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How It Works

What is the ThreeFold Grid?

The ThreeFold Grid

  • is capable of delivering self-healing data, network and cloud at a planetary scale.
  • allows everyone, everywhere to deploy their own sovereign Internet infrastructure.
  • has been live as working proof of concept over 3 versions with thousands of nodes online.

Web4 Decentralized Architecture

The ThreeFold decentralized architecture has key features.

  • Millions of Famers in Farmingpools (v4) deliver the compute, AI, storage and network capacity required.
  • Governance is done via the ThreeFold decentralized autonomous organization (DAO).
  • Web 2 and 3 solution providers & hosters can use the resources on the grid see the ThreeFold Dashboard.
  • Web 4 developers can create the apps (experiences) of the future.

Vision

The ThreeFold Grid aims to create a more sovereign, efficient, and evolutive Internet infrastructure that returns control to individual users and reduces reliance on centralized tech giants.

A thriving Internet is not only possible, it is being built right now.

ThreeFold is building Web4...

Join the grid and build with us! There are many ways to contribute and interact on the grid. More information will be shared at the launch of ThreeFold V4 on 12.12.24.

Unique Value Propositions

With a planet and people-first philosophy, ThreeFold proposes a new way forward.

  1. Privacy: Direct control over personal data
  2. Global Accessibility: Internet infrastructure for underserved regions
  3. Sustainability: Reduced energy consumption compared to centralized data centers
  4. Economic Empowerment: Reward mechanism for individuals providing grid resources
  5. Community-driven: Changes and enhancements to the grid voted by the TFDAO

Technical Foundation

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ThreeFold has built core technologies over the years.

  • Blockchain-based resource allocation with the ThreeFold Chain (TFChain)
  • Secure, transparent transaction mechanisms thanks to smart contracts
  • Zero-OS: Custom lightweight operating system for nodes built on the Linux kernel
  • Self-healing and automated resource management via bare metal ThreeFold nodes
  • End-to-end encrypted network always using the shortest path
  • Storage resistant to quantum computer attacks

Flows

  • Farmers deploy nodes to the ThreeFold Grid providing data, network and cloud resources
  • Resources are verified via the Proof-of-Capacity minting protocol and made available for workload deployments
  • Users can rent data, network and cloud resources directly through the network via the Proof-of-Utilization payment protocol