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