The field guide

Understand

1. How it works: five steps in plates, from “what is this?” to “I can see how it can’t cheat me”.
2. Forest computing: the definition, and how it compares with cloud computing.
3. The woodls: three species and five states, so you can see who is who and what it’s doing.
4. Seeds: a new kind of credit, where they come from and where they go.
5. Where it’s night: the live map, and why night matters.

Check

• Trust: what woodls promises, what it never claims, how jobs are checked, the sandbox, the logs.
• The Rings, live, and receipts you check in your browser COMING.
• Status, and field notes from the alpha COMING.

Do

• Host a woodl: lend your computer while you’re away.
• Use open models: ask, code, or connect your apps, paid in seeds.
• Start a grove: your own machines, serving each other, free.

Reference

• The docs: getting started, hosting, using, your seeds.
• Install: one command, and what it puts on your machine.
• The first night: the alpha, its register and its programme.
• Terms, privacy and acceptable use: drafts for a lawyer’s review.