remove unused folder

fix typo

.github/workflows/action.yml

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# On every push this script is executed
-on: push
-name: Build and deploy GH Pages
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/development'
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: build_and_deploy
-        uses: shalzz/zola-deploy-action@v0.14.1
-        env:
-          # Target branch
-          PAGES_BRANCH: gh-pages
-          # Provide personal access token
-          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/tf_update.yml

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-name: Threefold_io
-on: 
-  push:
-    branch: [ development ]
-
-jobs:
-  job_one:
-    name: Deploy
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: pushing latest change on www2.threefold.io
-      uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
-      with:
-        host: www2.threefold.io
-        username: root
-        key: ${{ secrets.TF_SECRET }}
-        port: 22
-        script: |
-          cd /opt/www_threefold_io/
-          git log -1
-          git restore config.toml
-          git restore static/css/index.css
-          git pull
-          sed -i "s/https:\/\/threefoldfoundation.github.io\/www_threefold_io/https:\/\/www2.threefold.io/g" config.toml
-          ./build.sh
-          

.gitignore

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ publishtools/publishtools
 .cache
 .DS_Store
 src/.temp
-content/news
 content/person
 content/project
 node_modules

.gitpod.Dockerfile

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-
-
-FROM gitpod/workspace-full:latest
-
-USER root
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y redis-server mc rsync
-
-# RUN apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/cache/apt/* && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && rm -rf /tmp/*
-
-USER gitpod
-
-
-# ENTRYPOINT [ "entrypoint.sh" ]

.gitpod.yml

@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-image:
-  file: .gitpod.Dockerfile
-tasks:
-    - name: WIKI
-      command: |
-        curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freeflowuniverse/crystaltools/development/install.sh > /tmp/install.sh
-        bash /tmp/install.sh
-        source /workspace/env.sh
-        publtools_check
-        cd config
-        publishtools install 
-        cd ..
-        clear
-        echo ' -- WEB PUBLISH TOOLS -- '
-        echo 
-        echo ' - do "./run" to run website.'
-        echo ' - do "./build" to build website, see in dir build for result.'
-        echo ' - do "open ../workspace.code-workspace" to open all relevant dirs in your editor.'
-ports:
-  - port: 9998
-    onOpen: open-browser
-  - port: 8080
-    onOpen: open-browser    
-  - port: 6379
-    onOpen: ignore
-vscode:
-  extensions:
-    - vlanguage.vscode-vlang
-    - telesoho.vscode-markdown-paste-image
-    - yzhang.markdown-all-in-one
-    - shd101wyy.markdown-preview-enhanced
-    - bierner.markdown-mermaid
-    - darkriszty.markdown-table-prettify
-    - bpruitt-goddard.mermaid-markdown-syntax-highlighting
-    - shuworks.vscode-table-formatter
-github:
-  prebuilds:
-    # enable for the master/default branch (defaults to true)
-    master: true
-# enable for all branches in this repo (defaults to false)
-    branches: true
-# enable for pull requests coming from this repo (defaults to true)
-    pullRequests: true
-# enable for pull requests coming from forks (defaults to false)
-    pullRequestsFromForks: false
-# add a "Review in Gitpod" button as a comment to pull requests (defaults to true)
-    addComment: true
-# add a "Review in Gitpod" button to pull requests (defaults to false)
-    addBadge: false
-# add a label once the prebuild is ready to pull requests (defaults to false)
-    addLabel: prebuilt-in-gitpod

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+SHELL := /bin/bash
+
+build:
+	. ./build.sh
+
+start:
+	. ./start.sh

README.md

@@ -1,13 +1,89 @@
-# ThreeFold 
+# Welcome to Welcome to ThreeFold Website RepositoryWebsite Repository
 
 ![](./static/images/tf_logo.png)
 
 ## About
 
-The official website of ThreeFold Foundation
+The official website of ThreeFold Foundation. <br>
 
-[www.threefold.io](https://www.threefold.io)
+Production: [www.threefold.io](https://www.threefold.io) (master branch)
 
-## Contribution
+Staging: www2.threefold.io (development branch)
 
-Feel free to [create a new issue](https://github.com/threefoldfoundation/www_threefold_io/issues) to report an error on the website, or if you have any suggestions on website improvements. 
+Last Updated: September 2024
+
+## Administrators
+
+[ThreeFold's Web Admins](https://github.com/orgs/threefoldfoundation/teams/team_web_admin)
+
+## Contribution Procedure
+
+![readme](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/43240801/236867088-56c95abd-510c-4202-b0c5-317cdfb75cb3.png)
+
+It is highly important to follow this procedure to contribute to the website content. <br>
+__WARNING__: DO NOT commit straight into the __master__ / __development__ branches.
+
+1. Feel free to [create a new issue](https://github.com/threefoldfoundation/www_threefold_io/issues/new) to report an error on the website, or if you have any suggestions on website improvements. 
+
+2. Make your own branch from the __development__ branch. By creating a new branch from __development__ you will be provided with the latest copy of the live website content at the staging site, www2.threefold.io.
+
+3. Add your edits into your own branch via code editor locally, and push your local changes online. WARNING: DO NOT add your edits straight into __master__ / __development__ branch.
+
+5. Create a PR to merge your own branch into **development**, and assign one of [ThreeFold's Web Admins](https://github.com/orgs/threefoldfoundation/teams/team_web_admin) on your PR as reviewer, or assign @sasha-astiadi as reviewer.
+
+7. When PR is approved, you can see your changes on staging env on www2.threefold.io (development branch)
+
+8. Admin will then create a PR to merge **development** into into **master** (production branch)
+
+10. When PR is approved, you can see your changes live on production www.threefold.io (master branch).
+
+## Development
+
+While contributing content to this site doesn't strictly require setting up a development environment, it will allow you to preview your changes and that's super handy.
+
+To do that, the following prerequisites are needed:
+
+* macOS or Linux
+* [Zola](https://www.getzola.org/documentation/getting-started/installation/)
+
+Then clone the repository recursively to also pull in contents of `threefold_data`:
+
+```bash
+#if you don't have hero installed yet, run the following commands
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freeflowuniverse/crystallib/development/scripts/install_hero.sh > /tmp/hero_install.sh
+bash /tmp/hero_install.sh
+
+#install zola & tailwind
+hero installers -n zola
+
+#get this repo be careful --pr will remove all local changes (pull reset), -b development means we are on the development branch
+hero git pull -u https://github.com/threefoldfoundation/www_threefold_io -b development -pr
+
+#cd to the directory
+eval $(hero git cd -u https://github.com/threefoldfoundation/www_threefold_io)
+
+bash build.sh
+
+```
+
+Finally, start a browsable local copy of the site that will respond to changes in the source files like this:
+
+```
+zola serve
+```
+
+Zola will display a local address such as `http://127.0.0.1:1111` which you can click or copy and paste into your browser to view the site on your own machine.
+
+That's it—have fun!
+
+
+# Guidelines for Editing Blog, News, and Team Images
+
+### General:
+Ensure all images are optimized to be less than 1MB for faster loading and better performance.
+
+### Blog & News:
+Use a resolution of **1200 x 600** pixels or maintain the same aspect ratio to fit seamlessly with placeholders.
+
+### Team:
+Keep images square with a resolution of **640 x 640** pixels for consistent appearance.

archive/action/index.md

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+---
+title: "Take actions"
+description: "Take actions and become a part of a pioneering Web4 movement with ThreeFold on 12.12.2024" # quotation marks to allow colons where used
+template: "page.html"
+insert_anchor_links: "left"
+extra:
+ author: ThreeFold
+ imgPath: tf.png
+---
+
+<!-- section 1 (header) -->
+
+{{ hero_video(
+    title="Building A New Internet For Everyone",
+    subtitle="Unleashing the Power of Decentralized Networks",
+    description_1="The internet is a trillion-dollar industry, and we believe it should be built and owned by everyone—an internet created by all, for all",
+    description_2="Let’s make this vision a reality.",
+    video_link="https://www.youtube.com/embed/64mbEewI0Ag?si=I0m_ShxlTUk3mok-",
+    button1_text="Take Action",
+    button1_link="/signup"
+) }}
+
+
+
+<!--section 2 (Portfolio)-->
+
+<div class="lg:py-24 py-12 mx-auto max-w-7xl lg:px-8">
+
+<div class="text-center">
+
+  ## What It Enables
+
+</div>
+<dl class="pt-8 grid max-w-xl grid-cols-1 gap-x-8 gap-y-8 lg:max-w-none lg:grid-cols-3">
+
+{{ portfolio(
+  title="Communicate securely",
+  description="Experience end-to-end encrypted communication in the shortest possible path, ensuring messages remain private and unalterable—even during disasters."
+)}}
+
+{{ portfolio(
+  title="Store effortlessly",
+  description="Securely share and store information with ease, with geo-aware capabilities that optimize data location and access. Scale seamlessly from personal use to billions of users."
+
+)}}
+
+{{ portfolio(
+  title="Restore authenticity",
+  description="Determine which information can be trusted, bringing clarity and confidence back to the digital space"
+)}}
+
+{{ portfolio(
+  title="Unlock limitless insights",
+  description="Discover, analyze, and find information with no boundaries, aided by a powerful personal AI assistant."
+)}}
+
+{{ portfolio(
+  title="Streamline your interactions",
+  description="Keep track of all your connections and simplify your life with an AI that optimizes your daily tasks and interactions."
+)}}
+
+{{ portfolio(
+  title="Take control of your digital presence",
+  description="Own and manage your data, identity, and interactions across platforms, ensuring transparency and sovereignty in the digital world."
+)}}
+
+</dl>
+</div>
+
+
+
+<!--section 3 (img_features)-->
+
+<div class="lg:py-24 py-12 mx-auto max-w-7xl lg:px-8">
+
+<div class="max-w-4xl">
+
+## Take Action Now
+
+Discover the key products that bring us closer to our vision of the new internet, laying the foundation for a more open, autonomous, and interconnected digital future.
+
+</div>
+
+{{ img_features(
+  image_src="/images/web4_tools3.png",
+  image_alt="TF_products ",
+
+  title_1="3NODE",
+  description_1="The backbone of storage and infrastructure, providing compute and data resources. Order today.
+",
+  button_text_1="Learn More",
+  button_link_1="https://docs.threefold.io/docs/components/3node/",
+
+  title_2="3Phone",
+  description_2="Secure smartphone that comes with built-indecentralized apps that seamlessly integrate with the ThreeFold Grid.",
+  button_text_2="Learn More",
+  button_link_2="https://docs.threefold.io/docs/components/3phone/",
+
+  title_4="3Router",
+  description_4="Smart routers ensure shortest-path connections between nodes and phones with end-to-end encryption. Unlocked after 10,000 pre-orders.",
+  button_text_4="Learn More",
+  button_link_4="https://docs.threefold.io/docs/components/3router/"
+
+)}}
+
+</div>
+
+
+
+
+<!-- section 4 Cta -->
+
+{{ cta(
+    title_1="Building a",
+    title_2="New Internet,",
+    title_3="Together",  
+    button_text_1="Participate",
+    button_link_1="/signup",
+    button_text_2="Stay Updated",
+    button_link_2="https://t.me/threefoldnews",
+    button_text_3="Chat",
+    button_link_3="https://t.me/threefold"
+) }}
+
+
+
+
+
+

archive/partners/btc_alpha/index.md

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----
-id: btc_alpha
-title: BTC-Alpha
-description: BTC-Alpha is a digital asset trading platform providing advanced financial services to traders worldwide since 2016.
-template: partnerPage.html
-taxonomies:
-  partners-category: []
-  tags: [blockchain]
-data: 2020-04-20
-extra: 
-    countries: []
-    cities: []
-    rank: 5
-    imgPath: images/btc_alpha.png
-    image_caption: btc_alpha
-    partner_logo: images/btc_alphaLogo.png
-    members: []
-    websites: https://btc-alpha.com/en/
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: ''
----
-
-<br/>
-
-![btc_alpha](images/btc_alpha2.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-## About
-
-BTC-Alpha is a digital asset trading platform providing advanced financial services to traders worldwide since 2016. Our platform is a reliable, secure and stable environment for crypto trading with low commission fee and 24/7 customer support.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-Our team is focused on providing the best customer experience and ceaseless product improving and developing. There are 98 coins and 188 currency pairs presented on the BTC-Alpha.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-BTC-Alpha is one of the top world secure crypto exchange.
-According to latest General Exchange Security Rating, provided by ICOrating, BTC-Alpha was ranked #14 out of 221 studied crypto exchanges with “A” rating.
-
-## BTC-Alpha and ThreeFold
-
-The ThreeFold Token (TFT) is listed [on BTC-Alpha](https://btc-alpha.com/en/coin/TFT).
-
-<!-- ## Support this project
-
-## TFGrid Solution
-
-### Roadmap -->

archive/partners/cloud_28/index.md

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
----
-id: cloud_28
-title: Cloud 28+
-description: Cloud 28+ is the world's largest independent community promoting cloud service and knowledge sharing.
-template: partnerPage.html
-taxonomies:
-  partners-category: []
-  tags: [technology]
-extra:
-    countries: []
-    cities: []
-    rank: 3
-    imgPath: images/cloud28plus.png
-    image_caption: cloud_28
-    partner_logo: images/cloud_28Logo.png
-    members: []
-    websites: https://cloud28plus.com
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: ''
----
-
-<br/>
-
-![cloud](images/cloud_28_2.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-## About
-
-Cloud 28+ is the world's largest independent community promoting cloud service and knowledge sharing. It serves end customers, cloud service providers, solution providers, ISVs, systems integrators, distributors, and government entities dedicated to accelerating enterprise cloud adoption.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-Cloud28+ supports the expansion of the Threefold Grid by proposing ThreeFold solutions within their communities.
-
-<!-- ## Support this project
-
-## TFGrid Solution
-
-### Roadmap -->

archive/partners/codescalers/index.md

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
----
-id: codescalers
-title: CodeScalers
-description: CodeScalers mission is to develop promising technology for start-up companies in cloud computing and datacenters.
-template: partnerPage.html
-taxonomies:
-  partners-category: []
-  tags: []
-extra:
-    countries: [Egypt]
-    cities: [Cairo]
-    rank: 4
-    imgPath: images/codescalers.png
-    image_caption: codescalers
-    partner_logo: images/codescalersLogo.png
-    category: []
-    members: []
-    websites: https://codescalers.com/
-    tags: []
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: ''
----
-
-<br/>
-
-![codescalers](images/codescalers2.jpg)
-
-<br/>
-
-## About
-
-CodeScalers’ mission is to develop promising technology for start-up companies in cloud computing and data centers. Our customers are high tech startups that have found with CodeScalers a pool of talent that extends their R&D organisations. Our offices are in Dubai and Cairo.
-
-<!-- ## Mission
-
-## Impact
-
-## Powered by ThreeFold
-
-## Join saving our planet! -->
-
-<!-- ## Support this project
-
-## TFGrid Solution
-
-### Roadmap -->
-
-
-

archive/partners/covidfighters/index.md

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----
-id: covidfighters
-title: COVID Fighters
-description: Re-gaining social life and staying healthy with COVID testing solution on Crystal Twin.
-template: partnerPage.html
-taxonomies:
-  partners-category: []
-  tags: [experience, impact]
-extra:
-    countries: [Austria]
-    cities: [Vienna]
-    rank: 5
-    imgPath: images/covidfighters.png
-    image_caption: covid_fighters
-    partner_logo: images/covidfightersLogo.png
-    members: [boris_fahrnberger]
-    websites: https://www.artichoke-computing.com/
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/covidfighters/
----
-
-<br/>
-
-![covid](images/covidfighters2.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-## About
-
-COVID Fighters have built a technology consortium to test COVID 19 from a mobile unit to test whether or not a test subject is infected and contagious. The actual test takes only a few hours and the mobile unit can be deployed in a matter of days.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-Various types of people (that need to be tested) can be tested easily and frequently and have their contamination state verified and stored in a way that is easily auditable. The process is end-to-end and involves remote medical specialists to assist and advise. COVID Fighters are putting this consortium together to make the world a safer place for people and economies to maintain their 'normal’.
-
-<BR>
-
-<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/412336565" width="800" height="450" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe>
-
-<BR>
-
-## Mission
-
-To bring the highest standards of safety during Covid 19 while empowering people to maintain their ‘normal lives’ during such situations.
-
-## Impact
-
-By bringing the necessary solutions for mass testing and auditing, Covid Fighters can prevent the further spread of viruses such as Covid 19 while enabling individuals, businesses and economies to maintain their 'usual' ongoing activities. Considering how Covid Impacted our world, such solutions are of upmost importance to protect our poeple and economies.
-
-<br/>
-
-![covidfighters](images/covidfighters_action.jpg)
-
-<br/>
-
-## Powered by ThreeFold
-
-Covid Fighters applications will run on the ThreeFold Grid. ThreeFold may also potentially provide 3bot technology to ensure privacy and security around people's data.
-
-## Join saving our planet!
-
-Providing the necessary technology, logistics and solutions to maintain a safe environment for societies while eradicating pandemics and other similar threats.
-
-<!-- ## TFGrid Solution
-
-### Roadmap
- -->
-

archive/partners/crystal_language/index.md

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----
-id: crystal_language
-title: Crystal Programming Language
-description: A programming language for programmer and the computer - the best of both worlds.
-template: partnerPage.html
-taxonomies:
-  partners-category: []
-  tags: [technology]
-extra:
-  countries: [Argentina]
-  cities: [Buenos Aires]
-  rank: 4
-  imgPath: images/crystallang.png
-  image_caption: crystal_language
-  partner_logo: images/crystal_languageLogo.png
-  members: [juan_wajnerman, brian_j_cardiff]
-  websites: https://crystal-lang.org/
-  private: 0
-  linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crystal-language/about/
----
-
-<br/>
-
-![crystal_language](images/crystallanguage2.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-## About
-
-It started out, like many things at [Manas.Tech](https://manas.tech/), as an experiment. Easy-to-write languages used to mean that you had to sacrifice speed. And getting fast meant enduring difficult syntax. So it began with asking ourselves: “What if we didn’t have to choose one or the other”, “what if we could compile Ruby?”. It turned out that it worked, so we decided to turn that experiment into an actual project and give it our best shot. It is our pride and joy: time and time again, we find that it is delightful to write code in Crystal, and that it outperforms everything else out there.
-
-<BR>
-
-<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/444820297" width="800" height="450" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe>
-
-<BR>
-
-## Mission
-
-Easy to write languages used to mean that you had to sacrifice speed. And getting fast meant enduring difficult syntax. Crystal means no longer having to choose: a programming language that adjusts to the needs of the programmer and the computer: easy to learn and code, but very performant and typesafe. The best of both worlds.
-
-## Impact
-
-Crystal is easy to write, which makes it easy to learn: that gives developers a short ramp-up time, and beginners can get things running in a very short time. Crystal is also super fast: it is used by scientists to run genome sequencing faster than ever before, and that helps save lives, save resources and, being so user-friendly, it saves them time in costly and tedious maintenance.
-
-## Powered by ThreeFold
-
-Crystal is a project of Manas.Tech, built along the years with the support of the community and Manas’ own: we match the contributions of the community to double every dollar’s impact. But it means that a great deal of effort goes, not only into developing the language, but also into trying to get funding. ThreeFold’s contribution allows our team to focus on doing what we do best, and enables us to dedicate more full-time engineers to accelerate Crystal’s development.
-
-## Join saving our planet!
-
-You can join our mission to build better technology for the future, by becoming a direct sponsor of Crystal.
-
-<!-- ## Support this project
-
-Crystal Programming Language is included in ThreeFold’s [Token Distribution Event (TDE)](https://library.threefold.me/info/tfgrid/#/tdeoverview)</a> for the impact it brings to our planet, humanity and the ThreeFold Grid.
-The ThreeFold Token (TFT) represents a unit of capacity on the new Internet and is created only when new capacity is added to the ThreeFold Grid.
-Each project on the TDE benefits from TFT fund allocations. You can buy TFT's and support Crystal Programming Language, and the growth of a new Conscious Internet.
-
-
-## TFGrid Solution
-
-### Roadmap
-
-- Q1 2021
-  - Serverless Functions/Actors based on Crystal Lang on top of TFGrid
-- Q2 2021
-  - Crystal Twin Core v2.0 -->

archive/partners/crystal_twin/index.md

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----
-id: crystal_twin
-title: Crystal Twin
-description: Your digital twin serving as a gateway to the new digital world of peer-to-peer experiences.
-template: partnerPage.html
-taxonomies:
-  partners-category: []
-  tags: []
-extra:
-  countries: [Global]
-  cities: [Global]
-  rank: 5
-  imgPath: images/crystaltwin.png
-  image_caption: crystal_twin
-  partner_logo: images/crystal_twinLogo.png
-  members: [brooks_cole, sacha_obeegadoo]
-  websites:
-  private: 0
-  linkedin: ""
----
-
-<br/>
-
-![crystaltwin](images/crystaltwin2.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-## About
-
-_Crystal Twin_ is your digital twin, a beautiful light being that is always connected with you, 24h per day, 7 days per week. A digital avatar of your being that sets you free, independently capable, grows into anything as required in the new Crystal Universe, a fully decentralized, peer-to-peer ecosystem that upholds their human counterpart’s digital privacy and freedom. Every Crystal Twin can interact and learn from each other in the Crystal Universe and they realize they need their peers to become stronger together.
-
-<BR>
-
-<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/412762729" width="800" height="450" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe>
-
-<BR>
-
-## Mission
-
-Our mission is to shape a conscious digital world together. The world where all individuals, across regions have equal chances to learn, partake, and succeed. A world where freedom and liberalism are at the center. We are building a world where we live sustainably and where we think circularly. The priority is to ensure the best environment possible for us and all living species of this plant. Creating circular economies that use resources consciously, and where that which has true value becomes the center. Future economies will be digital and promote sustainability.
-
-## Impact
-
-Today's economies are successful when depleting our planet's resources. This is a flawed approach to value creation. Crystal Twin will connect you to new sustainable digital economies that help drive success through green initiatives and value exchanges that live through Crystal experiences, minimizing carbon footprint, using resources consciously and creating a world where we live sustainably and through digital economies that promotes sustainability.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-While Crystal Twin may seem like a technological solution, its roots and goals are strongly humanitarian. Every person who signs up for Crystal Twin makes a significant impact. The P2P infrastructure is up to 10x more efficient and sustainable and ensures that data privacy and security is preserved. The internet cost is less than half a dollar a month per user, greatly increasing access to underserved communities.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-Additionally, the Crystal Universe ecosystem is creating a number of P2P experiences and solutions such as videoconferencing, file storage and social networking that will impact both the effectiveness and security of online communication.
-
-## Powered by ThreeFold
-
-Crystal Twin is built by Crystal Company, and lives on Threefold grid, serving as your digital self to the new digital world - the Crystal Universe - a new internet and peer-to-peer experiences. Developers, creators, and users can create their own experiences within the Crystal Universe, functionalities and features within the Threefold Grid’s peer-to-peer ecosystem.
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-## Join saving our planet!
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-While 3bot may seem like a technological solution, its roots and goals are strongly humanitarian. Every person who signs up for 3bot makes a significant impact. The P2P infrastructure is up to 10x more efficient and sustainable and ensures that data privacy and security is preserved. The internet cost is less than half a dollar a month per user, greatly increasing access to underserved communities. Additionally, the 3bot ecosystem is creating a number of P2P experiences and solutions such as videoconferencing, file storage and social networking that will impact both the effectiveness and security of online communication.
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-Crystal Twin is included in ThreeFold’s [Token Distribution Event (TDE)](https://library.threefold.me/info/tfgrid/#/tdeoverview)</a> for the impact it brings to our planet, humanity and the ThreeFold Grid.
-The ThreeFold Token (TFT) represents a unit of capacity on the new Internet and is created only when new capacity is added to the ThreeFold Grid.
-Each project on the TDE benefits from TFT fund allocations. You can buy TFT's and support Crystal Twin, and the growth of a new Conscious Internet.
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-## TFGrid Solution
-
-### Roadmap
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-- Q1 2021
-  - Crystal Twin's Public Release v.1
-- Q1 2021
-  - Crystal Twin Promotion / Expansion Phase
-- Q2 2021
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-title: Cultivo
-description: A digital alliance to protect our tropical rainforest and empower its inhabitants.
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-    countries: []
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-    partner_logo: images/cultivoLogo.png
-    members: []
-    websites: https://cultivo.earth
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: ""
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-## About
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-In the tropical rainforest of southern Costa Rica, Cultivo is an organization that carries out and promotes reforestation and organic food forest farming, using regenerative methods and practices in close harmony with the natural environment while providing sustainable livelihoods and access to responsible digital technologies for farmers and rural communities.
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-To achieve its mission and objectives, Cultivo:
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-- Regrows forests and farms by promoting the practices of regenerative, food forest farming in harmony with the tropical rainforest and its natural wildlife.
-- Establishes land buffers between organic farmers and industrial mono-crop farming.
-- Invests in research and education to build local capacity and promote knowledge sharing.
-- Provides a digital platform that enables farmers to tokenize land and product
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-## Mission
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-Empowering farmers with digital technologies to regrow our natural environment through the use of ThreeFold digital technology. Cultivo is able to focus its attention on what matters most: Forests-Farmers-Food
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-## Impact
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-Cultivo provides sustainable economic opportunities for farmers and their families by empowering them to become part of a digital economy that drives fair and organic cultivation, alleviating the destruction of our rainforests and natural environment.
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-## Powered by ThreeFold
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-Cultivo’s Objectives with ThreeFold:
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-1. Alleviate the destruction of our rainforests and natural environment.
-2. Lessen the technological divide to allow farmers to become part of the digital economy.
-3. Provide sustainable economic opportunities for farmers and their families.
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-description: DigitalEnergy is a large ThreeFold farmer with a datacenter based in Moscow, Russia. 
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-    members: []
-    websites: https://digitalenergy.online/
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-## About
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-DigitalEnergy is a large ThreeFold farmer with a data center based in Moscow, Russia. 
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-id: freeflownation
-title: FreeFlow Nation
-description: FreeFlow Nation is a complementary digital nation which flows freely across physical borders, and which welcomes everyone as a digital citizen.
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-    members: []
-    websites: https://freeflownation.org
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: ''
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-## About
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-FreeFlow Nation is a complementary digital nation which flows freely across physical borders, and which welcomes everyone as a digital citizen. FreeFlow Nation is building a framework for a better way forward for humanity and our planet.  Let's reduce dependencies on – and eliminate barriers created by – flawed and biased centralized systems, and put people back in control of their lives.
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-FreeFlow Nation aims to empower billions of people with sustainable access to complementary education, internet, and currencies (banking) for less than $1 per month. ThreeFold is part of the FreeFlow Nation.
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-id: incubaid
-title: Incubaid
-description: 
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-  tags: []
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-    countries: [Belgium]
-    cities: [Ghent]
-    rank: 5
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-    partner_logo: images/incubaidLogo.png
-    members: []
-    websites: https://btc-alpha.com/en/
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: ''
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-id: jimber
-title: Jimber
-description: Jimber is an Enterprise Security Solution provider. Using the ThreeFold Grid for enterprise security gateway solutions.
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-  tags: []
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-    members: [jonas_delrue,ivan_coene,ken_de_moor,tobias_chielens]
-    websites: https://jimber.org
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jimber/
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-## About
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-Jimber is an Enterprise Security Solution provider. Using the ThreeFold Grid for enterprise security gateway solutions, it aims to empower applications and solutions that are fully secure for both consumers and businesses.
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-Jimber is currently involved in 3Bot technology development as well as some experiences (autonomous and decentralized applications) that will live on the ThreeFold Grid, and accessible by 3Bot.
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-title: Liquid
-description: Liquid is the world’s most comprehensive and secure trading platform.
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-    partner_logo: images/liquidLogo.png
-    members: []
-    websites: https://www.liquid.com
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/liquidglobal/
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-![liquid](images/liquid2.png)
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-## About
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-Liquid is the world’s most comprehensive and secure trading platform. Buy and sell Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and many other cryptocurrencies with fiat or crypto.
-
-## Liquid and ThreeFold
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-The ThreeFold Token (TFT) [has been listed](https://app.liquid.com/exchange/TFTBTC) on the Liquid exchange as from May 2020.
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-## Powered by ThreeFold
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-id: neo
-title: NEO
-description: Scalable, fast, and ultra-secure blockchain driven by a global community of developers.
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-  tags: [blockchain]
-extra:
-    countries: [Global]
-    cities: []
-    rank: 3
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-    image_caption: neo
-    partner_logo: images/neoLogo.png
-    members: [denis_suslov]
-    websites: https://neo.org/
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/neo-blockchain/
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-
-![neo](images/neo2.jpeg)
-
-<br/>
-
-## About
-[NEO](https://neo.org/) is a scalable, fast, and ultra-secure blockchain driven by a global community of developers and node operators.
-<br/>
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-- It utilizes blockchain technology and digital identities to digitize and automate the management of assets using smart contracts.
-- Using a distributed network, it aims to create a smart economy by building infrastructures of the next-gen Internet and creating a solid foundation for mass blockchain adoption.
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-## Mission
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-Solving IT decentralization and cloud computing efficiency for NEO dApp developers and node operators!
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-## NEO and ThreeFold
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-ThreeFold and NEO came together to solve one major problem, which is IT decentralization for dApp developers, and particularly for developers and enterprises looking into building decentralized applications on top of the NEO Blockchain.
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-- Through our collaboration, ThreeFold is empowering NEO dApp developers with peer-to-peer cloud capacity for decentralized storage, compute, and networking to further cost-efficiently decentralize their IT infrastructure – escaping the monopolies of centralized cloud providers, without compromising on security and efficiency.
-- With the ThreeFold P2P Cloud as a decentralized IT infrastructure, NEO dApp developers have the ability to build highly-scalable and decentralized, cloud-native, and blockchain-based applications using the open-source frameworks and tools they need (Docker, Kubernetes clusters, S3 storage, Database clusters, etc) and with an autonomous IT workload execution through ThreeFold’s Smart contract for IT.

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-id: polygon
-title: Polygon
-description: Protocol and framework for building Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks.
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-  tags: [blockchain]
-extra:
-  countries: [Global]
-  cities: [Global]
-  rank: 3
-  imgPath: images/polygon.png
-  image_caption: Polygon
-  partner_logo: images/polygonLogo.png
-  category: []
-  members: [anurag_arjun, arjun_kalsy]
-  websites: https://polygon.technology/
-  private: 0
-  linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/matic-network/
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-![polygon](images/polygon2.png)
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-## About
-
-[Polygon](https://polygon.technology/) (Previously Matic Network) is the first well-structured, easy-to-use platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development. Its core component is Polygon SDK, a modular, flexible framework that supports building multiple types of decentralized applications.
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-Polygon is one of the go-to solutions for developers building dApps on Ethereum, as it effectively transforms Ethereum into a full-fledged multi-chain system (aka Internet of Blockchains). Using Polygon, one can create Optimistic Rollup chains, ZK Rollup chains, standalone chains, or any other kind of infrastructure required by the developer. 
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-With Polygon, new features are being built around the existing proven technology to expand the ability to cater to diverse needs from the developer ecosystem. Polygon will continue to develop the core technology so that it can scale to a larger ecosystem. The $MATIC token is playing an increasingly important role, securing the system and enabling governance.
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-## Polygon and ThreeFold
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-Polygon and ThreeFold joined forces to provide key benefits in successfully running a Polygon validator node and other related IT workloads, as well as providing decentralized cloud infrastructure for dApps powered by Polygon, which are primarily the ease-of-deployment, customization, privacy, and monitoring.
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-By leveraging the ThreeFold P2P Cloud and its developer tools (the Edge Virtual Data Center, 3Bot Virtual Admin, the quantum safe filesystem) the Polygon community – developers and non-developers – receive the following benefits:
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-- They can easily get started and run their own validators nodes for their staking directly from the web, and in just a few clicks.
-- Polygon dApp developers can leverage ThreeFold's P2P infrastructure (compute and storage) to totally decentralize their IT infrastructure, and not rely on centralized cloud providers
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-Together we will expand Polygon's community-led Blockchain across the geographical edges, while creating a more inclusive and cost-effective participation model for anybody on earth to be involved in the growing Polygon ecosystem.
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-- Q4 2020
-  - 1-click Matic validator node deployment
--Q1 2021 
-   - Matic’s ETH  SideChain integration  with the ThreeFold grid and 3BOT:  Build autonomous Ethereum dApps on Matic, powered by ThreeFold’s P2P cloud
-Q2 2021
-   - Additional 1-click storage and compute solutions for the Matic community
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-title: Safe City
-description: Safe City is a technology partner, with a core focus on deploying digital technologies within the UAE.
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-  tags: [technology]
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-    countries: []
-    cities: []
-    rank: 5
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-    image_caption: safe_city
-    partner_logo: images/safe_cityLogo.png
-    members: [ali_omari]
-    websites: https://www.safecity.com
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/safecitygroup/
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-![safe_city](images/safe_city2.png)
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-## About
-
-Safe City is a technology partner, with a core focus on deploying digital technologies within the UAE. They are currently working on deploying autonomous driving cars, advanced police vehicle integrations and secure data center facilities across the UAE. SafeCity would will implement TF Platform to scale smart city features to bridge Capacity, IOT, security and safety in their ongoing projects.
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-## Powered by ThreeFold
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-## Support this project
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-## TFGrid Solution
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-### Roadmap
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-TODO: Add people?
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-title: SelfKey
-description: SelfKey is a fast-growing blockchain startup developing digital identity solutions.
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-    members: []
-    websites: https://selfkey.org
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: ''
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-![selfkey](images/selfkey2.jpg)
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-<br/>
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-## About
-
-SelfKey is a fast-growing blockchain startup developing digital identity solutions that empowers individuals and corporations to truly own, control, and manage their identity data. They provide non-custodial wallets whereby you are in full control of your data, documents and digital assets. 
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-Currently, ThreeFold and SelfKey are exploring various use cases including potential KYC for ThreeFold Farmers and more.
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-id: sequoyah
-title: Sequoyah
-description: Build a decentralized banking system where by each user will have access to multiple digital and market assets at the palm of their hand.
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-  tags: [technology]
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-    countries: [Denmark]
-    cities: [Copenhagen]
-    rank: 4
-    imgPath: images/sequoyah.png
-    image_caption: sequoyah
-    partner_logo: images/sequoyahLogo.png
-    members: [dennis_lindberg]
-    websites: https://sequoyah.dk/
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: ''
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-![sequoyah](images/sequoyah2.png)
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-## About
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-Sequoyah is the leading provider of diamonds, alloys and prefabricated alloys to jewelers and designers in Denmark and Scandinavia.
-
-## Mission
-
-Ecologically sound, conflict-free sources for diamonds and alloys, and provide a safe haven for their customers' data - the gold of the internet.
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-## Impact
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-A partnership with TF Tech to build a decentralized banking system where by each user will have access to multiple digital and market assets at the palm of their hand.
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-## Powered by ThreeFold
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-In partnership with ThreeFold, Sequoyah will build on top of the ThreeFold Grid to secure both the identity of their customers and their digital assets. ThreeFold represents a gateway to to both fiat & cryptocurrencies and Sequoyah plans to create a token that is fully backed by gold and that is exchangeable over the counter with other cryptocurrencies.

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-title: SKALE
-description: Run your dApps in a decentralized modular cloud built for real-world needs and configured for your requirements.
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-  partners-category: []
-  tags: [blockchain]
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-    countries: [USA]
-    cities: [San Francisco]
-    rank: 3
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-    partner_logo: images/skale_labsLogo.png
-    members: [christine_renee_perry]
-    websites: https://skale.network/
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skale-labs/
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-![skale](images/skale_labs2.png)
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-<br/>
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-## About
-
-[SKALE](https://skale.network/) is an elastic blockchain network that gives developers the ability to easily provision highly configurable fully decentralized chains that are instantly compatible with Ethereum.
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-- SKALE chains can execute sub-second block times, run up to 2,000 tps per chain, and run full-state smart contracts in addition to decentralized storage, execute Rollups, and machine learning in EVM.
-- The SKALE Network is an open-source project with many contributors including SKALE Labs.
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-## Powered by ThreeFold
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-The SKALE and ThreeFold collaboration focuses on solving scalability and decentralization limitations faced by Ethereum and blockchain developers. The effort empowers the SKALE developer community, and Web3 developers, with the ThreeFold Peer-to-Peer Cloud, enabling them to:
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-- Build highly scalable dApps on Ethereum using SKALE’s elastic Blockchain network
-- Completely decentralize their IT infrastructure using ThreeFold’s P2P compute, storage, and networking capacities, providing far more affordability, privacy, and decentralization through its native cloud automation and Smart Contract for IT
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-title: Stellar
-description: Stellar is an open-source network for currencies and payments.
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-    cities: []
-    rank: 3
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-    image_caption: stellar
-    partner_logo: images/stellarLogo.png
-    members: []
-    websites: https://www.stellar.org
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stellar-development-foundation/
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-![stellar](images/stellar2.jpg)
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-<br/>
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-## About
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-Stellar is an open-source network for currencies and payments. Stellar makes it possible to create, send and trade digital representations of all forms of money—dollars, pesos, bitcoin, pretty much anything. It’s designed so all the world’s financial systems can work together on a single network.
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-TFT lives on the Stellar Blockchain. TFT holders benefit from a big ecosystem of proven wallets and mediums of exchange. Stellar's mission to promote financial inclusion is completely aligned with the ThreeFold's vision  for an inclusive Internet.
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-title: ThreeFold Chapters
-description: Chapters are independent groups of people and organizations who are representing and promoting the ThreeFold Movement.
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-    cities: []
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-    category: []
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-# ThreeFold Chapters
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-Chapters are independent groups of people and organizations who are representing and promoting the ThreeFold Foundation, Ecosystem & Technology to the general public and assist newcomers to onboard within the TF ecosystem. Chapters themselves may also be engaged in farming, product development and investment within the ThreeFold Ecosystem. In order to start a TF Chapter one needs to become a TF Ambassador. 
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-If you feel inspired to create your own chapter, please connect with the TF Ambassador Admin Team to get started! ([Owen Kemp](http://t.me/OwenKemp), [Gregor Sideris](http://t.me/Gregsideris), [Simin Gerards](http://t.me/simings), Nisha Grimes or [Olivia Jurado](http://t.me/juradoo))
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-#### Cherry Chapter, Vienna 
-Vienna based farm. A company established similar to agricultural cooperative consisting of so far 17 members paying membership fee which is used to purchase farming equipment. Can scale infinitely. Onboarding of  small investors via a registered cooperative
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-Coordinator: Wolfgang Wittmer
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-[ Cherry Chapter on FreeFlow Pages](https://freeflowpages.com/s/vienna-cherry-chapter/space/space/home )
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-#### Lisbon In Tech, Portugal  
-Attracts developers to use the TF Grid and design relevant solutions to the local communities
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-Coordinators: Stela Suils Cuesta & Osama Shihab Fitoria
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-[Connect via Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-in-Tech/)
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-#### Team Orange, Netherlands
-Tokenizing prize money at Golf Club; offering info sessions at Club House; installing wallets with members
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-Coordinators: Rob Tol & Oscar Landman
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-[Team Oragne on FreeFlow Pages](https://freeflowpages.com/s/team-orange/)  
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-#### DaVinci Chapter, Belgium 
-Education on blockchain and crypto to youth groups.
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-Coordinators: Gert De Spiegeleer
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-#### ThreeFold Americas Chapter  
-TFAmericas is a chapter to include all the Americas and in it there are subchapters from different regions/areas in the Americas. TF AMericas will be used as a section of information on activities/events etc happening in the Americas. This may include cross references to the TFYouthGroup or the TFLove initiatives in the Americas. Subchapter in Reno, NV wants to assist TFTech and TF Foundation to pursue government contracts to put capacity in rural areas, on tribal lands, in community colleges and to engage in projects with the University of Nevada innovation centers (public). To engage in community meetings to begin TF farming and other use cases for industry, for individuals and small businesses. ThreeFold KMC would be a subchapter of the Americas Chapter. The description of that subchapter is below. 
-
-Coordinator: Jennifer Long
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-[Americas Chapter FreeFlowPages](https://freeflowpages.com/s/tf-americas/ ) 
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-#### ThreeFold KCM Chapter, USA
-Community engagement and TF Farming opportunities in the Kansas City Metro area.
-
-Coordinator: Michael Gaffney 
-
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-#### TF Youth Chapter, Ibiza
-Creates partnerships and projects that promote TF among youth communities, and aims to make youth engagement programs a primary social impact activity related to TF.
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-Coordinators: Isabelle Peeters 
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-[ Youth Chapter on FreeFlowPages](https://freeflowpages.com/s/tf-youth-chapter/)
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-#### TF Istanbul Chapter, Turkey
-Aims to serve ThreeFold in grid expansion, fundraising, strategic business development, networking, PR and Marketing activities via utilizing the favourable demographics and the technological hub and ecosystem dynamics in Turkey and in the surrounding geography. 
-
-Coordinators: Simin Gerards
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-
-#### ThreeFold Talks, UAE
-A meetup style forum for free flow discussion, talks and community engagement. Focused on topics such as innovation, collaboration, decentralization, social impact, tech for good, digital currency, sharing economy, circular economy, green tech, blockchain, Dapps (decentralized applications), sustainability and ThreeFold technologies. Based in Dubai, UAE - sponsored by Mazraa. 
-
-Coordinators: Olivia Jurado & Adnan Fatayerji 
-
-[TF Talks on FreeFlow Pages](https://freeflowpages.com/s/threefold-talks/)
-
-
-#### ThreeFold CIS Chapter, Ukraine
-Representative chapter based in Ukraine for Russian speaking community to assist Russian speaking farmers, token users, projects to join ThreeFold ecosystem. 
-
-Coordinator: Valentin Korobko
-
-[CIS Chapter on FreeFlowPages](https://freeflowpages.com/s/threefold-sng-tf-cis-chapter/)
-
-#### Co:Inpetto, Belgium & Netherlands 
-Co:Inpetto connects projects to the TF Grid.
-
-Coordinator: Lieve Vereycken 
-
-[Co:Inpetto FreeFlowPages](https://freeflowpages.com/s/coinpetto/)

archive/partners/threefold_foundation/index.md

@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
----
-id: threefold_foundation
-title: ThreeFold Foundation
-description: The ThreeFold Foundation along with its partners is growing the ThreeFold Grid and a new peer-to-peer internet.
-template: partnerPage.html
-taxonomies:
-  partners-category: [aci]
-  tags: [impact, community, farming]
-extra:
-  countries: [UAE, Switzerland, Belgium]
-  cities: [Dubai, Lugano, Ghent]
-  rank: 1
-  imgPath: images/threefold_foundation.png
-  image_caption: threefold_foundation
-  partner_logo: images/threefold_foundationLogo.png
-  members: [kristof_de_spiegeleer, roel_van_sabben, kristine_vilnite, sam_taggart, sacha_obegadoo, adnan_fatayerji, karoline_zizka, maximilian_rang]
-  websites: https://www.threefold.io
-  private: 0
-  linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/threefold-foundation/
----
-
-<br/>
-
-![threefold_foundation](images/threefold_foundation2.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-## About
-
-Today's internet is fundamentally broken. Less than 60% of the world has access, it is being fragmented into pieces, its users (and their data) are exploited by big corporations, and it consumes up to 10% of the world's energy. It is powered by large, centralized data centers which benefit specific geographic regions and leave the rest behind. The ThreeFold Grid is the answer. "Nodes" distributed around the world and owned by independent ThreeFold Farmers create the physical infrastructure that empowers a new, democratized, peer-to-peer internet based on our values of equality (access), autonomy (digital sovereignty), and sustainability (for our planet).
-
-<BR>
-
-<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/412749710" width="800" height="450" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe>
-
-<BR>
-
-## Mission
-
-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.
-
-## Impact
-
-ThreeFold's Grid will help to give data sovereignty back to people and countries, give access to information, knowledge, communication and financial tools and more, to billions of people in countries lacking in internet infrastructure and help dramatically reduce the footprint of our current internet by using smaller and more efficient mini data nodes.
-
-## Powered by ThreeFold
-
-The ThreeFold Grid provides a global mesh network to run and store our internet applications and services. It is the fundamental backbone of a new internet that empowers our planet and humanity.
-
-## Join saving our planet
- 
-The world needs a new, more responsible internet – one that is more accessible, empowers its users, and minimizes energy consumption. If not us, who? If not now, when?
-
-<!-- ## Support this project
-
-TF Foundation is included in ThreeFold’s [Token Distribution Event (TDE)](https://library.threefold.me/info/tfgrid/#/tdeoverview)</a> for the impact it brings to our planet, humanity and the ThreeFold Grid.
-The ThreeFold Token (TFT) represents a unit of capacity on the new Internet and is created only when new capacity is added to the ThreeFold Grid.
-Each project on the TDE benefits from TFT fund allocations. You can buy TFT's and support TF Foundation, and the growth of a new Conscious Internet. -->
-
-<!-- ## TFGrid Solution
-
-### Roadmap
-
-- Q3 2020
-  - Promotion Phase I
-- Q3 2020
-  - TF Grid Enhancements
-- Q4 2020
-  - TF Grid user interface
-- Q1 2021
-  - Promotion Phase II
- -->

archive/partners/threefold_grid/index.md

@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
----
-id: threefold_grid
-title: ThreeFold Grid
-description: The ThreeFold Grid is built by independent people that together create a pool of connected compute and storage capacity.
-template: partnerPage.html
-taxonomies:
-  partners-category: []
-  tags: []
-extra:
-    countries: []
-    cities: []
-    rank: 5
-    imgPath: images/placeholder.jpg
-    image_caption: threefold_grid
-    partner_logo: images/logo_threefold_grid.png
-    members: []
-    websites: https://threefold.tech/
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: ''
----
-
-# The ThreeFold Grid
-
-## About
-
-The ThreeFold Grid is built by independent people that together create a pool of connected compute and storage capacity. This is a tokenomy where compute hardware mints a stable currency (the TF Token) which is used to rent capacity on the grid to run current and future IT workloads.  The currency should be a stable currency and ThreeFold hopes it will be a currency that us used in local economies for many other value transaction ad well.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-This WIKI presents the basic information required to participate in the ThreeFold Grid.  There are a number of different ways to use the technology:
-<br/>
-<br/>
-
-- **as a farmer minting ThreeFold tokens**: farmers investment in hardware to build and operate the internet capacity pool.  Farmers purchase and operate compute and storage hardware that they list on the TF Grid by downloading and installing ThreeFold software.  A farmer mints the ThreeFold token(s).  Farmers come in many different size and shapes.  Farmers can be individuals that have a spare computer or some spare cash.  Farmers can also be companies that actively go out and find people to invest in there business of building farming sites and mint Threefold tokens.  An example of with a company is [Green Edge Cloud](https://www.greenedgecloud.com/)
-- **as a developer using the TF grid to create and run IT workloads by using Farmers capacity**:
-these are people that build services and applications on the TF Grid.
-- **as a customer is using applications and services developed by developers on Farmers capacity**:  
-customers use applications on the TF Grid and consume TF Grid resources for which they pay in TF tokens.
-
-<!-- 
-## Mission
-
-## Impact
-
-## Powered by ThreeFold
-
-## Join saving our planet!
-
-## Support this project
-
-## TFGrid Solution
-
-### Roadmap -->

archive/partners/threefold_love/index.md

@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
----
-id: threefold_love
-title: ThreeFold Love
-description: A tokenized initiative promoting the TF Token Economy while supporting the growth of worthy causes and projects.
-template: partnerPage.html
-taxonomies:
-  partners-category: []
-  tags: []
-date: 2020-04-20
-extra:
-    countries: []
-    cities: []
-    rank: 5
-    imgPath: images/placeholder.jpg
-    image_caption: threefold_love
-    partner_logo: images/logo_threefold_love.png
-    members: [olivia_jurado]
-    websites: https://www.threefold.love/
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: ''
----
-
-# ThreeFold Love
-
-## About
-
-A tokenized initiative promoting the TF Token Economy while supporting the growth of worthy causes and projects.  
-<br/>
-<br/>
-
-- TF Love Stories, ThreeFold Love Farm, Love Nodes
-- Public & TF Community Engagement 
-- Empowering women and marginalized communities by guiding them into the digital economy
-- Alternative fundraising methods for grassroots projects
-- Digital Platform (coming soon)
-- Connect with us and share your love stories with us on FFP, Instagram [@threefold.love](https://www.instagram.com/threefold.love/), Twitter [@love_threefold](https://twitter.com/love_threefold) & FB
-<br/>
-<br/>
-Purchase TF Love branded fair trade merchandise and TF Love swag (stickers, pins, t-shirts, caps etc.) that directly support the causes we partner with. [ TFTs Accepted :) ]
-
-## Mission
-
-ThreeFold Love is a people-centered movement behind the technology, working on the ground to activate and engage communities around the world to come together to become more responsible digital citizens and inviting nonprofits, grassroots organizations and the rapid expanding global conscious community into the fold.
-
-<!-- ## Impact
-
-## Powered by ThreeFold
-
-## Join saving our planet!
-
-## Support this project
-
-## TFGrid Solution
-
-### Roadmap
-
- -->
-

archive/partners/threefold_tech/index.md

@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
----
-id: threefold_tech
-title: ThreeFold Tech
-description: Powering the Information Technology workloads of tomorrow.
-template: partnerPage.html
-taxonomies:
-  partners-category: []
-  tags: [technology, infrastructure]
-extra:
-    countries: [Belgium]
-    cities: [Lochristi]
-    rank: 1
-    imgPath: images/threefold_tech.png
-    image_caption: threefold tech
-    partner_logo: images/threefold_techLogo.jpg
-    members: [kristof_de_spiegeleer, christopher_hutton, andreas_hartl, roel_van_sabben, sabrina_sadik, owen_kemp]
-    websites: https://threefold.tech/
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/threefold-tech/
----
-
-<br/>
-
-![threefold_tech](images/threefold_tech2.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-## About
-
-ThreeFold Tech is a company based on 15+ years of tech experience. (Established in Belgium.) Their Autonomous IT technology is positioned to disrupt IT infrastructure across sectors – internet, banking, telco, etc.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-ThreeFold Technology empowers a grid of IT capacity, which today is 10x bigger than all other blockchain players combined. More than $15MM USD has been spent creating this technology.
-
-## Mission
-
-Empowering data privacy and sovereignty through decentralized Web 3.0 infrastructure. The cure to the cyber pandemic.
-
-## Impact
-
-- Better security
-- More uptime
-- Greater efficiencies 
-- Endless scalability
-
-## Powered by ThreeFold
-
-ThreeFold Foundation is focused on democratizing internet compute and storage capacity to enable a responsible Internet for all. This is the primary reference of ThreeFold Tech. TFTech software empowers people to create neutral, green and private capacity across the globe that’s blockchain-driven and 100% decentralized. This “hyper-distributed” network enables developers from all over the world to bring to life decentralized applications and solutions, and digital service/application providers to host their applications closer to end users.
-
-<!-- # Support this project
-
-Make a wise investment.
-Make a positive impact.
-
-Become a TF Tech investor https://www.threefold.tech/investors.html -->
-<!-- 
-## TFGrid Solution
-
-### Roadmap
-
- -->

archive/partners/veda/index.md

@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
----
-id: veda
-title: Veda
-description: Discover ancient Egypt and feel its special energies.
-template: partnerPage.html
-taxonomies:
-  partners-category: [aci]
-  tags: [community, experience]
-extra:
-    countries: [Egypt]
-    cities: [Nile]
-    rank: 1
-    imgPath: images/veda.png
-    image_caption: veda
-    partner_logo: images/vedaLogo.png
-    members: [isabelle_peeters]
-    websites: https://www.veda-egypt.com
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: ''
----
-
-<br/>
-
-![veda](images/veda2.jpg)
-
-<br/>
-
-## About
-
-VEDA offers unique, authentic, and private cruises with organic food, green energy, and a warm-hearted crew. There is no other experience like us on the Nile.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-From time to time, ThreeFold gathers on the Nile on VEDA boats with partners and investors to share, connect, and build.
-
-<!-- ## Impact
-
-## Powered by ThreeFold
-
-## Join saving our planet!
-
-## Support this project
-
-## TFGrid Solution
-
-### Roadmap
- -->
-
-

archive/partners/waykichain/index.md

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
----
-id: waykichain
-title: Waykichain
-description: Community driven Blockchain for DeFi and financial dApps.
-template: partnerPage.html
-taxonomies:
-  partners-category: []
-  tags: [blockchain]
-extra:
-    countries: [Hong Kong]
-    cities: []
-    rank: 3
-    imgPath: images/waykichain.png
-    image_caption: waykichain
-    partner_logo: images/waykichainLogo.png
-    members: [richard_chen]
-    websites: https://www.waykichain.com/
-    private: 0
-    linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/waykichain%E7%BB%B4%E5%9F%BA%E9%93%BE/
----
-
-<br/>
-
-![waykichain](images/waykichain2.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-## About 
-
-[WaykiChain](https://www.waykichain.com/) is a prominent blockchain platform based in China with a global community.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-It is a DPoS (Delegated Proof of Stake) public blockchain that is highly scalable and with high-performance transaction processing capabilities (TPS 3300) and an efficient consensus mechanism.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-WaykiChain has a variety of product lines, with the WaykiChain core wallet, the WaykiTimes and their DeFi-vertical technologies that are built within the core layer of blockchain, i.e. the crypto-asset backed stablecoin technology as well as its built-in decentralized exchange.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-Waykichain’s blockchain enables developers to build performing dApps on top of it using its developer tools, and has throughout these 3 years, built an extended ecosystem of Dapps.
-
-## WaykiChain and ThreeFold
-
-ThreeFold and WaykiChain found clear alignment on decentralizing the Internet for people and businesses and share the same core values that encompass their respective visions.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-By using The ThreeFold P2P cloud and the 3Bot, The WaykiChain community of developers, non-developers, and node operators are enabled to deploy and maintain their WaykiChain nodes and any of their IT workloads in just a few clicks directly from the browser or from a local machine.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-ThreeFold's compute, storage, and networking capacities empower them to decentralize their cloud-computing infrastructures, with far more affordability and distribution compared to centralized cloud-providers, and with native cloud automation via ThreeFold’s Smart contract for IT.
-
-<!-- ## TFGrid Solution
-
-### Roadmap -->
-
-

build.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 echo "Starting build..."
 
+SOURCE=${BASH_SOURCE[0]}
+DIR_OF_THIS_SCRIPT="$( dirname "$SOURCE" )"
+ABS_DIR_OF_SCRIPT="$( realpath $DIR_OF_THIS_SCRIPT )"
+
 # TODO: Check if current version is latest to avoid redundant installation
+if [[ -f "tailwindcss" ]]
+then
+    rm tailwindcss
+fi
 
 # checks os and architecture for correct release
 # https://stackoverflow.com/a/8597411 
@@ -18,7 +26,7 @@ elif [[ "$(uname -m)" == "arm64"* ]]; then
     ASSET="$ASSET-arm64"
 fi
 
-curl -sLO "https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/releases/latest/download/${ASSET}"
+curl -sLO "https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/releases/download/v3.4.17/${ASSET}"
 chmod +x $ASSET
 mv $ASSET tailwindcss
 
@@ -35,4 +43,4 @@ fi
 echo "Compiling tailwindcss and building zola project..."
 rm -rf public static/css
 ./tailwindcss -i css/index.css -o ./static/css/index.css --minify
-zola build
+zola --root $ABS_DIR_OF_SCRIPT build

config.toml

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # The URL the site will be built for
-base_url = "https://threefoldfoundation.github.io/www_threefold_io"
+base_url = "https://dev.threefold.io"
 # Change this to your own URL! Please note this variable **must** be uncommented .
 
 title = "ThreeFold"
 description = "Our global digital backbone"
 
 # When set to "true", a feed is automatically generated.
-# generate_feed = true
+generate_feed = true
 
 # The filename to use for the feed. Used as the template filename, too.
 # Defaults to "atom.xml", which has a built-in template that renders an Atom 1.0 feed.
 # There is also a built-in template "rss.xml" that renders an RSS 2.0 feed.
-# feed_filename = "index.xml"
+feed_filename = "atom.xml"
 
 # The number of articles to include in the feed. All items are included if
 # this limit is not set (the default).
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ external_links_no_referrer = true
 # For example, `...` into `…`, `"quote"` into `“curly”` etc
 smart_punctuation = true
 
+[build]
+not_found = "404.md"
+
 [[taxonomies]]
 name = "categories"
 feed = true
@@ -83,19 +86,15 @@ paginate_path = "tags"
 
 [[taxonomies]]
 name = "people"
-feed = true
+feed = false
 paginate_by = 9
 paginate_path = "people"
 
 [[taxonomies]]
 name = "memberships"
-feed = true
+feed = false
 paginate_by = 8
 paginate_path = "people/memberships"
 
 [extra]
 # Put all your custom variables here
-
-
-
-

content/404.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+title: "404"
+description: ""
+insert_anchor_links: "left"
+template: "404.html"
+
+---
+

content/_index.md

@@ -1,204 +1,12 @@
 ---
-title: "Home"
-description: "A global movement together building an open-source, community-driven, decentralized Internet – from the ground up." # quotation marks to allow colons where used
-date: 2018-09-14T21:00:00-05:00
-updated: 2021-02-20T14:40:00-06:00
+title: "ThreeFold"
+description: "TF offers a secure, sovereign infrastructure layer for the Internet, delivering unparalleled scalability, incorruptible and permanent data storage, AI and Web2/Web3/Edge compatibility, and 100% uptime for a resilient digital future." # quotation marks to allow colons where used
+#date: 2018-09-14T21:00:00-05:00
+#updated: 2021-02-20T14:40:00-06:00
 draft: false
 extra:
-  author: Your name here
-  imgPath: images/threefold_globe.png
+  author: ThreeFold
+  imgPath: home/tf.png
 ---
 
 
-<!-- section 1 (header) -->
-
-{% row(style="center") %}
-
-<br/>
-<br/>
-
-![Image](images/black_threefold_header.png#mx-auto#medium)
-
-<br/>
-
-## The (Re)Birth of **the Internet.**
-
-ThreeFold is a peer-to-peer open-source Internet platform that connects users directly with <br> local Internet capacity provided by farmers. No intermediaries such as centralized servers.
-
-{% end %}
-
-{% row(style="center narrow") %}
-
-<button>[Build](/build)</button>
-
-|||
-
-<button>[Farm](/farm)</button>
-
-|||
-
-<button>[Main Chat](https://t.me/threefold)</button>
-
-|||
-
-<button>[Get TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__how_to_buy)</button>
-
-{% end %}
-
-<!-- section 2 (Map) -->
-
-
-{% grid_stats() %}
-
-### The ThreeFold Grid v3.7.0
-
-## **Live and Operational**
-
-{% end %}
-
-
-<!-- section 3 (EXPAND) -->
-
-{% row(style="center narrow") %}
-
-## Together **We Build.**
-
-The future is about decentralization, participation, and working together to achieve our goals. As a decentralized movement, we encourage the community to get involved. This new Internet can only succeed if we find ways to collaborate where we together pull this Internet concept forward. Below, please find some of the ways you can join us in building a better Internet.
-
-{% end %}
-
-{% row(style="center narrow") %}
-
-![Image](images/become_farmer_new.jpg#mx-auto)
-
-<br>
-
-### Farm Local Internet Capacity **and Earn TFT**
-
-By connecting hardware at your home or office – or anywhere you'd like – you provide Internet capacity for the people around you and earn a new digital currency, TFT.
-
-{% end %}
-
-{% row(style="center narrow") %}
-
-<button>[Buy a 3Node](http://marketplace.3node.global/)</button>
-
-|||
-
-<button>[Build a 3Node](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tfgrid/farming/threefold__diy_guide)</button>
-
-|||
-
-<button>[Farmers Chat](https://t.me/threefoldfarmers)</button>
-
-{% end %}
-
-{% row(style="center narrow") %}
-
-![Image](images/network_new.jpg#mx-auto)
-
-<br>
-
-### Build On Top of a **Decentralized Infrastructure**
-
-True digital sovereignty for open-source builders. The ThreeFold Grid provides limitless possibilities, and brings a playground of industry-compatible easy-to-deploy solutions for developers.
-
-{% end %}
-
-{% row(style="center narrow") %}
-
-<button>[Deploy on ThreeFold](https://dashboard.grid.tf/)</button>
-
-|||
-
-<button>[The Manual](https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__manual3_home_new)</button>
-
-|||
-
-<button>[Builders Chat](https://t.me/threefoldtesting)</button>
-
-{% end %}
-
-<!-- section 4 (FEATURED STORIES) -->
-
-{% featured_stories() %}
-
-## Featured Stories
-
-{% end %}
-
-<!-- section 5 (THE TEAM) -->
-
-{% team_sec() %}
-
-## **The Team**
-
-{% end %}
-
-<!-- section 6 (PARTNERS) -->
-
-{% row(style="center margin") %}
-
-## Believers and Collaborators <br> **In a Better Internet**
-
-We are truly proud to be trusted by some of the biggest names in the industry.
-
-![Image](images/ourpartners.png#mx-auto)
-
-<button>[Check All Partners](partners)</button>
-
-{% end %}
-
-<br>
-
-<br>
-
-<!-- section 7 (IN THE NEWS) -->
-
-{% row(style="center") %}
-
-## **In the News**
-
-{% end %}
-
-{% row(style="center between") %}
-
-[![forbes](images/forbes.png#mx-auto)](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/06/20/largest-distributed-peer-to-peer-grid-on-the-planet-laying-foundation-for-a-decentralized-internet/?fbclid=IwAR1WKCpqLcWPRWg5bPD6RCQE5JJjRPt6ey5vbEnu3db2FvJnp6-YKeVZNW8#79aa340e6798)
-
-|||
-
-[![cointelegraph](images/cointelegraph.png#mx-auto)](https://cointelegraph.com/news/peer-to-peer-internet-has-lofty-goal-to-bring-true-decentralization)
-
-|||
-
-[![yahoo_news](images/yahoo_news.png#mx-auto)](https://news.yahoo.com/news/threefold-set-disrupt-status-quo-051457787.html?guccounter=1)
-
-{% end %}
-
-{% row(style="center between") %}
-
-[![hackernoon](images/hackernoon.png#mx-auto)](https://hackernoon.com/is-it-possible-to-create-a-decentralized-internet-this-startup-and-its-farmers-think-so-ey2e3ycf)
-
-|||
-
-[![smartereum](images/smartereum.png#mx-auto)](https://smartereum.com/189750/threefold-is-audaciously-building-a-new-decentralized-internet/)
-
-|||
-
-[![tga_daily](images/tga_daily.png#mx-auto)](https://tgdaily.com/web/6-dfinity-threefold-are-leading-an-internet-decentralization-revolution/)
-
-{% end %}
-
-{% row(style="center between") %}
-
-[![cointelegraph](images/cointelegraph.png#mx-auto)](https://cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/cointelegraph.com/news/is-a-new-decentralized-internet-or-web-3-0-possible/amp)
-
-|||
-
-[![banklesstimes](images/banklesstimes.png#mx-auto)](https://www.banklesstimes.com/2021/06/14/threefolds-green-technology-strategy-to-a-fairer-more-sustainable-world/)
-
-|||
-
-[![grit_daily](images/grit_daily.png#mx-auto)](https://gritdaily.com/belarus-governments-control-internet/)
-
-{% end %}

content/about/index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+---
+title: "about"
+description: "Our mission is to empower individuals and organizations with secure, private, and autonomous access to computing resources, ensuring fair cloud access for everyone." # quotation marks to allow colons where used
+template: "page.html"
+insert_anchor_links: "left"
+extra:
+ author: ThreeFold
+ imgPath: tf.png
+---
+
+<!-- section 1 (header) -->
+
+ <div class="px-4 mt-12 lg:py-24 py-12 lg:px-8">
+ <div class="mx-auto max-w-5xl text-center fade-in">
+
+# The Internet Needs an Upgrade
+
+The Internet brings the world together, yet much of it is now concentrated in the hands of a few powerful corporations. This wasn't its original intent. The Internet was envisioned as a decentralized, open space. A tool for freedom, collaboration, and equal access for all.
+
+<br>
+
+**ThreeFold has invented a new Data, Network, and Cloud system as an engine for the new Internet.**
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ 
+<!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
+
+<!-- section 2 (reason) -->
+
+{{ description_blockquote(
+    title="The Reason Behind It All",
+
+    description_1="The Internet started as a peer-to-peer network, but over time it has become fragile and overly centralized. This shift has led to serious issues: data centers are extremely expensive to build and maintain, privacy and security are compromised, misinformation is rampant, and half the world remains poorly connected.",
+
+    description_2="Big tech companies now dominate the Internet, tracking our activities and influencing our decisions, consolidating control in ways that don't serve everyone equally.",
+
+    description_3="For +30 years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to this vision, and ThreeFold is the culmination of that journey. Today, we have a fully operational product (V3) and a thriving community of farmers, users, and partners.",
+
+    description_4="Therefore we believe the Internet needs a fresh start—one that addresses these challenges with a focus on authenticity, equality, and sustainability for everyone."  
+) }}
+
+<!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
+
+<!-- section 3 (AI) -->
+
+ <div class="px-4 mt-12 lg:py-24 py-12 lg:px-8">
+ <div class="mx-auto max-w-4xl text-center fade-in">
+
+## AI needs to be decentralized
+
+We are at the dawn of AI, a transformative force that will redefine how we live, work, and interact with technology. AI presents an incredible opportunity for humanity, however, as AI systems become more powerful, their control sits in the hands of a few corporations, raising serious concerns around privacy, bias, accessibility, and so on.
+
+<br>
+
+Further, centralized cloud providers are bottlenecks, as AI compute demand is outpacing supply and training AI models is too expensive.
+
+<br>
+
+We must not repeat mistakes of the past. Without decentralization, AI will remain controlled by a few corporations—limiting accessibility, innovation, and independence. To ensure AI benefits everyone, we must advocate for decentralized, open-source AI models that are transparent, ethical, and community-driven. And this can only happen on an infrastructure like ThreeFold.
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+<!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
+
+ <!-- section 4 (web4) -->
+
+ <div class="px-4 lg:px-8 lg:py-24 py-12">
+ <div class="mx-auto max-w-7xl fade-in">
+
+## The Vision for a New Internet
+
+<div class="max-w-3xl">
+
+Unlike traditional internet infrastructure, which relies on centralized data centers and corporate control, ThreeFold is built on a global mesh of independent cloud providers—individuals and organizations who contribute data, cloud and network power directly to the ecosystem.
+
+<br>
+
+This makes ThreeFold uniquely decentralized at the physical layer, eliminating single points of failure and gatekeepers. It’s a truly neutral and scalable foundation that puts privacy, resilience, and digital sovereignty at the core of the internet.
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+<!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
+
+<!-- section 5 (timeline) -->
+
+ <div class="px-4 mt-12 lg:py-24 py-12 lg:px-8">
+ <div class="mx-auto max-w-3xl text-center fade-in">
+
+## ThreeFold’s Journey
+
+Over the past decades, we’ve tackled complex challenges in areas such as data storage, secure overlay networking, and autonomous cloud security. With significant experience in Internet and Cloud and a strong vision for the future, these pivotal milestones have shaped our growth and drive us towards a better digital future.
+
+ </div>
+
+ {{ timeline(
+  subtitle_1="Phase I",
+  title_1="Creation of Core Technology",
+  point_1_1="Open Source Development.",
+  point_1_2="Built decentralized, autonomous, edge internet technology.",
+  point_1_3="Self-funded and private investment from founders, community, and TF Tech investors.",
+
+  subtitle_2="Phase II",
+  title_2="Global Proof Of Concept.",
+  point_2_1="Open Source Development.",
+  point_2_2="50+ Countries.",
+  point_2_3="50,000+ Cores.",
+  point_2_4="25,000,000 GB of Storage.",
+  point_2_5="Thousands of enthusiasts actively engage with and contribute to the evolution of the ThreeFold Network.",
+  point_2_6="Decentralized reliable compute, network and storage layer for Web 2-3.",
+  point_2_7="Commitments from wonderful projects to build on top of us.",
+
+  subtitle_3="Current Phase – 2025",
+  title_3="Decentralized AI and Cloud",
+  point_3_1="Introduce 3Phone & 3Router.",
+  point_3_2="Introduce decentralized AI infrastructure and capabilities.",
+  point_3_3="Expand the network considerably.",
+  point_3_4="Build a network of commercial farmers for optimal performance and uptime.",
+  point_3_5="Expand the network considerably.",
+  point_3_6="Build a network of commercial farmers for optimal performance and uptime.",
+
+  subtitle_4="The Result",
+  title_4="Autonomy for All",
+  point_4_1="An upgraded Internet for Billions.",
+  point_4_2="A planet-and-people-first hybrid of Humans and machines delivers on the promise of Augmented Collective Intelligence."
+
+ ) }}
+
+ </div>
+
+<!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
+
+<!-- section 6 (Values) -->
+
+{{ values(
+
+  title_1="Open Source.",
+  title_2="Authenticity.",
+  title_3="Simplicity."
+
+) }}
+
+<!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
+
+<!-- section 7 (Team) -->
+
+<div class="lg:py-24 py-12 text-center">
+
+{{ text_center(
+    title="Founded by Internet 1.0 Pioneers and All of You",
+    description_1="The founders have been working in Internet technology since its early days when it operated as a decentralized, peer-to-peer network. ThreeFold is an open-source movement driven by a dedicated team and a vibrant community of contributors helping to bring our shared vision to life.",
+    description_2="The project is supported by over 50 full-time active developers.",
+    button_text_1="Meet the Team",
+    button_link_1="/people"
+
+) }}
+
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
+
+<!-- section 8 Cta -->
+
+{{ cta(
+    title_1="Building a",
+    title_2="New Internet,",
+    title_3="Together",  
+    button_text_1="Participate",
+    button_link_1="/signup",
+    button_text_2="Stay Updated",
+    button_link_2="https://t.me/threefoldnews"
+) }}
+
+
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+    }
+  
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+      animation: fadeIn 4s ease-in-out forwards; /* Adjust the duration (2s) to make it slower or faster */
+    }
+  
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+      animation-delay: 0.5s; /* Delay for header */
+    }
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+    }
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+
+
+
+
+
+

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+---
+id: 3_step_rollout
+title: The Three Step Rollout to a Sovereign Agentic Cloud
+image_caption: technology
+description: "ThreeFold is enabling a Sovereign Agentic Cloud through three architectural layers: Cloud, Network, and Agents – a new generation of cloud and AI infrastructure."
+date: 2025-10-17
+taxonomies:
+  people: [raj_mitra]
+  tags: [tech,grid,community]
+  categories: [tech,grid,cloud]
+extra:
+    imgPath: 3_step_rollout.png
+    isFeatured: true
+---
+
+The internet is evolving once again – but this time, not through the types of platforms or services that defined past waves. What we’re witnessing is the emergence of an **agentic internet**, where autonomous digital agents will become the foundation of online life.
+
+</br>
+
+This evolution could unfold in one of two directions:
+
+- **Centralized**, where a handful of corporations and governments control the agents, their data, and the infrastructure they run on
+- **Decentralized**, where individuals and communities own their agents, data, and digital environments, creating a more open, sovereign web.
+
+</br>
+
+At ThreeFold, we believe the decentralized path requires a new kind of digital foundation – one we call the **Sovereign Agentic Cloud**.
+
+</br>
+
+This is not just another version of the internet, it’s the necessary foundation for a decentralized digital ecosystem built for the future: a new generation of cloud and AI infrastructure that is faster, greener, smarter, private, and secure.
+
+</br>
+
+Our rollout to this future is unfolding now in three phases:
+
+- The Cloud: Live
+- The Network: Live
+- The Agents: January 2026
+
+</br>
+
+Each layer builds on the one before it, sequentially creating the architecture for a truly sovereign agentic cloud.
+
+</br>
+
+The **Cloud** lays the groundwork with decentralized compute and storage – the base layer of an independent digital life that expands as new capacity comes online across the grid.
+
+</br>
+
+But capacity alone means little without coordination. That’s where the **Network** comes in, connecting distributed nodes into an intelligent mesh where data, models, and services can move freely.
+
+</br>
+
+With computation and connectivity in place, the system becomes ready for cognition – the **Agents**. These self-owned AI agents emerge as the logical extension of the architecture, using the Cloud for processing and the Network for communication. Together, they form the first generation of decentralized, autonomous intelligence.
+
+### **The Cloud**
+The Cloud forms the foundation, a 100% Kubernetes-compatible compute and storage layer that operates as a global, distributed cloud.
+
+</br>
+
+Built on top of the ThreeFold Grid, it draws from independent capacity providers around the world. Each contributes compute, storage, and network resources, forming a resilient, peer-to-peer infrastructure that’s already live today.
+
+</br>
+
+This layer makes decentralized Kubernetes real and accessible. Developers can spin up clusters directly across the grid using familiar declarative workflows, autoscaling, monitoring, and logging tools – all without reliance on centralized cloud vendors.
+
+</br>
+
+The result is a production-grade environment that offers the usability of conventional clouds combined with the sovereignty, security, and resilience of decentralization. Developers gain the freedom to deploy applications anywhere, anytime, without gatekeepers.
+
+</br>
+
+While ThreeFold’s community-driven open-source cloud has been live for years with [builders already commercializing its resources](/blog/tf-decentralized-cloud-new/), this new Kubernetes-based solution marks a major evolution: simplified, commercial-ready, and purpose-built to host the next generation of autonomous agents. It’s the necessary foundation for the sovereign agentic cloud.
+
+<br/>
+
+Stay tuned this month for the release of the Kubernetes Cloud.
+
+### **The Network**
+The next step extends this foundation into a living, intelligent network layer.
+
+</br>
+
+This step introduces a full suite of decentralized network services – including VPN, DNS, CDN, and LLM gateways – all designed to make the underlying grid fully reachable, programmable, and autonomous.
+
+</br>
+
+These gateways transform ordinary grid nodes into public-facing endpoints, solving one of the hardest problems in decentralized hosting: achieving global accessibility while providing greater independence from scarce IPv4 addresses and centralized ISPs.
+
+</br>
+
+Traffic moves dynamically across the mesh. Every connection is encrypted end-to-end. And instead of relying on fixed routes or central ISPs, the network forms a peer-to-peer overlay that automatically discovers and maintains the most efficient path between nodes. 
+
+</br>
+
+When a node or connection goes down, the network self-heals, rerouting traffic in real time to maintain uptime. This allows workloads running anywhere on the grid, even on devices without public IPs, to communicate securely and act as if they were hosted in a single, unified data center. 
+
+</br>
+
+What sets this network apart is not just its autonomy, but its evolutionary behavior. As the grid grows, it adapts, reconfiguring routes, optimizing performance, and expanding reach.
+
+</br>
+
+Parts of the network are already operational, with ongoing developments making it ever more powerful, efficient, and resource-rich.
+
+### **The Agents**
+The final phase brings the architecture to life: the Agent Layer, the cognitive and operational tier of the Sovereign Agentic Cloud.
+
+</br>
+
+Within this layer, every person can have one or more Personal Agents – intelligent digital counterparts that manage tasks, workflows, and communication while maintaining full sovereignty over data and identity.
+
+</br>
+
+These personal agents can coordinate networks of "Worker Agents," each capable of handling specialized functions such as research, coding, analysis, or transactions.
+
+</br>
+
+Supporting them is a secure foundation of semantic search, private active memory, and long-term, zero-knowledge storage, allowing agents to learn, reason, and operate within encrypted, self-contained sandboxes. 
+
+#### Agent Layer Evolution: From AGI to ACI
+While much of the world is racing toward AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) – massive centralized systems aiming to replicate human cognition – we’re charting a different course.
+
+</br>
+
+Today’s AI giants control nearly all of the compute, data, and infrastructure required to train and deploy large models. This concentration of power brings enormous risks such as surveillance-driven data collection, bias embedded at scale, and energy consumption rivaling entire nations.
+
+</br>
+
+ThreeFold’s approach is rooted in Augmented Collective Intelligence (ACI). Not a machine trying to mimic humans, but a system that grows through shared human experience while protecting each individual’s privacy.
+
+</br>
+
+There’s no hidden monetization model, no surveillance layer, no opaque black box where your information disappears. Each agent learns locally, contributes globally, and respects the sovereignty of its user. It’s a model of intelligence that grows organically, not hierarchically.
+
+### **Building The Vision**
+That is the vision of what we call the Sovereign Agentic Cloud: a fully decentralized ecosystem where the Cloud provides resilient compute and storage, the Network connects nodes into an intelligent, self-healing mesh, and the Agent layer brings autonomous, personal intelligence to life. Together these layers form a self-sovereign foundation for the next generation of digital life.
+
+</br>
+
+Development toward this vision is well underway, with the Cloud and Network systems already live and evolving, and agents coming in Q1 2026. Stay tuned via our [news channel](https://t.me/threefoldnews) and [chat](https://t.me/threefold) as the rollout unfolds.

content/blog/_index.md

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-title: "Blog"
+title: "ThreeFold Blog"
 paginate_by: 9
+description: "Dive in to read more of our stories, our past, our present, and our future. We envision a global, community-driven network of interconnected servers and nodes—the grid—that democratizes computing power and storage."
 # paginate_reversed: false
+
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content/blog/a_better_understanding_of_wealth/index.md

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----
-id: a_better_understanding_of_wealth
-title: A Better Understanding of Wealth
-image_caption: a better understanding of wealth
-description: Wealth is more than the accumulation of money and resources.
-date: 2021-01-27
-taxonomies:
-    people: [alexandre_hannelas]
-    tags: [why,digital_twin]
-    categories: [twin]
-extra:
-    imgPath: a_better_understanding_of_wealth.jpg
----
-
-# A better understanding of wealth 
-
-<br>
-
-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.
-
-<br>
-
-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.
-
-<br>
-
-Digital Twin has been created while taking into consideration the different types of community capital that need to be achieved to create real wealth: 
-
-<br>
-
-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. 
-
-<br>
-
-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.
-
-<br>
-
-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.
-
-<br>
-
-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.
-
-<br>
-
-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.
-<br>
-
-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.
-
-<br>
-
-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. 
-
-

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----
-id: a_different_approach_to_blockchain
-title: Not your average blockchain project
-image_caption: a different approach to blockchain
-description: Sometimes we're compared to blockchain projects. We love the blockchain but that's just not who we are.
-date: 2021-04-20
-taxonomies:
-    people: [sacha_obeegadoo]
-    tags: [digital_twin,data,why]
-    categories: []
-extra:
-    imgPath: a_different_approach_to_blockchain.png
----
-
-<br/>
-
-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.<!--  -->
-<br/>
-<br/>
-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.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-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).
-<br/>
-<br/>
-
-*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.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-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.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-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. 
-<br/>
-<br/>
-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.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-Today, you can go through the whole Threefold Universe and find ready-to-use products. You can participate in growing the world’s most advanced peer-to-peer Internet infrastructure, or use the peer-to-peer compute and storage capacity available on the P2P Cloud.

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+---
+id: a_million_nodes
+title: A Million ThreeFold Nodes
+image_caption: technology
+description: A digital world with millions of interconnected nodes could change everything – from how our data is owned and used to how we develop AI. Explore a future where control is decentralized, empowering individuals and communities.
+date: 2025-05-02
+taxonomies:
+  people: [sam_taggart]
+  tags: [tech,grid,community]
+  categories: [tech,grid,community]
+extra:
+    imgPath: a_million_nodes.png
+    isFeatured: true
+---
+
+Imagine a digital world where control isn't dictated by centralized entities but by the collective power of a million interconnected nodes. This vision is more than just a technological advancement – it embodies a paradigm shift towards re-decentralizing the Internet and putting control back into the hands of its users, as it was originally intended to be.
+
+</br>
+
+Today's digital landscape is dominated by a few powerful entities that maintain control through centralized servers, proprietary algorithms, and restrictive data policies. These corporations often collect vast amounts of personal information, limit access to services, and dictate the terms of interaction.
+
+</br>
+
+Further, the majority of the data centers which house and power our digital lives are located in a handful of countries, keeping data, money, jobs, and other benefits inside of these nations and leaving developing regions behind. This leads to slower speeds, higher costs, lower levels of security, and numerous other disadvantages.
+
+</br>
+
+Democratizing digital infrastructure empowers individuals, communities, and organizations to participate in a shared ecosystem, where data ownership and governance are decentralized. People can interact directly with each other, exchanging information and value without intermediaries.
+
+</br>
+
+This foundation also enables a new era of decentralized artificial intelligence – where AI is trained, run, and improved across a global network, transparently, and inclusively.
+
+#### From a Global Perspective
+
+ThreeFold envisions a new internet, an alternative to the internet of today. To make this a reality, the ThreeFold Grid needs to reach a million (or millions of) nodes. A world with a million nodes ...
+
+</br>
+
+- Ensures that connectivity is no longer monopolized by a few large corporations. The Internet is more resilient to large-scale outages, cyber-attacks, and natural disasters. 
+- Empowers people and organizations with control over their data. We are less vulnerable to data breaches and misuse of our data. 
+- Lays the groundwork for decentralized AI, where algorithms are built on ethical, diverse data sets and innovation is open 
+- Democratizes access to computational resources. Lower costs and scalable infrastructure fosters a global environment of innovation and drives economic growth and opportunity. 
+- Means efficient and optimized energy usage, reducing the need for power-hungry data centers, and supporting global efforts to minimize negative impact on our planet. 
+- Bridges the digital divide by introducing reliable Internet access to developing and remote regions, empowering them with access to crucial knowledge and information.
+- Promotes global collaboration, creating a rich environment for cultural exchange and collective problem-solving at scale to tackle the world’s greatest challenges.
+- Preserves cultural heritage, enabling communities from around the world to store their stories, information, and knowledge on infrastructure owned by them.
+
+</br>
+
+A world with a million nodes would reshape industries, facilitate global collaboration, and lay the foundation for a more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable digital future.
+
+</br>
+
+![Image](./a_million_nodes_1.png)
+
+</br>
+
+Let us explore, through the power of story, how this can come alive.
+
+#### Tanzania
+
+Salma, a young entrepreneur coming from an agricultural background in Arusha, runs a small but growing tech company developing mobile apps for local farmers. Her apps collect data from IoT sensors in the fields, helping farmers monitor soil moisture and temperature, optimize water usage, and predict crop yields. Powered by decentralized AI models trained on local data, the insights become increasingly accurate and tailored to the region’s unique conditions.
+
+</br>
+
+The apps run smoothly on locally-deployed decentralized infrastructure – the data processing happens seamlessly on the nearest nodes, ensuring low latency and quick insights for farmers. Further, farmers can be assured of 100% data ownership and sovereignty.
+
+</br>
+
+The farmers form a local cooperative to share data and knowledge. The decentralized cloud ensures that the data remains secure and private, allowing collective insights to be shared in a trusted way. A peer-to-peer marketplace enables farmers to sell their crops directly to purchasers, meaning they can now receive fair value for their work.
+
+#### United States
+
+Emma and Will live in a rural community in central Oklahoma, where tornadoes are a regular occurrence during certain times of the year. Emma is an elementary school teacher and Will works construction. Through a federal assistance program, the community has recently integrated its own decentralized cloud network.
+
+</br>
+
+Emma uses the network to access online resources and collaborate with educators globally. The local clinic offers telehealth services, so the community can access secure and private healthcare without the need to travel long distances.
+
+</br>
+
+Residents use a secure app for community discussions, support networks, local governance decisions, and safety alerts. Sensors across the community monitor weather conditions, while AI models trained on local weather patterns improve the accuracy of predictions, helping residents prepare and respond faster. Data is processed locally on the network, providing early warnings of severe weather events. Alerts are sent directly to residents’ devices. When disaster does strike, part of the decentralized network is able to stay online, supporting rapid communication and coordination and facilitating access to critical information.
+
+#### India
+
+Amit, a software developer based in Bangalore, is working on a new AI-driven application. His development environment is hosted on the decentralized cloud, giving him immense computational power at his fingertips. Training his AI models is faster and more efficient, utilizing powerful GPUs located close to him, increasing performance and lowering costs.
+
+</br>
+
+No longer dependent on centralized cloud, Amit appreciates he can now handle large-scale computations without high costs and the environmental impact associated with traditional data centers.
+
+</br>
+
+Amit not only accelerates his AI model training but also develops a mindset of innovation without boundaries. Empowered by seamless scalability and reduced operational costs, Amit channels his energy into refining algorithms that promise to redefine healthcare diagnostics. This newfound agility allows him to iterate rapidly, collaborate globally, and pioneer solutions that bridge the gap between technology and societal impact.
+
+#### Brazil
+
+In São Paulo, Rosina leads a team of environmental scientists focused on preserving the Amazon rainforest. Their research involves extensive data collection from remote sensors scattered across vast and often inaccessible regions of the rainforest. The data, including temperature, humidity, and biodiversity indicators, is crucial for monitoring climate change impacts and guiding conservation efforts.
+
+</br>
+
+Decentralized nodes located strategically across the rainforest process sensor data in real-time. Data collected from the rainforest remains secure and under local ownership. Local indigenous communities, equipped with smartphones, actively participate in data collection and monitoring (and use the decentralized network for the preservation of local culture). The insights derived from the program drive the training of decentralized AI algorithms, contributing to global climate research and advocacy efforts.
+
+#### A World with a Million Nodes is Possible
+
+This vision of a world with a million nodes connected to the ThreeFold Grid shows how technology can bridge gaps, enhance security, and foster innovation on a global scale. Each node plays a crucial role in building a resilient, inclusive, and efficient digital infrastructure for everyone, everywhere.
+
+</br>
+
+From AI development to sustainable farming, digital education to climate science and disaster response, decentralized infrastructure is transforming how people connect and create.
+
+</br>
+
+For years, the ThreeFold team and community have been quietly building the foundation. The technology is proven. The network is live. And the world needs what we have been building.
+
+</br>
+
+The grid today is a clear collective demonstration that all of this is possible. Scaling to a million nodes is an ambitious goal – but it’s also an invitation. An invitation to co-create a digital world where power is distributed, opportunity is shared, and progress belongs to everyone.
+
+</br>
+
+This is more than infrastructure. It’s a movement. One node at a time, we’re building the Internet – and the intelligence – that the world truly needs.

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-id: access_threefold_token_and_provide_liquidity_on_stellar
-title: "How to Access the ThreeFold Token and Provide Liquidity on Stellar"
-image_caption: How to Access the ThreeFold Token and Provide Liquidity on Stellar
-description: The more liquidity we provide on Stellar, the more we contribute to creating and sustaining a healthy market for TFT there. So today, we’re embarking on a little journey to find out how to access TFT and how to provide liquidity on Stellar via Albedo.
-date: 2022-09-08
-taxonomies:
-    people: [hannah_cordes]
-    tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_token, blockchain]
-    categories: [foundation]
-extra:
-    imgPath: access_threefold_token_and_provide_liquidity_on_stellar.png
----
-
-As we previously shared, we believe in the organic and sustainable growth of ThreeFold Token and the Internet of Internets vision. And one of our key goals is to strengthen the foundation of the ecosystem by enhancing the stability and liquidity of the ThreeFold Token (TFT). So today, we’re embarking on a little journey to find out how to access TFT and how to provide liquidity on Stellar via [Albedo](https://albedo.link/).
-
-#### What are liquidity pools?
-
-Liquidity pools are an integral part of DeFi systems and can be understood as a “[collection of tokens or digital assets stored in a smart contract](https://www.blockchain-council.org/defi/crypto-liquidity-pools/)” on a decentralized exchange (DEX). Liquidity pools allow users to buy or sell such assets in a decentralized way and are used to enhance decentralized trading, lending/borrowing and other DeFi services. Users get rewarded with a cut of the fees generated in the process to incentivize them to become liquidity providers.
-
-#### What does it mean to drive liquidity on Stellar?
-
-Stellar offers multiple great solutions and basically everything we need, so it’s crucial for us to start building our own liquidity there. 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 adding liquidity to pools with TFT. The more liquidity we provide on Stellar, the more we contribute to creating and sustaining a healthy market for TFT there – while simultaneously attracting others to get involved in TFT.
-
-#### About Stellar 
-
-[Stellar](https://threefold.io/blog/thriving_with_stellar/) is an open network for storing, moving and trading any kind of money transparently and efficiently, with a thriving ecosystem on top and a huge community. Find out all about Stellar, its role for the TFT ecosystem, how to buy TFT on Stellar, and more [here](https://threefold.io/blog/thriving_with_stellar/).
-
-#### About Albedo 
-
-[Albedo](https://albedo.link/) acts as a single access point to the Stellar ecosystem. It’s a free, open-source, secure and simple browser wallet for the Stellar Network. Albedo allows other Stellar apps to request transaction signing or identity verification – without ever requiring the exposure of users’ secret keys. It’s a nice and simple browser-based keystore with wallet-, swap- and liquidity pool functionalities. 
-
-<br/>
-
-Together, we will now go through the process of accessing TFT and providing liquidity on Stellar by using Albedo and its key features. All it takes are four simple steps:
-
-1. Set up Albedo
-2. Get TFT
-3. Choose another asset
-4. Add liquidity to a pool
-
-## Step 1 – Set up Albedo
-
-Albedo is not just a wallet. It’s a **keystore** that interconnects applications across the Stellar universe and signs a transaction or verifies your identity for you, without running the risk of exposing your secret key or having to create new accounts for every Stellar application. 
-
-### Step 1.1: Open Albedo
-
-Albedo works as a **web app and browser extension**, meaning you can either access it in your browser or install the extension on [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kbojmmmibkfijmjgnfgfpngmmgkkpncl) or [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/albedo-signer-for-stellar/). Once you’ve either opened Albedo in your browser or installed the extension, just follow the instructions.
-
-<br/>
-
-For this step-by-step guide, I’ve chosen to open Albedo in my browser instead of using the extension.
-
-### Step 1.2: Set up your Albedo account
-
-First, click on the “Create Albedo account”-button. Next, click “Proceed” on the bottom of the Welcome page.
-
-<br/>
-
-Now, you can choose between between three main options:
-
-* Log in
-* Import account
-* Create account
-
-If you already have an Albedo account, either directly **log in** or – if it’s the first time you’re using Albedo on a new device – click on the “Import Account”-button to **import the 24 word passphrase or secret key** and access your account.
-
-<br/>
-
-![Import Wallet](./import_wallet.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-If you’re new to Albedo, you’ll need to create an Albedo account first in order to use the keystore. Choose a **safe password** for this account and hit “Create account”.
-
-<br/>
-
-![Set Account Password](./set_account_password.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-You just set up your Albedo account! Make sure to carefully read the instructions on keeping your **recovery phrase** safe, before continuing.
-
-<br/>
-
-![Recovery Phrase](./recovery_phrase.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-Now you can check out your new account and play around with the settings, e.g. to change your account’s name. You also get an overview of all the possible ways to use Albedo.
-
-<br/>
-
-![Albedo Overview](./albedo_overview.png)
-
-### Step 1.3: Activate account on ledger
-
-In order to make your Albedo account fully functional, you’ll need to initially activate the account on the ledger by sending at least **1.6 XLM** to your account’s address. 
-
-## Step 2 – Get TFT
- 
-The time has come to fund your Albedo account with TFT. Simply swap other assets for TFT if you’re already holding some in your Albedo account or transfer TFT from other wallets.
-
-<br/>
-
-*Good to know: Albedo doesn’t provide a direct fiat gateway. Visit our TFT knowledge base to discover all the ways you can [buy TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__how_to_buy?id=how-to-buy-amp-sell-tft), including fiat options.*
-
-### Step 2.2.A: Deposit TFT to your Albedo account
-
-If you’re holding TFT in a different wallet, simply transfer the tokens and send them to your Albedo account. Simply open your wallet and send TFT to your Albedo address. It’s best to copy your Albedo address which is displayed in the top-left corner by clicking on the copy-symbol – it’s not only faster but also safer as copying prevents you from making typos.
-
-<br/>
-
-![Copy Wallet Address](./copy_wallet_address.png)
-
-### Step 2.2.B: Swap XLM/USDC for TFT within Albedo
-
-You could also stay within Albedo by buying XLM or USDC first and then swapping them for TFT.
-
-<br/>
-
-![Swap for TFT](./swap_for_tft.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-***Important note**: I recommend buying XLM regardless of whether you’re choosing option A or B, as you’re going to **need XLM to pay for the transaction fees** within the Stellar Network anyways.*
-
-### Step 2.3: Activate assets
-
-Please note that you have to add a trustline for any asset you want to store in your Albedo account in order to activate it. Just go to “Balance” in your account overview. On the bottom of the page, you’ll find the “Add trustline”-button.
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-<br/>
-
-![Activate Assets](./activate_assets.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-Click on “Add trustline”, then press the “Choose an asset” on the next page and type TFT into the “Select an asset”-field.
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-<br/>
-
-![Choose Asset Trustline](./choose_asset_trustline.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-**Caution: make sure to select the right TFT** – the one with our logo that’s linked with our website threefold.io – as shown in the image below.
-
-<br/>
-
-![Select Asset Trustline](./select_asset_trustline.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-Now you can activate the selected asset by pressing “Add trustline”.
-
-<br/>
-
-![Add Trustline](./add_trustline.png)
-
-## Step 3 – Choose another asset
-
-At this point, you already have TFT in your Albedo account, so it’s time to choose a second asset to combine with TFT as a trading pair like XLM or USDC. You can get XLM or USDC on many exchanges and then deposit it to your Albedo wallet.
-
-<br/>
-
-Repeat the same procedure of buying/depositing/swapping and activating for this second asset – the other part of the trading pair you’ve chosen to provide liquidity to in a pool. We chose USDC.
-
-## Step 4 – Add liquidity to a pool
-
-For this guide, we’ll be depositing TFT and USDC in order to provide liquidity to the pool. 
-
-<br/>
-
-So after creating and activating your account and assets on Albedo, you’re now holding TFT and USDC. You’re ready to add liquidity to the TFT <> USDC pool on Albedo.
-
-### Step 4.1: Select assets & amount
-
-Head to the “Liquidity” section in order to select the two assets you’d like to provide liquidity to and to set the amount of TFT and USDC you would like to provide to this pool.
-
-<br/>
-
-![Select Assets and Amount](./select_assets_and_amount.png)
-
-### Step 4.2: Deposit liquidity
-
-Now you’re ready to provide liquidity! Click on the “Deposit liquidity to the pool”-button located at the bottom of your screen to add the selected assets to the pool.
-
-<br/>
-
-![Deposit Liquidity to Pool](./deposit_liquidity_to_pool.png)
-
-<br/>
-
-**Congrats, you’ve just added liquidity to the TFT <> USDC pool!** 
-
-<br/>
-
-Now you’re a liquidity provider on Stellar! Other ways to contribute to Stellar’s liquidity pools are [xBull Wallet](https://xbull.app/) and [StellarX](https://www.stellarx.com/). No matter which of the interfaces you use, they all enable you to add liquidity to the same underlying pool on the **StellarDEX** for the trading pair you chose.
-
-<br/>
-
-As exciting as this is, please don’t forget: With great decentralization comes great responsibility! So, do your own research on how liquidity pools work and make sure you understand the risks related to impermanent loss. Also, read [this advice](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__threefold_wallets?id=important-notes) on keeping your TFT safe.
-
-<br/>
-
-Feel free to ask any questions either in the [chats](https://t.me/threefold) or the forum’s [token section](https://forum.threefold.io/c/threefold-token/22)!
-
-<br/>
-
-*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).*

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

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+---
+id: africa_regen_summit_ii
+title: "Reflecting on Africa Regenerative Futures Summits : Shaping a better digital future in Africa"
+image_caption: Africa Regen II
+description: In 2023, we had the pleasure of hosting two summits in Zanzibar – Read about the key outcomes. 
+date: 2023-11-21
+taxonomies:
+  people: [sam_taggart]
+  tags: [community, event, collaboration, why]
+  categories: [community, event, collaboration, why]
+extra:
+    imgPath: africa_future_summit1.png
+---
+
+In 2023, we had the pleasure of hosting two summits in Zanzibar – one in July and another in [November](https://www.threefold.io/newsroom/africa-regen-ii/), named the Africa Regenerative Future Summit. These events brought together leading innovators and investors committed to advancing human flourishing, with a specific emphasis on science and technology shaping the trajectory of Africa's future.
+
+<br>
+
+During the inaugural summit in July, Zanzibar's President, Dr. Hussein Mwinyi, honored us with his presence. In a formal declaration, he publicly expressed the government's dedication to establishing a digital free zone, a locally-owned Internet infrastructure, and an incubator to support young local innovators – all in collaboration with ThreeFold – and their commitment to the ICT sector as a whole.
+
+<br>
+
+The second summit saw the birth of Dunia Yetu (meaning "Our World" in Swahili), a collaborative movement forged in partnership with a cohort of tech developers and innovators from Dar Es Salaam. This initiative is driven by a shared commitment to reshape the digital landscape in Tanzania and Africa. Its goals include empowering coders, fostering economic development, and constructing a sovereign, autonomous digital ecosystem for a more promising digital future. 
+
+<br>
+
+Looking ahead to 2024, our vision includes a continued series of gatherings focused on OurWorld, ThreeFold, and other projects and individuals prioritizing a planet-first, people-first approach to support Tanzania and the broader African continent.

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 date: 2021-07-19
 taxonomies:
   people: [scott_yeager]
-    tags: [threefold_grid,technology,peer_to_peer]
-    categories: [foundation,farming,cloud]
+  tags: [grid, cloud, tech]
+  categories: [grid, cloud, tech]
 extra:
-    imgPath: an_intro_to_the_threefold_grid.png
+    imgPath: building_a_new_internet_1_1.png
 ---
 
 ## An Intro to the ThreeFold Grid

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

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-id: artheon_blog_one
-title: "Art & Culture in VR: Coming to the ThreeFold Grid"
-image_caption: ThreeFold and Artheon
-description: Taking a deeper look at the Artheon partnership and where we are headed together.
-date: 2021-08-11
-taxonomies:
-    people: [sam_taggart]
-    tags: [partner, peer_to_peer, update]
-    categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin]
-extra:
-    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.
-
-## So what is the partnership all about?
-
-Together with ThreeFold, Artheon aims to create the world's largest open art database – made for everyone, and owned by everyone. We will provide access to art and cultural heritage to people around the world, without borders. Not just access, but a high-quality and high-resolution virtual reality experience where people can really immerse themselves in their surrounding environment. With Artheon, people can now even touch and hold paintings or artifacts, something that would clearly not be possible in real life. And while today, only a select few (relative to the total global population) have the opportunity to travel and to experience museums and cultural & sacred sites, Artheon will change that!
-<br/>
-<br/>
-It's not only about experience, though, it's also about community and education and providing a more equal access to art and cultural objects. We'll bring together a global community of museums, artists, and art seekers who can not only enjoy, but also teach and learn about the art and cultural objects housed within the Artheon universe. For Artheon, it's imperative
-that people are able to access information about the artists and the art itself, and then make and share their own perceptions as well. No need or pressure to follow the direction of the current system's ideology. This is a different angle from how we traditionally learn at school, where narrow or accepted views and concepts are imposed upon us. A key aim of Artheon is to bring different perspectives through collective, participatory, and experiental teaching and learning.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-Looking ahead, the vision is that people will be able to create their own virtual spaces and expose them on Artheon. They can create something from scratch or even re-imagine a historical site as it was long ago and share it with the community.
-
-## How does ThreeFold benefit Artheon?
-
-From the start, there was a clear connection between Artheon and ThreeFold from a vision, values, and ethos perspective. But there are also some more specific reasons why Artheon chose and benefits from ThreeFold, which mainly revolve around the decentralized nature of the ThreeFold Grid.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-Virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) provide significant benefits to our new digital reality. These technologies open new ways of sharing information in areas such as the arts in the case of Artheon, allowing for upgraded and immersive experiences for users.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-Decentralized clouds have been associated with the promise of new digital applications and services that come with a hyper-connected life. Because the graphics of VR/AR experiences require heavy rendering, on-device processes are augmented by splitting workloads between the VR/AR device and a decentralized cloud. So, graphics rendering on a decentralized cloud like what the ThreeFold Grid provides would be significantly improved by achieving a much lower latency. Another advantage of the ThreeFold Grid is that it provides an extremely high level of security and privacy, empowering Artheon and its users with real data sovereignty.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-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.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-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)?
-
-Over the past year, Artheon has been making incredible improvements to the graphics and experience, and adding as many new pieces of art as possible into the universe. As you can imagine, the possibilities really are endless, but here are some of the milestones planned for the rest of this year:
-<br/>
-<br/>
-
-- Planning to add partial DLC (downloadable content) support and photogrammetry-scanned locations for users to experience
-- New UI for desktop (Windows, MacOS, Linux)
-- Implementation of desired social features such as follower and friend system
-- People will be able to see who of their friends or people they follow are online – from that, they can connect to a server and join them to share experiences together
-- 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!
-<br/>
-
-## What can you do now to get involved?
-
-If you're reading this section, we're thrilled you are interested in what is happening with Artheon! We are, too! As Artheon is not yet live, the best option for you is to join [the Artheon Early Access chat on Telegram](https://t.me/artheon) where you can stay tuned there for updates and ask questions directly to Artheon's creators and contributors.

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+---
+id: back_to_the_future
+title: "Back to the Future: How ThreeFold Revives the Original P2P Web Dream"
+image_caption: Back to the future
+description: The internet was meant to empower, not control. ThreeFold is bringing the original peer-to-peer vision back to life, decentralized, open, and owned by all.
+date: 2025-06-03
+taxonomies:
+  people: [raj_mitra]
+  tags: [tech,grid,community]
+  categories: [tech,grid,community]
+extra:
+    imgPath: back_to_the_future.png
+    isFeatured: true
+---
+
+In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee envisioned a World Wide Web where people everywhere could create, access, and share knowledge freely. It was a bold and beautiful idea: an open, decentralized platform where humanity could collaborate. Born in the halls of CERN and rooted in academia and scientific generosity, the early web was peer-to-peer in spirit and architecture. But somewhere along the way, we lost the plot.
+
+<br/>
+
+Today, the internet is dominated by a handful of corporations. It’s centralized, surveilled, and algorithmically manipulated. The original promise of the web, a tool for empowerment, has been rewritten into one of control.
+
+<br/>
+
+But not everyone has given up on the dream.
+
+#### A Different Internet Is Possible
+*We need to restore the internet to its original intent,” says Kristof De Spiegeleer, founder of [ThreeFold](https://threefold.io), in a recent interview at ETHDenver. “It was much more peer-to-peer. People could express whatever they wanted. We were no longer products. That’s what we wanted to bring back.*
+
+<br/>
+
+Kristof’s perspective isn’t nostalgic. At ThreeFold, some of our team has been building internet infrastructure since the early days, when the web still felt like a community garden rather than a corporate mall. In more recent years, we have been radically reimagining the plumbing of the web. And we’re doing it from the ground up.
+
+#### From CERN to Surveillance Capitalism
+To understand what’s at stake, it helps to go back to the beginning.
+
+<br/>
+
+The first ever website, [info.cern.ch](http://info.cern.ch), was hosted on a NeXT computer in a physics lab in Switzerland. The web was conceived as a universal publishing system for scientists. It used open standards, interoperable protocols, and encouraged contribution. There were no paywalls. No targeted ads. No "walled gardens."
+
+<br/>
+
+All that changed in the 2000s. Google, Facebook, Amazon, and others turned the web into a data-mining operation. 
+
+<br/>
+
+In exchange for "free" services, users unknowingly gave up control over their digital selves. What started as a peer-to-peer web became a hub-and-spoke model, where all roads led through Silicon Valley.
+
+<br/>
+
+Today, more than 80% of online content is machine-generated. Most of the internet’s infrastructure is owned by a few centralized companies. Many countries don’t even control their own digital backbones.
+
+<br/>
+
+This was not at all the vision that the early pioneers had.
+
+<br/>
+
+**Tim Berners-Lee:**
+
+<br/>
+
+*“The Web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect—to help people work together—and not as a technical toy.”*
+
+<br/>
+
+**Marc Andreessen (Netscape co-founder):**
+
+<br/>
+
+*“We thought we were building a publishing platform. Instead, we built the rails for an entirely new economy.”*
+
+<br/>
+
+**Jaron Lanier (early VR pioneer and digital ethicist):**
+
+<br/>
+
+*“The original idea of the Internet was that it would decentralize power... Now it's become the opposite.”*
+
+
+#### Rebuilding the Plumbing
+This is where ThreeFold comes in as a decentralized, peer-owned infrastructure layer. Kristof explains it plainly: “We need storage, we need compute, we need GPUs, and we need to connect these things outside of the current web monopolies.”
+
+<br/>
+
+ThreeFold makes it simple for anyone to contribute to this new internet by running a node. Whether you're a developer, a farmer, or just someone with an unused computer, you can dedicate a machine to the ThreeFold Grid and become part of a growing decentralized network.
+
+#### More Than Decentralization
+Attempts to “decentralize the web” are nothing new. But most failed because they tried to rebuild the application layer without fixing the foundation. ThreeFold flips that script. It starts with the physical hardware, real nodes owned by real people, and builds upward.
+
+<br/>
+
+Its architecture is designed for resilience. It doesn’t rely on AWS or Google Cloud. It doesn’t store your data in one vulnerable place. It doesn’t treat you like a product.
+
+<br/>
+
+And perhaps most importantly, it invites participation. Anyone can build a node, join the network, and help create something bigger than themselves.
+
+#### Back to the Future?
+What ThreeFold is essentially doing is reclamation.
+
+<br/>
+
+We are reclaiming the peer-to-peer ethos of the early internet.
+
+<br/>
+
+We are reclaiming the right to compute, connect, and create without gatekeepers.
+
+<br/>
+
+We are reclaiming agency in a digital world that’s increasingly extractive.
+
+<br/>
+
+As Kristof puts it: “No is simply not an option. This will be done.”
+
+<br/>
+
+For those who still believe the internet can be more than a marketplace of user data, for those who remember what it was meant to be, ThreeFold might just be the future we were promised.
+
+<br/>
+
+And this time, we all get to build it.

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+---
+id: beyond_quick_fixes
+title: Beyond Quick Fixes - An Internet for Equality, Security, and Resilience
+image_caption: technology
+description: The Internet faces issues like limited access, security risks, and high energy use. We need real change with decentralized, secure systems that empower communities and create a fairer digital world.
+date: 2024-10-30
+taxonomies:
+  people: [bernadette_amanda_caster]
+  tags: [tech,grid,community]
+  categories: [tech,grid,community]
+extra:
+    imgPath: beyond_quick_fixes1.png
+---
+
+The Internet is a crucial part of our daily lives, yet it faces many challenges. To name a few, about half of the global population doesn’t have fair or reliable access, data privacy, and cybersecurity threats are greater than ever before, and the current model is unsustainable for our planet. Despite advancements in technology, the Internet has been stuck in a cycle of quick fixes and patchwork solutions, unable to address these fundamental issues truly.
+
+<br/>
+
+To secure an Internet that is equitable, sustainable, and resilient for all, we need a complete transformation – one that decentralizes control, reduces environmental impact, and empowers people and communities to take ownership of the digital world.
+
+#### A System Held Together by Temporary Fixes
+The current Internet relies on "quick fixes" that offer temporary relief but fail to address deeper systemic problems. Security tools like firewalls and antivirus software only guard against known threats and require constant updates. Content delivery networks and bandwidth boosts improve performance but don't fix the limitations of the core infrastructure. Even regulations like GDPR protect privacy, but they don’t fundamentally change how data is managed or secured. Meanwhile, advances like 5G and fiber optics speed up connectivity but don’t solve the root issue of centralization.
+
+#### Centralization at the Root of Many Issues
+Centralization is at the heart of many persistent issues, such as rising cybersecurity threats. Concentrating data in a few locations increases vulnerabilities, leading to more frequent data breaches and malicious attacks. Big tech companies keep building energy-hungry data centers to meet growing demand, but these are unsustainable and expensive to build.
+
+<br/>
+
+While energy-efficient hardware is coming to market, it does little to solve these underlying inefficiencies. The deeper problem lies in the centralization of the Internet – a model that concentrates power in the hands of the few. Cloud services like AWS and Google Cloud help businesses scale but can be expensive, complex, and inaccessible to smaller businesses and underserved communities.
+
+<br/>
+
+At the same time, new technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) and augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) demand fast data processing at the edge. Still, centralized cloud platforms are too slow and inefficient to meet their needs.
+
+#### A Long-Term Cure: ThreeFold’s Solution
+To truly fix a system as broken as the current Internet, we need more than temporary solutions – we need a complete transformation that attacks the problem at the root.
+
+<br/>
+
+**Autonomous Infrastructure**
+
+<br/>
+
+One of the solutions to the current Internet crisis is a shift toward autonomous infrastructure networks and data centers that can operate independently, with minimal energy consumption and maximum efficiency. ThreeFold's decentralized network uses small, autonomous nodes that can be distributed globally. This infrastructure lowers costs, increases reliability, and improves security while addressing the environmental issues tied to the centralized model. Through the ThreeFold Grid, the project is already providing a foundation for the sustainable Internet of the future.
+
+<br/>
+
+**Quantum-Safe Systems**
+
+<br/>
+
+With quantum computing on the horizon, how we secure our Internet infrastructure must evolve. The current Internet isn’t prepared for the threats that quantum computing could pose. ThreeFold recognizes this need and is already creating quantum-safe storage and network systems that protect sensitive information against future threats. This ensures a more resilient Internet that can stand up to tomorrow’s challenges.
+
+<br/>
+
+**Decentralization for Equality**
+
+<br/>
+
+Decentralization can only resolve the imbalance caused by today’s centralized cloud giants. By enabling anyone to host their own infrastructure, ThreeFold’s network levels the playing field and distributes power and opportunity more fairly across the globe. In ThreeFold’s vision, communities, businesses, and individuals can become Internet farmers, contributing to the global network and benefiting from it equally.
+#### Moving Beyond Band-Aid Solutions: Building a Better Internet
+The current Internet is broken, and temporary fixes won’t solve the underlying issues. What’s needed is a complete transformation that returns control to the people, reduces environmental impact, and creates a more equitable, accessible digital economy. We must move beyond the the quick fixes and embrace an Internet that is decentralized, sustainable, and secure for all.
+
+<br/>
+
+ThreeFold is leading the charge by creating an Internet infrastructure that empowers individuals and communities, reduces energy consumption, and fosters innovation. The future of the Internet must reflect the principles of fairness, equality, and sustainability.
+
+<br/>
+
+It’s time to fix the Internet with ThreeFold. We’re already on the path toward a better, more inclusive digital future.
+

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-id: big_datacenter_myth
-title: Datacenter Myths
-image_caption: internet servers
-description: Hyperscale realities are very different to what most people think. Myth 1 - Bigger data centers are more efficient.
-date: 2017-10-12
-taxonomies:
-    people: [andreas_hartl]
-    tags: [technology,threefold_grid_,why]
-    categories: [farming,cloud,foundation,aci]
-extra:
-    imgPath: big_datacenter_myth.png
----
-
-## Hyperscale realities are very different from what most people think
-
-### Myth 1: Bigger data centers are more efficient
-
-There are advantages in building larger-scale data centers, like economies of scale and sheer bulk buying power, but these are not as significant as what people think. The average cost per rack in a hyper-scale data center is $20-35K USD including all energy requirements and safety systems. The cost of hardware per rack is around the $200-300K USD mark.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-What is often forgotten is that anything that is of enormous scale and highly concentrated comes with complexity and specific problems to deal with. For example. resource requirements such as investment, operational costs, knowledge, and people increase significantly with size.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-In reality, keeping things simple, small, and distributed is much more cost-effective than large complex environments.
-
-### Myth 2: Big data centers can be sustainable
-
-The carbon footprint of a big data center is enormous. To improve the power usage effectiveness (PUE) of most data center farmers have adopted wind, hydro, and/or solar power technologies, which indeed helps drop their PUE by an estimated 20%. But is this leading to more sustainability?
-<br/>
-<br/>
-This 20% looks great on paper and in the farmers' corporate social responsibility reports. However, it just represents an improvement in the cooling technology and sourcing of energy. It doesn't actually impact the energy consumed by the equipment that runs in their data centers (servers, storage chassis, physical disks, etc.) which is the equipment responsible for the carbon footprint. PUE only refers to overhead power consumption, i.e. cooling the facility, opening, and closing doors, maintaining power security systems, etc.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-Real improvement lies in deploying technologies that actually consume less power to deliver the actual Internet capacity to run workloads, real CPU chassis, physical disks, and storage cabinets. Improving on how hardware is being more effectively used can have an impact of up to a thousand percent and lead to ten times more power-efficiency.
-
-### Myth 3: Redundant systems have better uptime
-
-A lot of us believe that systems need redundancy mechanisms to improve their operational uptime and reliability. While it may make sense to IT experts, let's translate this for the non-IT world?
-<br/>
-<br/>
-To make a car more reliable we add redundancy (as we do in IT). So for the risk of having a puncture, we add one extra tire for all the tires we use continuously. This adds 4 extra tires to the car. Then a decision needs to be made: Do we put those tires in a structure where they are always running along with the primary tires or do we choose not to have them "online" all the time, wearing and tearing in the same way as the primary tires?
-<br/>
-<br/>
-Building such a system would take a large number of engineers to come up with a solution, and would change cars as we know them. Wouldn't it make more sense to think outside the box and solve the root of the problem by making tires un-deflatable?
-<br/>
-<br/>
-The IT industry has gone overboard with the concept of redundancy, having forgotten to look at the root cause issues. This has spawned a whole new industry of itself, which has a financial interest in creating complicated and expensive redundant systems.
-
-### Myth 4: Big companies optimize better
-
-Big companies with a certain track record will know better how to optimize as they have more people and resources.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-At first glance, this sounds logical, but in reality, ninety percent of the innovation within the IT space comes from startups. The giant IT companies have a heritage they hardly can overcome. They are locked in old infrastructure designs, and building outside of that infrastructure would be costly, timely, and probably put the breaks on their businesses.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-Real innovation gives way to fix the core symptoms rather than taking the problem pain-killer approach.

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-id: bitcoin_threefold
-title: What Bitcoin did to money, ThreeFold is doing to the Internet
-image_caption: Bitcoin ThreeFold
-description: As the Internet is struggling with issues due to its centralized model, ThreeFold spent the last six years developing a new open-source peer-to-peer Internet infrastructure from the ground up.
-date: 2022-03-11
-taxonomies:
-    people: [sacha_obeegadoo]
-    tags: [peer_to_peer,threefold_grid,blockchain,technology]
-    categories: [foundation]
-extra:
-    imgPath: bitcoin_threefold.png
----
-
-The world’s most famous cryptocurrency Bitcoin, established in 2008 by a person or group of people under the pseudonym of Satoshi Nakamoto, is changing the world. With 106 million people owning Bitcoin after only twelve years, the growth momentum is undeniable. The popularity of Bitcoin is transforming monetary systems at large, and establishing trust through irrefutable records.
-
-<br/>
-
-Unlike traditional financial technologies, Bitcoin provides total control over one’s funds without the intervention of a central authority, such as a bank or government. Bitcoin is decentralized and spread across many computers worldwide. It’s not a company, it’s a protocol. No single person or entity can control, manipulate or influence the network’s operations. There has never been a hack at the network level since Bitcoin launched in 2009.
-
-<br/>
-
-Bitcoin sparked a revolution towards decentralized and peer-to-peer systems. The advantage of such systems is that they operate without central authority, can be audited by anyone, and push for collaboration as their designs are public, inviting everyone to take part.
-
-<br/>
-
-New systems built from scratch, like DeFi (decentralized finance), don't have the problem of legacy firms, but they face challenges in scaling towards mass adoption. Most of the so-called ‘Web3’ solutions provide the illusion of decentralization but are actually still quite centralized. Others still have to prove their scalability, security and accessibility to become real alternatives to the current tech giants. While that may change, it's not a given considering the clear limitations they have to overcome.
-
-<br/>
-
-The Internet represents the second largest and fastest growing economy in the world. With plenty of technologies emerging such as Blockchain, Web3, IoT and the Metaverse to name just a few, the infrastructure that holds our digital world together is becoming more important than ever before. However, the Internet is struggling with many issues related to its incredibly centralized model, including a lack of resiliency and scalability, as well as the loss of its neutrality. And these issues keep intensifying.
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-<br/>
-
-Amazon Web Services alone hosts more than a third of the Internet today. Adding in a few other tech giants, we essentially end up with only four or five companies controlling the majority of the Internet. While the US government has been debating potential regulations and even breakups of big tech corporations, other governments like China or Russia are already regulating certain aspects of the web. However, most regulations have failed to achieve the desired outcomes and are unable to keep up with the pace of innovations.
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-<br/>
-
-There’s a saying that goes, “If it is free, you are the product.” Social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram are known for being completely free of charge. Their business models and profits are based on collecting, analyzing and selling their users’ data. [Studies](https://www.mcleanhospital.org/essential/it-or-not-social-medias-affecting-your-mental-health) now show that high social media use correlates with self-reported declines in mental and physical health. The same platforms are being manipulated by private companies that spread political disinformation and polarity. According to internal Facebook [reports](https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/26/21270659/facebook-division-news-feed-algorithms), 64% of the people that joined extremist groups did so because algorithms steered them there. In an increasingly interconnected world where people are surrounded by smart devices that collect their data 24/7, data ownership and control has never been more important than anything else.
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-<br/>
-
-Since the launch of Bitcoin, many cryptocurrencies have rallied the movement of decentralization, but only a handful hold technology that can bring true impact. What if there was one project out there that could apply the peer-to-peer and open-source fundamentals to the Internet? ThreeFold spent the last six years developing a new Internet infrastructure from the ground up consisting of a new decentralized operating system, a quantum safe storage system, a planetary mesh network and a distributed edge cloud solution.
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-<br/>
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-ThreeFold builds on 20+ years of technological innovations in the cloud automation, Internet storage and cybersecurity markets brought by its co-founders such as Kristof de Spiegeleer – a serial entrepreneur whose technologies have been acquired by Oracle, Verizon, Data Symantec and others. Together, the ThreeFold co-founders decided to start from scratch as they realized it was the only way to achieve a peer-to-peer and open-source digital backbone that secure, private and self-sovereign.
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-<br/>
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-According to de Spiegeleer, “ThreeFold holds more technology than all the Web3 space combined.” ThreeFold’s decentralized operating system can run on any computer, including servers, desktops and laptops, allowing anyone to connect hardware from their home or office to the peer-to-peer Internet."
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-<br/>
-
-But what differentiates ThreeFold the most from the crowd is that it’s a project anchored in it’s values and vision. The project always remained far from fake hype, market making or FOMO games like the large majority of crypto projects. With a low market cap today, and its ability to transform the Internet at large, the time to buy [ThreeFold Tokens (TFT)](https://threefold.io/tft) is now. “We’re on the verge of signing our first countries and also have use cases across Real Estate, Education, Supply Chain, Metaverse and Blockchain coming up this year,” said de Spiegeleer, “So, we believe we are looking at tens of millions of users on ThreeFold in the upcoming years."
-
-<br/>
-
-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.

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-id: threefold_foundation_34
-title: Solving the Blockchain Dilemma
-image_caption: blockchain
-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.
-date: 2018-03-07
-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.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-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.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-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.
-<br/>
-<br/>
-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.
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-## Private Data and Anonymous or Pseudo-Anonymous Data?
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-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.
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-## Consensus Protocols for Public Blockchains
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-The main consensus protocols used today are Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake.
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-### Proof of Work (High Cost in Compute and Energy)
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-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.
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-### Proof of (Block) Stake (Low Cost in Compute and Energy)
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-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). 
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-## The Blockchain Dilemma Problem
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-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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-| 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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-id: blockheating_intro
-title: This ThreeFold Farm Keeps Veggies Warm
-image_caption: Meet Blockheating
-description: Somewhere in the Netherlands, a ThreeFold Farm is supporting the growth of vegetable crops such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.
-date: 2021-07-23
-taxonomies:
-    people: [roel_van_sabben]
-    tags: [why, peer_to_peer, digital_twin, technology]
-    categories: [farming, cloud, foundation, aci, twin]
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-    imgPath: blockheating_intro.png
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-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. 
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-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. 
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-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. 
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-"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." 
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-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. 
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-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. 
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-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.
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-- 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
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-Blockheating envisions to scale up-to three data centers of this kind, in an interconnected way, with a fiber ring between them. By doing so, they will be able to increase their offering and have a larger impact on countering the wasteful patterns of the cloud industry. 
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-ThreeFold is proud to have Blockheating as a ‘State-of-the-Art’ Farmer and Partner, and hopes to see many more people and companies inspired by Blockheating around the world, to expand the ‘People’s Internet’ in a regenerative way. 
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-Find out more about Blockheating here: [https://blockheating.com/](https://blockheating.com/)
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-Find out more about our partners here: [https://threefold.io/partners](https://threefold.io/partners)

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-id: bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem
-title: "Bridges Connecting the ThreeFold Ecosystem to External Networks"
-image_caption: Bridges Connecting the ThreeFold Ecosystem to External Networks
-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).
-date: 2022-01-10
-taxonomies:
-    people: [hannah_cordes]
-    tags: [threefold_grid, threefold_cloud, technology, blockchain, update]
-    categories: [foundation, cloud, technology]
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-    imgPath: bridges_connecting_threefold_ecosystem.png
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-Wondering how to switch between blockchains? Cross-chain bridges allow you to easily transfer TFT from one blockchain to another. 
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-Since the launch of [ThreeFold Grid](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__threefold_grid) 3.0, [TFT](https://threefold.io/tft) has been available on three blockchains – Stellar, Binance Smart Chain and the Substrate-based ThreeFold Blockchain (aka TF Chain).
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-There are already active bridges that connect Stellar to Binance Smart Chain and [TF Chain](https://threefold.io/blog/tf_chain/), improving the accessibility and availability of TFT, while also connecting the ThreeFold ecosystem to external blockchain networks.
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-ThreeFold uses blockchain bridges to connect external blockchain networks to the ThreeFold ecosystem. The bridging mechanisms we’ve implemented allow TFT to be transferred securely between [different blockchains](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__money_blockchain_partity_link). Currently, we’ve established **two 2-way bridges**:
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-**[TF Chain](https://threefold.io/tech/tf-chain)** was built on the [Substrate framework](https://substrate.io/) with the purpose of decentralizing user-farmer relationships on the ThreeFold Grid. It has its own native form of [TFT](https://threefold.io/tft), which can be bridged back and forth from Stellar-based TFT. This model will be implemented for other chains in the future, for interoperability and cross-chain features between blockchain and DeFi ecosystems and the ThreeFold Grid.
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-TF Chain represents a leap forward for simplicity in payments for capacity reservations and a move towards greater decentralization of the systems that support the ThreeFold Grid. With the launch of [ThreeFold Grid 3.0](https://forum.threefold.io/t/what-is-new-in-tfgrid-3-0/1133), TF Chain became the official record of ThreeFold farms and nodes, and brought peer-to-peer [billing](https://forum.threefold.io/t/introducing-tf-chain-an-updated-billing-model/1277) based on smart contracts for workload deployments on the ThreeFold Grid. 
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-For now, minting will remain on Stellar but reservations of nodes and capacity on ThreeFold Grid 3.0 are already executed via [TF Chain](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__tfchain). Bridges were established between Stellar and TF Chain to facilitate payments, e.g. if you pay for a workload deployment in Stellar TFT, this payment needs to be bridged to TF  Chain’s native TFT to fund the [smart contract](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/technology/threefold__smartcontract_it).
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-Until recently, the bridge between Stellar and Binance Smart Chain (BSC) was one-way only: from BSC to Stellar. Even though it was possible to transfer TFT from Stellar to BSC via  [command line](https://github.com/threefoldfoundation/tft/blob/main/bsc/bridges/stellar/transfers.md), this was only an option for tech-savvy people. Now, you can also deposit TFT from Stellar to BSC using the bridge with a proper UI, as you can see in the image below.
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-When depositing from TFT Stellar, **please be sure that both addresses and memo are as indicated** in the instructions or the TFT you transfer will be lost forever. To facilitate the process, a **QR code** is generated and can be scanned using the [ThreeFold Connect app](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold/#/tokens/threefold__threefold_connect), automatically filling in the right address and memo on your behalf.
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-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). 
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-*Try out the Stellar-BSC bridge [here](https://bridge.bsc.threefold.io/) and visit [our forum](https://forum.threefold.io/) to share your experiences.*