Aether is a decentralized perpetual futures protocol built using the Cosmos SDK, designed for speed, modularity, and interchain composability.
We are building the foundation for a permissionless derivatives economy — open to anyone, everywhere, with deep liquidity and fast finality.
Aether is a modular, application-specific blockchain focused on perpetual derivatives. It allows developers and traders to:
- Trade perpetual futures with on-chain settlement
- Build custom market mechanisms and margin engines
- Interoperate across the Cosmos ecosystem via IBC
- Launch community-governed markets and strategies
"In ancient cosmology, Aether was the fifth element — the divine substance that fills the heavens. Our mission is to bring decentralized derivatives to that layer."
| Repo | Description |
|---|---|
aether |
🎯 Core Cosmos SDK app for Aether chain — includes perpetual markets, matching engine, and settlement logic. |
✅ All contributions welcome! See the
aetherrepo for development status and roadmap.
We're actively building in public. Come say hi or help us shape the future of interchain derivatives.
- ✅ MVP: basic perpetual futures with margining
- 🔜 Liquidation engine & funding rates
- 🔜 IBC integration
- 🔜 Incentivized testnet
- 🚀 Mainnet launch
We welcome contributions from everyone! Start by exploring:
aether/CONTRIBUTING.md- Good first issues: Open issues
All repositories are licensed under Apache 2.0.
Made with 💙 by Aether contributors.