info_tfgrid/collections/projectinca/decentralization/decentralization.md
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Decentralization

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.

Description Good Enough Remark
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
Quality and transparancy of code Yes All is on GitHub (3), everyone can review, comment
Input on process & roadmap for code development Yes All is on GitHub (3), everyone can review, comment
Tracking of available compute, storage, network capacity Yes All is tracked on the blockchain TFChain (farming)
Tracking of used compute, storage, network capacity Yes All is tracked on the blockchain TFChain (utilization)
Minting of tokens (farming) Yes Code uses the information on blockchain and creates minting report
Verification of minting of tokens (farming) Yes Minting reports checked by guardians (4) and hash kept on blockchain when doing the minting
The actual minting Yes Multisignature of guardians is needed to valudate the transactions, each minting links back to report
It's possible for super smart hackers to fake capacity No Probably yes on non-certified nodes, but it's not easy (5)
All components redundant and distributed enough No We need more TFGrid Validators

Notes

  • (1) Github TF Dubai
  • (2) ThreeFold Forum
  • (3) Github TF9, list of components see here
  • (4) There are multiple Guardians to guide this process
  • (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.

TFGrid V4.x

Our next generation Grid has lots of improvements in relation to decentralization. See the specific document for TFGrid V4.x.