Districts

A district is a property that is defined by its coordinates and size. A district holds any number of buildings. It may have an exclusive own owner, who manages the district and has the ability to connect the district to its own domain. Districts are top level regions that will not be released to the public at time of launch. They are meant for the division of the city and will be available to community leaders in the future.

Use cases

We are building a world that will be home the blockchain community of the future. Aether lives and thrives off the community behind it. Here are some possible applications of our platform.

1. Community

Dedicate properties to communities formed and united by common interest. A community could organize itself and claim a certain number of units. Large communities could claim entire buildings. For example, imagine a Reddit community which occupies the entire building, named after the community.

2. Residential

Allow any user to create a make their property their residence. Once occupied, you could post the link with its unique address to existing social networks. For the first time, your friends will have a chance to visit your virtual address on the blockchain. Entire buildings could be bought by anybody with the aim to resell or rent the units to the public. They shape the units how they wish and then offer unit for auction on the platform.

3. Shopping

Launch a showroom that would promote their merchandise and drive traffic to their stores. For example, electronics or virtual collectables store could choose to create a virtual showroom that would attract significant traffic from Aether visitors.

4. Business

Build an office and allow it to be visited by potential customers. Having an opportunity to visit its virtual address first would help users buy into a service. Imagine a company which has recently managed a successful token sale and sets Aether as home to its own virtual office.

World Mechanics

Aether’s buildings are pre-determined by a procedural algorithm and are then seeded into the world contract. Buildings fill up the universe as more people join. Since the city is centered at a origin point at (0,0) we incentivize early investors by letting them shape the heart of the city. Building locations are immutable and building heights increase alongside the natural progression of the world. For example, a building may only be at half of its final height if the world has only reach half of its total capacity.