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# Introduction

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***ThreeFold is laying the foundation for Web4, the next generation of the Internet.***

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**Imagine a system which...**

- [x] Scales to a planetary level
- [x] Is compatible with AI, Cloud, Web2, Web3 and Edge IT workloads
- [x] Has the potential to recover from unforeseen events
- [x] Provides 100% uptime
- [x] Allows any machine and human to communicate over the shortest path

**This dream has come true.**

The fourth generation of ThreeFold is a decentralized and self-healing ecosystem for unbreakable data, peer-to-peer network, and autonomous cloud. ThreeFold V4 is laying the foundation for Web4.

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***ThreeFold is the only system in the world capable of delivering self-healing data, network and cloud at a planetary scale.***

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Read forward to learn more about this innovative system and how you can build it with us.
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			`# Introduction`

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revert to 1 version, with new content for v4 2024-11-20 15:24:29 +00:00			`*ThreeFold is laying the foundation for Web4, the next generation of the Internet.*`
updated litepaper 2024-10-30 21:07:43 +00:00
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updated docs with tokenomics to references 2024-10-30 15:04:59 +00:00
v3 version, removed marketplace, components, nodes 2024-11-15 18:32:32 +00:00			`Imagine a system which...`
updated roadmap and litepaper 2024-10-30 18:33:56 +00:00
updated docs with use cases, grid utilization and grid slices 2024-10-30 22:45:37 +00:00			`- [x] Scales to a planetary level`
updated litepaper 2024-10-30 21:07:43 +00:00			`- [x] Is compatible with AI, Cloud, Web2, Web3 and Edge IT workloads`
			`- [x] Has the potential to recover from unforeseen events`
			`- [x] Provides 100% uptime`
			`- [x] Allows any machine and human to communicate over the shortest path`
updated docs with tokenomics to references 2024-10-30 15:04:59 +00:00
update with web4 roadmap 2024-11-22 20:35:35 +00:00			`This dream has come true.`

			`The fourth generation of ThreeFold is a decentralized and self-healing ecosystem for unbreakable data, peer-to-peer network, and autonomous cloud. ThreeFold V4 is laying the foundation for Web4.`
v3 version, removed marketplace, components, nodes 2024-11-15 18:32:32 +00:00
revert to 1 version, with new content for v4 2024-11-20 15:24:29 +00:00			`---`

update remove mycelium project 2024-11-21 17:19:40 +00:00			`*ThreeFold is the only system in the world capable of delivering self-healing data, network and cloud at a planetary scale.*`
revert to 1 version, with new content for v4 2024-11-20 15:24:29 +00:00
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			`Read forward to learn more about this innovative system and how you can build it with us.`