Aethir introduces its first decentralized AI node sale through Chainwire

Singapore, Singapore, February 26, 2024, Chainwire

Aethir, a leading provider of decentralized GPU cloud infrastructure, has announced its highly anticipated node sale. Aethir is an enterprise-class GPU-as-a-service provider focused on AI and gaming. Aethir's decentralized cloud computing infrastructure enables GPU vendors to connect with enterprise customers who need the raw power of NVIDIA's (NASDAQ:) H100 chips for demanding AI/ML tasks.

Additionally, Aethir's infrastructure supports cloud gaming customers and has contracts with the world's largest gaming and telecommunications companies, benefiting from its flexibility and coverage in terms of technological and operational expertise.

The $ATH token is the native token for the Aethir network to reward node providers and validators for maintaining the Aethir decentralized cloud infrastructure network. This decentralization starts first with the Checker Nodes, our ecosystem's validator, with equal chances to participate, equal chances to validate, and equal chances to earn an additional bonus for catching bad actors and reducing their rewards.

Aethir aims to be an enterprise-focused infrastructure partner leveraging the Arbitrum ecosystem for DePIN and AI as it will host its node infrastructure on the ecosystem and prepare for its own node sale on Arbitrum.

Why run a node on Aethir?

Running a node on Aethir contributes to the decentralization of cloud computing and earns rewards through participation in the network. The first type of node on the Aethir network to be made available is the Checker node, a node that any user can operate to help check the uptime, latency, quality of service and computing power of other node participants in the future. The Aethir team always strives to ensure a decentralized approach in every aspect of the project. The team's commitment to decentralization and community ownership begins with the opening of the decentralization of Checker node licenses, which play a critical role in the ecosystem in validating service delivery within the Aethir infrastructure.

The node sale details are as follows:

• 100,000 nodes available on a tiered pricing system.
• Nodes are sold on Arbitrum through a public sale.
• Knots are transferable for one year after sale.
• Rewards are accumulated and earned according to a vesting logic for each user
• There is no upper limit to the number of nodes one can purchase.
• Special quota for the Aethir community, partners and KOLs for whitelists for early adopters of the network

Exclusive revenue opportunities for node operators

As a node operator in the Aethir ecosystem, users can earn up to 15% of the total supply of the Aethir ecosystem (over the next four years), which is specifically reserved for Checker node operators. Other rewards will be reserved for other mining and technical involvement roles within the network. Nodes receive rewards for their help in verifying data and service delivery within the network and serve as a check and balance on future mining throughput of AI-enabled processing chips and other computing power.

This Checker Node sale offers everyone the opportunity to become part of the network to help build a decentralized ecosystem for the largest collection of decentralized AI computing power, without requiring every regular user to be willing to participate from day one arithmetic work.

Staged public node sale – a chance for everyone to get involved

With nodes starting at $500 per Checker node and increasing with each tier, and whitelists reserved for various participants in the Aethir community, partner communities, KOLs and venture capital teams, this sale was designed to that it includes all types of participants.

Users participate in the Arbitrum network using Wrapped ETH (WETH). Full details of the sale can be found at the following link: http://checker.aethir.com. The details of the operation of the node will be announced at the time of testnet launch.

Aethir is pleased to announce the first tiered sale of decentralized public AI nodes, ensuring fair and broad access to its emerging network. While a select number of nodes are reserved for whitelists, including KOLs and members of the Aethir and partner communities, the majority of nodes are available to the public for purchase on a first come, first served basis. This structure guarantees that everyone has the opportunity to join Aethir's revolutionary path to decentralization.

KOLs receive a unique referral code to share with their community and earn a referral fee for every node sale made using their code.

Node sale timeline

• Node Sale Announcement: February 26, 2024, 12pm UTC
• Impossible Whitelist Campaign: February 27, 2024, 10am UTC to March 14, 10am UTC
• Node Sale Start: March 20, 2024, 10am UTC
• Network launch: Q2 2024

For more information on purchasing and operating a node, visit Aethir's official channels.

Aethir's ecosystem and your role

As a node operator, you are an integral part of Aethir's ecosystem and will receive rewards for your critical computing contributions once the network becomes fully operational. Aethir is on a mission to accelerate the world's transition to universal cloud computing – and you are invited to join this journey through our Initial Node Offering.

More about Aethir

• Aethir's unparalleled product traction
• Securing a mid-seven figure annual contract with the world's largest telecommunications company, scaling to eight figures by Q2 2024.
• We are on track to sign three additional enterprise contracts in the first quarter of 2024.
• Signed three cloud gaming deals, with over ten more expected in Q1 2024, including partnerships with the world's largest gaming company with over 150 million MAU and a 22% conversion rate.
• Grown to over 170,000 community members.
• Proud members of NVIDIA's Inception program, equipped with a strong line of H100 chips, which even Meta (Facebook (NASDAQ:)) is acquiring in billions.
• Supported by the best
• Our mission is supported by an impressive list of committed investors including Maelstrom, Mirana Ventures, Animoca Brands, Sanctor Capital, Hashkey, Merit Circle and CitizenX, IVC, Framework Ventures and Infinity Ventures Crypto.
• Meet the team behind the mission
• Mark Rydon – Co-founder and CEO – Mark has held key positions at NOTA Platform, Flux Capital, Gaas LTD, Kulture Athletics, Inc. and Bechtel Corporation.
• Daniel Wang – Co-Founder and CBO – Roles at Mythos Venture Partners (GP), Prior at IVC (Venture Partner), YGG SEA (CIO), Riot Games (Head of International Publishing Mgmt), Riot Games – China (Head of Operations). ).
• Kyle Okamoto – CTO – Kyle was CEO and general manager of the IoT, automotive and security businesses at Ericsson (BS:), CEO of Edge Gravity and chief network officer at Verizon (NYSE:) Media.
• Paul Thind – CRO – Paul, currently CRO at Aethir, was previously co-founder and CEO of Triggerspot Inc and a consultant at Creadits and Trick Studio.

About Aethir

Aethir is revolutionizing DePIN with its advanced, enterprise-class, distributed GPU-based computing infrastructure tailored for AI and gaming. Backed by leading Web3 investors such as Framework Ventures, Merit Circle, Hashkey, Animoca Brands, Sanctor Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC) and others, with over $32 million in funding raised for the ecosystem, Aethir is paving the way for the Future of decentralized computing.

Users who want to participate in the node sale and help shape the future of AI and gaming can learn how to participate in the sale via Aethir's official node sale link.

ContactMarketing ManagerDavid CostelloAethir[email protected]

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