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title: Participants
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description: Become an active participant of the grid.
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## The Users
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In our **Web4 enabled Internet**, powered by ThreeFold, **normal users become active participants**.
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By using a **ThreeFold Phone** or apps hosted on the **ThreeFold Grid**, you can create and control your own **digital life**.
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Your data stays private, stored securely on a decentralized infrastructure, while you access personalized apps and services tailored to your needs. With ThreeFold, you’re empowered to own your digital identity. You can interact in peer-to-peer ecosystems and contribute to a more sustainable, user-driven internet.
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We collaborate with other projects to make the experience complete:
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- **BTC** for payments (Bitcoin)
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- **Morpheus AI** for decentralized AI
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- **Volla Phone** for secure phone
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We are also a first-class host for the following apps:
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- **Nostr** for social network app
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- **Peertube** for youtube alternative
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- **Matrix** as chat protocol
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- **Holochain** for Web4 blockchain capabilities (installed on the 3Phone as well)
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- And more?
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- Let us know if you want other apps as well!
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ThreeFold provides the secure network, cloud and data layer.
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## Cloud Providers (Farmers)
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- Individual and commercial farmers contribute hardware capacity to the ThreeFold Grid and earn rewards for their participation.
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- In the coming years, our goal is to connect millions of nodes to the network.
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- Our network technology delivers an end-to-end encrypted and highly reliable connection layer.
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- Our storage technology ensures data is never lost and privacy is fully protected.
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- For more information on the current grid, [explore the ThreeFold Dashboard](https://dashboard.grid.tf).
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## Network Providers (Farmers)
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- Buy a [3Router](../components/3router.md) and allow everyone to get access to the ThreeFold Network.
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- Earn rewards by doing so.
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- ThreeFold will only create the 3Routers once we have sold at least 10,000 of them.
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## Cloud Users (Developers, Sysadmins)
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Our platform supports a lot of use cases:
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- Web2 system administrators can deploy any application on the grid with the tools they are used to work with.
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- Web3 enthousiasts can run their blockchain workloads on the grid.
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- Web4 developers build the apps (experiences) of the future.
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Use the [3Bot](../components/3bot.md) to deploy and manage your workloads on the ThreeFold Grid.
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