Goats, if you haven't yet connected with Aether, I think you should. I make this announcement occasionally, as many people still haven't heard of Aether. It is an excellent place for Voat to regroup in the future, and in my opinion, should be where we gather usually.
The main reasons to use Aether include the following:
Free Software - Released under a Free Licence Distributed - No central choke point Free Speech - Supportive of Free Expression Strong Resistance to Censorship - It is very difficult indeed to censor Aether Engineering - Well made You can read and post even when offline
If you are curious, then you are well suited to Aether.
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@voater, thanks for looking into Aether enough to work out that it uses a minting process, and for raising your (unfounded) concerns. Aether isn't a crypto-coin mining application. It uses the minting process as a way of preventing spam. If you perform an action on Aether, like create a post or upvote something, a design decision was made so that some CPU work would be necessary. This helps prevent bots spamming and people abusing the network.
One of Aether's many virtues is that it has almost no spam.
Aetherian -1 points 2.4 years ago
@voater, thanks for looking into Aether enough to work out that it uses a minting process, and for raising your (unfounded) concerns. Aether isn't a crypto-coin mining application. It uses the minting process as a way of preventing spam. If you perform an action on Aether, like create a post or upvote something, a design decision was made so that some CPU work would be necessary. This helps prevent bots spamming and people abusing the network.
One of Aether's many virtues is that it has almost no spam.