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date: 2018-09-14T21:00:00-05:00
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## **Decentralized Autonomous Cloud**
#### **The Leading Decentralized Cloud Marketplace**
ThreeFold’s self-healing autonomous system empowers anyone to become a cloud service provider – no technical expertise required – allowing people and organizations to buy, sell and use cloud resources autonomously and securely.
Together we are creating a cloud for everyone, owned by everyone.
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### Become a cloud & Internet service provider on
## **The ThreeFold Grid**
Provide cloud and Internet capacity in your area and become a part of the largest and most advanced decentralized autonomous cloud network in the world.
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Host2Earn
#### **It starts with Nodes**
3Nodes allow anyone to earn by providing compute, storage, and network capacity to the ThreeFold Cloud: pre-configured plug-and-earn nodes for beginners, or do-it-yourself nodes for builders.
Earn TFT by adding capacity to the grid.
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# **TFT**
### **Used For Every Transaction**
## **Powering Our Ecosystem**
TFT powers ThreeFold and the expansion of a truly decentralized infrastructure that can scale any current or future technologies to the edge.
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#### What’s Possible With ThreeFold
## **Deploy On The Grid**
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Anything that runs on Linux can run on the **ThreeFold grid**
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Virtual machines & gateways for easy deploying
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Use our one-click solutions or build your own
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Flexible advanced deployment options for experienced users
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## **Why Decentralized Cloud**
#### How bringing data closer to the end user is beneficial for everyone
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#### **Latency Reduction**
For real-time apps, central cloud delay is prohibitive. Edge Cloud cuts latency locally.
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#### **Privacy & Security**
By processing data locally, edge cloud reduces the exposure to data breaches and cyberattacks.
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#### **Data Sovereignity**
Empowers emerging markets with local data storage, granting digital sovereignty and autonomy.
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#### **Performance**
Provides optimized bandwidth, reliability, and real-time processing which streamlines operations.
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#### **Cost Efficiency**
Minimizes data transmission over networks, cutting costs and reducing central server demand.
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#### **Scalability**
As devices multiply, central data centers face data overload. Edge cloud distributes processing and boosts scalability.
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## **Ecosystem**
### **Utilization Partners**
ThreeFold’s decentralized autonomous cloud will empower many projects and digital experiences as we grow. Here are some of the first projects to come alive.
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[](/partners/veverse)
#### **Social Network**
Earth Staking’s Social Network is the first Bitcoin Staking Layer 2 on Earth, collaborating with ThreeFold to improve security, scalability, and energy-efficiency.
#### **Our World Free Zone**
ThreeFold is working with ZICTIA, on behalf of the Zanzibar government, to create the world’s first 100% Digital Free Zone – accessible and affordable for all.
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[](/partners/sikana)
#### **Sikana**
Sikana is on a mission to empower individuals with practical skills through free educational videos – local content in local languages on top of local infrastructure.
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## **Latest News**
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[](/blog/dunia-yetu)
##### **A Sovereign Internet in Tanzania**
Dunia Yetu (Our World) is a collaborative and co-owned movement to redefine the digital landscape in Tanzania.
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[](/blog/threefold-cooperative)
##### **Cooperative Model is Coming**
Cooperatives represent a well-tested form of collective organization and democratic governance.
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[](/blog/edge-computing/)
##### **ThreeFold: Meeting Digital Demand at the Edge**
Learn what edge computing means and what it offers compared to centralized cloud infrastructures.
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