æternity operates a public blockchain platform designed for scalable, secure smart contracts and decentralized applications. Its protocol includes the Sophia typed functional smart-contract language, FATE virtual machine, state channels for private off-chain transactions, ÆNS human-readable names, on-chain oracles, and the Æ coin. The ecosystem provides documentation, SDKs, APIs, node and mining resources, testnet and mainnet tools, and Hyperchains for customizable blockchain deployments.
