www_threefold_io/content/home/index.md

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## **<span class="blue">Decentralized</span><br><span class="green_text">Autonomous</span> Cloud**

ThreeFold 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.

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Together we are creating a cloud for everyone, owned by everyone.

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#### <span class="blue">BECOME A CLOUD & INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER ON</span>

## **The ThreeFold Cloud**

Provide cloud and Internet capacity in your area and become a part of the largest<br>and most advanced decentralized autonomous cloud network in the world.

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#### <span class="blue">HOST THE CLOUD</span>

## **It starts with Nodes**


3Nodes are specialized computers running Zero OS, an operating system invented by the ThreeFold team, enabling anyone to provide decentralized compute storage, and network capacity to the ThreeFold Grid – and earn for it. 

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<button class="blue_b">[Get A Node](/node)</button>
<button class="green">[Build A Node](https://manual.grid.tf/documentation/farmers/3node_building/3_set_hardware.html?highlight=diy%20node#introduction)</button>

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#### <span class="green_text">A BASE LAYER FOR DEPIN</span>

<h3 class="font-semibold"><span class="blue">Project IN</span>ternet <span class="blue">CA</span>pacity:
<br>the fourth generation of the ThreeFold Grid</h3>

We’ve developed robust technology that enables anyone to become a cloud and internet service provider. Our secure autonomous system is capable of self-healing without human intervention, giving users complete control over where their data and applications are hosted.

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**Project INternet CApacity** s the fourth generation of the grid, representing the culmination of years of work by ThreeFold.

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This project serves as the foundational layer for AI, Web2, Web3, and DePIN projects. It allows everyone to host their applications on a decentralized cloud infrastructure, providing reliable, sovereign storage, network, and compute capacity.

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**ThreeFold has been building decentralized physical infrastructure long before the term “DePIN” was coined.**

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#### <span class="green_text">COLLABORATION, NOT COMPETITION</span>

## **A <span class="blue">Decentralized</span> Future for Us All**

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ThreeFold believes in open-source collaboration to empower human potential. 

Together, we create, host, and co-own the foundational layer of an upgraded internet.

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Our technology operates close to the hardware, enabling most Web2, Web3, <br>and DePIN projects to run on top of the ThreeFold Decentralized Cloud.

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**Our story is a collective story. Let’s write it together.**

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#### <span class="blue">A ROBUST AND PRODUCTION-READY ECOSYSTEM</span>

## **What does it mean to be a truly <span class="blue">Decentralized</span> <span class="green_text">Autonomous</span> Cloud for everyone?**

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### <span class="blue font-semibold">Decentralized</span>

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<p class="leading-6 text-md">No matter who or where you are, you can participate in the ecosystem. Anyone can host or use cloud services.</p>

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**Everyone has 100% control over their data and online presence.**

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### <span class="green_text font-semibold">Autonomous</span>

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<p class="leading-6 text-md">The ThreeFold software operates entirely without human intervention, allowing our cloud service providers to participate without needing to be experts.</p>

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**Participating in the cloud has never been so easy.**

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### <span class="font-semibold">Cloud</span>

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<p class="leading-6 text-md">Thanks to our innovative bare metal operating system and quantum-safe storage and network system, we achieve significant efficiency and security benefits.</p>

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<p class="leading-6 text-md font-semibold">Our aim is to allow all AI, Web2 and Web3 workloads to run natively on the grid</p>

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#### <span class="blue">BETTER FOR PEOPLE, BETTER FOR OUR PLANET</span>

## **Advantages of a Decentralized Cloud**

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#### **Privacy**

Users maintain control over their data and minimize the risk of data breaches by processing information closer to its source.

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#### **Sovereignty**

Enables nations and individuals to control their Internet capacity, promoting digital independence through an autonomous cloud network.

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#### **Performance**

By processing data closer to users, it reduces latency and improves real-time responsiveness. 


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#### **Cost Efficiency**

Reduces costs by minimizing data transmission over centralized networks.


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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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#### **Green**

Uses local resources to cut the carbon footprint and promotes eco-friendly practices with decentralized hosting.

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<h4 class="green_text">ECOSYSTEM</h4>

## **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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[![Image](partner_social.png)](/partners/social-network/)


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#### **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.
        

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[![Image](partner_ourworld.png)](/partners/our-world-free-zone/)



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#### **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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[![Image](partner_sikana.png)](/partners/sikana/)

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#### **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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## **Top News**

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##### Sovereign Internet: A game changer for Tanzania 

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##### ThreeFold signs agreement with Zanzibar government for Digital Free Zone

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