# decentralization

๐Ÿ“œ TF Grid 4 Series on the Forum

We thought it would be beneficial to share a series of posts diving into specific topics explored during the call.

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๐Ÿฟ Watch April's Community Call on TF Grid 4!

For those who couldn't make it yesterday or would like a second look, please find the recording of the call here.

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๐ŸŽฅ Deploy a Full VM with SSH, learn how to do so using different OSs

Mik created 4 more ThreeFold Guides for how to easily do so on the ThreeFold Playground.

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๐Ÿ“ฃ April's ThreeFold Product Updates

In this month's Product Updates, Sasha gives us a sneak peak into the progress & new features expected as part of Grid v3.10.0.

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๐Ÿ—“ Save the date for April's Community Call

Join us next week, on Tuesday 18th at 17:00 CEST / 11:00 EST for April's Community Call!

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โœ… Mainnet Upgrade to TF Grid 3.9 is Complete!

... Which means Farmerbot is now live on mainnet as well, along with the Reliable Message Bus.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ Join the Discussion About TF Grid 4.0

We have been working on the plan for TF Grid 4.0 and are now pleased to open up the conversation now with the community.

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๐Ÿ—ฃ Public Board Proposal

Mik thought about this and came up with a solution! He proposed a new tool for farmers and users to communicate with each other in case of maintenance, network/deployment issues - a Public Board.

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๐Ÿค– How to Set up Your Farmerbot

Take a look as Scott takes us through how to set up the Farmerbot on an Ubuntu system and manage your nodes.

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โœ… Testnet Upgrade to Version 3.9 is Complete

The release is mainly focused on power management/capacity planning orchestrated by the Farmerbot and the Reliable Message Bus.

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๐Ÿงฐ From the Community - An Easy ThreeFold Interface

From Kiluminati, 'Foldit is my attempt at providing a (relatively) easy interface for novice users to get their workloads up and running fast.'

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๐Ÿ“ Tutorial - Deploy Nextcloud on the TF Grid

Weynand takes us through the steps of deploying a Nextcloud instance on top of the ThreeFold Grid, and tries to do the whole deployment in under ten minutes.

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๐Ÿง  TF DMCC (Grid Commercial Offerings) Brainstorm Update

We had another great brainstorm with the community last week around ThreeFold DMCC and commercial offerings for the grid. Please find the call recording and notes below.

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๐ŸŽฅ Kubernetes on ThreeFold - A Mini Video Series

Jakub created a mini video series about using Kubernetes on the ThreeFold grid.

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๐Ÿค– Farmerbot - A Basic Guide for QAnet

This is your go-to resource to get started with our new power-saving feature!

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๐ŸŽฅ Introducing ThreeFold Guides!

Mik has been busy producing short & digestible video tutorials (between ~1 and 6 minutes) guiding you through the basic steps to get started with ThreeFold!

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๐Ÿ—“ Save the date for March's Community Call

This session will be focused on going over relevant topics discussed in our main chat recently - our website UX, outreach, and making it easier overall for people to join in on the project and take action.

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๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ Farmerbot Testing & a New Node Shop in Europe

We are pleased to share two exciting updates on the farming side!

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๐Ÿ”ฅ Hot on the Forum this week

Catching you up with the latest activity on the forum, here we go!

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๐Ÿง  TF DMCC (Grid Commercialization) Brainstorm Update

Last week, we had a great brainstorm with the community around ThreeFold DMCC and different possible options for grid commercial offerings. Today we are happy to share the recording of that call and the notes. Additionally, weโ€™re announcing the second brainstorm.

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๐Ÿ“ How to Prepare Your Farm for Farmerbot with WOL

With farmerbot coming very soon, Bert took the time to explain โ€œhow to set up the technical environment where the farmerbot will operate.

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๐Ÿ“š Learn About Full VMs, Micro VMs, and Containers on ThreeFold

Scott is back, this time with an informational / educational presentation about full virtual machines, micro virtual machines, and containers.

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๐Ÿ’ก Using Tailscale Inside of Grid VMs

Check out how a VM image with Tailscale integrated can make private networking and SSH super simple on the Grid.

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โ˜Ž๏ธ Grid Commercialisation Brainstorm Call - Save the Date!

Following the interest given to Kristof's message in the main chat last week, we have scheduled a call to discuss ideas regarding commercial uses of the Grid.

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๐Ÿ‘€ Watch Februaryโ€™s Community Call!

We talked about topics from green farming to the Quantum Safe Filesystem to potential plans for grid commercialization (a preview to an upcoming conversation) and more.

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๐Ÿ’ป Working with Micro VM Images on the TF Grid

Take a look at this video where Scott demonstrates how to create and manipulate micro VM images for deployment on the ThreeFold Grid.

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๐Ÿ‘ Zonaris Approved as Solution Provider

Weโ€™re pleased to share that Zonaris has been approved by a DAO vote to become a solution provider on the ThreeFold Grid.

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โœ… Grid 3.8 Mainnet Upgrade is Complete

Thanks to the team for their efforts on this release and pushing it live on mainnet.

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๐Ÿค– Farmerbot Feature Testing Follow-up Update

Here's a positive follow-up update about the farmerbot feature from Brandon!

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โ˜Ž๏ธ Reminder - February Community Call

Join us next week, on Tuesday 21st at 17:00 CET/11:00 EST, for February's Community Call!

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๐Ÿค– Farmerbot Feature Testing Update

Here's the latest update from Brandon!

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โ˜๏ธ Cast your DAO votes ASAP

While all farm owners are called to vote for Grid 3.8 to go live on mainnet by February 17th, there is another ongoing DAO vote.

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๐Ÿ“ฃ February's ThreeFold Product Updates

In this month's Product Updates, Sasha gives us a sneak peak into the progress & new features expected as part of Grid v3.9.0.

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๐Ÿค” What is a 3Node Gateway?

You can configure your 3Nodes to become 'gateway nodes' in a few simple steps.

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๐Ÿ“ฃ Vote to Bring Grid 3.8 Live on Mainnet

We would like to go live on mainnet with Grid 3.8 on Monday February 20th, but first the upgrade needs to pass the DAO voting.

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โšก๏ธ Update - Power Management (Farmerbot) Feature

Good news! The implementation of the feature is now complete.

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๐Ÿฟ Explainer - How the ThreeFold Grid comes to life!

In this video, Scott goes through an educational presentation about data and data sources on the ThreeFold Grid

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๐Ÿ‘€ Recap of the forum for this week!

Check out the forum's activity!

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๐Ÿ—“ Save the date for February's Community Call

Join us on Tuesday 21st at 17:00 CET / 11:00 EST for February's Community Call!

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๐Ÿ’ก ThreeFold Grid 3.8 is live on testnet!

As of the 1st of February, TF Grid 3.8 is live on testnet. Take a look at the release notes here.

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๐ŸŽฅ Watch the recording of Monday's Tech Help Call!

Thanks to Drew for hosting yet another insightful session.

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๐Ÿค Become a Solution Provider on the Grid

Find out how to become a Solution Provider and Sales Channel

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๐Ÿ’ก Helpful Tips

Drew's new tutorials to deploy on the Grid, and his documentation about using terraform refreshed!

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โ˜Ž๏ธ Announcing Community Q&A/Tech Call

Drew's invitation to the community for the next Tech Help Call and more

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๐Ÿ“ฌ ThreeFold Weekly Newsletter

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๐ŸŒŸ Spotlight - Terraform on the ThreeFold Grid

By using easy-to-follow guides shared by our fellow community member, Drew, youโ€™ll be set up within a few steps!

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๐Ÿ“ฃ January's ThreeFold Product Updates

While TF Grid 3.8 is almost ready for testnet release, some super exciting solutions and improvements are in development as a part of TF Grid 3.8.1.

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๐Ÿ—ฃ Community Outreach Handbook

Sam & I compiled relevant information that will be useful for those ready to spread awareness of the project.

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โ˜Ž๏ธ Monthly Community Call coming up!

It is almost time to gather for the first Community Call of 2023!

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ How Would Decentralization of the Internet Help India?

ThreeFold support team member Ashish wrote a piece recently about how the decentralization of the Internet would (will) help his home country.

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