What is new in TF Grid 3.0
Latest edit: December 10 2021
What is new compared to our TF Grid 2.x
Features
- VM support and based on our deduped filesystem approach (no need for images)
- Quantum Safe Storage in VM & Kubernetes (storage which can never be lost)
- Planetary Network in iOS, Android, OSX, Windows, Linux – integrate your workloads with a global scalable end-to-end encrypted network client
DAO Features
DAO = More info click here: Decentralized Autonomous Org
- Proof of Capacity
- Proof of Utilisation
- Distribution of TFT grants
- Approve Code upgrade of TFChain/DAO
- Validation of new validator nodes
- Voting/Proposal system (3.0.x, x tbd)
TF Chain 3.0
- Substrate TFChain
- Your identity and proofs/reputation on our blockchain
- Holds all info about TF Grid (nodes, farmers, …)
- GraphQL interface to be able to query the blockchain
- Supports side chains (unlimited scalability, allow others to run their own blockchain)
- TFT exists now also on TF Chain (allows us to work around Stellar scalability issues)
- Bridge between TFT on Stellar and TFT on TF Chain (one way to start)
- TFT tracking for IP address & network traffic (bandwidth)
Provisioning
- Blockchain-based provisioning
- TF Chain API (JavaScript, Golang, Vlang)
- Supports Infrastructure as Code: IAC framework (Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes, Ansible*)
- Use RMB = peer2peer secure Reliable Message Bus to communicate with Zero-OS
- Support for Terraform is new
- Weblets (see https://play.grid.tf/) are super cool widgets to provision on TF Grid
(*): planned Q1 2022
Billing
- Resource utilization is captured and calculated on hourly basis
- Resource utilization stored in TF Chain
- Automatic discount system: pricing is in line with the amount of TFT you have in your account.
- E.g. if you have 12 months worth of TFT in your account in relation to the last hour used capacity you get 40% discount, 36 months results in 60% discount. This automatic discount system rewards users who pre-purchased their cloud needs.
UI
- Administration portal see: https://portal.test.grid.tf/
- Updated Explorer UI, nicer and easier to use, see https://explorer.test.grid.tf/nodes
- Uses GraphQL layer of TF Chain
Features not in TF Grid 3.0 yet
- TFT 3.0 minting not on TF Chain yet (will be for 3.0.X, X tbd), should be end of Jan 2022
Nice to have features for future
They are not crucial to start using the grid, they are nice to have extensions
- 3Bot and eVDC needs to be ported to TF Grid 3
- Web Gateway with TCP Router concept needs to be ported to TF Grid 3