Decentralization, in our view, isn't solely about employing blockchain technology everywhere. Instead, we envision it as the culmination of a global community collaborating transparently, sharing everything they do, and actively seeking feedback. Our goal is to ensure that the platform we deploy operates in the most distributed and decentralized manner possible.
## TFGrid V3.x
The following is our own subjective evaluation for the TFGrid V3 and should not be construed as a guarantee or commitment. We welcome any differing opinions or feedback.
| TFNodes owned and invested by Independent Farmers | Yes | Less than 5% owned by ThreeFold Cloud/Dubai |
| Open documentation & feedback | Yes | All open-source on GitHub, anyone can contribute and give feedback.|
| Transparancy and input on any change to do with tokenomics | Yes | See the discussions on the ThreeFold Forum (2) and the GEP process |
| Transparancy about tokens, history | Yes | See GitHub organizations (1) (3) |
| TFChain deployment | No | Too few run the validator stack, we need more validators |
| Code Development | No | +90% done by TFTech: we need more participants |
| Funding For Tech Creation & TFGrid Promotion | No | More or less all done by TFTech and TF Dubai: we need more participants to make this community owned |
| Input on testing cycle & collaboration | Yes | We have a testnet on which everyone can contribute |
- (3) [Github TF9](https://github.com/threefoldtech). For the list of components, see [here](https://github.com/threefoldtech/home/blob/master/wiki/components/components_overview.md)
- (5) They would have to re-engineer how ZOS works and tells TFChain, but human chain (i.e. Guardians) can still see. We are planning to make this 100x more difficult in V4.0. If a hacker succeeds, they would basically receive tokens which are not really earned. This is probably not possible on certified node, because of silicon route of trust with protected BIOS.
