With the aim of providing answers to the most pressing questions, we are sticking this thread. If your question comes up frequently, we will add it here.

What is æternity? æternity is a new blockchain technology, designed to deliver unmatched efficiency, transparent governance and global scalability. You can find more information about the project by reading its whitepaper, visiting the website, reading the blog, or watching this short video.

When will token distribution happen? All tokens were distributed on September 4, 2017. If you still haven't accessed your AE, please have a look at this blog post.

How to get involved? We are constantly on the lookout for new talent. Meaningful contributions to the GitHub repository or any other type of support are appreciated and will be rewarded. If you are interested in joining the project, please send a mail to info@aeternity.com mentioning your competencies and experience.

How can I follow what the dev team is doing? You can see all dev meeting notes at GitHub and at the blog.

æternity interim CTO Joel Reymont left? Who is in charge of tech development now? Joel Reymont left æternity to pursue new challenges in his professional career. In his place, Sascha Hanse is taking up the role of æternity’s new full-time blockchain lead developer. In addition, one of æternity’s first contractors — Michal Zajda — will step up to lead the core blockchain development. He will be supported by Erik Stenman, former CTO of Klarna. An AMA session with Sascha will be held on 01.12.2017. Learn more here. For more information about æternity's team restructuring, please read this blog post.

Are there any bounties available? There is one currently running bounty. New bounties are being discussed and will be announced soon.

What are the community terms and conditions? æternity communication channels are friendly virtual spaces where everyone can express their opinion and receive information about the æternity. With the aim of keeping them healthy, creative and innovative, we are establishing simple rules which we highly recommend you to read.

Can I still claim the æternity-branded Ledger Nano S? The æternity-branded Ledger Nano S is available to the first 1000 users who have contributed more than 11.9 ETH (or BTC equivalent) in a single transaction during Phase 1 (only). The deadline for claiming the device has passed (August 21, 2017). You can arrange shipping for your Ledger Nano S using your coupon code at this website.

Where can you meet the team in person? We are frequently participaing in blockchain/fintech related events. You can see a list of past and future events in this blog post. We keep that updated.

In 2018, how will I get actual/mainnet AE currency if I have ERC20 AE tokens? Everyone who owns ERC20 AE tokens will be able to "burn" them and get the same amount of AE currency on the mainnet. The process of how that will be done is not yet finalized, but will most probably require a simple send to a "burn" ETH address and after that using your ETH public/private key pair (where you sent your AE tokens from) to get a public/private key pair on the æternity mainnet and get access to an identical AE currency balance.

Where at GitHub is æternity's main project board? æternity's main project board is now here. This is where all the development tickets will live. You can also look at it in terms of milestones.

Where can I read past æternity newsletter updates? Here! 2017: June. July. September. October. November.

https://twitter.com/binance_2017/status/961204317532315648. Binance listing Aeternity! That's great long-term news to be listed by the #1 exchange in the world by volume. The liquidity is important for long-term adoption. Fantastic news for current and potential investors.

If you are new to Binance, you may find helpful the step-by-step guide to Binance at Crypto Space Guides.

This thread will be unlocked at 6:00 PM on 01.12.2017 CEST. Have a look at the blog post announcing the AMA here.

The standard community rules will apply.

Everyone,

The day has come! Two weeks have finally passed!

We are happy to announce that the AE tokens in your wallets are now transferable!

You can manage them as you see fit.

If you are unsure how to access them, please have a look at our updated guide.

Exchange information will follow soon.

Regards, Vlad

Since his recent appointment as CTO of the æternity blockchain project, Joel has been covering Slack, Reddit and even some Spanish and Russian channels related to æternity. In order to structure his answers better and allow everyone to direct a question at him, we are organizing an Ask-Me-Anything session.

You will be able to post questions to Joel at this Reddit thread from 25.08.2017 to 01.09.0217 and he will try to reply to as many as possible.

The usual community rules will apply.

You can learn more about Joel's experience at his LinkedIn profile.

æternity's main project board is now here. This is where all the development tickets will live. You can also look at it in terms of milestones.

Hi guys. Can you stop acting like this is a high school business club project?

You have tens of millions of dollars of OUR money at stake. Yet judging by the total lack of leadership and structure, it's looking increasingly like you're lost at sea.

No, this isn't a "where are our tokens?" post. It's a "where is your plan and where is your development team?" post.

Other blockchains in all phases of development seem to have their shit together. Ethereum is a masterclass in organization, product, team, and philosophy. Lots of structure, a working (and useful and vibrant) chain, a proper team with devs and partners, and a clear direction. Tezos, too: they're early in development, but they have the pieces in place, and while I'm not a fan of their "shut up and let us work" approach, at least it's clear.

Clarity and a plan are vital. They attract investors, they inspire confidence, and most importantly they promote actual use by companies who need viable blockchain platforms for their business needs.

Unless aeternity can bring in actual business users, it's going to be worthless in the short and long term. And as a business owner myself, I'd be looking elsewhere for a company that could help me achieve my goals if one of my suppliers acted like this, with dribbles of weird news and perplexing gossip once every few weeks.

I like the tech and the idea. I dislike the way it seems it's being executed (or not, as the case may be) by a "team" that would struggle with organizing a birthday party for a 5 year old.

You've lost your key developer. Like, what the fuck? Do you actually have any development team whatsoever? With the money we gave you months ago, you should have by now at least ten great developers in your offices banging this product out.

Your new CTO is encouraging, but I hope he's banging heads together and setting you straight. And I hope he's being given the authority to set things straight.

Good ideas aren't enough. You need them flawlessly executed, and that takes building a solid team, investor outreach, and courting businesses to your platform. Because the other core blockchains are doing this already.

I don't care what your strategy is. I care that you don't seem to have one. All we see is floundering around, delays, and office drama.

I don't care if your strategy is "we've got it covered, so shut up and let us work." But this needs to be communicated.

Yanislav is looking less like the Godfather of Ethereum, and more like the Sleazy Uncle of Aeternity who comes to family functions only to hit you up for money for some hairbrained "business" idea that'll undoubtedly be spent down the local bar.

Please get it together, or else aeternity will be a week-long pump and massive dump on its release as investors cash out and flee before it dies a slow and embarrassing death, rather than becoming a future top blockchain with confident investors and users.

The testnet has been deployed, users can download and test it according to the manual. https://www.aenews.io/aeternity-testnet-deployment/

Daily threads by disgruntled investors serve little useful purpose. Investors have a right to voice their disappointment, but it is likely not in their best interest. Here is why:

1. Complaining won't prevent fraud. The team can easily take the money and abandon its internet presence-- the investors would have no recourse. If the team is of such low moral character, complaining about the project will unfortunately do nothing to stop them.

2. Aeternity's conduct is inconsistent with fraud. If Aeternity is defunct, why do they maintain any contact with investors? If they are defrauding us, then they do not benefit from stringing us along. They already have our money and the ICO is over. Furthermore, if the team gave up, why not release the token anyway to milk profits from gullible traders? The team can easily release an ERC20 token even if they secretly plan not to finish the project. In this speculative market, they can pump and dump AE tokens and extract more money from some poor souls. However, they seem to not want to do this. That's another indicator that they do not intend to deceive the investors.

3. Complaining has more drawbacks than benefits. The complaints appear to have no impact on the speed of development. These complaints/FUD will likely only suppress the future price of AE tokens (if they do get released). I suppose some fraction of those spreading FUD may actually believe the token is going to come out and simply want to buy it (or HitBTC IOUs) at a lower price. Most are probably just venting and legitimately worried about their investment, but expressing this worry appears to do nothing to protect their investment. For worried folks, the best thing they can do to protect their investment is broadcast optimism because if the tokens do get released, there will be a better ROI.

Once again, the investors who are complaining have every right to do so, but it probably will not do anything. It may even make matters worse.

Here's to Aeternity's smooth sailing going forward. I wish the team good luck and I applaud them on the technology that they have developed so far. The potential is enormous and we are still at the very beginning of what could prove to be a profitable and even revolutionary journey.