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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
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## A Co-Owned Global Sovereign **Internet**

ThreeFold is **a peer-to-peer open-source Internet platform that connects users directly with local Internet capacity** (storage, compute, and network) provided by farmers. A decentralized sovereign alternative to today's centralized Internet model.

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## Internet **Reimagined**. Internet **Rebuilt**.

Join a global community pioneering the decentralized, autonomous, and sustainable Internet. <br>
We empower individuals and communities to regain control of their digital lives and shape their own digital future.
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### The ThreeFold Grid v3.9

## **Live and Operational**

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## The **Layer Zero** for a Decentralized World

Anything that runs on Linux can run on ThreeFold – with more security, more sustainably, and in true decentralization. The ThreeFold Grid can support workloads from Blockchain to Web2 to Web3 to IoT and Metaverse and more.

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<button>[Learn About the Grid](/grid)</button>
<button>[Use the Grid](/build)</button>

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## Experience the Benefits <br> of **ThreeFold**

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### **Edge Capacity**

Achieve low latencies and bandwidth efficiency by reserving capacity locally.

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### **Secure**

Open-source system built from the ground-up for a fully transparent and auditable stack.

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### **Scalable**

An autonomous infrastructure that grows naturally with demand, where and when it is needed.

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### **Efficient**

A carefully designed collection of lightweight components that minimize overheads.

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## The **Layer Zero** for a Decentralized World

Anything that runs on Linux can run on ThreeFold – with more security, more sustainably, and in true decentralization. The ThreeFold Grid can support workloads from Blockchain to Web2 to Web3 to IoT and Metaverse and more.

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<button>[Learn About the Grid](/grid)</button>
<button>[Use the Grid](/build)</button>

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## Experience the Benefits <br> of **ThreeFold**

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### **Edge Capacity**

Achieve low latencies and bandwidth efficiency by reserving capacity locally.

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### **Secure**

Open-source system built from the ground-up for a fully transparent and auditable stack.

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An autonomous infrastructure that grows naturally with demand, where and when it is needed.

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### **Efficient**

A carefully designed collection of lightweight components that minimize overheads.

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## Why __ThreeFold__

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ThreeFold’s unique infrastructure can operate without centralized authority or server, empowering people and communities to build and store applications on a decentralized network owned and operated by its participants.  
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By connecting hardware at your home or office – or anywhere you'd like – you provide Internet capacity <br> for the people around you and earn a new digital currency, TFT.

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<button>[Buy a 3Node](http://marketplace.3node.global/)</button>
<button>[Build a 3Node](https://manual.grid.tf/farmers/3node_building/3node_building.html)</button>
<button>[Learn](https://manual.grid.tf/farmers/farmers.html)</button>
<button>[Farmers Chat](https://t.me/threefoldfarmers)</button>

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True digital sovereignty for open-source builders. The ThreeFold Grid provides limitless possibilities, <br> and brings a playground of industry-compatible easy-to-deploy solutions for developers.

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<button>[Dashboard](https://dashboard.grid.tf/)</button>
<button>[Playground](https://play.grid.tf)</button>
<button>[Manual](https://manual.grid.tf/)</button>
<button>[Grid Chat](https://t.me/threefoldtesting)</button>

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### **Autonomous**

Build secure applications with predeterministic smart contracts and access unparalleled self-driving and self-healing features.


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### **Self-Sovereign**

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### **Affordable**

Through it’s decentralized infrastructure that eliminates the need for expensive data centers and intermediaries, ThreeFold has incredibly low fees.

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### **Sustainable**

Unique infrastructure design provides direct access with low latency, enabling real-time applications and services.


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### **Ultra-Scalable**

Designed to make distributing, managing and monitoring secure and efficient deployments over thousands of computers as easy as one.


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### **Decentralized**

Enabled by thousands of nodes that operate independently of each other, ensuring data remains secure and censorship resistant at all times.

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## Limitless **Possibilities**

Today's centralized Internet cannot keep up with the demands of our digital world. ThreeFold's decentralized and autonomous infrastructure benefits a wide range of current and emerging workloads.

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## Our **Impact**

At ThreeFold, we believe that sustainability is a fundamental part of the internet's future. That's why we're committed to fighting climate change by building the most energy-efficient internet infrastructure in the world. 

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<button>[Check All Partners](/partners)</button>

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## Become a Catalyst for **Change**

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### **Expand**

Achieve low latencies and bandwidth efficiency by reserving capacity locally.

<button>[Become a Node](/farmnew)</button>

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### **Innovate**

Open-source system built from the ground-up for a fully transparent and auditable stack.

<button>[Build on the Platform](/buildnew)</button>

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### **Connect**

An autonomous infrastructure that grows naturally with demand, where and when needed.

<button>[Join the Community](/community)</button>

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## The Future Will be Built
## By **All of Us**

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<button>[Our Vision and Manifesto](/about)</button>

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## Join the Internet
## **(R)evolution**

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<button>[Twitter](https://twitter.com/threefold_io)</button>
<button>[Telegram Chat](https://t.me/threefold)</button>
<button>[Github](https://github.com/threefoldtech)</button>
<button>[Blog](https://threefold.io/blog)</button>
<button>[Forum](https://forum.threefold.io)</button>

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