info_tfgrid/collections/tfgrid3/ecosystem.md

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# Ecosystem

ThreeFold aims to be a decentralized organization.

## TF Farmers

- Connect computers to our new Internet
- This means that we provide network, storage and compute (CPU, GPU) capacity and make it available over Mycelium to all participants
- More than 1000 farmers today host TF nodes and provide capacity.
- Rewards from 3.14+
    - Farmers earn TFT by providing capacity.
    - Farmers can earn 50% on the sold capacity if they register with the marketplace of the TF Cooperative
- Farmers will have to do KYC starting Q2 2024
- See [Farming Rewards](farming_reward.md) for more info

## Network Bridgers (Provider)

- Make bridge between old and new internet 
- Provide bandwidth to TFGrid 
- Todo: formalize manual and description how to become a Network Bridger

## TF Farming Pools (NEW Q2 2024)

- Help farmers to be more effective
- Training & Support
- Improve uptime and provide authenticity

The aim is to improve the service level and uptime of farming on TFGrid:

- Activities
  - Deliver a service level to the community
  - Support for the TF Nodes (replace nodes, make sure power is ok)
  - Bandwidth providing for TF Nodes (connect network nodes to high speed internet networks)
  - Manage the pricing in line to uptime, performance, etc. for all farms and nodes
  - Optional: sell of TF Nodes
- Business model
  - The Farming Pool collects all farming rewards for all the Nodes and redistribute the farming rewards minus a margin for the farming pool.
  - There needs to be a contract (terms and conditions) between the farming pool and the farmers
- service level
  - A service level needs to be defined and exposed to the rest of the world
  - The T&C contracts can be arrange in OurWorld Digital Freezone if applicable.
- TF Dubai is **granting** the required tooling & information for this service.


## TFNode Suppliers

- Build & Sell TFNodes to our participants
- Minimal service/support needs to be delivered
- Often part of Farming Pools or related to it

## TF Cooperative

- Our governance layer (DAO tooling can be extended)
- Cooperative we are all part off.
- The Coop directors build an organization to streamline our expansion
- Give everyone a voice and env to operate from 

### Details

- [TF Coop](tfcoop_intro.md) is a cooperative with as goal to streamline how the ecosystem works together to create their own digital future.
- TF Coop needs 9 directors to get started. See the forum for more info soon.
- TF Coop gets income from utilization and possibly from its members in the future.
- Every user of the TFGrid in the future will have to be a member.

## TF Validators + TF Guardians

**Guardians:**
- Protect the network
- Provide governance
- Keep all relevant services up and running to allow the TFGrid to function

- Guardians run a TF Validator which has all components as are required to let the TFGrid decentralized components function
- We need 9 guardians, each [guardian](guardians.md) has to be technical capable to run this full tech stack
- [Read more on validators](validators.md)
- TF Guardians don't vote: they run super important infrastructure and need to validate the soundness of the tech used

## TF Dubai

- TF Dubai is the original company out of which the project got started.
- TF Dubai is now developing commercial services and products on top of the TFGrid.
- TF Dubai is a big sponsor for the TFGrid and will keep on doing so.
- TF Dubai wants to handover the day2day management to the TF Cooperative and the digital tools as have been setup like the forum, websites, manuals, ... 

## OurWorld Digital FreeZone

- OurWorld Holding owns 100% of TF9 and TF Dubai and is in the process to create a Digital FreeZone in Zanzibar.
- This Digital FreeZone allows us to structure Digital Assets and some of our future digital Projects

## TF9 

- Was called TFTech before and is a company in Belgium.
- TF9 is developing the tech behind the TFGrid and is 100% committed to keep all this software opensource.
- TF9 will be licensing the software to organizations (governments, countries, enterprises) who need commercial support and customizations.
- See their website on [https://tf9.io](https://tf9.io)
- TF9 has been a big sponsor behind the ThreeFold ecosystem.


## Expaneded Ecosystem

### Service / Solution Providers

- They create & provide solutions and/or services on top of TFGrid
- Customers of these solutions pay in INCA (providing value to our mutual credit currency)
- Each solution has T&C
- Each solution needs to be supported
  
### Technology providers

- Create opensource technology as can be used in the TFGrid
- Grants might be available to reward Technology Providers
- TFTech (will get new name) is example of Technology Provider

### DePIN Partners

- Projects are looking for a party (company, project, community) who wants to launch us into the DePIN world
- Promote our project, explain tokens, integrate with exchanges
- Integrate with rest of DePIN ecosystem
- Organize community growth
- Organize grants towards rest of community
- Basically grown value for full ecosystem and let it "FLOW"