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date: 2018-09-14T21:00:00-05:00
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### ThreeFold is a decentralized, peer-to-peer, open-source Internet platform, allowing people to provide and utilize Internet capacity directly – without intermediaries.

### A sovereign alternative to the centralized Internet.

<button>[How It Works](https://manual.grid.tf/intro/grid3_howitworks.html)</button>
<button>[Get Started](https://manual.grid.tf/intro/intro_readme.html)</button>

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## Why Do We Need an Alternative?

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### **Outdated.**

The current Internet is built on a centralized antiquated foundation, hindering scalability and efficiency.

### **Not equal.**

Over 3 billion people lack reliable Internet access.

### **Not sustainable.**

The current Internet consumes between 5-10% of the world’s energy.

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## Evolving the Internet, Together

### Over a decade ago, a group of early Internet pioneers, who understood the problems of the centralized Internet model first-hand, came together to re-imagine the infrastructure for an open and decentralized Internet.

### But we didn't just imagine it – we built it.

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### The ThreeFold Grid v3.9.0

## **Live and Operational**

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### The ThreeFold Grid is community-owned and managed. The stack was built around principles of open-source and simplicity, and to be compatibile with current and future IT standards – from Kubernetes to Docker to IPFS and S3. It is an alternative to the centralized Internet model – a decentralized infrastructure for the builders of tomorrow.

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## Take Action Today

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### **Expand**

Independent people and organizations connect hardware to the ThreeFold Grid. Provide Internet capacity for the people around you, and earn for it. 

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

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### **Build**

Developers and Sysadmins use ThreeFold technology to build, deploy, and store on top of community-owned Internet capacity. They pay with $TFT.

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

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### **Together**

Join a group of people around the globe who believe the world needs ThreeFold and take action to bring the project forward.

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

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## Support the Project

We're open-source and decentralized, so we use a token called $TFT to fuel the movement, which is the medium of exchange<br>on the ThreeFold Grid. Buy $TFT to use grid services or for future utilization.

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<button>[Dive into the Token](/tft)</button>
<button>[Buy $TFT](https://library.threefold.me/info/threefold#/tokens/threefold__token_howtos)</button>

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