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# Overview

For the ThreerFold V4, we are introducing a marketplace where farmers can offer resources and where third parties can use the grid infrastructure.

## Benefits

There are clear benefits to the marketplace we will implement:

- Utilization of FIAT currencies (CHF, USD, EUR, ...)
- Better utilization of hardware capacity.
- Farmers can define their own price, means market mechanism define price in relation to quality and supply
- Easier for users to find right priced service
- Easier to monitor and enforce SLA's
- Easier to track utilization and expansion
- Can and will be extended to other Internet and cloud services