeFold or have been around for a while, the decentralization and blockchain space can often be quite elusive and opaque with regards to what certain projects have to offer. Very clear, however, is the current market cap for aggregated decentralized compute and storage projects which exceeds 50 billion USD. Therefore, we decided to shed some light on the space and to show you how our solutions compare to those of other projects. diff --git a/content/blog/project_comparison_1_dfinity/project_comparison_1_dfinity.png b/content/blog/project_comparison_1_dfinity/project_comparison_1_dfinity.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9ee3b3091 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/project_comparison_1_dfinity/project_comparison_1_dfinity.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/10/post-3/index.md b/content/blog/project_comparison_2_akash/index.md similarity index 84% rename from content/blog/2021/10/post-3/index.md rename to content/blog/project_comparison_2_akash/index.md index e216d06b9..d77483853 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/10/post-3/index.md +++ b/content/blog/project_comparison_2_akash/index.md @@ -1,27 +1,22 @@ --- -title: "A Journey through the Decentralization and Blockchain Space – Part Two: Akash" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Akash & how it compares to ThreeFold -excerpt: 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!" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: project_comparison_2_akash +title: "A Journey through the Decentralization and Blockchain Space – Part Two: Akash" +image_caption: Akash & how it compares to ThreeFold date: 2021-10-05 -updated: 2021-10-05 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +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! taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: [foundation] - tags: [threefold_grid, blockchain, technology, threefold_cloud, threefold_token] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, blockchain, technology, threefold_cloud, threefold_token] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: project_comparison_2_akash.png - + imgPath: project_comparison_2_akash.png --- As announced in [the first episode of this series](https://threefold.io/blog/post/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. ## Akash & how the project compares to ThreeFold -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. +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.
@@ -41,11 +36,11 @@ Akash is one of the most robust decentralized compute solutions out there and is
-With ThreeFold, developers are enabled to tailor the terms for storing their workloads to fit their needs, benefiting from full decentralization and edge possibilities. Moreover, developers get access to the most distributed peer-to-peer infrastructure in the world – the ThreeFold, currently present in [more than 50 countries](https://explorer.grid.tf). Another unique attribute of the ThreeFold Grid is that the capacity within the network is provided by many people and organizations, forming an infrastructure that can be described as the “[People’s Internet](https://threefold.io/blog/post/tf_grid_peoples_internet/).” It is the first full-stack blockchain-enabled cloud to be made open source, allowing anyone to connect cloud capacity to the network by downloading [Zero-OS](https://threefold.io/tech/zero-os), our stateless and lightweight operating system powering the [ThreeFold Grid](https://threefold.io/grid). Once booted, the servers run and can’t be accessed physically. As they’re self-healing, they don’t require any maintenance. All in all, this model flips traditional IT upside down, allowing anyone to [join](https://threefold.io/blog/post/join_the_peoples_internet/) the ThreeFold ecosystem. +With ThreeFold, developers are enabled to tailor the terms for storing their workloads to fit their needs, benefiting from full decentralization and edge possibilities. Moreover, developers get access to the most distributed peer-to-peer infrastructure in the world – the ThreeFold, currently present in [more than 50 countries](https://explorer.grid.tf). Another unique attribute of the ThreeFold Grid is that the capacity within the network is provided by many people and organizations, forming an infrastructure that can be described as the “[People’s Internet](https://threefold.io/blog/post/tf_grid_peoples_internet/).” It is the first full-stack blockchain-enabled cloud to be made open source, allowing anyone to connect cloud capacity to the network by downloading [Zero-OS](https://threefold.io/tech/zero-os), our stateless and lightweight operating system powering the [ThreeFold Grid](https://threefold.io/grid). Once booted, the servers run and can’t be accessed physically. As they’re self-healing, they don’t require any maintenance. All in all, this model flips traditional IT upside down, allowing anyone to [join](https://threefold.io/blog/post/join_the_peoples_internet/) the ThreeFold ecosystem.
-Both projects also reward their communities for providing capacity. Akash planned to launch a limited edition for an own node device, called Supermini, with plug-and-play functionalities similar to our [3Node](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/technology?id=_3nodes). _However, Akash [just announced](https://akash.network/blog/supermini-update) that they’ll be postponing the launch of their Supermini indefinitely, meaning they won't be offering anything comparable to our 3Node anytime soon._ Our [3Node](https://threefold.io/farm) is a general purpose computer that acts as a low-level provider for IT capacity. It is booted with our unique operating system Zero-OS and enables even people without technical skills to participate. We’re collaborating with certified hardware partners and plan to extend our reach in the near future to allow even more people to [join](https://threefold.io/blog/post/join_the_peoples_internet/) the ThreeFold Grid. +Both projects also reward their communities for providing capacity. Akash planned to launch a limited edition for an own node device, called Supermini, with plug-and-play functionalities similar to our [3Node](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/technology?id=_3nodes). *However, Akash [just announced](https://akash.network/blog/supermini-update) that they’ll be postponing the launch of their Supermini indefinitely, meaning they won't be offering anything comparable to our 3Node anytime soon.* Our [3Node](https://threefold.io/farm) is a general purpose computer that acts as a low-level provider for IT capacity. It is booted with our unique operating system Zero-OS and enables even people without technical skills to participate. We’re collaborating with certified hardware partners and plan to extend our reach in the near future to allow even more people to [join](https://threefold.io/blog/post/join_the_peoples_internet/) the ThreeFold Grid. ## Tokenomics and incentive models @@ -53,11 +48,11 @@ Both, Akash Token (AKT) and [ThreeFold Token](https://threefold.io/tft) (TFT), a ## Conclusion -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. +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.
-Akash and ThreeFold share the same goal – to bring secure, performant, and data-sovereign cloud solutions for humanity to thrive. As Sam [put in a nutshell](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-is-the-substrate-for-decloud/1295): ThreeFold is the ideal substrate for projects like Akash to run on, instead of depending on traditional cloud providers – as we provide the low-level primitives for a decentralized world. So, we believe [Akash and ThreeFold](https://forum.threefold.io/t/how-is-threefold-different-from-akash-and-holochain/804/2) are complementary in many ways and could join forces to further push the boundaries of [cloud decentralization](https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/ambitious-startup-to-disrupt-the-internet-and-cloud/b38rwj4) together. +Akash and ThreeFold share the same goal – to bring secure, performant, and data-sovereign cloud solutions for humanity to thrive. As Sam [put in a nutshell](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-is-the-substrate-for-decloud/1295): ThreeFold is the ideal substrate for projects like Akash to run on, instead of depending on traditional cloud providers – as we provide the low-level primitives for a decentralized world. So, we believe [Akash and ThreeFold](https://forum.threefold.io/t/how-is-threefold-different-from-akash-and-holochain/804/2) are complementary in many ways and could join forces to further push the boundaries of [cloud decentralization](https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/ambitious-startup-to-disrupt-the-internet-and-cloud/b38rwj4) together.
diff --git a/content/blog/project_comparison_2_akash/project_comparison_2_akash.png b/content/blog/project_comparison_2_akash/project_comparison_2_akash.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..af3f2b7b2 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/project_comparison_2_akash/project_comparison_2_akash.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/10/post-4/index.md b/content/blog/project_comparison_3_filecoin/index.md similarity index 93% rename from content/blog/2021/10/post-4/index.md rename to content/blog/project_comparison_3_filecoin/index.md index eff150754..169d723dc 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/10/post-4/index.md +++ b/content/blog/project_comparison_3_filecoin/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "A Journey through the Decentralization and Blockchain Space – Part Three: Filecoin" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -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!" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: project_comparison_3_filecoin +title: "A Journey through the Decentralization and Blockchain Space – Part Three: Filecoin" +image_caption: Filecoin & how it compares to ThreeFold date: 2021-10-08 -updated: 2021-10-08 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +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! taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: [foundation] - tags: [threefold_grid, blockchain, technology] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, blockchain, technology] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: project_comparison_3_filecoin.png + imgPath: project_comparison_3_filecoin.png --- 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/post/project_comparison_1_dfinity/) and [Akash](https://threefold.io/blog/post/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! @@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ By contributing and lending storage capacity on Filecoin’s marketplace, provid
-While we’ve built our own operating system [from scratch](https://threefold.io/blog/post/zero_os_blog/), starting just with a Linux kernel, Filecoin doesn't have its own OS. ThreeFold is not only more inclusive but also has a much higher scalability as anyone’s able to participate. In contrast, Filecoin even issues a warning in their [documentation](https://docs.filecoin.io/mine/) which states that in order to run a successful mining operation, one has to meet high hardware requirements and to be highly familiar with Filecoin. Thanks to our autonomous, self-healing technology, no maintenance is required. To ensure the security of our 3Nodes can’t be accessed physically once booted. Therefore, our ThreeFold Grid is much more inclusive, as the network capacity on it is provided by many people and organizations constituting what we like to call “[People’s Internet](https://threefold.io/blog/post/tf_grid_peoples_internet/).” Currently, we’re planning to extend our reach to enable even more people to join the ThreeFold Grid. +While we’ve built our own operating system [from scratch](https://threefold.io/blog/post/zero_os_blog/), starting just with a Linux kernel, Filecoin doesn't have its own OS. ThreeFold is not only more inclusive but also has a much higher scalability as anyone’s able to participate. In contrast, Filecoin even issues a warning in their [documentation](https://docs.filecoin.io/mine/) which states that in order to run a successful mining operation, one has to meet high hardware requirements and to be highly familiar with Filecoin. Thanks to our autonomous, self-healing technology, no maintenance is required. To ensure the security of our 3Nodes can’t be accessed physically once booted. Therefore, our ThreeFold Grid is much more inclusive, as the network capacity on it is provided by many people and organizations constituting what we like to call “[People’s Internet](https://threefold.io/blog/post/tf_grid_peoples_internet/).” Currently, we’re planning to extend our reach to enable even more people to join the ThreeFold Grid.
@@ -59,7 +56,7 @@ To conclude, the two projects share the same vision of bringing users’ data cl
-This is why ThreeFold is the [ideal substrate](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-is-the-substrate-for-decloud/1295) for projects like Filecoin to run on, as we’re already IPFS-compatible and provide the low-level primitives for a fully decentralized cloud. So, we believe Filecoin and ThreeFold could team up to jointly drive the decentralization of cloud. +This is why ThreeFold is the [ideal substrate](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-is-the-substrate-for-decloud/1295) for projects like Filecoin to run on, as we’re already IPFS-compatible and provide the low-level primitives for a fully decentralized cloud. So, we believe Filecoin and ThreeFold could team up to jointly drive the decentralization of cloud.
diff --git a/content/blog/project_comparison_3_filecoin/project_comparison_3_filecoin.png b/content/blog/project_comparison_3_filecoin/project_comparison_3_filecoin.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7b8f73741 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/project_comparison_3_filecoin/project_comparison_3_filecoin.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/10/post-8/index.md b/content/blog/project_comparison_4_storj/index.md similarity index 88% rename from content/blog/2021/10/post-8/index.md rename to content/blog/project_comparison_4_storj/index.md index d0f50ec27..8f0296b94 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/10/post-8/index.md +++ b/content/blog/project_comparison_4_storj/index.md @@ -1,20 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "A Journey through the Decentralization and Blockchain Space – Part Four: Storj" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Storj & how it compares to ThreeFold -excerpt: Follow me to the fourth stop on my journey through the space. This time, we’re looking into Storj!" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: project_comparison_4_storj +title: "A Journey through the Decentralization and Blockchain Space – Part Four: Storj" +image_caption: Storj & how it compares to ThreeFold date: 2021-10-21 -updated: 2021-10-21 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Follow me to the fourth stop on my journey through the space. This time, we’re looking into Storj! taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: [foundation, cloud, technology] - tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_cloud, technology, blockchain, peer_to_peer] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_cloud, technology, blockchain, peer_to_peer] + categories: [foundation, cloud, technology] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: project_comparison_4_storj.png - + imgPath: project_comparison_4_storj.png --- Welcome to the fourth part of our journey through the decentralization space. After exploring [Dfinity](https://threefold.io/blog/post/project_comparison_1_dfinity/), [Akash](https://threefold.io/blog/post/project_comparison_2_akash/), and most recently [Filecoin](https://threefold.io/blog/post/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! @@ -25,11 +20,11 @@ Welcome to the fourth part of our journey through the decentralization space. Af
-ThreeFold and Storj are both open source projects that view transparency as an integral part of their business philosophy. Actually, ThreeFold is the first full-stack blockchain-enabled [cloud](https://cloud.threefold.io/) to be made open source – all of our code is open source and available for everyone to review or use. +ThreeFold and Storj are both open source projects that view transparency as an integral part of their business philosophy. Actually, ThreeFold is the first full-stack blockchain-enabled [cloud](https://cloud.threefold.io/) to be made open source – all of our code is open source and available for everyone to review or use.
-Another similarity is that security and privacy are crucial aspects of our projects. Both are private by design and believe it’s vital that every person has total [control and ownership](https://threefold.io/blog/post/threefold_data_sovereignty/) over their data – not even Storj or ThreeFold can access the data of users within their respective ecosystems, creating trustless environments. Storj provides security and privacy by encrypting the data by an [Uplink client](https://docs.storj.io/dcs/concepts/overview) before it is uploaded to its DCS. The data is then split into pieces which are distributed across different nodes and ISPs connected to Storj’s cloud network. At ThreeFold, we’re creating 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 that empowers users and gives them back control and ownership of their own data. We’re [secure](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/threefold__usp_secure?id=network-security) across all dimensions of our solutions – from our operating system Zero-OS to Quantum Safe File System ([QSFS](https://threefold.io/tech/zdbfs)) and [Planetary Network](https://threefold.io/tech/planetary-network). +Another similarity is that security and privacy are crucial aspects of our projects. Both are private by design and believe it’s vital that every person has total [control and ownership](https://threefold.io/blog/post/threefold_data_sovereignty/) over their data – not even Storj or ThreeFold can access the data of users within their respective ecosystems, creating trustless environments. Storj provides security and privacy by encrypting the data by an [Uplink client](https://docs.storj.io/dcs/concepts/overview) before it is uploaded to its DCS. The data is then split into pieces which are distributed across different nodes and ISPs connected to Storj’s cloud network. At ThreeFold, we’re creating 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 that empowers users and gives them back control and ownership of their own data. We’re [secure](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/threefold__usp_secure?id=network-security) across all dimensions of our solutions – from our operating system Zero-OS to Quantum Safe File System ([QSFS](https://threefold.io/tech/zdbfs)) and [Planetary Network](https://threefold.io/tech/planetary-network).
@@ -37,7 +32,7 @@ While Storj does not have its own operating system, we’ve built our [Zero-OS](
-Both projects are compatible with certain IT tools and protocols. While Storj is S3-compatible and [integrates](https://www.storj.io/integrations) a couple of developer tools like FileZilla or Fastly, ThreeFold is highly compatible with leading industry standards and tools from S3 to Docker containers, [Kubernetes](https://forum.threefold.io/t/grid-utilization-plan-part-one/1157) and more. Moreover, ThreeFold can run anything that runs on Linux, allowing for a seamless migration of any digital workload, even from [traditional cloud providers](https://threefold.io/blog/post/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure/) like Microsoft Azure or AWS. +Both projects are compatible with certain IT tools and protocols. While Storj is S3-compatible and [integrates](https://www.storj.io/integrations) a couple of developer tools like FileZilla or Fastly, ThreeFold is highly compatible with leading industry standards and tools from S3 to Docker containers, [Kubernetes](https://forum.threefold.io/t/grid-utilization-plan-part-one/1157) and more. Moreover, ThreeFold can run anything that runs on Linux, allowing for a seamless migration of any digital workload, even from [traditional cloud providers](https://threefold.io/blog/post/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure/) like Microsoft Azure or AWS.
@@ -69,8 +64,12 @@ By connecting storage nodes to Storj’s network and providing storage capacity ## Conclusion -In summary, we both share the same vision of a decentralized Internet. The biggest difference between Storj and ThreeFold is that Storj is focused on providing storage, whereas [ThreeFold](https://threefold.io/blog/post/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/) does not only provide storage but also compute and network capacity. While Storj seeks to be the storage layer for the [decentralized Internet](https://threefold.io/blog/post/quest_decentralize_internet/), ThreeFold provides the [low-level primitives](https://threefold.io/blog/post/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/) for a _truly_ decentralized Internet: compute, storage and network. +In summary, we both share the same vision of a decentralized Internet. The biggest difference between Storj and ThreeFold is that Storj is focused on providing storage, whereas [ThreeFold](https://threefold.io/blog/post/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/) does not only provide storage but also compute and network capacity. While Storj seeks to be the storage layer for the [decentralized Internet](https://threefold.io/blog/post/quest_decentralize_internet/), ThreeFold provides the [low-level primitives](https://threefold.io/blog/post/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/) for a *truly* decentralized Internet: compute, storage and network.
-While we’re the [largest](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/06/20/largest-distributed-peer-to-peer-grid-on-the-planet-laying-foundation-for-a-decentralized-internet/), most advanced peer-to-peer cloud infrastructure in the world and are expanding fast, some aspects of Storj's storage network still function in a rather centralized manner, such as their payment model and Satellites. In addition to that, we’re providing the ideal infrastructure for edge workloads. The project could therefore [benefit](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-is-the-substrate-for-decloud/1295) from moving on top of our fully decentralized, highly energy-efficient and autonomous [infrastructure](https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/ambitious-startup-to-disrupt-the-internet-and-cloud/b38rwj4). Together, we could drive the [decentralization](https://www.econotimes.com/ThreeFold-DFINITY-and-the-race-to-Decentralize-the-Internet-1618367) of storage capacity all over the world. We believe in a world without boundaries, where people are able to share information, value and knowledge without limits nor intermediaries. To achieve this vision and to effect change at a large scale it takes collaboration. Thanks for coming along and stay tuned, as we’ll take a closer look at Holochain next! +While we’re the [largest](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/06/20/largest-distributed-peer-to-peer-grid-on-the-planet-laying-foundation-for-a-decentralized-internet/), most advanced peer-to-peer cloud infrastructure in the world and are expanding fast, some aspects of Storj's storage network still function in a rather centralized manner, such as their payment model and Satellites. In addition to that, we’re providing the ideal infrastructure for edge workloads. The project could therefore [benefit](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-is-the-substrate-for-decloud/1295) from moving on top of our fully decentralized, highly energy-efficient and autonomous [infrastructure](https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/ambitious-startup-to-disrupt-the-internet-and-cloud/b38rwj4). Together, we could drive the [decentralization](https://www.econotimes.com/ThreeFold-DFINITY-and-the-race-to-Decentralize-the-Internet-1618367) of storage capacity all over the world. We believe in a world without boundaries, where people are able to share information, value and knowledge without limits nor intermediaries. To achieve this vision and to effect change at a large scale it takes collaboration. + +
+ +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)! diff --git a/content/blog/project_comparison_4_storj/project_comparison_4_storj.png b/content/blog/project_comparison_4_storj/project_comparison_4_storj.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fdde6c332 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/project_comparison_4_storj/project_comparison_4_storj.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/10/post-7/index.md b/content/blog/quest_decentralize_internet/index.md similarity index 91% rename from content/blog/2021/10/post-7/index.md rename to content/blog/quest_decentralize_internet/index.md index e28e759a8..1e545573e 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/10/post-7/index.md +++ b/content/blog/quest_decentralize_internet/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "Our Quest to Fully Decentralize the Internet" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "It's our mission to transform the Internet and Cloud. Learn more about the status quo and how we're working on fully decentralizing the entire Internet!" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: quest_decentralize_internet +title: "Our Quest to Fully Decentralize the Internet" +image_caption: Our Quest to Fully Decentralize the Internet date: 2021-10-14 -updated: 2021-10-14 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: It's our mission to transform the Internet and Cloud. Learn more about the status quo and how we're working on fully decentralizing the entire Internet! taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: [foundation, cloud] - tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_cloud, technology, blockchain, peer_to_peer] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_cloud, technology, blockchain, peer_to_peer] + categories: [foundation, cloud] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: quest_decentralize_internet.png + imgPath: quest_decentralize_internet.png --- Tim Berners-Lee created the web server and browser in 1990. Back then, the web was of a free, rather decentralized nature in which no single entity was to control the access to it. With the client-server architecture of the web, however, centralization came about. [Nowadays](https://threefold.io/info/threefold#/threefold__why_intro?id=everyone-should-be-autonomous), the web as well as the Internet in general are highly centralized. There are only a few companies acting as gatekeepers to large parts of today’s Internet. The Internet as we know it is continuously [struggling with issues](https://theconversation.com/web-3-0-the-decentralised-web-promises-to-make-the-internet-free-again-113139) related to its centralized nature – from censorship and attacks on net neutrality to manipulation attempts from companies with [monopolistic power](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/who-owns-the-internet). These issues are systematic and major players like Amazon or Facebook are [benefitting](https://techmonitor.ai/boardroom/power-of-tech-companies) from the situation as it is. This business model is also highly reliant on centralized hyperscale [data centers](https://threefold.io/blog/post/data_leaks/) that also come with a whole set of issues, from their vulnerability and limited scalability to their extremely high energy consumption [and more](https://threefold.io/blog/post/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure/). @@ -23,7 +20,7 @@ People have become the [product](https://threefold.io/blog/post/threefold_data_s
-All of these issues have strengthened the push towards decentralization, mainly associated with the blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. However, many of the projects in the decentralized space still rely on centralized providers or structures to some degree. The second most-popular blockchain in the world, [Ethereum](https://threefold.io/blog/post/decentralize_blockchain/), for example, has 60% of its nodes run on [centralized cloud providers](https://threefold.io/blog/post/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure/) with 25% of them running on Amazon Web Services (AWS). [Akash](https://threefold.io/blog/post/project_comparison_2_akash/), a blockchain-based cloud computing platform, prevents unutilized capacity from centralized cloud computing services from going to waste. Leveraging this underutilized cloud capacity, however, also causes Akash to be highly dependent on [centralized capacity](https://blog.orchid.com/akash-networks-greg-osuri-on-decentralizing-cloud-computing/). [Dfinity’s](https://threefold.io/blog/post/project_comparison_1_dfinity/) platform for decentralized apps (dApps) is based on an ecosystem of independent data centers, which makes it rather centralized on an infrastructural level. +All of these issues have strengthened the push towards decentralization, mainly associated with the blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. However, many of the projects in the decentralized space still rely on centralized providers or structures to some degree. The second most-popular blockchain in the world, [Ethereum](https://threefold.io/blog/post/decentralize_blockchain/), for example, has 60% of its nodes run on [centralized cloud providers](https://threefold.io/blog/post/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure/) with 25% of them running on Amazon Web Services (AWS). [Akash](https://threefold.io/blog/post/project_comparison_2_akash/), a blockchain-based cloud computing platform, prevents unutilized capacity from centralized cloud computing services from going to waste. Leveraging this underutilized cloud capacity, however, also causes Akash to be highly dependent on [centralized capacity](https://blog.orchid.com/akash-networks-greg-osuri-on-decentralizing-cloud-computing/). [Dfinity’s](https://threefold.io/blog/post/project_comparison_1_dfinity/) platform for decentralized apps (dApps) is based on an ecosystem of independent data centers, which makes it rather centralized on an infrastructural level.
@@ -31,11 +28,11 @@ While the previously mentioned projects are all seeking to push decentralization ## How ThreeFold is Changing the Game -It is our [mission](https://threefold.io/mission) to transform the Internet and Cloud and to create borderless opportunities for humanity. Therefore, we‘re truly committed to decentralizing the infrastructure behind the Internet to scale current and future digital workloads. At Threefold, we’re building an entirely [new infrastructure](https://threefold.io/blog/post/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/) from the ground up, starting with a [Grid](https://threefold.io/grid) of new, neutral capacity and our operating system [Zero-OS](https://threefold.io/blog/post/zero_os_blog/). Our ThreeFold Grid, based on open-source [technology](https://threefold.io/tech), enables an autonomous, [secure](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/threefold__usp_secure?id=network-security), and energy-efficient infrastructure that allows for unlimited scalability while remaining affordable. Our Grid is the largest and [most advanced](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/06/20/largest-distributed-peer-to-peer-grid-on-the-planet-laying-foundation-for-a-decentralized-internet/) peer-to-peer infrastructure in the world, already available in more than [50 countries](https://explorer.grid.tf/) and keeps expanding fast. With our energy-efficient full stack [cloud infrastructure](https://cloud.threefold.io), uniting compute, storage, and network, we are much more comprehensive than other projects. +It is our [mission](https://threefold.io/mission) to transform the Internet and Cloud and to create borderless opportunities for humanity. Therefore, we‘re truly committed to decentralizing the infrastructure behind the Internet to scale current and future digital workloads. At Threefold, we’re building an entirely [new infrastructure](https://threefold.io/blog/post/an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid/) from the ground up, starting with a [Grid](https://threefold.io/grid) of new, neutral capacity and our operating system [Zero-OS](https://threefold.io/blog/post/zero_os_blog/). Our ThreeFold Grid, based on open-source [technology](https://threefold.io/tech), enables an autonomous, [secure](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/threefold__usp_secure?id=network-security), and energy-efficient infrastructure that allows for unlimited scalability while remaining affordable. Our Grid is the largest and [most advanced](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/06/20/largest-distributed-peer-to-peer-grid-on-the-planet-laying-foundation-for-a-decentralized-internet/) peer-to-peer infrastructure in the world, already available in more than [50 countries](https://explorer.grid.tf/) and keeps expanding fast. With our energy-efficient full stack [cloud infrastructure](https://cloud.threefold.io), uniting compute, storage, and network, we are much more comprehensive than other projects.
-At ThreeFold, we believe in giving power to the people by developing technologies that empower individuals, enable social participation, and foster collaboration. We’re enabling even people without technical skills to [join the network](https://threefold.io/farm) with plug-and-play [3Nodes](https://shop.threefold.tech/index.php?route=common/home) offered through our certified hardware partners. The ThreeFold Grid is therefore [more inclusive](https://www.threefold.io/blog/post/tf_grid_peoples_internet/) and allows any individual to participate. Our peer-to-peer nature removes the need of centralized servers and any type of intermediary, allowing applications and data to live closer to where they’re being utilized. +At ThreeFold, we believe in giving power to the people by developing technologies that empower individuals, enable social participation, and foster collaboration. We’re enabling even people without technical skills to [join the network](https://threefold.io/farm) with plug-and-play [3Nodes](https://shop.threefold.tech/index.php?route=common/home) offered through our certified hardware partners. The ThreeFold Grid is therefore [more inclusive](https://www.threefold.io/blog/post/tf_grid_peoples_internet/) and allows any individual to participate. Our peer-to-peer nature removes the need of centralized servers and any type of intermediary, allowing applications and data to live closer to where they’re being utilized.
diff --git a/content/blog/quest_decentralize_internet/quest_decentralize_internet.png b/content/blog/quest_decentralize_internet/quest_decentralize_internet.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..89e4595f2 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/quest_decentralize_internet/quest_decentralize_internet.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/03/post-8/index.md b/content/blog/realizing_the_promise/index.md similarity index 79% rename from content/blog/2022/03/post-8/index.md rename to content/blog/realizing_the_promise/index.md index 8234d943a..65ce57157 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/03/post-8/index.md +++ b/content/blog/realizing_the_promise/index.md @@ -1,25 +1,22 @@ --- -title: "Co-Realizing the Promise" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Together with our global community, we're realizing the initial promise of an open-source, peer-to-peer Internet owned by the people." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: realizing_the_promise +title: "Co-Realizing the Promise" +image_caption: Co-Realizing the Promise date: 2022-03-21 -updated: 2022-03-21 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Together with our global community, we're realizing the initial promise of an open-source, peer-to-peer Internet owned by the people. taxonomies: - people: [sacha_obeegadoo] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, interview, update] - + people: [sacha_obeegadoo] + tags: [threefold_grid, peer_to_peer, community, why] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "The UNIQUE Post 1 subtitle" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: realizing_the_promise.png + imgPath: realizing_the_promise.png --- What was once a massive global movement sparked by the idealism of free culture and the net, is now hosting a wave of unintended consequences that may destroy sovereignty and freedom as we know it. The digital revolution and the “democratization” of the Internet promised to lead us to a prosperous and equitable world, one that brought us closer together, eliminating both physical and virtual boundaries.
-_“We are creating a world that all may enter without privilege or prejudice accorded by race, economic power, military force, or station of birth… a world where anyone, anywhere may express his or her beliefs, no matter how singular, without fear of being coerced into silence or conformity… Your legal concepts of property, expression, identity, movement, and context do not apply to us. They are all based on matter, and there is no matter here.” – Declaration of independence of Cyberspace – John Perry Barlow – Davos, 1996._ +*“We are creating a world that all may enter without privilege or prejudice accorded by race, economic power, military force, or station of birth… a world where anyone, anywhere may express his or her beliefs, no matter how singular, without fear of being coerced into silence or conformity… Your legal concepts of property, expression, identity, movement, and context do not apply to us. They are all based on matter, and there is no matter here.” – Declaration of independence of Cyberspace – John Perry Barlow – Davos, 1996.*
@@ -39,7 +36,7 @@ The peer-to-peer Internet incentivizes all citizens of our world to connect comp
-Quite simply – there is no good reason that our data is being stored and controlled by others in the information age. Why are we paying centralized companies to handle our information on our behalf, when it makes us vulnerable to be turned into products, and would take us the same time to do it ourselves? +Quite simply – there is no good reason that our data is being stored and controlled by others in the information age. Why are we paying centralized companies to handle our information on our behalf, when it makes us vulnerable to be turned into products, and would take us the same time to do it ourselves?
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ Peer-to-peer isn’t an alternative to the Internet, it’s an alternative to ce In times of exponential evolution and innovation, we have our fears around the Internet. -We don’t need to disconnect ourselves even further from our reality and it is our responsibility to ensure a safe and fair future for the generations to come. A centralized Internet which is controlled by a handful of companies is a serious existential threat. If emerging technologies such as IoT, Blockchain and the Metaverse are not hosted on a self-sovereign, peer-to-peer infrastructure owned by all of us, we may be running head down into the matrix. +We don’t need to disconnect ourselves even further from our reality and it is our responsibility to ensure a safe and fair future for the generations to come. A centralized Internet which is controlled by a handful of companies is a serious existential threat. If emerging technologies such as IoT, Blockchain and the Metaverse are not hosted on a self-sovereign, peer-to-peer infrastructure owned by all of us, we may be running head down into the matrix.
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-- Learn how to [host the Internet](http://threefold.io/farm) at your home or office. -- Get [TFT](https://gettft.com/gettft/), the currency of the peer-to-peer Internet. +* Learn how to [host the Internet](http://threefold.io/farm) at your home or office. +* Get [TFT](https://gettft.com/gettft/), the currency of the peer-to-peer Internet. diff --git a/content/blog/realizing_the_promise/realizing_the_promise.png b/content/blog/realizing_the_promise/realizing_the_promise.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7d1ed4553 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/realizing_the_promise/realizing_the_promise.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/05/post-4/index.md b/content/blog/smart_contract_blog/index.md similarity index 80% rename from content/blog/2021/05/post-4/index.md rename to content/blog/smart_contract_blog/index.md index cf1f0ec65..d5a69c75e 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/05/post-4/index.md +++ b/content/blog/smart_contract_blog/index.md @@ -1,20 +1,19 @@ --- -title: "A Smart Contract for all IT workloads" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "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." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: smart_contract_blog +title: A Smart Contract for all IT workloads +image_caption: smart contract for IT date: 2021-05-25 -updated: 2021-05-25 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: 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. taxonomies: - people: [sacha_obeegadoo] - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] - tags: [threefold_grid, technology] - + people: [sacha_obeegadoo] + tags: [threefold_grid,technology] + categories: [farming,cloud,foundation,aci,twin] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: smart_contract_blog.png ---- + imgPath: smart_contract_blog.png + + +--- 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.

@@ -28,20 +27,21 @@ The Smart Contract for IT allows you, your company or your community to execute 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.

-Whenever you want to reserve more resources to store your latest album or run your applications, you will define the resources you need to your 3Bot or Digital Twin (your personal virtual system administrators) which will then look at different smart contracts that are available and choose the most appropriate package. For e.g. Reserve 3 PB of Storage in Switzerland across 7 nodes. +Whenever you want to reserve more resources to store your latest album or run your applications, you will define the resources you need to your 3Bot or Digital Twin (your personal virtual system administrators) which will then look at different smart contracts that are available and choose the most appropriate package. For e.g. Reserve 3 PB of Storage in Switzerland across 7 nodes.

-Following that, your 3Bot or Digital Twin will create and register the smart contract in the blockchain database in a few seconds, providing you with all your specific needs. It will also store and secure some instructions to the BCDB for the nodes to meet smart contract completion. +Following that, your 3Bot or Digital Twin will create and register the smart contract in the blockchain database in a few seconds, providing you with all your specific needs. It will also store and secure some instructions to the BCDB for the nodes to meet smart contract completion.

-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. +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. ## More than the average Smart Contract -Via your Smart Contract for IT, you can also define a consensus mechanism and create multi-signatures for smart contract execution or completion to deliver appropriate digital services in for example work related activities. +Via your Smart Contract for IT, you can also define a consensus mechanism and create multi-signatures for smart contract execution or completion to deliver appropriate digital services in for example work related activities.

-The beauty of the Smart Contract for IT is that it can work with thousands of connected nodes for the proper execution of any digital requirements on the infrastructure, verify if consensus was reached or not, download the right files to execute the smart contract and verify them, make sure that no hacker or outsider can ever gain access or influence its execution and more. +The beauty of the Smart Contract for IT is that it can work with thousands of connected nodes for the proper execution of any digital requirements on the infrastructure, verify if consensus was reached or not, download the right files to execute the smart contract and verify them, make sure that no hacker or outsider can ever gain access or influence its execution and more.

If you want to learn more about ThreeFold’s Smart Contract for IT, read more [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/internet4__smartcontract_it). + diff --git a/content/blog/smart_contract_blog/smart_contract_blog.png b/content/blog/smart_contract_blog/smart_contract_blog.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..54a2cf7b5 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/smart_contract_blog/smart_contract_blog.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/03/post-6/index.md b/content/blog/stake_tft_become_validator/index.md similarity index 88% rename from content/blog/2022/03/post-6/index.md rename to content/blog/stake_tft_become_validator/index.md index 7687e592f..ff62e3515 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/03/post-6/index.md +++ b/content/blog/stake_tft_become_validator/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: 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. +id: stake_tft_become_validator +title: "Stake TFT and Become a ThreeFold Validator" +image_caption: Stake TFT and Become a ThreeFold Validator date: 2022-03-16 -updated: 2022-03-16 -draft: false +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. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: [foundation, cloud, technology] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, blockchain, update] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, community, blockchain, update] + categories: [foundation, cloud, technology] extra: - subtitle: "" - imgPath: stake_tft_become_validator.png - date: 2022-03-16 + imgPath: stake_tft_become_validator.png --- 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. @@ -23,7 +20,7 @@ ThreeFold is open-source – its code is public, nobody owns or controls ThreeFo
-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. +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.  ## Participate in the ThreeFold L2 Validator Program @@ -47,7 +44,7 @@ L2 Validators store the records of the ThreeFold Blockchain, the ThreeFold DAO a
-Running a validator node on a computer isn’t a complicated task. For many of us who love ThreeFold, we want to support the decentralization of the peer-to-peer Internet, and running a validator node is a great way to do that. Also, it is a unique and revolutionary project to have in your room or office. Running a validator node requires little electricity, close to zero technical knowledge, and no real time commitments. +Running a validator node on a computer isn’t a complicated task. For many of us who love ThreeFold, we want to support the decentralization of the peer-to-peer Internet, and running a validator node is a great way to do that. Also, it is a unique and revolutionary project to have in your room or office. Running a validator node requires little electricity, close to zero technical knowledge, and no real time commitments.  ## Validator Node Rewards @@ -59,11 +56,11 @@ ThreeFold is realizing the initial promise of an open-source, peer-to-peer Inter
-- **Step 1**: Create an account (wallet) with the [ThreeFold Connect](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__threefold_connect) app. -- **Step 2**: Buy the required amount of TFT to reserve your validator. Find all TFT buying options [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__how_to_buy). -- **Step 3**: Log into the [ThreeFold Forum](https://forum.threefold.io/) using ThreeFold Connect and go to the [L2 Validator Signup](https://forum.threefold.io/c/dao/validators-signup-l2/83) category. -- **Step 4**: Follow the [registration instructions](https://forum.threefold.io/t/procedure-to-register-your-l2-validator-node/1864) to become a L2 Validator, and review the checklist of your application before submission. - +* **Step 1**: Create an account (wallet) with the [ThreeFold Connect](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__threefold_connect) app. +* **Step 2**: Buy the required amount of TFT to reserve your validator. Find all TFT buying options [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__how_to_buy). +* **Step 3**: Log into the [ThreeFold Forum](https://forum.threefold.io/) using ThreeFold Connect and go to the [L2 Validator Signup](https://forum.threefold.io/c/dao/validators-signup-l2/83) category. +* **Step 4**: Follow the [registration instructions](https://forum.threefold.io/t/procedure-to-register-your-l2-validator-node/1864) to become a L2 Validator, and review the checklist of your application before submission. +
Someone from the ThreeFold community will get in touch with you within the next few days to welcome you to the ThreeFold universe. We’ll have a brief call to verify your identity and wallet treasury to confirm your application. The successful verification process secures your spot as a ThreeFold L2 Validator. diff --git a/content/blog/stake_tft_become_validator/stake_tft_become_validator.png b/content/blog/stake_tft_become_validator/stake_tft_become_validator.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..05322f56c Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/stake_tft_become_validator/stake_tft_become_validator.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2018/05/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/tech_new_internet/index.md similarity index 71% rename from content/blog/2018/05/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/tech_new_internet/index.md index 826725916..16ec51422 100644 --- a/content/blog/2018/05/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/tech_new_internet/index.md @@ -1,40 +1,36 @@ --- -title: "A new approach to the Internet Architecture" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "The Edge internet needs a different approach. So, we started as from scratch and shaped a totally new approach.." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: tech_new_internet +title: A new approach to the Internet Architecture +image_caption: internet tech date: 2018-05-12 -updated: 2018-05-12 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: The Edge internet needs a different approach. So, we started as from scratch and shaped a totally new approach.. taxonomies: - people: [weynand_kuijpers] - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation] - tags: [technology, threefold_grid] - + people: [weynand_kuijpers] + tags: [technology,threefold_grid] + categories: [farming,cloud,foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: tech_new_internet.png + imgPath: tech_new_internet.png --- -## ThreeFold's technology does not follow the traditional IT model +## ThreeFold's technology does not follow the traditional IT model 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. ## What is ThreeFold's Technology Toolbox? -ThreeFold's technology is based on three primary building blocks: Stateless Computing, Self-Healing Technology, and Blockchain technology - this is the core of our “Technology Toolbox". +ThreeFold's technology is based on three primary building blocks: Stateless Computing, Self-Healing Technology, and Blockchain technology - this is the core of our “Technology Toolbox".

- - **Stateless Computing**: a stateless operating system, Zero-OS, enabling distributed hardware to form an Edge Internet grid generating IT storage and compute capacity - **Self-Healing Technology**: controls and operates a distributed cloud and reserves, procures, and executes workloads on the grid using our Jumpscale platform. It delivers autoscaling and automation frameworks that enable self-healing and can be adapted for any kind of IT workload. - **Blockchain Technology**: Via Rivine - our secure, scalable “proof of stake” blockchain, along with our identity management platform, ItsYou.online. Our blockchain technology enables user authentication, access controls, secure workloads, and heightened security. ## Enabling Stateless Computing -The global decentralized internet will be composed of thousands (millions?) of nodes distributed geographically. This means the decentralized internet must be powered by a stateless operating system that can be booted via the Internet (as opposed to living on the node locally). This removes the complexity of upgrades, truck rolls, etc. +The global decentralized internet will be composed of thousands (millions?) of nodes distributed geographically. This means the decentralized internet must be powered by a stateless operating system that can be booted via the Internet (as opposed to living on the node locally). This removes the complexity of upgrades, truck rolls, etc.

-Open-source components have been developed, Zero-OS, for the deployment of bare metal machines functioning as Internet nodes and application hosts. Our Zero-OS platform runs containerized applications and software code on secure and distributed IT infrastructure. Zero-OS can be deployed on off-the-shelf hardware by anyone willing to make server and storage capacity available in their markets and within our network. +Open-source components have been developed, Zero-OS, for the deployment of bare metal machines functioning as Internet nodes and application hosts. Our Zero-OS platform runs containerized applications and software code on secure and distributed IT infrastructure. Zero-OS can be deployed on off-the-shelf hardware by anyone willing to make server and storage capacity available in their markets and within our network. ### The benefits of Stateless Computing are substantial, including: @@ -53,7 +49,7 @@ ThreeFold's Jumpscale framework and ZeroBot allow the creation of blueprints to ### The benefits of our self-healing technology protocols include the following: -- **Self-Healing**: the platform regenerates when health issues that cause downtime for infrastructure and applications are detected. +- **Self-Healing**: the platform regenerates when health issues that cause downtime for infrastructure and applications are detected. - **Intelligence**: agents capture information from the grid and make intelligent decisions to provide an ideal and optimal host environment for software code and containerized applications. - **Lifecycle Management**: the status of the infrastructure and the lifecycle of running applications are constantly checked and recorded. - **Autoscaling**: the platform automatically scales to meet application and infrastructure performance. @@ -63,10 +59,10 @@ ThreeFold's Jumpscale framework and ZeroBot allow the creation of blueprints to The engineers developed new blockchain algorithms based on proof of stake for validation purposes and turned this into our Rivine open-source blockchain software.

-Unlike the “proof of work” blockchains that currently dominate the space, our Rivine blockchain is scalable, green, and secure - and does not rely on huge mining resources. We run our blockchain on approximately 200 dedicated nodes and do not rely on any third-party software. +Unlike the “proof of work” blockchains that currently dominate the space, our Rivine blockchain is scalable, green, and secure - and does not rely on huge mining resources. We run our blockchain on approximately 200 dedicated nodes and do not rely on any third-party software.

-In addition to our blockchain technology, we have also developed ItsYou.Online, an identity, and access management platform. Itsyou. online uses three-factor authentication to manage access on our network and facilitate execution. +In addition to our blockchain technology, we have also developed ItsYou.Online, an identity, and access management platform. Itsyou. online uses three-factor authentication to manage access on our network and facilitate execution. ### The benefits of TF blockchain technology and identity management platform include: @@ -75,12 +71,11 @@ In addition to our blockchain technology, we have also developed ItsYou.Online, - **Neutral**: state of the network and applications are recorded in a transparent and immutable manner. - **Payment fulfillment**: transactions are automatically paid using ThreeFold Tokens. - **Smart Contracts**: fully automated execution of contracts from customers buying Internet IT capacity. -
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-_Find links to get started at the bottom!_ +*Find links to get started at the bottom!* ## What does the admin portal do? @@ -39,7 +36,7 @@ Create an account on the TF Chain and a digital twin to start smart contracting
-![tf_chain_ui](images/blog/tf_chain_ui.png) +![tf_chain_ui](./tf_chain_ui.png)
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-![tf_chain_deposit](images/blog/tf_chain_deposit.png) +![tf_chain_deposit](./tf_chain_deposit.png)
-![tf_chain_withdraw](images/blog/tf_chain_withdraw.png) +![tf_chain_withdraw](./tf_chain_withdraw.png)
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-![tf_chain_your_farm](images/blog/tf_chain_your_farm.png) +![tf_chain_your_farm](./tf_chain_your_farm.png)
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-![tf_chain_node_resources](images/blog/tf_chain_node_resources.png) +![tf_chain_node_resources](./tf_chain_node_resources.png) ## How is this an improvement over the old process? @@ -79,8 +76,8 @@ More improvements will come in the next versions. As an example, we're planning ## Get started -The portal is currently available on [devnet](https://portal.dev.grid.tf) and [testnet](https://portal.test.grid.tf/). You can also find information on the portal in our library [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__tfgrid3_getstarted). _Please note, you'll need to install the Polkadot{.js} extension and create or import an account in order to get started._ +The portal is currently available on [devnet](https://portal.dev.grid.tf) and [testnet](https://portal.test.grid.tf/). You can also find information on the portal in our library [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__tfgrid3_getstarted). *Please note, you'll need to install the Polkadot{.js} extension and create or import an account in order to get started.*
-_Visit our forum to discuss you experiences with the new admin portal [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/introducing-the-tf-chain-admin-portal-for-farmers-and-grid-users/1526)._ +*Visit our forum to discuss you experiences with the new admin portal [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/introducing-the-tf-chain-admin-portal-for-farmers-and-grid-users/1526).* diff --git a/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tech_update_admin_portal.png b/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tech_update_admin_portal.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0890d386a Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tech_update_admin_portal.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_deposit.png b/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_deposit.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d3cfbfb55 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_deposit.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_node_resources.png b/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_node_resources.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..25f4b1113 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_node_resources.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_ui.png b/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_ui.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b00001166 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_ui.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_withdraw.png b/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_withdraw.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6b455b166 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_withdraw.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_your_farm.png b/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_your_farm.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..33f6ab3db Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tech_update_admin_portal/tf_chain_your_farm.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/11/post-2/index.md b/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/index.md similarity index 70% rename from content/blog/2021/11/post-2/index.md rename to content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/index.md index 6c9813a90..046e9431c 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/11/post-2/index.md +++ b/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/index.md @@ -1,25 +1,22 @@ --- -title: "The ThreeFold Grid 3.x Explorer UI" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -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!" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: tech_update_explorer_interface +title: "The ThreeFold Grid 3.x Explorer UI" +image_caption: The new Explorer UI date: 2021-11-30 -updated: 2021-11-30 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +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! taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: [foundation, cloud, technology] - tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_cloud, technology, blockchain, update] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_cloud, technology, blockchain, update] + categories: [foundation, cloud, technology] extra: - subtitle: "The UNIQUE Post 1 subtitle" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: tech_update_explorer_interface.png + imgPath: tech_update_explorer_interface.png --- We are very excited to present to you the new Explorer UI for ThreeFold Grid 3.x! 🎉
-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](https://explorer.test.grid.tf/) and [devnet](https://explorer.dev.grid.tf/). +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](https://explorer.test.grid.tf/) and [devnet](https://explorer.dev.grid.tf/).
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-![tf_explorer_statistics](images/blog/tf_explorer_statistics.png) +![tf_explorer_statistics](./tf_explorer_statistics.png)
-_All screenshots in this post are from the ThreeFold Grid 3.x testnet Explorer, and the numbers are growing continuously._ +*All screenshots in this post are from the ThreeFold Grid 3.x testnet Explorer, and the numbers are growing continuously.*
-Once a farm ID gets registered to **the new [TF Chain Portal](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__tfchain_portal_home)**, all the relevant information (e.g. uptime, nodes specifications, location) of farms are automatically displayed on the Explorer for users to find their ideal decentralized Internet capacity. +Once a farm ID gets registered to **the new [TF Chain Portal](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__tfchain_portal_home)**, all the relevant information (e.g. uptime, nodes specifications, location) of farms are automatically displayed on the Explorer for users to find their ideal decentralized Internet capacity.
-Users can now explore all farms and [3Nodes](https://threefold.io/farm/) using **multiple filtering options** (e.g. farm name or farm ID), making it simpler than ever before to find the decentralized Internet capacity they are looking for. +Users can now explore all farms and [3Nodes](https://threefold.io/farm/) using **multiple filtering options** (e.g. farm name or farm ID), making it simpler than ever before to find the decentralized Internet capacity they are looking for.
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-![tf_explorer_farms](images/blog/tf_explorer_farms.png) +![tf_explorer_farms](./tf_explorer_farms.png)
-![tf_explorer_nodes](images/blog/tf_explorer_nodes.png) +![tf_explorer_nodes](./tf_explorer_nodes.png)
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-![tf_explorer_worldmap](images/blog/tf_explorer_worldmap.png) +![tf_explorer_worldmap](./tf_explorer_worldmap.png)
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-_Keep in mind, the overview of all 3Nodes worldwide across all nets can be found [here](https://explorer.grid.tf/) and this will phase out as we approach 3.x mainnet launch as shared on our previous [update](https://forum.threefold.io/t/whats-new-in-tf-grid-3-0-1-and-the-path-to-mainnet/1488)._ +*Keep in mind, the overview of all 3Nodes worldwide across all nets can be found [here](https://explorer.grid.tf/) and this will phase out as we approach 3.x mainnet launch as shared on our previous [update](https://forum.threefold.io/t/whats-new-in-tf-grid-3-0-1-and-the-path-to-mainnet/1488).*
-_Visit our forum to share you experiences with the new explorer interface [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-threefold-grid-3-x-explorer-ui/1536)._ +*Visit our forum to share you experiences with the new explorer interface [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-threefold-grid-3-x-explorer-ui/1536).* diff --git a/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tech_update_explorer_interface.png b/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tech_update_explorer_interface.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b037dc017 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tech_update_explorer_interface.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_darkmode.png b/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_darkmode.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2470029df Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_darkmode.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_farms.png b/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_farms.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d9a15e282 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_farms.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_nodes.png b/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_nodes.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c441d8fa9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_nodes.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_statistics.png b/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_statistics.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6a1648425 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_statistics.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_worldmap.png b/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_worldmap.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b82d1ae6d Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tech_update_explorer_interface/tf_explorer_worldmap.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/12/post-7/index.md b/content/blog/tf_chain/index.md similarity index 67% rename from content/blog/2021/12/post-7/index.md rename to content/blog/tf_chain/index.md index 4f97fc757..b4e314093 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/12/post-7/index.md +++ b/content/blog/tf_chain/index.md @@ -1,21 +1,18 @@ --- -title: "The ThreeFold Blockchain" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "The third release of the ThreeFold Grid represents a major step in the decentralization of the People’s Internet with the Smart Contract for IT coming to life on the ThreeFold Blockchain (aka “TF Chain”)." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: tf_chain +title: "The ThreeFold Blockchain" +image_caption: The ThreeFold Blockchain date: 2021-12-15 -updated: 2021-12-15 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: The third release of the ThreeFold Grid represents a major step in the decentralization of the People’s Internet with the Smart Contract for IT coming to life on the ThreeFold Blockchain (aka “TF Chain”). taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: [Foundation, cloud, technology] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, interview, update] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_cloud, technology, blockchain, update] + categories: [foundation, cloud, technology] extra: - subtitle: "The UNIQUE Post 1 subtitle" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: tf_chain.png + imgPath: tf_chain.png --- -The [third release](https://forum.threefold.io/t/what-is-new-in-tfgrid-3-0/1133/1) of the [ThreeFold Grid](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__threefold_grid) represents a major step in the decentralization of the People’s Internet with the [Smart Contract for IT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__smartcontract_tfgrid3) coming to life on the ThreeFold Blockchain (aka “TF Chain”). Built on the Substrate framework, TF Chain represents the layer-0 for all current and future technologies to provision decentralized Internet capacity. +The [third release](https://forum.threefold.io/t/what-is-new-in-tfgrid-3-0/1133/1) of the [ThreeFold Grid](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__threefold_grid) represents a major step in the decentralization of the People’s Internet with the [Smart Contract for IT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__smartcontract_tfgrid3) coming to life on the ThreeFold Blockchain (aka “TF Chain”). Built on the Substrate framework, TF Chain represents the layer-0 for all current and future technologies to provision decentralized Internet capacity. 
@@ -23,7 +20,7 @@ But what is Substrate to begin with? And what exactly does our TF Chain do? ## What is TF Chain and what is Substrate? -[TF Chain](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__tfchain) is the universal smart contract layer on the ThreeFold Grid. It’s an application-specific blockchain customized for the operation of a single application – provisioning decentralized compute, storage and network capacity. +[TF Chain](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__tfchain) is the universal smart contract layer on the ThreeFold Grid. It’s an application-specific blockchain customized for the operation of a single application – provisioning decentralized compute, storage and network capacity. 
@@ -31,15 +28,15 @@ But what is Substrate to begin with? And what exactly does our TF Chain do? ## Why did we choose Substrate for our TF Chain? -Substrate brings clear benefits to [TF Chain](https://threefold.io/tech/tf-chain) in relation to its frameworks for developers, its interoperability with other blockchain ecosystems and its huge community. More than 150 projects from NFTs to DeFi are already building on it. +Substrate brings clear benefits to [TF Chain](https://threefold.io/tech/tf-chain) in relation to its frameworks for developers, its interoperability with other blockchain ecosystems and its huge community. More than 150 projects from NFTs to DeFi are already building on it.  
-By providing a solid, mature and secure layer for custom blockchains, Substrate is built for adoption. The blockchain framework was built with the programming language Rust and is modular by design. Choosing Substrate allowed our developer team to leverage great blockchain constructs and efficiently build TF Chain instead of re-inventing the wheel. +By providing a solid, mature and secure layer for custom blockchains, Substrate is built for adoption. The blockchain framework was built with the programming language Rust and is modular by design. Choosing Substrate allowed our developer team to leverage great blockchain constructs and efficiently build TF Chain instead of re-inventing the wheel. 
-Its flexible, modular and composable architecture enables our team to focus on what matters the most – the unique demands of [ThreeFold Grid](https://threefold.io/grid). For example, we’ve built  a Grid module with specific functionalities for farms and nodes. Just like a chef can invent a new recipe and add it to a menu, Substrate allows our developers to build and add as many custom functionalities to TF Chain as we’d like, in a fully decentralized way. +Its flexible, modular and composable architecture enables our team to focus on what matters the most – the unique demands of [ThreeFold Grid](https://threefold.io/grid). For example, we’ve built  a Grid module with specific functionalities for farms and nodes. Just like a chef can invent a new recipe and add it to a menu, Substrate allows our developers to build and add as many custom functionalities to TF Chain as we’d like, in a fully decentralized way. 
@@ -47,44 +44,39 @@ A major benefit that comes with TF Chain being built on Substrate is the native ## What’s the purpose of TF Chain? -For ThreeFold to be a [truly decentralized](https://threefold.io/blog/post/quest_decentralize_internet/) peer-to-peer Internet infrastructure, people should be able to use Internet infrastructures from anywhere without any intermediaries like [AWS](https://threefold.io/blog/post/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure/). TF Chain serves exactly that purpose. +For ThreeFold to be a [truly decentralized](https://threefold.io/blog/post/quest_decentralize_internet/) peer-to-peer Internet infrastructure, people should be able to use Internet infrastructures from anywhere without any intermediaries like [AWS](https://threefold.io/blog/post/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure/). TF Chain serves exactly that purpose. 
-It orchestrates the provisioning of compute, storage and network on the ThreeFold Grid via [Zero-OS](https://threefold.io/tech/zero-os), removing all forms of intermediaries present in today’s centralized IT infrastructures. Put simply, TF Chain allows people to provide and use cloud resources in a 100% decentralized way. +It orchestrates the provisioning of compute, storage and network on the ThreeFold Grid via [Zero-OS](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__zos), removing all forms of intermediaries present in today’s centralized IT infrastructures. Put simply, TF Chain allows people to provide and use cloud resources in a 100% decentralized way.  ## What does TF Chain do? -[TF Chain](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/threefold__tfchain) is responsible for achieving consensus on all Internet capacity transactions on the ThreeFold Grid and to store them in a historical record. This prevents users from "double spending" their [ThreeFold Tokens](https://threefold.io/tft) and ensures the correct execution of Internet capacity provisioning via smart contracts, while also protecting the network from potential attacks. +[TF Chain](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/threefold__tfchain) is responsible for achieving consensus on all Internet capacity transactions on the ThreeFold Grid and to store them in a historical record. This prevents users from "double spending" their [ThreeFold Tokens](https://threefold.io/tft) and ensures the correct execution of Internet capacity provisioning via smart contracts, while also protecting the network from potential attacks. 
-An exciting feature that comes with TF Chain 3.0 is a totally new peer-to-peer billing framework for Internet capacity provisioning and workload deployment. This module allows for all functionalities of the ThreeFold Grid to be provisioned peer-to-peer between users and farmers. Therefore, the ThreeFold Token now also lives on the Polkadot network, allowing it to [bridge back and forth](https://www2.threefold.io/blog/post/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/) from the Stellar network and potentially from other chains in the future. +An exciting feature that comes with TF Chain 3.0 is a totally new peer-to-peer billing framework for Internet capacity provisioning and workload deployment. This module allows for all functionalities of the ThreeFold Grid to be provisioned peer-to-peer between users and farmers. Therefore, the ThreeFold Token now also lives on the Polkadot network, allowing it to [bridge back and forth](https://threefold.io/blog/post/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/) from the Stellar network and potentially from other chains in the future.
-While TF Chain builds on the Substrate framework, most of its functionalities are custom-built to fit the specific needs of the ThreeFold Grid – from Internet capacity provisioning, workload deployments, and payment and billing processes, to digital twin creation and much more. By executing all these actions via [smart contracts](https://threefold.io/tech/smart-contract) in an automated and decentralized way, the activity on the ThreeFold Grid is always secured by blockchain technology and available to other users for open collaboration. +While TF Chain builds on the Substrate framework, most of its functionalities are custom-built to fit the specific needs of the ThreeFold Grid – from Internet capacity provisioning, workload deployments, and payment and billing processes, to digital twin creation and much more. By executing all these actions via [smart contracts](https://threefold.io/tech/smart-contract) in an automated and decentralized way, the activity on the ThreeFold Grid is always secured by blockchain technology and available to other users for open collaboration. 
-_Farms can now be registered on our new [TF Chain Portal](https://threefold.io/blog/post/tech_update_admin_portal/)!_ +*Farms can now be registered on our new [TF Chain Portal](https://threefold.io/blog/post/tech_update_admin_portal/)!* ## The Future -While Internet capacity provisioning and workload deployments are already executed via TF Chain, the minting of TFTs according to the [Proof-of-Capacity algorithm](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__proof_of_capacity) remains on the Stellar blockchain until Grid 3.1, when TF Chain will become the official chain of the [ThreeFold Token](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__threefold_token). +While Internet capacity provisioning and workload deployments are already executed via TF Chain, the minting of TFT according to the [Proof-of-Capacity algorithm](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__proof_of_capacity) remains on the Stellar blockchain for now.
-Building our own application-specific blockchain represents a major step towards decentralizing the ThreeFold Grid and ecosystem, with the next milestone being the ThreeFold DAO planned for Grid 3.2. - -
- -A **massive thank you** to our developer team for this great achievement! 🙏 +Building our own application-specific blockchain represents a major step towards decentralizing the ThreeFold Grid and ecosystem – a **massive thank you** to our developer team for this great achievement! 🙏
Want to dive deeper? We invite you to: - -- learn more about how smart contracts work on TF Chain 3.0 [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__smartcontract_tfgrid3). -- join the ThreeFold Grid 3.0 testnet conversations [here](https://t.me/joinchat/BwOvOxxgK59GmRoZ2_sM0w). -- check our roadmap [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/cloud/threefold__roadmap_grid). +* Learn more about how smart contracts work on TF Chain 3.0 [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__smartcontract_tfgrid3). +* Join the ThreeFold Grid 3.0 testnet conversations [here](https://t.me/joinchat/BwOvOxxgK59GmRoZ2_sM0w). +* Check our roadmap [here](https://forum.threefold.io/t/internal-roadmap-3-5-3-6-3-x/2928?u=hannahcordes). diff --git a/content/blog/tf_chain/tf_chain.png b/content/blog/tf_chain/tf_chain.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2e54557b3 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tf_chain/tf_chain.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/07/post-2/index.md b/content/blog/tf_grid_peoples_internet/index.md similarity index 86% rename from content/blog/2021/07/post-2/index.md rename to content/blog/tf_grid_peoples_internet/index.md index 75ea50ec5..b764df8f5 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/07/post-2/index.md +++ b/content/blog/tf_grid_peoples_internet/index.md @@ -1,20 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "The ThreeFold Grid is by the People, For the People" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "By the People For the People -excerpt: ThreeFold's open source technology powers the peer-to-peer Internet revolution that holds the premise to disrupt the global Internet in many ways." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: tf_grid_peoples_internet +title: The ThreeFold Grid is by the People, For the People +image_caption: By the People For the People date: 2021-07-08 -updated: 2021-07-08 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: ThreeFold's open source technology powers the peer-to-peer Internet revolution that holds the premise to disrupt the global Internet in many ways. taxonomies: - people: [sam_taggart] - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] - tags: [data, why, peer_to_peer, threefold_grid] - + people: [sam_taggart] + tags: [data, why, peer_to_peer, threefold_grid] + categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: tf_grid_peoples_internet.png - + imgPath: tf_grid_peoples_internet.png --- What do you think of when you hear the word Internet? For many, it's the websites and applications we consume online as end users. But the Internet is much more than this. And ultimately, every action we take online goes through a complex set of automated processes and protocols to store, run, and transmit data (e.g. photos, videos, messages, other files) across the global Internet infrastructure. @@ -24,7 +19,7 @@ Today, this infrastructure consists of massive, power-hungry data centers, and 

-**_"Today, every individual is worth between US $1,000 and $20,000 online, per year. The Internet and Cloud Industry is worth trillions, yet all this value is centralized to a handful of companies. This has to change."_** +***"Today, every individual is worth between US $1,000 and $20,000 online, per year. The Internet and Cloud Industry is worth trillions, yet all this value is centralized to a handful of companies. This has to change."***

ThreeFold's open source technology powers the peer-to-peer Internet revolution that holds the premise to disrupt the global Internet in many ways. @@ -72,4 +67,4 @@ Our commitment to the planet goes beyond the technology. Through a partnership  At ThreeFold, we believe that it's time for us to take back control. As the world turns more and more digital due to the pandemic and even just the natural progression of technology, it's time that we not just realize the problems of today's Internet, but that we do something about it.

-This will happen! So join in, and spread the word! +This will happen! So join in, and spread the word!  diff --git a/content/blog/tf_grid_peoples_internet/tf_grid_peoples_internet.png b/content/blog/tf_grid_peoples_internet/tf_grid_peoples_internet.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9384ff668 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tf_grid_peoples_internet/tf_grid_peoples_internet.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2019/06/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/tft_on_liquid_and_btcalpha/index.md similarity index 59% rename from content/blog/2019/06/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/tft_on_liquid_and_btcalpha/index.md index d73dc0a1c..fa8db21d1 100644 --- a/content/blog/2019/06/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/tft_on_liquid_and_btcalpha/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "Co-create the new Internet. Participate with TFT!" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Do you believe that the world needs change? Do you believe in decentralization? Equality? Sustainability?.." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: tft_on_liquid_and_btcalpha +title: Co-create the new Internet. Participate with TFT! +image_caption: tokens blockchain date: 2019-06-01 -updated: 2019-06-01 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Do you believe that the world needs change? Do you believe in decentralization? Equality? Sustainability?.. taxonomies: - people: [sacha_obeegadoo] - categories: [farming, foundation, aci] - tags: [threefold_token] - + people: [sacha_obeegadoo] + tags: [threefold_token] + categories: [farming,foundation,aci] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: tft_on_liquid_and_btcalpha.png + imgPath: tft_on_liquid_and_btcalpha.png --- ## Do you believe that the world needs change? @@ -23,27 +20,27 @@ Do you believe in decentralization? Equality? Sustainability? Do you believe in circular economies, where everyone is invited to partake and succeed?

-The ThreeFold Token is the currency of the new Internet and brings true solutions to all the above questions. +The ThreeFold Token is the currency of the new Internet and brings true solutions to all the above questions.

It supports the ThreeFold Foundation - an open ecosystem that is shaping a better world by empowering game-changing technology. ThreeFold is growing a green and conscious peer-to-peer Internet that is available everywhere and owned by everyone – across geographical and cultural borders, empowering people to be autonomous, and providing equal chances to learn, partake and succeed. ## Ready to support a new Internet? -By buying and holding TFT, anyone can support the ThreeFold Foundation’s ability to achieve its next technological and growth milestones (see [Token Distribution Event](https://library.threefold.me/info/tfgrid/#/tdeoverview) for use-cases). From funding the next technological innovations to supporting the growth of ThreeFold use-cases built on top of the ThreeFold Grid, TFT powers the expansion of the new Internet. +By buying and holding TFT, anyone can support the ThreeFold Foundation’s ability to achieve its next technological and growth milestones (see [Token Distribution Event](https://library.threefold.me/info/tfgrid/#/tdeoverview) for use-cases). From funding the next technological innovations to supporting the growth of ThreeFold use-cases built on top of the ThreeFold Grid, TFT powers the expansion of the new Internet.

The time has come for us to step up and shape the world we believe is possible. Join us and lets co-create our futures together.

-_Get TFT on [Liquid](https://app.liquid.com/exchange/TFTBTC) now._ +*Get TFT on [Liquid](https://app.liquid.com/exchange/TFTBTC) now.*

-_Get TFT on [BTC-Alpha](https://btc-alpha.com/en/exchange/TFT_BTC) now._ +*Get TFT on [BTC-Alpha](https://btc-alpha.com/en/exchange/TFT_BTC) now.*

On behalf of our planet, humanity and the ThreeFold Community, we thank you for considering empowering a better world.

-_If you need more guidance on buying TFT, please head [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/tfgrid/#/how_to_buy)._ +*If you need more guidance on buying TFT, please head [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/tfgrid/#/how_to_buy).* \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/blog/tft_on_liquid_and_btcalpha/tft_on_liquid_and_btcalpha.png b/content/blog/tft_on_liquid_and_btcalpha/tft_on_liquid_and_btcalpha.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..811b52acc Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/tft_on_liquid_and_btcalpha/tft_on_liquid_and_btcalpha.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/07/post-4/index.md b/content/blog/the_threefold_movement/index.md similarity index 89% rename from content/blog/2021/07/post-4/index.md rename to content/blog/the_threefold_movement/index.md index 99352a184..1bfc0b454 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/07/post-4/index.md +++ b/content/blog/the_threefold_movement/index.md @@ -1,20 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "Into the Fold – The ThreeFold Movement" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "The ThreeFold Movement -excerpt: It's not by mistake that you're here, reading this post. You can feel that a global shift is happening. And you want to do something about it." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: the_threefold_movement +title: Into the Fold – The ThreeFold Movement +image_caption: The ThreeFold Movement date: 2021-07-20 -updated: 2021-07-20 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: It's not by mistake that you're here, reading this post. You can feel that a global shift is happening. And you want to do something about it. taxonomies: - people: [sam_taggart] - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] - tags: [why, community, peer_to_peer] - + people: [sam_taggart] + tags: [why, community, peer_to_peer] + categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: the_threefold_movement.png - + imgPath: the_threefold_movement.png --- It's not by mistake that you're here, reading this post. You, like I, understand that today's systems need to change. You know that decentralization is needed for better wealth distribution and equal opportunities. And that we need better solutions for our planet. You can feel that a global shift is happening. And you want to do something about it. You want to be a part of it. diff --git a/content/blog/the_threefold_movement/the_threefold_movement.png b/content/blog/the_threefold_movement/the_threefold_movement.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..09abf5c7c Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/the_threefold_movement/the_threefold_movement.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/threefold_2022_reflect_h1_outlook_h2/index.md b/content/blog/threefold_2022_reflect_h1_outlook_h2/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cb85bfb40 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/threefold_2022_reflect_h1_outlook_h2/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +--- +id: threefold_2022_reflect_h1_outlook_h2 +title: "ThreeFold 2022 – A Look Back at H1 & Ahead to H2" +image_caption: ThreeFold 2022 – A Look Back at H1 & Ahead to H2 +date: 2022-07-26 +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! +taxonomies: + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, update, community, technology] + categories: [foundation] +extra: + imgPath: threefold_2022_reflect_h1_outlook_h2.png +--- + +We’re currently experiencing the [worst crypto bear market](https://cointelegraph.com/news/2022-bear-market-has-been-the-worst-on-record-glassnode) ever recorded, with a loss in value of [$2 trillion](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/14/why-the-2022-crypto-winter-is-unlike-previous-bear-markets.html) since 2021 and projects collapsing. Bitcoin recorded a [70% loss](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/14/why-the-2022-crypto-winter-is-unlike-previous-bear-markets.html) since last November. While rising inflation rates, a downward market and crypto winter have many projects struggling, these market conditions favour those who are building and providing technology with real-world value over those who are just creating hype. The dust always settles. + +
+ +While exhibiting at conferences, hosting gatherings and entertaining countless conversations, we were assured that the world is looking for decentralized infrastructure projects that provide truly innovative technology. Still today, blockchain and Web 3 projects hold very low utility. Jack Dorsey’s plans to build a platform called [‘Web 5’](https://cryptopotato.com/jack-dorsey-snubs-web-3-for-all-new-web-5-platform/) is just another example of market dynamics. + +
+ +In the meantime, ThreeFold – hand-picked as a [top Web 3 startup](https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/web3-startups/) – keeps building the technology for a better world, and we recently got noticed by some major players in the market. More info coming soon. + +## The Internet of Internets & Tech Highlights + +In May, we introduced you to the [Internet of Internets](https://threefold.io/blog/post/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/post/connecting_the_dots/). It empowers people to build their own regional Internet infrastructures that will be interconnected on a global level. + +
+ +And with each new Grid release, we’re getting one step closer to solidifying the foundation of the Internet of Internets. The team is working hard to further develop and advance the Grid. A massive thank you to our incredible tech team and the community of Grid testers! + +
+ +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! + +
+ +To provide a better user experience and to simplify processes, the [TF Connect App](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__tfgrid_release_3_6_0?id=tfconnect-app-v360) received several upgrades and new features like farm management, the Planetary Network, [ThreeFold Wallet V3](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tf-connect-wallet-v3/2565), and many backend improvements. + +
+ +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). + +## Community Development & The ThreeFold Ecosystem + +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! + +
+ +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/post/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/post/connecting_the_dots/).  + +
+ +We shared about the historic partnership with [Paradise Hills](https://threefold.io/blog/post/paradise_hills/) – a key milestone for our Internet of Internets model as the very first partnership for Community Clouds. Together, we’re bringing the world’s largest decentralized Internet Cloud powered by TF Chain into homes in Dubai. + +
+ +In addition to continuing our work and projects with key partners like [ownCloud](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tfgrid-v3-6-0-is-now-live/3084) and [Take Action Global](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/sustainability/90) (TAG), we announced a few exciting partnerships including [IETSA](https://threefold.io/news/post/threefold_ietsa/) and, most recently, [OpenNebula](https://threefold.io/news/post/opennebula_threefold/), as well as joined initiatives like [Structura-X](https://www.gaia-x.eu/news/structura-x-lighthouse-project-european-cloud-infrastructure-launched-concrete-implementation). These partnerships are crucial to improve digital sovereignty, to foster blockchain and Web 3 education, and to further drive edge and cloud innovation. + +## What’s coming in the second half of 2022 + +We’re currently in a [phase of expansion](https://threefold.io/blog/post/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. + +
+ +As ThreeFold co-founder Kristof de Spiegeleer shared in [this post](https://forum.threefold.io/t/what-is-the-real-value-of-tft/3143?u=hannahcordes), we’re planning to launch FreeFlow/Uhuru, an alternative to centralized exchanges, and our DAO. Additionally, dedicated nodes with support for [Pocket Network](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__tfgrid_release_3_6_0?id=tfnode-pilot-v010), FreeFlow/Uhuru and [Presearch](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__weblets_presearch?id=presearch) will be made available. Read the updated [ThreeFold Grid Roadmap](https://forum.threefold.io/t/internal-roadmap-3-5-3-6/2928?u=hannahcordes) to see what’s planned for the next releases. + +
+ +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! + +
+ +So, make sure to join our [news channel](https://t.me/threefoldnews) and to subscribe to our newsletter via the mail icon on [our website](https://threefold.io/) to get the latest ThreeFold news! + +
+ +*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)).* diff --git a/content/blog/threefold_2022_reflect_h1_outlook_h2/threefold_2022_reflect_h1_outlook_h2.png b/content/blog/threefold_2022_reflect_h1_outlook_h2/threefold_2022_reflect_h1_outlook_h2.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..61910297c Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/threefold_2022_reflect_h1_outlook_h2/threefold_2022_reflect_h1_outlook_h2.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/06/post-3/index.md b/content/blog/threefold_access/index.md similarity index 64% rename from content/blog/2021/06/post-3/index.md rename to content/blog/threefold_access/index.md index 12d47b81e..82d520257 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/06/post-3/index.md +++ b/content/blog/threefold_access/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "How ThreeFold Will Give Internet to 43% of the World’s Population" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Proper access to the Internet helps to protect people’s freedom of speech and thought, as well as access to knowledge and information." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: threefold_access +title: How ThreeFold Will Give Internet to 43% of the World’s Population +image_caption: How ThreeFold Will Give Access date: 2021-06-22 -updated: 2021-06-22 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Proper access to the Internet helps to protect people’s freedom of speech and thought, as well as access to knowledge and information. taxonomies: - people: [sacha_obeegadoo] - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] - tags: [farming, threefold_grid, why] - + people: [sacha_obeegadoo] + tags: [farming, threefold_grid, why] + categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: threefold_access.png + imgPath: threefold_access.png --- 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. diff --git a/content/blog/threefold_access/threefold_access.png b/content/blog/threefold_access/threefold_access.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3bb34c6f5 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/threefold_access/threefold_access.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/05/post-5/index.md b/content/blog/threefold_at_consensus_2022/index.md similarity index 70% rename from content/blog/2022/05/post-5/index.md rename to content/blog/threefold_at_consensus_2022/index.md index bbfe6d432..f30909550 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/05/post-5/index.md +++ b/content/blog/threefold_at_consensus_2022/index.md @@ -1,21 +1,18 @@ --- -title: "ThreeFold at Consensus: A Decentralized World is in Our Hands" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -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." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: threefold_at_consensus_2022 +title: "ThreeFold at Consensus: A Decentralized World is in Our Hands" +image_caption: "ThreeFold at Consensus: A Decentralized World is in Our Hands." date: 2022-05-17 -updated: 2022-05-17 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +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. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, threefold, peer-to-peer, why] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, threefold, peer-to-peer, why] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: threefold_at_consensus_2022.png + imgPath: threefold_at_consensus_2022.png --- -It’s that time of the year when believers and builders of a decentralized tomorrow gather to celebrate the festival for the decentralized world. About 15,000 people will attend Consensus 2022 by CoinDesk from June 9 through June 12. Throughout the festival, key topics around decentralization, blockchain, crypto, Web 3 and the metaverse will be explored and discussed. +It’s that time of the year when believers and builders of a decentralized tomorrow gather to celebrate the festival for the decentralized world. About 15,000 people will attend Consensus 2022 by CoinDesk from June 9 through June 12. Throughout the festival, key topics around decentralization, blockchain, crypto, Web 3 and the metaverse will be explored and discussed.
@@ -23,23 +20,23 @@ Why is ThreeFold attending Consensus? Excellent question. The ThreeFold communit
-As many consider Consensus the festival for the decentralized world, some questions linger: +As many consider Consensus the festival for the decentralized world, some questions linger:
-_How committed are the projects and participants to decentralization, and for what reasons? How far are they willing to go to bring that world to life?_ +*How committed are the projects and participants to decentralization, and for what reasons? How far are they willing to go to bring that world to life?*
-It’s no secret that many projects in the space still rely on centralized infrastructure – at least to some degree. So, are they really delivering on their promise of decentralization? +It’s no secret that many projects in the space still rely on centralized infrastructure – at least to some degree. So, are they really delivering on their promise of decentralization? ## A decentralized world needs a decentralized foundation -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. +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.
-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. +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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-_Check out the full [Consensus agenda](https://events.coindesk.com/consensus2022/agenda) and take advantage of [our 25% discount code](https://events.coindesk.com/consensus2022?promo=a7MsHxui) to buy tickets._ +*Check out the full [Consensus agenda](https://events.coindesk.com/consensus2022/agenda) and take advantage of [our 25% discount code](https://events.coindesk.com/consensus2022?promo=a7MsHxui) to buy tickets.*
-**_And don’t forget to let us know if you’ll be joining ThreeFold at Consensus – we’d love to connect with you!_** +***And don’t forget to let us know if you’ll be joining ThreeFold at Consensus – we’d love to connect with you!*** diff --git a/content/blog/2022/05/post-5/threefold_at_consensus_2022.png b/content/blog/threefold_at_consensus_2022/threefold_at_consensus_2022.png similarity index 100% rename from content/blog/2022/05/post-5/threefold_at_consensus_2022.png rename to content/blog/threefold_at_consensus_2022/threefold_at_consensus_2022.png diff --git a/content/blog/2021/10/post-6/index.md b/content/blog/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure/index.md similarity index 79% rename from content/blog/2021/10/post-6/index.md rename to content/blog/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure/index.md index a83421095..0ad42d13c 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/10/post-6/index.md +++ b/content/blog/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "Why is ThreeFold P2P Cloud the better solution for customers than Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure?" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -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." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure +title: "Why is ThreeFold P2P Cloud the better solution for customers than Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure?" +image_caption: ThreeFold P2P Cloud vs. centralized cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure & Google Cloud date: 2021-10-12 -updated: 2021-10-12 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +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. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: [foundation, farming, cloud] - tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_cloud, technology, partner, peer_to_peer] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_cloud, technology, partner, peer_to_peer] + categories: [foundation,farming,cloud] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers.png + imgPath: threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers.png --- As we’ve recently been exploring decentralized [projects](https://threefold.io/blog/post/project_comparison_1_dfinity/) 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. @@ -31,7 +28,7 @@ This is the biggest and most obvious difference. Today, big tech holds a [monopo ## Limitless Scalability at the Edge -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 partner, we’re offering [3Nodes](https://threefold.io/farm) with plug-and-play functionalities, allowing [anyone to participate](https://threefold.io/blog/post/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. +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/post/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. ## Security @@ -51,4 +48,4 @@ While electricity for storing and transporting data, administration, human resou
-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. +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. diff --git a/content/blog/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers.png b/content/blog/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0965ea667 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers_like_aws_azure/threefold_cloud_vs_centralized_providers.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/05/post-3/index.md b/content/blog/threefold_data_sovereignty/index.md similarity index 77% rename from content/blog/2021/05/post-3/index.md rename to content/blog/threefold_data_sovereignty/index.md index ca3f7701b..d4a750094 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/05/post-3/index.md +++ b/content/blog/threefold_data_sovereignty/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "How ThreeFold offers Data Sovereignty" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "ThreeFold is building the engine for an Internet where people can finally be data sovereign." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: threefold_data_sovereignty +title: How ThreeFold offers Data Sovereignty +image_caption: how threefold regenerates date: 2021-05-23 -updated: 2021-05-23 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: ThreeFold is building the engine for an Internet where people can finally be data sovereign. taxonomies: - people: [sam_taggart] - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] - tags: [data, why, threefold_grid, farming] - + people: [sam_taggart] + tags: [data,why,threefold_grid,farming] + categories: [farming,cloud,foundation,aci,twin] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: threefold_data_sovereignty.png + imgPath: threefold_data_sovereignty.png --- 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. diff --git a/content/blog/threefold_data_sovereignty/threefold_data_sovereignty.png b/content/blog/threefold_data_sovereignty/threefold_data_sovereignty.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c22270c58 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/threefold_data_sovereignty/threefold_data_sovereignty.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/05/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/threefold_regenerates/index.md similarity index 74% rename from content/blog/2021/05/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/threefold_regenerates/index.md index cffe53e45..28b2c5c19 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/05/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/threefold_regenerates/index.md @@ -1,20 +1,17 @@ --- -title: "ThreeFold’s Planet Positive Plan" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "ThreeFold is taking not just a sustainable approach, we’re setting the plan for a planet positive Internet." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: threefold_regenerates +title: ThreeFold’s Planet Positive Plan +image_caption: planet positive plan date: 2021-05-15 -updated: 2021-05-15 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: ThreeFold is taking not just a sustainable approach, we’re setting the plan for a planet positive Internet. taxonomies: - people: [sam_taggart] - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] - tags: [threefold_grid, digital_twin, why, technology, farming] - + people: [sam_taggart] + tags: [threefold_grid, digital_twin, why, technology, farming] + categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: threefold_regenerates.png + imgPath: threefold_regenerates.png + --- - There’s no question that climate change is one of the biggest, if not the biggest threats facing humanity today. If we care at all about future generations and the health of our planet, we have no choice but to address these threats, and fast. That’s why one of our biggest aims is to lower the energy usage of our digital lives. But ThreeFold is taking not just a sustainable approach, we’re setting the plan for a planet positive Internet.

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-- [What’s New in TF Grid 3.0](https://forum.threefold.io/t/what-is-new-in-tfgrid-3-0/1133) -- [Manual](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/) +* [What’s New in TF Grid 3.0](https://forum.threefold.io/t/what-is-new-in-tfgrid-3-0/1133) +* [Manual](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/) ### Notable Tech Developments @@ -48,7 +45,7 @@ Other new developments on the tech side included [QSFS](https://threefold.io/new
-_[Read about our TFGrid & TFT Price Simulation.](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tft-tfgrid-growth-simulation/1633)_ +*[Read about our TFGrid & TFT Price Simulation.](https://forum.threefold.io/t/tft-tfgrid-growth-simulation/1633)* ### ThreeFold Farming diff --git a/content/blog/threefold_review_2021_preview_2022/threefold_review_2021_preview_2022.png b/content/blog/threefold_review_2021_preview_2022/threefold_review_2021_preview_2022.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..40a58f250 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/threefold_review_2021_preview_2022/threefold_review_2021_preview_2022.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/thriving_with_stellar/index.md b/content/blog/thriving_with_stellar/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..40e5564a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/thriving_with_stellar/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +--- +id: thriving_with_stellar +title: "Thriving with Stellar – The Role of Stellar for the TFT Ecosystem & How to Buy TFT on Stellar" +image_caption: Thriving with Stellar – The Role of Stellar for the TFT Ecosystem & How to Buy TFT on Stellar +date: 2022-08-04 +description: We believe 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. +taxonomies: + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_token, technology, blockchain, update] + categories: [foundation] +extra: + imgPath: thriving_with_stellar.png +--- + +## About Stellar & Its Role for the ThreeFold Token + +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. + +
+ +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/post/tf_chain/). Therefore, [bridges](https://threefold.io/blog/post/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/) between Stellar and TF Chain were established to facilitate payments. + +
+ +*Learn more about the blockchains TFT is available on [here](https://threefold.io/blog/post/bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem/).* + +## Why we chose Stellar & What the Network offers + +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. + +
+ +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. + +
+ +Stellar has a lot to offer, including: + +#### On/Off Ramps + +* 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) + +#### Order Books + +* 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) + +#### Automated Market Makers (AMMs) + +* 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 +* Small fees incur when trading against a liquidity pool to incentivize liquidity providers + +#### Wallets  + +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. + +
+ +So, as you can see, Stellar offers multiple great solutions and basically everything we need. It’s all there – order books, AMMs, wallets, and more – and it’s decentralized! Now, we only have to start building our own liquidity on Stellar. + +
+ +Since every asset and currency starts with zero liquidity when issued on Stellar, it is up to the community to put capital onto the Stellar Network and to put that capital to use for trading, e.g. by creating orders on the order books, to build liquidity on Stellar – i.e. to create and sustain a healthy market for TFT. Therefore, we encourage you all to choose Stellar as the primary platform to trade TFT. If all of us together put our liquidity there, we’ll be able to create a very healthy TFT ecosystem, and thereby also attract others to get involved in TFT. Actually, this is a great chance for us to take back control of the token and strengthen – without any interferences or manipulations from centralized exchanges. Together, we build. + +
+ +*[Stellar USDC](https://www.stellar.org/usdc) brings the world’s fastest-growing USD stablecoin to Stellar, an incredibly efficient and fast network. Through Stellar USDC, a fully-backed and trusted digital US Dollar asset, dollars can now move anywhere and to anyone, across borders, and be immediately converted into and out of the world’s currencies. Learn more about how it works [here](https://www.stellar.org/usdc-get-started).* + +## How to Buy TFT with Stellar + +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): + +
+ +* [Freighter](https://www.freighter.app/) is a non-custodial Stellar wallet extension that enables you to sign Stellar transactions via your browser + +
+ +* [LOBSTR](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__lobstr_wallet) is a leading platform for managing all assets issued on the Stellar Network. It’s a simple and secure Stellar wallet that allows you to buy TFT trading pairs with a credit card and MoneyGram + +
+ +* [StellarTerm](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__tft_stellarterm) is an open-source client that allows users to easily send, receive and trade assets on the Stellar Network + +
+ +* [Solar](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__solar_wallet) is a secure, open and free Stellar wallet with features like multi-signature accounts, asset management, and more + +
+ +* [Interstellar](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__tft_interstellar) provides a complete digital currency experience to easily create, send, receive, swap and trade digital currencies and other tokenonized assets + +
+ +Visit the linked library pages to find detailed step-by-step guides for all methods. Please note we are working on making these resources as clear as possible. So, feel free to ask any questions around how to buy TFT with Stellar on [the forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/threefold-token/getting-tft/33), or bring suggestions. + +## What’s next for TFT + +One of our key objectives is to make TFT more accessible. Already, there are many options to [buy and sell TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__how_to_buy) – 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.  + +
+ +And the team is doing some incredible work on developing our own financial technologies, including the [Liquidity Pool concept and the P2P Wallet](http://liquidity.threefold.me/), both expected by early next year. We’ll be sharing more about what these solutions will look like soon here on the blog. + +
+ +Until then, check out some of these key resources around the ThreeFold Token: + +
+ +**ThreeFold Token & Liquidity** +* [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) + +
+ +**How to Buy & Sell TFT** +* [How to Buy & Sell TFT – Overview](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__how_to_buy?id=how-to-buy-amp-sell-tft) +* [Buy TFT on Stellar](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__tft_stellar_dex?id=buy-tft-on-stellar) + +
+ +*Please note that the ThreeFold Token ([TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tokens/threefold__threefold_token)) is not an investment instrument. 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).* diff --git a/content/blog/thriving_with_stellar/thriving_with_stellar.png b/content/blog/thriving_with_stellar/thriving_with_stellar.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..78687921a Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/thriving_with_stellar/thriving_with_stellar.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/03/post-7/index.md b/content/blog/weekly_vol_12/index.md similarity index 70% rename from content/blog/2022/03/post-7/index.md rename to content/blog/weekly_vol_12/index.md index 9aae640e2..3855782a4 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/03/post-7/index.md +++ b/content/blog/weekly_vol_12/index.md @@ -1,38 +1,30 @@ --- -title: ThreeFold Weekly! March 29th, 2022 (Vol 12) -description: Welcome to the 12th edition of of ThreeFold Weekly. Let’s take a look at what happened in the ThreeFold universe last week. +id: weekly_vol_12 +title: "ThreeFold Weekly! March 29th, 2022 (Vol 12)" +image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! March 29th, 2022 (Vol 12) date: 2022-03-29 -updated: 2022-03-29 -draft: false +description: Welcome to the 12th edition of of ThreeFold Weekly. Let’s take a look at what happened in the ThreeFold universe last week. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: - - Foundation - tags: - - threefold_grid - - community - - farming - - interview - - update + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, interview, update] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: The UNIQUE Post 1 subtitles - imgPath: weekly_vol_12.jpg - date: 2022-03-29 + imgPath: weekly_vol_12.png --- -_We have a new format for ThreeFold Weekly, now on our blog. If you'd like to review any of the first eleven editions, please find them on [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41)._ +*We have a new format for ThreeFold Weekly, now on our blog. If you'd like to review any of the first eleven editions, please find them on [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41).* ## Major ThreeFold News: -- Members of the ThreeFold team attended the **[World Blockchain Summit](https://mobile.twitter.com/threefold_io/status/1507009092165853185)** in Dubai. Over two days we exchanged with countless people and their reactions were unanimous – ThreeFold is undeniably one of the most exciting projects in the blockchain space. We’re excited to join many more events this year to drive the ThreeFold movement forward! +* Members of the ThreeFold team attended the **[World Blockchain Summit](https://mobile.twitter.com/threefold_io/status/1507009092165853185)** in Dubai. Over two days we exchanged with countless people and their reactions were unanimous – ThreeFold is undeniably one of the most exciting projects in the blockchain space. We’re excited to join many more events this year to drive the ThreeFold movement forward!
-![World Blockchain Summit 2022 in Dubai](images/world_blockchain_summit.png) +![World Blockchain Summit 2022 in Dubai](./world_blockchain_summit.png)
-- Yesterday, we participated in the [6th track](https://gitlab.com/gaia-x/gaia-x-community/gx-hackathon/gx-hackathon-3/-/wikis/GX-Hackathon-3#track-6-deployment-of-ecosystems-minimal-viable-gaia-x-track) of the **Gaia-X Hackathon**. Our tech gurus Geert and Weynand presented **ThreeFold** and guided participants through the deployment of workloads on ThreeFold Cloud in a **hands-on session**. +* Yesterday, we participated in the [6th track](https://gitlab.com/gaia-x/gaia-x-community/gx-hackathon/gx-hackathon-3/-/wikis/GX-Hackathon-3#track-6-deployment-of-ecosystems-minimal-viable-gaia-x-track) of the **Gaia-X Hackathon**. Our tech gurus Geert and Weynand presented **ThreeFold** and guided participants through the deployment of workloads on ThreeFold Cloud in a **hands-on session**.
@@ -40,52 +32,52 @@ ThreeFold was **featured in the news twice** last week:
-- [The Future Is Now: Kristof De Spiegeleer Of ThreeFold On How Their Technological Innovation Will Shake Up The Tech Scene](https://medium.com/authority-magazine/the-future-is-now-kristoff-de-spiegeleer-of-threefold-on-how-their-technological-innovation-will-7acc0e51c365) (Interview with Authority Magazine) +* [The Future Is Now: Kristof De Spiegeleer Of ThreeFold On How Their Technological Innovation Will Shake Up The Tech Scene](https://medium.com/authority-magazine/the-future-is-now-kristoff-de-spiegeleer-of-threefold-on-how-their-technological-innovation-will-7acc0e51c365) (Interview with Authority Magazine)
-- [ThreeFold: Is the Decentralized Web the Future of the Internet?](https://coincheckup.com/blog/threefold-is-the-decentralized-web-the-future-of-the-internet/) (Coverage on CoinCheckup Blog) +* [ThreeFold: Is the Decentralized Web the Future of the Internet?](https://coincheckup.com/blog/threefold-is-the-decentralized-web-the-future-of-the-internet/) (Coverage on CoinCheckup Blog) ### Community updates: -- Kyle Ellicott and Kristof de Spiegeleer discussed **how ThreeFold is [decentralizing the Internet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xzwg-CdJNk)** and how it is more relevant than ever before. +* Kyle Ellicott and Kristof de Spiegeleer discussed **how ThreeFold is [decentralizing the Internet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xzwg-CdJNk)** and how it is more relevant than ever before.
-- 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. +* 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.
-- 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/post/stake_tft_become_validator/). +* 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/post/stake_tft_become_validator/). ### Technology Developments: -- 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. +* 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.
-- TF Grid v3.0 A5 will support **[dedicated nodes](https://forum.threefold.io/t/dedicated-node-support/2521)**. +* TF Grid v3.0 A5 will support **[dedicated nodes](https://forum.threefold.io/t/dedicated-node-support/2521)**. ### ThreeFold Grid:  -- **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). +* **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).
-- Please remember that the minting payout for March 2022 will be executed on the 8th of April instead of the 5th of April. +* Please remember that the minting payout for March 2022 will be executed on the 8th of April instead of the 5th of April.
-- 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). +* 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).
-- 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. +* 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.
-See you next week, everyone!  🙌 +See you next week, everyone!  🙌 
-_You can find all earlier editions of ThreeFold Weekly along with the ThreeFold Product Updates [here](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41)._ +*You can find all earlier editions of ThreeFold Weekly along with the ThreeFold Product Updates [here](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41).* diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_12/weekly_vol_12.png b/content/blog/weekly_vol_12/weekly_vol_12.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6d7c176a9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/weekly_vol_12/weekly_vol_12.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_12/world_blockchain_summit.png b/content/blog/weekly_vol_12/world_blockchain_summit.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..68ce40707 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/weekly_vol_12/world_blockchain_summit.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/04/post-2/index.md b/content/blog/weekly_vol_13/index.md similarity index 69% rename from content/blog/2022/04/post-2/index.md rename to content/blog/weekly_vol_13/index.md index 8f4db9871..c7f44c982 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/04/post-2/index.md +++ b/content/blog/weekly_vol_13/index.md @@ -1,56 +1,53 @@ --- -title: "ThreeFold Weekly! April 5th, 2022 (Vol 13)" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -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." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: weekly_vol_13 +title: "ThreeFold Weekly! April 5th, 2022 (Vol 13)" +image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! April 5th, 2022 (Vol 13) date: 2022-04-05 -updated: 2022-04-05 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +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. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, interview, update] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, interview, update] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "The UNIQUE Post 1 subtitle" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: weekly_vol_12.jpg + imgPath: weekly_vol_13.png --- ## Major ThreeFold News: -- 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/). +* 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/).
-- 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! +* 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! ### Community updates: -- **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).* +* **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).*
-- 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/post/stake_tft_become_validator/) if you’d like to learn how to stake TFT and become a validator. +* 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/post/stake_tft_become_validator/) if you’d like to learn how to stake TFT and become a validator. ### Technology Developments: -- 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. +* 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. ### ThreeFold Grid:  -- 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. +* 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.
-- **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). +* **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).
-- 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! +* 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!
-Until next time, ThreeFolders! 🙌 +Until next time, ThreeFolders! 🙌 
-_You can find the latest edition [here](https://threefold.io/blog/post/weekly_vol_12/). For older editions of ThreeFold Weekly, go to [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41)._ +*You can find the latest edition [here](https://threefold.io/blog/post/weekly_vol_12/). For older editions of ThreeFold Weekly, go to [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/c/ecosystem-developments/41).* diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_13/weekly_vol_13.png b/content/blog/weekly_vol_13/weekly_vol_13.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6d7c176a9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/weekly_vol_13/weekly_vol_13.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/04/post-4/index.md b/content/blog/weekly_vol_14/index.md similarity index 64% rename from content/blog/2022/04/post-4/index.md rename to content/blog/weekly_vol_14/index.md index 2745c4f17..388116201 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/04/post-4/index.md +++ b/content/blog/weekly_vol_14/index.md @@ -1,63 +1,60 @@ --- -title: "ThreeFold Weekly! April 19th, 2022 (Vol 14)" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Welcome to the 14th edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Here’s what happened in the ThreeFold universe since last time." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: weekly_vol_14 +title: "ThreeFold Weekly! April 19th, 2022 (Vol 14)" +image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! April 19th, 2022 (Vol 14) date: 2022-04-19 -updated: 2022-04-19 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Welcome to the 14th edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Here’s what happened in the ThreeFold universe since last time. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: weekly_vol_12.jpg + imgPath: weekly_vol_14.png --- ## Major ThreeFold News: -- **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! +* **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: -- 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**! +* 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**!
-- Members of the ThreeFold community gathered in Miami during **Bitcoin 2022** to evangelize the People’s Internet with the Blockchain space and the Americas. +* Members of the ThreeFold community gathered in Miami during **Bitcoin 2022** to evangelize the People’s Internet with the Blockchain space and the Americas.
-- 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)! +* 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)!
-- 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! +* 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!
-- 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). +* 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).
-- 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. +* 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.
-- 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! +* 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!
-- A community-led ThreeFold [Discord channel](https://discord.gg/PaQtT7A72E) was recently launched – join in! +* A community-led ThreeFold [Discord channel](https://discord.gg/PaQtT7A72E) was recently launched – join in! ### ThreeFold Grid:  -- **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). +* **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).
-- 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. +* 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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-See you next week, ThreeFolders!  🙌 +See you next week, 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!_ +*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!*
-_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)._ +*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).* diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_14/weekly_vol_14.png b/content/blog/weekly_vol_14/weekly_vol_14.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6d7c176a9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/weekly_vol_14/weekly_vol_14.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/04/post-6/index.md b/content/blog/weekly_vol_15/index.md similarity index 57% rename from content/blog/2022/04/post-6/index.md rename to content/blog/weekly_vol_15/index.md index fc9188881..50462ee46 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/04/post-6/index.md +++ b/content/blog/weekly_vol_15/index.md @@ -1,82 +1,77 @@ --- -title: "ThreeFold Weekly! April 26th, 2022 (Vol 15)" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "ThreeFold Weekly! April 26th, 2022 (Vol 15) -excerpt: Welcome to the 15th edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Let’s dive into last week’s highlights in the ThreeFold universe." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: weekly_vol_15 +title: "ThreeFold Weekly! April 26th, 2022 (Vol 15)" +image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! April 26th, 2022 (Vol 15) date: 2022-04-26 -updated: 2022-04-26 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Welcome to the 15th edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Let’s dive into last week’s highlights in the ThreeFold universe. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: weekly_vol_12.jpg - + imgPath: weekly_vol_15.png --- ## Major ThreeFold News: -- 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. +* 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. ### Community updates: -- 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. +* 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.
-- 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! +* 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!
-- Have you joined our community-led ThreeFold [Discord channel](https://discord.gg/PaQtT7A72E) yet? +* Have you joined our community-led ThreeFold [Discord channel](https://discord.gg/PaQtT7A72E) yet?
-- 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. +* 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. ### Technology Developments:  -- As of ThreeFold Grid V3.0.0 Alpha-5, we are supporting the deployment of **dedicated nodes**. +* As of ThreeFold Grid V3.0.0 Alpha-5, we are supporting the deployment of **dedicated nodes**.
-- 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. +* 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.
-- 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. +* 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.
-- 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)! +* 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)! ### ThreeFold Grid: -- 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. +* 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.
-- 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. +* 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.
-- The new global 3Node marketplace was launched. Check it out [here](https://marketplace.3node.global/)! +* The new global 3Node marketplace was launched. Check it out [here](https://marketplace.3node.global/)!
-- 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. +* 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.
-Until next time, ThreeFolders!  🙌 +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!_ +*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!*
-_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)._ +*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).* diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_15/weekly_vol_15.png b/content/blog/weekly_vol_15/weekly_vol_15.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6d7c176a9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/weekly_vol_15/weekly_vol_15.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/05/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/weekly_vol_16/index.md similarity index 63% rename from content/blog/2022/05/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/weekly_vol_16/index.md index 581e24978..ded39052d 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/05/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/weekly_vol_16/index.md @@ -1,61 +1,56 @@ --- -title: "ThreeFold Weekly! May 5th, 2022 (Vol 16)" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "ThreeFold Weekly! May 5th, 2022 (Vol 16) -excerpt: Welcome to the 16th edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Here’s what happened in the ThreeFold universe last week." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: weekly_vol_16 +title: "ThreeFold Weekly! May 5th, 2022 (Vol 16)" +image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! May 5th, 2022 (Vol 16) date: 2022-05-05 -updated: 2022-05-05 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Welcome to the 16th edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Here’s what happened in the ThreeFold universe last week. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: weekly_vol_12.jpg - + imgPath: weekly_vol_16.png --- ### Community updates: -- **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). +* **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).
-- **Registered to become a validator?** _Follow the [verification process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-threefold-validators-verification-process/2276) to secure your spot!_ +* **Registered to become a validator?** *Follow the [verification process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/the-threefold-validators-verification-process/2276) to secure your spot!*
-- 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. +* 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.
-- 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). +* 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).
-- 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! +* 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! ### Technology Developments:  -- 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! +* 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: -- 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! +* 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!
-- 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). +* 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).
-- 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. +* 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.
-- 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. +* 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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-See you next week, ThreeFolders!  🙌 +See you next week, ThreeFolders!  🙌 
-_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)._ +*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).* diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_16/weekly_vol_16.png b/content/blog/weekly_vol_16/weekly_vol_16.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6d7c176a9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/weekly_vol_16/weekly_vol_16.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/05/post-4/index.md b/content/blog/weekly_vol_17/index.md similarity index 57% rename from content/blog/2022/05/post-4/index.md rename to content/blog/weekly_vol_17/index.md index 82f895f97..7764ee1f6 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/05/post-4/index.md +++ b/content/blog/weekly_vol_17/index.md @@ -1,70 +1,65 @@ --- -title: "ThreeFold Weekly! May 10th, 2022 (Vol 17)" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "ThreeFold Weekly! May 10th, 2022 (Vol 17) -excerpt: Welcome to the 17th edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Let’s dive into last week’s highlights throughout the ThreeFold ecosystem." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: weekly_vol_17 +title: "ThreeFold Weekly! May 10th, 2022 (Vol 17)" +image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! May 10th, 2022 (Vol 17) date: 2022-05-10 -updated: 2022-05-10 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Welcome to the 17th edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Let’s dive into last week’s highlights throughout the ThreeFold ecosystem. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: weekly_vol_12.jpg - + imgPath: weekly_vol_17.png --- ## Major ThreeFold News: -- 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! +* 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! ### Community updates: -- 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)! +* 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)!
-- 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**. +* 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**.
-- 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). +* 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).
-- **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! +* **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!
-- Joined our community-led ThreeFold [Discord channel](https://discord.gg/PaQtT7A72E)! +* Joined our community-led ThreeFold [Discord channel](https://discord.gg/PaQtT7A72E)! ### Technology Developments:  -- **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)! +* **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)! ### ThreeFold Grid: -- 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! +* 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!
-- 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. +* 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.
-- 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. +* 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.
-Until next time, ThreeFolders!  🙌 +Until next time, ThreeFolders!  🙌 
-_We’re looking for community stories and would love you to 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!_ +*We’re looking for community stories and would love you to 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!*
-_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)._ +*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).* diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_17/weekly_vol_17.png b/content/blog/weekly_vol_17/weekly_vol_17.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6d7c176a9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/weekly_vol_17/weekly_vol_17.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/05/post-6/index.md b/content/blog/weekly_vol_18/index.md similarity index 63% rename from content/blog/2022/05/post-6/index.md rename to content/blog/weekly_vol_18/index.md index 266022837..85a870588 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/05/post-6/index.md +++ b/content/blog/weekly_vol_18/index.md @@ -1,76 +1,73 @@ --- -title: "ThreeFold Weekly! May 17th, 2022 (Vol 18)" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Welcome to the 18th edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Let’s get you up to speed on last week’s most important happenings." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: weekly_vol_18 +title: "ThreeFold Weekly! May 17th, 2022 (Vol 18)" +image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! May 17th, 2022 (Vol 18) date: 2022-05-18 -updated: 2022-05-18 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Welcome to the 18th edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Let’s get you up to speed on last week’s most important happenings. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: weekly_vol_12.jpg + imgPath: weekly_vol_18.png --- ### Community updates: -- 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! +* 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!
-- 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. +* 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.
-- Check out the [ThreeFold Meme Gallery](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-meme-gallery/2811), some community members are creating and sharing fun memes. Enjoy! +* Check out the [ThreeFold Meme Gallery](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-meme-gallery/2811), some community members are creating and sharing fun memes. Enjoy!
-- Take a look at this cool [investment ratio](https://forum.threefold.io/t/diy-3node-investment-ratio/2834?u=hannahcordes) to compare different 3Node builds! +* Take a look at this cool [investment ratio](https://forum.threefold.io/t/diy-3node-investment-ratio/2834?u=hannahcordes) to compare different 3Node builds!
-- **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! +* **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! ### Technology Developments:  -- 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)! +* 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)!
-- 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)! +* 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)! ### ThreeFold Grid: -- 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! +* 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!
-- 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). +* 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).
-- 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. +* 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. ### ThreeFold Token: -- After measuring the ThreeFold Token’s performance for five days, the **InvestorsObserver** gave the TFT a **[“bullish” rating](https://www.investorsobserver.com/news/crypto-update/threefold-tft-rises-0-28-wednesday-whats-next-for-this-bullish-rated-crypto)** for going up by 0.28% while the broader crypto market went down 9.83%. (ThreeFold believes in building strong technology that respects people and our planet and creates real value, and driving profit only as a result.)\* +* After measuring the ThreeFold Token’s performance for five days, the **InvestorsObserver** gave the TFT a **[“bullish” rating](https://www.investorsobserver.com/news/crypto-update/threefold-tft-rises-0-28-wednesday-whats-next-for-this-bullish-rated-crypto)** for going up by 0.28% while the broader crypto market went down 9.83%. (ThreeFold believes in building strong technology that respects people and our planet and creates real value, and driving profit only as a result.)*
-See you next week, ThreeFolders!  🙌 +See you next week, 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!_ +*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!*
-_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)._ +*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).*
-*(TFT *is not an investment instrument and this is not investment advice, everyone is free to make their own choices.)\* +*(TFT *is not an investment instrument and this is not investment advice, everyone is free to make their own choices.)* diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_18/weekly_vol_18.png b/content/blog/weekly_vol_18/weekly_vol_18.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6d7c176a9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/weekly_vol_18/weekly_vol_18.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/05/post-8/index.md b/content/blog/weekly_vol_19/index.md similarity index 58% rename from content/blog/2022/05/post-8/index.md rename to content/blog/weekly_vol_19/index.md index fc1076ce5..77ac008d2 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/05/post-8/index.md +++ b/content/blog/weekly_vol_19/index.md @@ -1,64 +1,61 @@ --- -title: "ThreeFold Weekly! May 24th, 2022 (Vol 19)" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Welcome to the 19th edition of ThreeFold Weekly! Here’s what happened in the ThreeFold universe last week." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: weekly_vol_19 +title: "ThreeFold Weekly! May 24th, 2022 (Vol 19)" +image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! May 24th, 2022 (Vol 19) date: 2022-05-24 -updated: 2022-05-24 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Welcome to the 19th edition of ThreeFold Weekly! Here’s what happened in the ThreeFold universe last week. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: weekly_vol_12.jpg + imgPath: weekly_vol_19.png --- ### Community Updates: -- 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)! +* 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)!
-- 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. +* 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.
-- 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. +* 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.
-- We just launched our **new ThreeFold Podcast**. Listen to the first four episodes [here](https://anchor.fm/threefoldpodcast)! +* We just launched our **new ThreeFold Podcast**. Listen to the first four episodes [here](https://anchor.fm/threefoldpodcast)!
-- 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. +* 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.
-- **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. +* **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. ### Technology Developments: -- 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**! +* 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**! -### ThreeFold Grid: +### ThreeFold Grid: -- 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)! +* 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)!
-- 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._ +* 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.*
-- 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. +* 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.
-Until next week, ThreeFolders! 🙌 +Until next week, ThreeFolders! 🙌
-_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)._ +*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).* \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_19/weekly_vol_19.png b/content/blog/weekly_vol_19/weekly_vol_19.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6d7c176a9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/weekly_vol_19/weekly_vol_19.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/06/post-2/index.md b/content/blog/weekly_vol_20/index.md similarity index 79% rename from content/blog/2022/06/post-2/index.md rename to content/blog/weekly_vol_20/index.md index 487ca1aef..61de64dfa 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/06/post-2/index.md +++ b/content/blog/weekly_vol_20/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "ThreeFold Weekly! June 7th, 2022 (Vol 20)" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Welcome to the 20th edition of ThreeFold Weekly! Catching you up on recent highlights from around the ecosystem." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: weekly_vol_20 +title: "ThreeFold Weekly! June 7th, 2022 (Vol 20)" +image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! June 7th, 2022 (Vol 20) date: 2022-06-07 -updated: 2022-06-07 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Welcome to the 20th edition of ThreeFold Weekly! Catching you up on recent highlights from around the ecosystem. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: weekly_vol_12.jpg + imgPath: weekly_vol_20.png --- ## Major ThreeFold News: @@ -39,7 +36,7 @@ extra: - 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)! -### ThreeFold Grid: +### ThreeFold Grid: - 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! @@ -61,8 +58,8 @@ extra:
-See you next week, ThreeFolders! 🙌 +See you next week, ThreeFolders! 🙌
-_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)._ +*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).* diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_20/weekly_vol_20.png b/content/blog/weekly_vol_20/weekly_vol_20.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6d7c176a9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/weekly_vol_20/weekly_vol_20.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/06/post-3/index.md b/content/blog/weekly_vol_21/index.md similarity index 58% rename from content/blog/2022/06/post-3/index.md rename to content/blog/weekly_vol_21/index.md index af3e2e2dc..2265824f6 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/06/post-3/index.md +++ b/content/blog/weekly_vol_21/index.md @@ -1,53 +1,49 @@ --- -title: "ThreeFold Weekly! June 15th, 2022 (Vol 21)" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "Welcome to the 21st edition of ThreeFold Weekly. It’s been a big week! Let’s take a quick look at the latest happenings within the ThreeFold universe." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: weekly_vol_21 +title: "ThreeFold Weekly! June 15th, 2022 (Vol 21)" +image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! June 15th, 2022 (Vol 21) date: 2022-06-15 -updated: 2022-06-15 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: Welcome to the 21st edition of ThreeFold Weekly. It’s been a big week! Let’s take a quick look at the latest happenings within the ThreeFold universe. taxonomies: - people: [hannah_cordes] - categories: ["Foundation"] - tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] - + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: weekly_vol_12.jpg - isFeatured: "true" + imgPath: weekly_vol_21.png --- ### Community Updates: -- 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). +* 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).
-- 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)! +* 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)! ### Technology Developments: -- 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. +* 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.
-- Also, check out this [sneak peak](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-updates-june-2022/2937?u=hannahcordes) on **ThreeFold Grid V3.0.0 Alpha-7**! +* Also, check out this [sneak peak](https://forum.threefold.io/t/threefold-product-updates-june-2022/2937?u=hannahcordes) on **ThreeFold Grid V3.0.0 Alpha-7**! -### ThreeFold Grid: +### ThreeFold Grid: -- 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! +* 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!
-- 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. +* 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.
-Sending you positive vibes from Austin, ThreeFolders! 🙌 +Sending you positive vibes from Austin, 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!_ +*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!*
-_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)._ +*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).* diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_21/weekly_vol_21.png b/content/blog/weekly_vol_21/weekly_vol_21.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6d7c176a9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/weekly_vol_21/weekly_vol_21.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_22/index.md b/content/blog/weekly_vol_22/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d42a3c3fc --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/weekly_vol_22/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +--- +id: weekly_vol_22 +title: "ThreeFold Weekly! June 28th, 2022 (Vol 22)" +image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! June 28th, 2022 (Vol 22) +date: 2022-06-28 +description: Welcome to the 22nd edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Let’s get you up to speed on the latest happenings around ThreeFold. +taxonomies: + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] + categories: [foundation] +extra: + imgPath: weekly_vol_22.png +--- + +### ThreeFold in the News: + +* [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**) + +### Community Updates: + +* 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. + +
+ +* 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). + +
+ +* Check out the ongoing podcast series about ThreeFold's efforts towards building the Internet of Internets [here](https://anchor.fm/threefoldpodcast)! + +### Technology Developments: + +* **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! + +### ThreeFold Grid: + +* 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). + +
+ +* 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). + +
+ +* 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. + +
+ +Until next week, 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!* + +
+ +*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).* diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_22/weekly_vol_22.png b/content/blog/weekly_vol_22/weekly_vol_22.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6d7c176a9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/weekly_vol_22/weekly_vol_22.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_23/index.md b/content/blog/weekly_vol_23/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5034d4363 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/weekly_vol_23/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +--- +id: weekly_vol_23 +title: "ThreeFold Weekly! July 5th, 2022 (Vol 23)" +image_caption: ThreeFold Weekly! July 5th, 2022 (Vol 23) +date: 2022-07-05 +description: Welcome to the 23rd edition of ThreeFold Weekly. Let’s dive into last week’s highlights throughout the ThreeFold ecosystem. +taxonomies: + people: [hannah_cordes] + tags: [threefold_grid, community, farming, update] + categories: [foundation] +extra: + imgPath: weekly_vol_23.png +--- +*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).* + +### Community Updates: + +* 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)! + +
+ +* 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. + +
+ +* 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! + +### Technology Developments: + +* **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. + +
+ +* We now have a new [peer list](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__manual3_tfservices?id=supported-planetary-network-nodes) available for the **Planetary Network** which you can use to access the end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer global overlay network. + +
+ +* 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)! + +### ThreeFold Grid: + +* 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! + +
+ +* **Migrate your 3Nodes to V3** asap by following the simple steps of the [migration process](https://forum.threefold.io/t/farming-migration-grid-v2-v3/2143?u=hannahcordes). + +
+ +* 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. + +
+ +See you next week, 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!* + +
+ +*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).* diff --git a/content/blog/weekly_vol_23/weekly_vol_23.png b/content/blog/weekly_vol_23/weekly_vol_23.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6d7c176a9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/weekly_vol_23/weekly_vol_23.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/what_is_farming/3node_example.png b/content/blog/what_is_farming/3node_example.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4a346fb24 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/what_is_farming/3node_example.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2022/03/post-2/index.md b/content/blog/what_is_farming/index.md similarity index 89% rename from content/blog/2022/03/post-2/index.md rename to content/blog/what_is_farming/index.md index 156c4d542..c94f154a8 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022/03/post-2/index.md +++ b/content/blog/what_is_farming/index.md @@ -1,25 +1,22 @@ --- +id: what_is_farming title: What is ThreeFold Farming? -description: A decentralized and energy-efficient way for people to expand a new Internet infrastructure. +image_caption: What is farming date: 2022-03-01 -updated: 2022-03-01 -draft: false +description: A decentralized and energy-efficient way for people to expand a new Internet infrastructure. taxonomies: - people: [sacha_obeegadoo] - categories: [foundation] - tags: [peer_to_peer, why, farming, threefold_grid] - + people: [sacha_obeegadoo] + tags: [peer_to_peer,why,farming,threefold_grid] + categories: [foundation] extra: - subtitle: "" - imgPath: what_is_farming.png - date: 2022-03-01 + imgPath: what_is_farming.png --- 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.
-![3Node](images/blog/3node_example.png) +![3Node](./3node_example.png)
@@ -58,7 +55,7 @@ ThreeFold Tokens are rewarded for the amount of Internet capacity added and kept - 30 TFT per Compute Unit (2 vCPU and 4 GB memory) per month - 12.5 TFT per Storage Unit (1 TB of SSD and HDD) per month - 0.38 TFT per Network Unit (1 GB of data transfer) -- 0.06 TFT per public IP address per hour +- 0.06 TFT per public IP address per hour
@@ -86,11 +83,11 @@ While blockchain remains an incredible store of value, it is neither an efficien ## Considerations before getting started -The following are important factors to consider for ThreeFold farming profitability: +The following are important factors to consider for ThreeFold farming profitability: ### Computer Hardware -Farmers are encouraged to use the latest computers, including servers, desktops, and laptops that come with an AMD and Intel processor. The computer should have at least 1 Terabyte of SSD to optimize the performance of their farming activity. It is recommended to buy a ThreeFold 3Node server from certified partners around the globe that comes pre-configured and ready to run on the Grid. +Farmers are encouraged to use the latest computers, including servers, desktops, and laptops that come with an AMD and Intel processor. The computer should have at least 1 Terabyte of SSD to optimize the performance of their farming activity. It is recommended to buy a ThreeFold 3Node server from certified partners around the globe that comes pre-configured and ready to run on the Grid.
@@ -98,11 +95,11 @@ Used or refurbished computers can be used but it is important to understand that ### Power Costs -Electrical power is the main operating expense. Electricity is charged per kilowatt-hour (kWh). The cost of farming can float from $0.10 to $0.35 per kWh. It is important for a farmer to verify the expected power usage of a computer before starting the operation to improve profitability. +Electrical power is the main operating expense. Electricity is charged per kilowatt-hour (kWh). The cost of farming can float from $0.10 to $0.35 per kWh. It is important for a farmer to verify the expected power usage of a computer before starting the operation to improve profitability.
-_Note that the price of kWh varies depending on the country. Find a country power cost average comparison [here](https://www.electricrate.com/data-center/electricity-prices-by-country/)._ +*Note that the price of kWh varies depending on the country. Find a country power cost average comparison [here](https://www.electricrate.com/data-center/electricity-prices-by-country/).* ### ThreeFold Token Price @@ -114,7 +111,7 @@ Farmers are rewarded a given amount of TFT monthly based on the amount of Intern
-If the price of TFT is $0.1, the profitability of the farm will be average. If the price of TFT is $0.3 your farming operation may operate with healthy rewards. If the price of TFT is $1 your farming operation will be highly rewarding. +If the price of TFT is $0.1, the profitability of the farm will be average. If the price of TFT is $0.3 your farming operation may operate with healthy rewards. If the price of TFT is $1 your farming operation will be highly rewarding.
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-[Buy](https://shop.threefold.tech/) or [build](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__diy_guide) a 3Node and become a ThreeFold Farmer! +[Buy](https://shop.threefold.tech/) or [build](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__diy_guide) a 3Node and become a ThreeFold Farmer! \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/blog/what_is_farming/what_is_farming.png b/content/blog/what_is_farming/what_is_farming.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d9d4a7646 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/what_is_farming/what_is_farming.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2020/12/post-2/index.md b/content/blog/what_is_peer_to_peer/index.md similarity index 81% rename from content/blog/2020/12/post-2/index.md rename to content/blog/what_is_peer_to_peer/index.md index 7de5139ac..25ba1a93c 100644 --- a/content/blog/2020/12/post-2/index.md +++ b/content/blog/what_is_peer_to_peer/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "What Is Peer-to-Peer and Why Is It so Important?" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "P2P systems are network, not linear or pyramidal hierarchies (though they may share some elements).." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: what_is_peer_to_peer +title: What Is Peer-to-Peer and Why Is It so Important? +image_caption: peer to peer date: 2020-12-15 -updated: 2020-12-15 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: P2P systems are network, not linear or pyramidal hierarchies (though they may share some elements).. taxonomies: - people: [sacha_obeegadoo] - categories: [farming, cloud, twin, foundation] - tags: [peer_to_peer, why, farming, technology, threefold_grid] - + people: [sacha_obeegadoo] + tags: [peer_to_peer,why,farming,technology,threefold_grid] + categories: [farming,cloud,twin,foundation] extra: - subtitle: "The UNIQUE Post 1 subtitle" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: peer_to_peer.png + imgPath: peer_to_peer.png --- ## What is Peer-to-Peer? @@ -37,17 +34,17 @@ In the near future, ThreeFold will create Digital Twin, which will go beyond th ## Why did ThreeFold choose peer-to-peer?  -Everything starts (or should start) from the why, and the ThreeFold story started a long time ago. Before the inception of ThreeFold, many of the co-founders of the project used to work with the largest IT & Cloud actors. Throughout their experience working in the Industry, they realized that the complexity of the technology and the centralization of knowledge & power led to an inefficient, unsustainable, not scalable and unequally distributed infrastructure. So they decided to redesign the whole Internet and cloud infrastructure bottom-up with the vision of shaping a global internet economy that can scale anywhere efficiently, cost efficiently and sustainably. +Everything starts (or should start) from the why, and the ThreeFold story started a long time ago. Before the inception of ThreeFold, many of the co-founders of the project used to work with the largest IT & Cloud actors. Throughout their experience working in the Industry, they realized that the complexity of the technology and the centralization of knowledge & power led to an inefficient, unsustainable, not scalable and unequally distributed infrastructure. So they decided to redesign the whole Internet and cloud infrastructure bottom-up with the vision of shaping a global internet economy that can scale anywhere efficiently, cost efficiently and sustainably.  ## Why does the world needs peer-to-peer?  By developing the technology, the conviction that peer-to-peer was the best solution for humanity and the planet strengthened itself. Why? Well, put simply, a peer-to-peer system removes all forms of intermediaries, unnecessary steps and complexity from the picture. Therefore, it simplifies the architecture in an incredible way. The benefits are many but here are the most popular benefits:
-- _Privacy_: Our peer-to-peer environment means no middlemen or intermediaries, meaning data travels directly between peers and stored on the nodes of their choice rather than being sent through and stored by a third party. -- _Security_: Data stored in data centers is susceptible to security breaches. In bypassing data centers and exchanging data directly between peers, we can achieve much greater security as it reduces code and back doors significantly. -- _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. -- _Cost-efficiency & Sustainability_: End-to-end (direct) connection between peers means a more efficient path for data and less energy is needed. Less energy means less cost, and less harm to our planet. +- *Privacy*: Our peer-to-peer environment means no middlemen or intermediaries, meaning data travels directly between peers and stored on the nodes of their choice rather than being sent through and stored by a third party. +- *Security*: Data stored in data centers is susceptible to security breaches. In bypassing data centers and exchanging data directly between peers, we can achieve much greater security as it reduces code and back doors significantly.  +- *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. +- *Cost-efficiency & Sustainability*: End-to-end (direct) connection between peers means a more efficient path for data and less energy is needed. Less energy means less cost, and less harm to our planet. ## In 2021 the world is going peer-to-peer!  diff --git a/content/blog/what_is_peer_to_peer/peer_to_peer.png b/content/blog/what_is_peer_to_peer/peer_to_peer.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cea244db1 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/what_is_peer_to_peer/peer_to_peer.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/why_become_a_farmer/become_a_farmer.png b/content/blog/why_become_a_farmer/become_a_farmer.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..06df3a87d Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/why_become_a_farmer/become_a_farmer.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/why_become_a_farmer/index.md b/content/blog/why_become_a_farmer/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..54dff6776 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/why_become_a_farmer/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +--- +id: why_become_a_farmer +title: Why Anyone Should Consider Becoming A (ThreeFold) Farmer +image_caption: farming +date: 2020-05-03 +description: The ThreeFold Foundation is changing the way how "we" as a whole approach the internet and its underlying technology.. +taxonomies: + people: [] + tags: [farming,threefold_grid] + categories: [farming, grid] +extra: + imgPath: become_a_farmer.png +--- +
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+The ThreeFold Foundation is changing the way how "we" as a whole approach the internet and its underlying technology. We believe building the internet back from the ground up is the only way to dismantle the monster it has grown into – a polluting greed-machine that allows people’s data to be abused for money all while just being accessible to just half of the earth’s inhabitants. +
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+And the best part is, you can have a part in the global shift towards a more sustainable, inclusive, and respectful internet by becoming a ThreeFold Farmer. +
+
+ +## So what are farmers? + +Simply put: Farmers are people that add capacity to the ThreeFold Grid for anyone to use. + +## What is this "capacity"? + +Capacity is the raw building blocks needed for any internet grid: CPU (processors), Hard Drives, Solid-state drives, memory, etc. Capacity can then be rented by developers and engineers that would like to run their applications on the ThreeFold Grid. + +## What is in it for me? + +As mentioned in the previous paragraph, capacity is rented. This means people that put capacity on the ThreeFold Grid are getting paid by anybody that uses their capacity. But there is more, ThreeFold also incentivizes farmers to add capacity by giving them tokens simply for adding the capacity to the ThreeFold Grid. The amount they receive depends on the specifications of the capacity they put online (how much, how powerful, etc). These tokens are then gradually released over the course of 60 months. So in short, you get paid to do this. + +## What else? + +Capacity for the ThreeFold Grid can be added in all shapes and sizes. It could be a small box no larger than a modem that you put in your office or home, or could be a fully-fledged data center node. The idea is that the grid becomes spread out as much as it can be, as this has some huge benefits for all users and the environment. +
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+ +1. Less power waste: Less energy is needed to cool all these smaller nodes that are far away from each other, than putting the same resources in a giant room together and having them sit on top off, and beside each other (this is what happens now in large scale data centers). + +2. Less bandwidth waste: The closer the capacity is to the end-user, the less unnecessary miles it has to travel. (e.g. a text message in a messaging app might travel from the Netherlands to a data center in America to then forward it to the person living down the street). When concentrating on decentralization and having nodes everywhere in the world this problem resolves itself. And data will take the shortest route possible. + +3. More Privacy: This decentralized approach makes it so that there is no "all-seeing eye" within the network – unlike the current setup where tech giants basically own all their users’ data by putting it in their own data centers. + +4. More Accessibility: Due to the fact that these resources can be added in small form-factors, it makes it possible to now put internet resources anywhere in the world where there’s a network to plug into (cables in the ground). And this makes it that now people that have limited-to-no funds have access to what the UN declared a human right: the internet. ut more than that, education, connection, entertainment, all the internet brought the western world over the past decade. +
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+ +To find out more about how you can become a farmer, please visit ThreeFold’s website [www.threefold.io](https://www.threefold.io). Our [wiki](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/) or register to for first access to our next batch of 3Node here: [https://pre-register.threefold.io/](https://pre-register.threefold.io/). We are currently collecting interest for all types of nodes that anyone can host in their home, office, or anywhere else with a power outlet and internet connection. diff --git a/content/blog/why_should_i_care/index.md b/content/blog/why_should_i_care/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b46191115 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/why_should_i_care/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +--- +id: why_should_i_care +title: Why should I care?  +image_caption: Why should I care +date: 2021-01-27 +description: Do you remember the time where you could create your own safe space and decide what others see and know? +taxonomies: + people: [alexandre_hannelas] + tags: [digital_twin,why] + categories: [twin] +extra: + imgPath: why_should_i_care.jpg +--- + +# Why should I care? + +
+ +Do you remember when you could create your own safe space and decide what others see and know? Now, whether you are at home, in the middle of a city, or hiking a mountain, you’re never really alone. More and more, the technology we used is connected to the internet. Cars, fridges, energy meters, even baby monitors send out data about you and your family 24/7 beyond your control. + +
+ +## Behind the scene + +
+ +This data is collected for spurious purposes: to better predict your behaviour and target you with ads. The targeted advertising ecosystem, using trackers included in the sites you visit and Software Development Kits (SDKs) in the apps you use, aims to get a better picture of you to present you with more relevant ads. + +
+ +But it doesn't stop there. The ad tech ecosystem has one main feature: connecting companies to you through an opaque and technically complex infrastructure, allowing almost anyone to enter the data collection and exchange market. Moreover, this means any companies can participate in processes such as Real-Time Bidding (an automated process that enables advertisers to target particular groups of people on different websites, videos, apps without having to negotiate prices directly), only to collect data and never display ads.  + +
+ +This means that companies, such as two AdTech companies that track your activities on a different set of sites, can grab data from each other to consolidate the data and profiles they have on people. Consequently, companies participating in this ecosystem (or sometimes on their own) can sell your data to clients that may not be using it to try and sell you stuff. This is the unhealthy and unsustainable digital cycle that we live in. + +
  + +Given these examples, it is not hard to imagine that your personal data can be used to influence the price of products and services proposed to you, particularly from companies and institutions.  + +
+ +So, let's join forces together and, as a community, reclaim our freedom and get back ownership of your data. With Digital Twin, you are at the centre of your digital world. No one else.  \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/blog/why_should_i_care/why_should_i_care.jpg b/content/blog/why_should_i_care/why_should_i_care.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b48140387 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/why_should_i_care/why_should_i_care.jpg differ diff --git a/content/blog/2020/04/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/why_we_do_what_we_do/index.md similarity index 83% rename from content/blog/2020/04/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/why_we_do_what_we_do/index.md index d89e68bf2..8330f8ec5 100644 --- a/content/blog/2020/04/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/why_we_do_what_we_do/index.md @@ -1,20 +1,16 @@ --- -title: "Why We Do What We Do" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "If not now, when? If not us, who?" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: why +title: Why We Do What We Do +image_caption: planet date: 2020-04-08 -updated: 2020-04-08 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: If not now, when? If not us, who? taxonomies: - people: [sam_taggart] - categories: [farming, twin, aci, foundation] - tags: [why, threefold_farming] - + people: [sam_taggart] + tags: [why,threefold_farming] + categories: [farming,twin,aci,foundation] extra: - subtitle: "The UNIQUE Post 1 subtitle" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: why_we_do.png + imgPath: why_we_do.png --- -

We are growing a green and responsible peer-to-peer Internet that is available everywhere and owned by everyone — across geographical and cultural borders, empowering people to be digitally independent and providing equal chances to learn, partake and succeed. @@ -24,13 +20,12 @@ We are growing a green and responsible peer-to-peer Internet that is available e At ThreeFold, we are driven by three main values:

- - Equality is the foundation for a fair world where everyone is given the opportunity to be empowered and to achieve their full potential. - Freedom of thought, opinion, creativity and faith are fundamentals to achieve peace and fulfillment of humankind’s potential. - Sustainability ensures the future of life on earth. It is about adopting the behavior and mindset to minimize our footprint. -
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- Let’s take a deeper look. +
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+Let’s take a deeper look. ### Internet Access | A Human Right @@ -66,4 +61,4 @@ ThreeFold is the first true peer-to-peer Internet. It uses pioneering technologi If not now, when? If not us, who?

-_Photo by Yannis H on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/uaPaEM7MiQQ)._ +*Photo by Yannis H on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/uaPaEM7MiQQ).* diff --git a/content/blog/why_we_do_what_we_do/why_we_do.png b/content/blog/why_we_do_what_we_do/why_we_do.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c350c4269 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/why_we_do_what_we_do/why_we_do.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2019/12/post-1/index.md b/content/blog/you_are_unique/index.md similarity index 75% rename from content/blog/2019/12/post-1/index.md rename to content/blog/you_are_unique/index.md index 9679e6999..b342813ac 100644 --- a/content/blog/2019/12/post-1/index.md +++ b/content/blog/you_are_unique/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ --- -title: "Internet is growing wild" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "The internet is growing at an extremely fast pace, but is that a good thing?" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: unique +title: You Are Unique +image_caption: humanity date: 2019-12-05 -updated: 2019-12-05 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: During a gathering with some friends, I noticed something that made me think about how important it is what we’re doing. taxonomies: - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci] - tags: [technology, why, threefold_grid] - + people: [sabrina_sadik] + tags: [why,farming] + categories: [twin,foundation] extra: - author: Andreas Hartl - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: internet_is_growing_wild.png + imgPath: unique.png --- ## You are unique @@ -38,4 +35,4 @@ One decentralized application, one digital wallet, one login and one you. Becaus Have questions? Feel free to ask us on our [forum](https://forum.threefold.io)!

-_Photo by Jessica Ruscello on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/DoSDQvzjeH0)._ +*Photo by Jessica Ruscello on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/DoSDQvzjeH0).* diff --git a/content/blog/you_are_unique/unique.png b/content/blog/you_are_unique/unique.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a9a95ec9e Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/you_are_unique/unique.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2021/05/post-2/index.md b/content/blog/zero_os_blog/index.md similarity index 75% rename from content/blog/2021/05/post-2/index.md rename to content/blog/zero_os_blog/index.md index 7d54a88ef..c31275f60 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021/05/post-2/index.md +++ b/content/blog/zero_os_blog/index.md @@ -1,49 +1,47 @@ --- -title: "A Scalable and Secure Operating System" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. -description: "To create a new Internet from scratch, ThreeFold had to start at the operating system level." # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. +id: zero_os_blog +title: A Scalable and Secure Operating System +image_caption: zero os date: 2021-05-18 -updated: 2021-05-18 # Comment-out this line with a # if content is unchanged -draft: false # Make it "true" if you don't want Zola to "publish" yet -template: blogPage.html +description: To create a new Internet from scratch, ThreeFold had to start at the operating system level. taxonomies: - people: [sacha_obeegadoo] - categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, twin] - tags: [threefold_grid, technology] - + people: [sacha_obeegadoo] + tags: [threefold_grid,technology,] + categories: [farming,cloud,foundation,twin] extra: - subtitle: "" # Quotation marks allow colons, semicolons, etc. - imgPath: zero_os_blog.png ---- + imgPath: zero_os_blog.png + +--- 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.

-To create a new Internet from scratch, ThreeFold had to start at the operating system (OS) level. An operating system is a software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. And this is how Zero OS was born +To create a new Internet from scratch, ThreeFold had to start at the operating system (OS) level. An operating system is a software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. And this is how Zero OS was born -## What makes Zero OS special? +## What makes Zero OS special? Zero OS is a stateless and lightweight operating system. Given it has no shell, remote or server interface, it is much safer than the big majority of the OSs on the market. When storing your data on Zero OS, it is fingerprinted and made available only when requested by you or those you provide access to.

-The state of an application represents its state of being in a given moment in time. Think of a stateless transaction as vending machines, a single request and a response. In ThreeFold’s Internet infrastructure, this can be represented as data being accessible only when requested. -The only way to access data on Zero OS is via the private key (or fingerprint) of a user. In that sense, the data is not accessible unless the data owner requests access to it. +The state of an application represents its state of being in a given moment in time. Think of a stateless transaction as vending machines, a single request and a response. In ThreeFold’s Internet infrastructure, this can be represented as data being accessible only when requested. +The only way to access data on Zero OS is via the private key (or fingerprint) of a user. In that sense, the data is not accessible unless the data owner requests access to it. ## How does Zero OS apply to developers? -Thanks to its lightweight architecture, Zero OS is a perfect fit to run microservice architectures and emerging IT workloads such as IoT, Blockchains, Big Data, and more. A key benefit of microservice architecture is the freedom it offers you to choose the best runtime for the task at hand. +Thanks to its lightweight architecture, Zero OS is a perfect fit to run microservice architectures and emerging IT workloads such as IoT, Blockchains, Big Data, and more. A key benefit of microservice architecture is the freedom it offers you to choose the best runtime for the task at hand.

-Let’s take the example of decentralizing service-oriented developing teams. A common challenge there is that most of the time they don’t really understand the applications they are exposing. But no one knows the data infrastructure of the applications better than those who craft them. +Let’s take the example of decentralizing service-oriented developing teams. A common challenge there is that most of the time they don’t really understand the applications they are exposing. But no one knows the data infrastructure of the applications better than those who craft them.

-ThreeFold permits decentralized developer teams with the ability to share keys (access) to the developing environment on Zero OS and the gateways to the world wide web within the secure peer-to-peer overlay network. This is game changing. Also with all the automation frameworks provided, it creates the perfect environment to develop current and emerging technologies. +ThreeFold permits decentralized developer teams with the ability to share keys (access) to the developing environment on Zero OS and the gateways to the world wide web within the secure peer-to-peer overlay network. This is game changing. Also with all the automation frameworks provided, it creates the perfect environment to develop current and emerging technologies.

Put shortly, decentralized development and integration is now officially an organizational or cultural change, not a technical one anymore. ## Zero OS allows anyone to provide sovereign capacity -Given stateless systems separate the OS configuration and user data, Zero OS simplifies the maintenance and the deployment of digital workloads, while making it impossible to hack into user data on a hardware level. +Given stateless systems separate the OS configuration and user data, Zero OS simplifies the maintenance and the deployment of digital workloads, while making it impossible to hack into user data on a hardware level.

3Nodes provide all the storage, compute and network primitives for a new internet infrastructure. Given they are booted with Zero OS, anyone can now participate in the Internet economy without jeopardizing user data sovereignty and security. @@ -53,3 +51,9 @@ Conclusively, Zero OS is ultra secure, perfect to develop current and future tec

Learn more about Zero OS and the grid primitives [here](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/internet4__tfgrid_primitives). + + + + + + diff --git a/content/blog/zero_os_blog/zero_os_blog.png b/content/blog/zero_os_blog/zero_os_blog.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..95359eb51 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/zero_os_blog/zero_os_blog.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/zero_people_IT_is_the_future/index.md b/content/blog/zero_people_IT_is_the_future/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9c7415305 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/zero_people_IT_is_the_future/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +--- +id: threefold_foundation_30 +title: Zero People IT is the Future +image_caption: future +description: 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. +date: 2020-08-17 +taxonomies: + people: [weynand_kuijpers] + tags: [technology, threefold_cloud] + categories: [tech, cloud] +extra: + imgPath: future +--- + +## Introduction + +### The "cost" of complexity in traditional IT + +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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+Putting components together is called (system) integration, and integration requires agreement on how these components will fit together and the knowledge to do it. +
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+This complexity and need for integration originate from the way the IT industry historically developed. With time more and more layers appeared to bring new possibilities. Additional layers masked existing problems. Instead of fixing the underlying issues, several third parties needed to be involved, adding complexity and increased costs (such as license costs, upgrades, updates, etc.). Complexity has become a business model. + +## Where can we get inspiration to do it a different way? + +What if we could build IT architectures in a different way. What if we would not accept component solution approaches anymore and start over with a completely blank sheet of paper? Would we then come up with a different way of actually building automation, architectures, and business models? + +### Looking at nature for inspiration + +Let's start by looking for inspiration in nature. Suppose we consider IT systems to be a complex system. Are there parallels that we can draw between systems that exist in nature (and have evolved and improved over thousands of years) and those within the IT industry? +
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+In nature, we see two kinds of systems (societies): centralized and decentralized systems. Examples of centralized systems are herds, groups, or schools of animals living together where there is a hierarchy in the way they organize themselves. For decentralized systems, we can look at beehives and anthills. Organizing efforts and benefits are distinct and come at a different cost. + +### Centralized systems in nature + +In centralized systems, there is governance of activities, wealth positions, and so forth. Think of a group of lions or chimpanzees. There is always an alpha male who is dominant in the whole group. He is the only that enjoys all of the benefits because the entire group/structure works towards his wishes. He gets to mate with most female group members because the system believes that he has the strongest genes to help the group to survive in the future. The dominant male also gets most of the food gathered by the group, and if he doesn't get it, he will claim it by showing his dominance and fight for it. All the others are working towards this alpha male, and all the other males in the group will occasionally challenge the alpha male for dominance. +
+
+This is very similar to how the IT industry has been operating to date: there are a few alpha males in the industry - one for each sector that can be recognized (for example, in the Cloud Industry, you have Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and on the system integration front you have Dell, Siemens, CA Technologies). They end up with the majority of businesses available in their specific markets. When challenged by new companies, they fight them (in every way possible, including killing them or acquiring them). And in analogy to the animal group, these alpha male companies have a lot of organizations that work with them, usually called "partners" or "channels." + +### Decentralized systems in nature + +For decentralized systems on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralised_system), we learn; "One of the most well-known examples of a "natural" decentralized system is one used by insect colonies such as Ants. In these insect colonies, control is distributed among the biological agents who act upon local information and local interactions to create complex and universal behavior collectively. While individually exhibiting simple behaviors, these agents achieve universal goals such as feeding the colony or raising the brood using dynamical mechanisms like non-explicit communication and exploiting their closely coupled action and perception systems. Without any form of central authority, these insect colonies achieve their universal goals by performing required tasks and by responding to changing conditions in their external environment. They also adjust the number of workers performing each task to ensure the completion of all tasks. For example, ant colonies guide their global behavior (in terms of foraging, patrolling, brood care, and nest maintenance) using a pulsing, shifting web of Spatio-temporal patterned interactions that rely on antennal contact rate and olfactory sensing. While these interactions consist of both interactions with the environment and each other, ants do not direct the behavior of other ants. They thus never have a "central controller" dictating what is to be done to achieve global goals." +
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+So nature has provided us with solid examples of centralized and decentralized systems. For much of what works in the modern world, we have ended up using the centralized model governing enterprises and countries. Various industries have also adopted the centralized model where there is a pyramid structure, and everything works towards the alpha males. + +## A different approach to creating and operating IT workloads + +What if we can develop a new concept for creating, deploying, and operating IT workloads. What if we say goodbye to the centralized way of controlling IT workloads. Can we develop an idea that works in a decentralized way? + +### The concept + +To build this concept, we will draw the use of the human way of operating a large ship. The crew of a vessel has different roles, which we will call the *coordinators*. Some of these coordinators could be a captain, officers, engineers, and oilers. These coordinators have in-depth knowledge of their specific tasks but usually lack a detailed understanding of the other roles. In the "hive" of a ship, the specific requests to get tasks done are sent to coordinators who will receive, interpret, execute their particular tasks, and report the (non-) progress of these tasks or subtasks. For example, the captain will create and agree to a schedule of maintenance tasks for the engine room. These are daily, weekly and monthly tasks that should be completed by the engineers and oilers. The engineers and oilers do not get continuous input from the captain. They get one instruction to follow the schedule and know what needs to be done for every task. The intermediate state (what is complete and what still needs to be addressed) is stored by the coordinators executing the tasks. This is the most efficient way of accomplishing tasks. + +### Jumping to the IT industry + +If we bring this concept to the IT world, we conclude that today's IT systems are built in a significantly different way. Most architectures (if not all) have a central facility that stores *all* information and *all* states of activity in a so-called central 'database.' A general norm within IT. However, these types of architectures are inefficient and are very complex - like the ship analogy - a central command room (database) is created where every coordinator needs to report back. (1) The current level of activity, (2) the completion (state) of tasks, (3) the proper understanding of upcoming tasks by the coordinator to accomplish tasks in-progress or future - hence leading to the undesirable outcome of complexity due to centralization. +
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+In the ship example, we deem this type of functioning/workflow inefficient; however, in the IT world, it is a common way of doing it. Furthermore, IT infrastructures usually have different databases to store "state" in different parts of the IT architecture. The analogy would translate to different command rooms that orchestrate different functions on the ship in our ship. This, in turn, introduces the need for another role in starting coordinating between the different command rooms to ensure that all information is shared and communicated. Taking this pattern forward leads to an endless loop of adding interfaces, layers, bridges between different parts of the system that all store information, multiple times, and in different ways. + +### Datastores + +By design, a decentralized IT architecture should not use centralized data storage (databases) for multiple tasks (roles). It instead should feature a similar approach to the way of functioning as in the 'ship' example. In this architecture, roles get short and precise instructions of the jobs to be completed and autonomously execute. We call these execution engines *coordinators*. Coordinators receive instructions, run on instructions and store all information about the current task *locally.* They store all the relevant information in a local storage facility (available to the individual coordinators only) and provide information about the state of execution if and when other coordinators ask for a state update. + +## Magical Coordinator + +### Requirements to let actor based management work +
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+* Less complexity + +* State only with the actor itself (no-where else !!!) + +* Understood language between actors + +* Process = recipes of a cook, NOT IN A DB +
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+ +## Actor based IT solutions + +To simplify common IT architectures, we should look at a new way of creating such a system that takes the current standards into account: +
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+* No people involved in integrating different components into a single solution + + * Which, as a consequence, means no revenue generation based on creating and managing complexity. + +* No central state / operational data storage + +* Individual automated actors with specific knowledge for specific tasks + +* Independent operating actors completing specific tasks +
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+Such a system should ideally be owned by many (not just a single organization, bringing centralization back into the equations) that operate IT tasks for many. We have not seen such a system in existence, but we are as TFTech building and rolling out technology that can do this. +
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