Hello Steemians, while browsing the wide Web today i found out about a project called Akasha that is being developed silently in the shadows.
No i am not talking about Akasha the queen of the dammed nor the Indian Akasha which is a term for "æther" in traditional Indian cosmology. Or maybe i am!
Funny enough Akasha in Indian means ether and it is a social media platform that is being developed and Powered by the Ethereum world computer.
So what is AKASHA?
well from: https://akasha.world/ which is their official website:
Advanced Knowledge Architecture for Social Human Advocacy
As a word, AKASHA ( [aːkaːʃə], आकाश) has roots in Sanskrit and means “ether” in both its elemental and metaphysical senses.
The ancient Sanskrit-speaking civilization envisioned akasha as a metaphysical information network connecting humanity with itself and infinite knowledge. In this paradigm, thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences are stored forever and shared through the ether, which acts as an universal field connecting multiple planes of existence.
Thousands of years later we have created a modern information network openly connecting humans with each other and perpetual knowledge.
As a decentralized application AKASHA deploys a next-generation information architecture born from the fusion of Ethereum and the Inter-Planetary File System. Thanks to these technologies we were able to create a planetary-scale information network immune to censorship by design, where your thoughts and ideas will echo throughout humanity’s existence.
difference between steemit & Akasha:
In Akasha you can Publish, share and vote for entries, similar to steemit platforms, with the difference that your votes are bundled with ETH micro transactions so if your content is good you’ll make ETH from it.
Who is behind it?
AKASHA is the brainchild of Mihai Alisie, Bitcoin Magazine creator and Ethereum co-founder.
When is the Lunch?
The alpha version is already available for Linux, MacOS, and Windows and currently runs on a private Ethereum testnet. The main Ethereum network launch (AKASHA 1.0) is expected to happen around Q3/Q4 2017.
First image source: https://www.deviantart.com/art/Akasha-389943665
Second image source: https://akasha.world/
Thirds image source: https://www.ethnews.com/ethereum-enters-india
Hope you enjoyed this article and more to come @digdaga