ThreeFold News & Updates

🗓 Our Next Demo: Peppermint

Our next demo & discussion will be held this upcoming Tuesday October 29th at 19:00 CET (14:00 EDT) – this time on Peppermint.

In this demo Scott will be showcasing a tool he built called Peppermint, an open-source visualizer for ThreeFold minting receipts, using FastHTML. Peppermint was designed to help farmers quickly and easily check their TF nodes' farming rewards.

During the session, he’ll guide you/farmers through its features and share how the open-source tool was built and how anyone can get involved in improving it.

Call will be here.

📺 Watch the Flist CLI(Converting Dockerfiles into Flist on TF Flist Hub)

The Flist CLI is a tool that seamlessly converts Docker files and Docker images into Flist on the TF Flist Hub, integrating directly through Docker Hub. Developed in Vlang, it is designed to be compatible with Linux, macOS, and Windows.

In this video, Mik and Scott walk you through using this new tool, inviting you to test it out and share your feedback on the experience.

Watch the call here with timestamps for simple navigation, and leave your feedback or questions here.

⏰ Flist CLI Demo Today

Join Mik and Scott today at 19:00 CEST (11:00 EDT) for a demo & discussion on Flist CLI (command-line interface), a new tool on the grid which serves as a bridge between the Docker CLI and TFHub.

Call will be here.

🗓 Our Next Demo: Flist CLI

Our next demo & discussion will be held this upcoming Tuesday October 8th at 19:00 CEST (11:00 EDT) – this time on Flist CLI.

In this demo, we will explore the Flist command-line interface (CLI). This tool serves as a bridge between the Docker CLI and the TFHub. With this tool, you can build a Docker image out of a Dockerfile and push it to the TFHub with a single command. You can also list all available Flists on your TF Hub account, as well as delete and rename Flists. This is a new tool so feel free to explore it and propose new features!

Call will be here.

📺 Watch the Terraform | OpenTofu Demo

Terraform is the industry standard tool for defining and deploying infrastructure as code, automating provisioning across various cloud providers. It supports reproducible, scalable deployments and enhances collaboration and version control. OpenTofu is a fully open-source Terraform fork that is backward compatible with all prior versions of Terraform up to version 1.6.

In this demo, Scott guides us through how to set up and manage infrastructure on the ThreeFold Grid using Terraform and OpenTofu, suitable for all experience levels.

Watch the call here, with timestamps for simple navigation, and leave your feedback or questions here.

🌐 Recap: Network State Conference

Florian was on stage at the Network State Conference in Singapore last week, to share a powerful solution for any network state.

“We are building the infrastructure layer for Network State as a Service by combining a decentralized cloud running on bare metal with a digital free zone from where we can all exist freely.”

Florian explained that if we want to create 'cloud-first’ network states, “we definitely don’t want to run them on Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud. Because privacy is power – and we need to own our digital life, and we need to own our data.”

“We built a network layer and platform where any community can deploy directly its own sovereign cloud.”

Take a look at Florian’s talk here.

🗳 Vote: Proposed Update to the GEP Voting Process

Hello Everyone,

We are pleased to share a proposal and community vote to update the GEP voting process, to allow all TFT holders to participate in governance of the project.

Proposal Highlights:

- Voting is open to anyone holding TFT in a TFChain mainnet wallet
- Voting weight is 1 TFT = 1 vote
- A proposal will pass if 50%+1 TFT or more are positive votes
- Voting period is 5-21 days

Take a look at the full proposal. These changes are designed to streamline participation and empower every TFT holder to actively shape the future of our ecosystem.

We encourage all farmers to vote on this GEP. Visit dashboard.grid.tf, click on DAO, and cast your vote before Friday October 4th at 10am CEST.

⏰ Reminder: Terraform | OpenTofu Demo Tomorrow!

Join us tomorrow September 24 at 19:00 CEST | 13:00 EDT at this link for another discussion & demo – this time on Terraform and OpenTofu.

Terraform is the industry standard tool for defining and deploying infrastructure as code, automating provisioning across various cloud providers. It supports reproducible, scalable deployments and enhances collaboration and version control.

We will also explore OpenTofu, a fully open-source Terraform fork that is backward compatible with all prior versions of Terraform up to version 1.6.

Take a look at past demos here.

📣 Updating Our Approach for Community Calls

After much thought and input from members of the community, we've decided to introduce a new format for community calls – a streamlined approach while continuing to deliver value for the community:

Community Calls: Two demo sessions per month, with additional topic-specific calls and Q&As when possible and relevant.

Project Updates: Quarterly, with the next one in December.

Take a look at the full update and feel free to share your feedback on call timings here.

Thank you for being part of our community!

🗓 ThreeFold @ The Network State Conference

Florian will be on stage this weekend at the Network State Conference, a one-day summit around founding, funding, and finding new communities. Speakers include Naval Ravikant, Brian Armstrong, and Vitalik Buterin.

Florian will be presenting ThreeFold and how our underlying infrastructure is ideal to support any network state to ensure autonomy, security, and control over their data and governance.

- Website | Network State Conference
- Get Tickets (remote attendance is free)

🍿Watch the Pulumi Demo

In this demo, Scott introduces Pulumi – a powerful cloud-native Infrastructure as Code (IaC) platform that runs on the grid – and explains its benefits. Mik goes on to demonstrate deploying (and destroying) a Micro VM on the grid with Pulumi. The last portion of the call is a discussion.

Watch the call here, with timestamps for simple navigation, and leave your feedback or questions here.

⏰ Pulumi Demo in One Hour

We invite you to join for an intro to and demo of Pulumi on the ThreeFold Grid.

Pulumi is a cloud-native infrastructure as code (IaC) platform that lets you define, deploy, and manage infrastructure using familiar programming languages. It supports various cloud providers, including ThreeFold Grid, bridging development and operations seamlessly.

Call link here. Start time is 7pm CEST | 11am EDT.

🗓 Announcing: September Community Calls

Hi all, we have a few calls coming up this month:

Discussion & Demo: Pulumi
Tuesday Sept 10 @ 19:00 CEST | 13:00 EDT

Tentative: Community Q&A
Thu Sep 19 @ 17:00 CEST | 11:00 EDT
Topic TBA, will be held based on interest.

Discussion & Demo: Terraform/OpenTofu
Tuesday Sept 24 @ 19:00 CEST | 13:00 EDT

Find the full details here. And as a reminder, subscribe to the ThreeFold Events Calendar to have calls automatically added to your calendar of choice.

📺 Watch Yesterday's Project Update

Yesterday's project update community call included an introduction to OurVerse and a demo, highlights of the TF Grid 3.15 release, an update on the deployment of multiple grid backend stacks, new demos and resources, and more.

Find the full video here, with timestamps for simple navigation, and leave your feedback or questions here.

⏰ Reminder: Project Update Today

Join us today at 17:00 CEST | 11:00 EDT at this link for a project update. Among the topics of discussion: we will cover some of the highlights of the TF Grid 3.15 release and we'll also have some special guests from OurVerse to talk about metaverse deployment on top of the grid. See you there!

🗓 Rescheduled: Today's Project Update Call

Hello friends, please note that the ThreeFold project update community call scheduled for today will now take place next Thursday September 05 at 17:00 CEST. See you then.

📣 What's Ahead in TF Grid 3.15

The development team is hard at work on version 3.15 of the ThreeFold Grid. Thanks to Mik for taking the time to create an update on what's being worked on.

Some key highlights include 50% utilization rewards for farmers, Mycelium 0.5, and grid stack evolution.

Feel free to leave comments, questions, and feedback. And for a deeper dive, check out the 3.15 project on Git.

⏰ Reminder: Community Discussion Today

We will host a community discussion today around INCA and its tokenomics. The call will be at 17:00 CEST | 11:00 EDT at this link. We look forward to sharing and listening!

👀 Watch the ZOS Hub & Flist Demo

On Tuesday, Scott and Mik showcased Zero OS Hub & Flists, which enable an effective way of dealing with software data, providing fast deployment and high reliability. Curious to learn more? Take a look at the demo here.

Missed one of our recent demos? You can find them all here.

⏰Reminder: Demo Later Today

Please join us later today for a Discussion & Demo on Zero OS Hub & Flist, @ 19:00 CEST | 13:00 EDT.

In this session, Scott and Mik will present Zero OS Hub and Flist – an effective way to deal with software data, providing fast deployment and high reliability. They will demonstrate how to create an flist from a Docker image and how to deploy a micro VM on the TF Grid using the flist.