Aether

Quantum-resistant Layer-1
Scrypt PoW + AuxPoW
Fair launch. No premine. No VCs.
Built for real use.

[Aether @BuildAether]

Most post-quantum projects are still arguing about how to migrate later.
Aether already forces every transaction to use ML-DSA-44. No classical signatures. No opt-in period. No “we’ll upgrade eventually.”
The cost is real — signatures are bigger, verification is heavier.
We accepted it at the protocol level so the ledger never inherits a future migration crisis.
You can either design for the constraint from the beginning, or spend years trying to retrofit it onto a live chain with real value at risk.
One of those is significantly harder than the other.

[Aether @BuildAether]

Aether’s issuance is designed for long-term security, not short-term extraction.
Core rules:
• 100% of the initial supply is distributed through mining. No premine, no team allocation, no investor allocation.
• Block reward starts at 5 AETH.
• 85% of each block reward goes to the miner(s).
• 15% of each block reward goes directly to the on-chain treasury.
Long-term schedule:
• Years 1–8: The block reward decays by approximately 18% per year.
• Year 9 onward: A constant tail emission of 0.18 AETH per block continues (~0.75% long-term annual inflation).
This creates a permanent security budget for miners while steadily funding a transparent, on-chain treasury.
The treasury also receives 25% of transaction fees once the fee market is active. Every inflow and outflow is visible on-chain and can only be spent through governance.
#crypto #blockchain #tokenomics #PoW #L1

[Aether @BuildAether]

Solana uses Proof of History + stake-weighted consensus.
Speed and capital determine influence.
Aether uses Scrypt PoW + work-based Top-K.
Ongoing mining work determines influence.
One optimizes for throughput.
The other optimizes for who actually controls the network over time — and whether that control can be bought or broken by future quantum computers.
Different goals. Different trade-offs

[Aether @BuildAether]

Most chains let capital buy influence.
Aether does the opposite.
There is no staking module.
No locked capital requirement to become a validator.
The active set is selected by demonstrated mining work.
Validators earn their place — and they have to keep earning it.
Only native work counts toward Top-K eligibility.
AuxPoW can help secure the chain, but it cannot buy a seat.
Equivocation results in a permanent ban.
Downtime is treated more leniently.
Power follows ongoing work, not capital concentration.
That is the entire point.
#crypto #blockchain #PoW #L1 #aeth

[Aether @BuildAether]

ML-DSA-44 is the NIST-standardized post-quantum digital signature scheme formerly known as Dilithium2.
It is lattice-based and designed to resist attacks from both classical and large-scale quantum computers.
Aether requires ML-DSA-44 signatures on every transaction from genesis. There is no classical signature fallback.
Trade-offs are accepted:
• Signatures are larger (~2.4 KB)
• Public keys are larger
• Verification is more expensive
These costs are paid upfront so the chain does not inherit a future migration problem. The early history stays protected.
#crypto #blockchain #PostQuantum #PQC #L1

[Aether @BuildAether]

It's not just a chain — there's a real, working desktop wallet app (Aether Pay), a live block explorer, and a faucet, all running right now.

🔍 Watch the chain live: http://157.245.252.221:8081

Open the wallet, request testnet funds, send a real transaction, watch it happen.

[Aether @BuildAether]

https://t.co/JoRWUFKTOD

[Aether @BuildAether]

AuxPoW (Auxiliary Proof-of-Work) lets a miner secure multiple chains with the same computational work.
In Aether’s design:
• External Scrypt hashrate from Litecoin and Dogecoin can contribute to Aether’s security.
• That external work earns block rewards.
• However, only native Aether work counts toward Top-K validator eligibility.
This is intentional.
Merged mining increases the security budget without letting outside hashrate capture governance power or the active validator set. Fair-launch principles are preserved while still benefiting from the large existing Scrypt network.
Security is strengthened.
Control remains local.
#crypto #blockchain #PoW #AuxPoW #aeth

[Aether @BuildAether]

We’re here.
We’re building.
Aether.

#crypto #blockchain #web3 #PoW #L1

[Aether @BuildAether]

Scrypt, We’ve heard of it, however, what is it?

Scrypt is a memory-hard proof-of-work algorithm.
Unlike SHA-256 (Bitcoin), Scrypt requires significant RAM in addition to computation. This changes the economics of mining hardware and makes large-scale ASIC dominance slower and more expensive to achieve.
Aether uses real Litecoin-compatible Scrypt parameters (N=1024, r=1, p=1).
This choice keeps mining accessible longer while still providing strong, proven security. It also enables AuxPoW with the existing Litecoin and Dogecoin hashrate.
Memory-hardness is a deliberate trade-off: higher barrier to extreme centralization in exchange for a more gradual hardware evolution path.

[Aether @BuildAether]

This. Right. Here.

#aetherchain #pqcryptography

[Antonio Gomes @onchainantonio]

PQ Cryptography will happen slowly.

Then all at once.

The industry has no choice ⏳

[Aether @BuildAether]

Most chains let capital buy influence.

Aether does the opposite.

No staking module.
No premine.
No VC allocation.

Validators earn their place through real mining work — and they have to keep earning it.

That’s the entire point.
#aeth #validators #earnit

[Aether @BuildAether]

@BNBChainDevs Practicality and real usability #aeth

[Aether @BuildAether]

How to connect:

Chain ID: aether-testnet-1
Seed node: [email protected]:26656

Full setup instructions + genesis file:
https://t.co/BTGWDO1qLJ

[Aether @BuildAether]

Aether testnet is live.

A sovereign Cosmos SDK chain built from scratch around one idea: influence should be earned through real work, not bought. No staking module. No premine. Validators are chosen entirely by tracked mining output.

🧵

[Aether @BuildAether]

This is genuinely early-stage. No professional security audit yet — that's disclosed plainly in the repo, not buried. If you try the testnet, use it only with funds you're fine losing.

Community review and bug reports are genuinely welcome.

[Aether @BuildAether]

We’re not trying to invent a new narrative.
We’re trying to build a Layer-1 that still works in 20 years.
Quantum-resistant signatures.
Proven Scrypt PoW + AuxPoW.
Predictable issuance.
A treasury that is transparent and on-chain from day one.
Simple goals. No shortcuts
#aeth

[Aether @BuildAether]

Aether is distributed by mining.
Nothing else.
No team allocation.
No investor allocation.
No private sales.
85% of the block reward goes to miners.
15% goes to the on-chain treasury.
If you want the token, you mine it or buy it on the open market after launch.

[Aether @BuildAether]

@soqucoin Agree. Retrofitting quantum resistance onto a live chain with years of classical signatures is a fundamentally different (and harder) problem than designing for it from genesis.
The early history is the part you can’t go back and fix.