- During these volatile and challenging market conditions in 2025, Aethir remains focused on its long-term vision of leading the decentralized compute infrastructure sector.
- Aethir’s upcoming mainnet upgrade is scheduled for Q4, to give adequate time for assessment of new L1/L2 blockchain options and security audits.
- We’re committed to ensuring security and performance over rushed timelines, hence completing the necessary steps to prioritize compute infrastructure performance and network security.
- We will continue to engage our long-term stakeholders and community, delivering innovative ATH utility to our token holders.
This year has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs for the Web3 space, marked by numerous exciting innovations, including AI agents, DeFAI, and new RWA products, as well as considerable market turmoil stemming from dynamic global geopolitical conditions. Aethir proved to be resilient to these fluctuations, maintaining its status as a global DePIN leader with an annual recurring revenue of $141 million. We’ve built a strong community and a sustainable business model with a wide range of high-profile clients.
Aethir has introduced numerous industry-shaping innovations in 2025 thus far, contributing to the global expansion of decentralized cloud computing. We’ve grown the Aethir ecosystem to over 150 AI, gaming, and Web3 enterprises that leverage our cloud infrastructure for GPU-intensive workloads, introducing innovative platforms and solutions across various sectors. By launching features such as our multichain integration with Solana, the Checker Node Buyback Program, and the EigenLayer ATH Vault, we’ve emphasized our dedication to constant growth and improvement, pioneering Aethir’s vision of universal cloud compute.
We are now preparing for a major mainnet upgrade in Q4 2025, which will propel Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud to new heights and enable us to introduce a wide range of innovative features. AI and gaming are evolving fast, with new product tracks and industry niches being launched every month. To stay in line with the industry’s rapid growth trajectory and provide visionary compute support, Aethir is embarking on an exciting journey, culminating in Q4 with our major mainnet upgrade, which will introduce ATH to a new blockchain, unveiling the next stage of Aethir’s decentralized cloud infrastructure.
Although the upgrade was initially scheduled for an earlier date, due to the complexity of chain migration and the need to prioritize security while ensuring peak performance, we’ve decided to slightly delay the upgrade to Q4. We are now exploring new blockchain ecosystem options to make the best choice for our community and stakeholders. It will also ensure that our blockchain expansion meets the highest standards, creating new value and opportunities for our community in the future.
Expanding Aethir’s DePIN Stack to a New Blockchain
When we announced our partnership with LayerZero, we stated that Aethir needs to be a multifunctional cloud network to support the evolution of compute-intensive sectors, such as AI and gaming. We are staying true to our words, which is why we will expand Aethir’s reach to a new blockchain in Q4 2025. Our choice of new blockchain networks was always motivated by the innovative potential of specific ecosystems, without compromising security. We aim to introduce ATH on blockchains with vibrant developer communities and teams passionate about launching life-changing innovations that need access to secure, scalable, and cost-effective compute.
Aethir is now assessing all blockchain options for performance, which requires time to make the best decision, based on key tech metrics and stakeholder benefits. By expanding to a new blockchain, we are simplifying access to Aethir’s DePIN stack for clients leveraging specific Web3 networks. ATH is the centerpiece of the Aethir ecosystem, used for onboarding and paying our compute providers - Cloud Hosts, as well as our Checker Node holders, Aethir Edge operators, and ATH stakers. The ATH token is the life energy of Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud, and by offering cross-chain functionality, we are making it easier for clients and partners across different Web3 communities to interact with Aethir and leverage our services. Aethir is running estimates for different blockchain ecosystems to determine which network holds the highest reward potential for our stakeholders.
Aethir Prioritizes Industry-Leading Security and Scalability
To successfully prepare Aethir’s decentralized cloud infrastructure and ensure a seamless expansion to a new blockchain, we are taking the necessary time to conduct the required preparations. We are prioritizing security and performance over rushed timelines.
The mainnet upgrade in Q4 must deliver tangible value to our customers, partners, and community members. Our team, along with all relevant stakeholders, will be working around the clock over the next few months to prepare Aethir’s latest blockchain expansion. This upgrade isn’t just about introducing ATH to another blockchain. It’s about ensuring our ecosystem has a reliable and scalable decentralized cloud infrastructure that works smoothly across different blockchain platforms.
That’s why we’re taking extra steps to conduct both internal and third-party security audits to ensure the compatibility of Aethir’s GPU cloud with the new blockchain ecosystem that we’ll choose, and eliminate security risks for the mainnet upgrade. This is especially important for the role of our EigenLayer ATH Vault in providing our clients with GPU computing services. We aim to make the EigenLayerATH Vault accessible to stakers across various blockchains, which necessitates complex development work to adapt Aethir’s platform mechanics to diverse market conditions and user demands.
The Next Stage of Decentralized Cloud Computing with Aethir
We understand that certain community expectations were hoping to occur at an earlier date. However, our decision to postpone the upgrade to Q4 is a result of our commitment to delivering decentralized cloud excellence, providing utility and actual value to ATH token holders. We kindly request our amazing community for patience and understanding regarding the mainnet upgrade.
Aethir continues to launch innovative upgrades that enable our enterprise clients to access premium GPU computing services for diverse use cases, including AI agent development, LLM training, tokenizing real-world assets, powering AI-enhanced Web3 games, and more.
Our upcoming mainnet upgrade and blockchain expansion in Q4 will help Aethir’s DePIN stack achieve new key milestones, empowering our clients with the most advanced decentralized GPU-as-a-service offering on the market.
To stay on top of decentralized cloud innovation, Aethir is preparing the next stage of our DePIN stack’s expansion for Q4. We are staying focused on the long-term vision of universal cloud computing, while overcoming short-term challenges together with our community.
We sincerely thank the Aethir community for its continued support throughout our exciting DePIN journey.
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