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# Introduction

ThreeFold is a decentralized platform for unbreakable data, peer-to-peer network, and autonomous cloud. Founded by a core team with deep roots in the early Internet, they bring first-hand experience from its origins as a decentralized network to its evolution into today’s centralized systems.

## Proven Track Record

Over the years, the team developed core technological components for a decentralized cloud, a data storage system which cannot fail and an end-to-end encrypted network system – all from the ground up. Subsequently, a global community of independent individuals and organizations expanded the grid as proof that a decentralized open-source Internet can be revived. 

## Next Phase

Now, the project is entering its next phase, ThreeFold V4. This phase is focused on commercial expansion, broader adoption, and completing the remaining components needed to form a cohesive and complete alternative to today’s centralized systems.