Sophon and Aethir are excited to announce the beginning of a strategic partnership that will connect the 800,000 strong members of the Aethir decentralized computing community with the over 3 million individuals who have signed up for Sophon’s pre-launch campaigns.
As part of the partnership, Aethir will make its debut on Sophon shortly after its mainnet launch, scheduled for Q3 2024. Both projects will also engage in a node swap between their respective communities, following highly successful public node sales.
Aethir, a distributed compute network, powers GPU-intensive applications such as cloud gaming and AI/ML training. The network consists of two main components: the infrastructure for verification and rewards, and the compute providers. The former will be primarily managed on Sophon, and Aethir is also set to launch a permissionless computing platform on the platform.
Additionally, Sophon will oversee Aethir checker nodes to ensure the network’s resilience and reliability. To ensure that both communities benefit from the partnership, node operators from both Sophon and Aethir will receive a share of each partner’s tokens as part of the node swap and broader collaboration.
Seb, the Co-Founder of Sophon, expressed his enthusiasm for the partnership, while Daniel Wang, CEO of Aethir, also shared his excitement for the upcoming collaboration.
Sophon is built on the ZK Stack architecture and is powered by ZKsync, a modular blockchain. Supported by a variety of funding sources, including Spartan, SevenX, OKX Ventures, Huobi Ventures, and others, Sophon will be one of the first examples of the expanded and modular ZK Stack, providing highly secure and scalable EVM-based chains. By utilizing the same technological stack as ZKsync Era, Sophon will benefit from low latency without compromising security, setting it apart from other competing L2 solutions that remain heavily centralized in crucial functions.