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# Introduction

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***ThreeFold is laying the foundation for Web4, the next generation of the Internet.***

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**Imagine a system which...**

- [x] Scales to a planetary level
- [x] Is compatible with AI, Cloud, Web2, Web3 and Edge IT workloads
- [x] Has the potential to recover from unforeseen events
- [x] Provides 100% uptime
- [x] Allows any machine and human to communicate over the shortest path

**This dream has come true.**

The fourth generation of ThreeFold is a decentralized and self-healing ecosystem for unbreakable data, peer-to-peer network, and autonomous cloud. ThreeFold V4 is laying the foundation for Web4.

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***ThreeFold is the only system in the world capable of delivering self-healing data, network and cloud at a planetary scale.***

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## A Complete Ecosystem

ThreeFold's Web4 is composed of revolutionary tools providing a truly decentralized Internet:

- **Web4 Phones**
  - Secure smartphones with built-in decentralized apps
- **TF Genie**
  - AI-driven virtual assistants directly on your secure phone
- **Web4 Nodes**
  - The backbone of the Web4 cloud offering compute and data resources
- **Web4 Routers**
  - Routers always finding the shortest path, linking the nodes and phones together

![](./img/web4_overview.png)

These products redefine digital autonomy in a concrete and practical manner.

> Read on to learn more about this innovative system and how you can build it with us.
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			`# Introduction`

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updated litepaper 2024-10-30 21:07:43 +00:00			`- [x] Is compatible with AI, Cloud, Web2, Web3 and Edge IT workloads`
			`- [x] Has the potential to recover from unforeseen events`
			`- [x] Provides 100% uptime`
			`- [x] Allows any machine and human to communicate over the shortest path`
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			`The fourth generation of ThreeFold is a decentralized and self-healing ecosystem for unbreakable data, peer-to-peer network, and autonomous cloud. ThreeFold V4 is laying the foundation for Web4.`
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			`ThreeFold's Web4 is composed of revolutionary tools providing a truly decentralized Internet:`

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			`- AI-driven virtual assistants directly on your secure phone`
			`- Web4 Nodes`
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			`![](./img/web4_overview.png)`

finalize revision of all docs for launch 2024-12-12 05:13:44 +00:00			`These products redefine digital autonomy in a concrete and practical manner.`
update docs, not ready for launch 2024-12-11 19:00:20 +00:00
finalize revision of all docs for launch 2024-12-12 05:13:44 +00:00			`> Read on to learn more about this innovative system and how you can build it with us.`