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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: Project Mycelium, the fourth generation of ThreeFold, is a decentralized and self-healing ecosystem for unbreakable data, peer-to-peer network, and autonomous cloud. 

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***Project Mycelium 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.