docs_tfgrid4/docs/mycoverse/intro.md

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Intro	Explain the concepts of our "Universe"	1

MycoVerse is our implementation of Web4

• MycoVerse = the universe in which our decentalized sovereign apps exist.
• MycoWizard = our personal AI assistent who deploys, monitors and manages our applications inside the MycoVerse.
• Mycelium = our network which connects any app to any participant in the MycoVerse.
• FungiStor = the content delivery & storage system, data can never be lost and distributed freely.
• MycoSphere = a group of people collaborating, communicating together, serves as a circle of trust.
• MycoApp = an application as deployed in a MycoSphere as part of the MycoVerse
• MycoNaut = the person being active inside the MycoVerse and part of one or more MycoSpheres
• MycoGuardian = one or more persons guard the well working of a MycoSphere.

The Concept

• A MYcoSphere
• All MycoNauts & MycoApps communicate over the secure Mycelium Network
• All MycoApps are self healing.
  • Data from a MycoApp cannot be lost.
• MycoGuardian = MycoSphere administrators
  • manage the MycoApps
  • certain actions might require consensus between the MycoGuardians before they can be executed
  • can see all monitoring information, and as such the health of a MycoSphere and its MycoApps

graph TD
  subgraph MycoVerse ["MycoVerse (Decentralized Universe)"]
    direction TB
    MycoSphere["MycoSphere (Circle of Trust)"]
    MycoNaut["MycoNaut (Active Participants)"]
    MycoApp["MycoApp (Applications)"]
    MycoGuardian["MycoGuardian (Sphere Administrators)"]
    MycoWizard["MycoWizard (Personal AI Assistant)"]
    FungiStor["FungiStor (Content Delivery & Storage)"]
    Mycelium["Mycelium (Secure Network)"]
  end

  %% Connections
  MycoSphere -->|Collaborates with| MycoNaut
  MycoSphere -->|Contains| MycoApp
  MycoSphere -->|Managed by| MycoGuardian
  MycoApp -->|Self-Healing| FungiStor
  MycoApp -->|Communicates over| Mycelium
  MycoNaut -->|Interacts via| MycoApp
  MycoGuardian -->|Monitors & Manages| MycoSphere
  MycoGuardian -->|Consensus Actions| MycoSphere
  MycoWizard -->|Deploys & Manages| MycoApp
  MycoWizard -->|Supports| MycoNaut

Financials

• BTC is the native currency of our MycoVerse.
• BTC seamless maps into INCA to empower the underlying utility based transactions the resources used inside the ThreeFold Grid.
• BTC can be swapped to INCA using atomic swapps and managed by the MycoWizard

Requirements

1. Decentralized: No single authority controls the network, enhancing security, censorship resistance, and user autonomy.
2. Safe: We should not have to worry about our safety.
3. Peer-to-Peer: Infrastructure is distributed across nodes contributed by individuals or organizations, removing dependency on centralized data centers.
4. Incentivized: Participants are rewarded for contributing resources (bandwidth, storage, computing) to the network, fostering growth and sustainability.
5. Interoperable: Open protocols and standards ensure that different networks and systems can work seamlessly together.