**Decentralized Infrastructure Technology for Everyone, Everywhere**

Mycelium is a comprehensive DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure) system designed to scale to planetary level, capable of providing resilient services with end-to-end encryption, and enabling any machine and human to communicate efficiently over optimal paths.

Mycelium is Compatible with Kubernetes, Docker, VMs, Web2, Web3 – and building towards Web4.

## Terminology Clarification

- **Mycelium Tech**: The core technology stack (ZOS, QSS, Mycelium Network)
- **ThreeFold Grid**: The decentralized infrastructure offering built on Mycelium Tech
- **GeoMind**: The commercial tech company operating tier-S/H datacenters with Mycelium

## Why Decentralized Infrastructure Matters

Traditional internet infrastructure is burdened with inefficiencies, risks, and growing dependency on centralization.

### **The Challenges We Face**  

- **Centralization Risks**: Digital infrastructure is controlled by a few corporations, compromising autonomy and creating single points of failure.  
- **Economic Inefficiency**: Current infrastructure models extract value from local economies, funneling resources to centralized providers.
- **Outdated Protocols**: TCP/IP, the internet's core protocol, was never designed for modern needs like dynamic networks, security, and session management.
- **Geographic Inefficiency**: Over 70% of the world relies on distant infrastructure, making access expensive, unreliable, and dependent on fragile global systems.
- **Limited Access**: Over 50% of the world lacks decent internet access, widening opportunity gaps.

Mycelium addresses these challenges through a complete, integrated technology stack designed from first principles.

## What Mycelium Provides

Mycelium is unique in its ability to deliver an integrated platform covering all three fundamental layers of internet infrastructure:

### **Compute Layer** - ZOS
- Autonomous, stateless operating system
- MyImage architecture (up to 100x faster deployment)
- Deterministic, cryptographically verified deployment
- Supports Kubernetes, containers, VMs, and Linux workloads
- Self-healing with no manual maintenance required

### **Storage Layer** - Quantum Safe Storage (QSS)
- Mathematical encoding with forward error correction
- 20% overhead vs 400% for traditional replication
- Zero-knowledge design: storage nodes can't access data
- Petabyte-to-zetabyte scalability
- Self-healing bitrot protection

### **Network Layer** - Mycelium Network
- End-to-end encrypted IPv6 overlay
- Shortest-path optimization
- Multi-protocol support (TCP, QUIC, UDP, satellite, wireless)
- Peer-to-peer architecture with no central points of failure
- Distributed secure name services

## Key Differentiators

| Feature                  | Mycelium                                     | Traditional Cloud                          |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| **Architecture**         | Distributed peer-to-peer, no central control | Centralized control planes                 |
| **Deployment**           | Stateless network boot, zero-install         | Local image installation                   |
| **Storage Efficiency**   | 20% overhead                                 | 300-400% overhead                          |
| **Security**             | End-to-end encrypted, zero-knowledge design  | Perimeter-based, trust intermediaries      |
| **Energy**               | Up to 10x more efficient                     | Higher consumption                         |
| **Autonomy**             | Self-healing, autonomous agents              | Requires active management                 |
| **Geographic Awareness** | Shortest path routing, location-aware        | Static routing, no geographic optimization |

## Current Status

- **Deployed**: 20+ countries, 30,000+ vCPU
- **Proof of Concept**: Technology validated in production
- **Commercialization**: Beginning phase with enterprise roadmap

## Technology Maturity

- **All our core cloud technology**: Production
- **Quantum Safe Storage**: Production (6+ years)
- **Mycelium Network**: Beta 
- **Deterministic Deployment**: OEM only
- **FungiStor**: H1 2026

Mycelium represents not just an upgrade to existing infrastructure, but a fundamental rethinking of how internet infrastructure should be built—distributed, autonomous, secure, and efficient.%