[ANN] Zether - A Fully Decentralized Social Platform

[Zether]

🚀 Zether Social is Here – A Fully Decentralized Social Platform!

🎉 It has always been our dream to build a fully decentralized social platform, and today, we’re beyond excited to announce the first public version is now live! 🔥

🏆 What Makes It Special?
    - Built entirely on a single smart contract – no central servers, no middlemen.
    - Designed for scalability & efficiency, simulating a full social platform on-chain.
    - True censorship resistance – no one can take your voice away.

🔗 Link: https://zether.org/

This is just the beginning. Join us as we revolutionize decentralized social media! 🚀

[PX-Z]

I like the idea, can you tell how much or the average range of the gas fee before posting or anything since it needs any changes for the account too?

Also, please make the platform more mobile responsive it looks like a desktop mode even using a mobile phone.

The color scheme is like X (twitter) too, idk but that's what i feel. You could make changes for that like more unique feels than just being a copy like o X.

[examplens]

It has always been our dream to build a fully decentralized social platform

Can you tell us something more about the way this was done? More technical details.
A decentralized social platform is an idea that has been talked about for a long time, but I haven't seen any serious attempts yet. As far as I know, even the administrator of this forum offered a reward for the decentralized solution of this forum.

Zether Social Platform is 100% decentralized. It runs entirely on a single smart contract — with no admin, no control, and no central authority. Our contract is carefully designed & highly scalable to handle millions of users, ensuring unstoppable freedom of speech and true digital ownership. No bans. No censorship. No one in control.

This seems like anarchy in the making. It's a great place for spammers and fraudsters.

I'm not sure this is an idea that will be accepted.

[logfiles]

1. When you talk about True censorship resistance. I don't think this is possible as long as you use domain names that can be seized or shutdown at any time. Tell me that I am wrong. Sometimes all it take is for authorities to contact namecheap.com
2. I don't think the gas fee will reduce spam. More like how we still see this networks getting spam attacks regardless of the miner fees. If the spammer is motivated, nothing can stop him or them

[Zether]

I like the idea, can you tell how much or the average range of the gas fee before posting or anything since it needs any changes for the account too?

Also, please make the platform more mobile responsive it looks like a desktop mode even using a mobile phone.

The color scheme is like X (twitter) too, idk but that's what i feel. You could make changes for that like more unique feels than just being a copy like o X.

Thank you! Since the entire platform runs fully on-chain, there are no backend servers storing data. This means every post, update, or interaction needs to be written on-chain, requiring gas fees. However, the gas fees are very minimal at the time of writing.

For example, here’s a real transaction for making a post: https://zthscan.com/tx/0xaa0022b29f9ea6367cf8725b8c8e0f556382dfc6b478d69f97ca7ba6fbe925ef
And this is the link to post: https://zether.org/#post1

(cost: 0.000441279 ZTH ≈ $0.00000002703716433)

Regarding UI improvements:
- This is just the first version, and we agree that mobile responsiveness needs work. We are actively working on improving both the mobile and desktop experience.
- The design is inspired by Twitter, but the key difference is that this is fully decentralized—no Musk, no corporate control, no need for multi-million-dollar servers or thousands of employees. Just pure, unstoppable speech.

It has always been our dream to build a fully decentralized social platform

Can you tell us something more about the way this was done? More technical details.
A decentralized social platform is an idea that has been talked about for a long time, but I haven't seen any serious attempts yet. As far as I know, even the administrator of this forum offered a reward for the decentralized solution of this forum.

Zether Social Platform is 100% decentralized. It runs entirely on a single smart contract — with no admin, no control, and no central authority. Our contract is carefully designed & highly scalable to handle millions of users, ensuring unstoppable freedom of speech and true digital ownership. No bans. No censorship. No one in control.

This seems like anarchy in the making. It's a great place for spammers and fraudsters.

I'm not sure this is an idea that will be accepted.

We launched our own Ethereum fork on Nov 1st, 2025, using Proof of Work (PoW) consensus because:
✔ PoW ensures greater decentralization—it’s the best foundation for censorship-resistant platforms.
✔ A fully decentralized platform needs its own blockchain—you can’t rely on centralized chains and claim true decentralization.

How the platform works:
- We built a smart contract that simulates a full social media experience (similar to Twitter, but on-chain).
- You can: Create an account, update your profile (username, bio, website, avatar, cover pic), post, comment, react to posts, follow users, etc.
- All interactions happen directly on-chain.
- Our contract includes a smart query system, allowing users to efficiently retrieve any post, comment, or user profile—whether we have 100 or 1 million users, you can always query on-chain data efficiently.
- Unlike many dApps that use off-chain indexers to query data, our platform is fully on-chain, except for the follower list (because storing large arrays in a smart contract is inefficient). However, the off-chain indexer for followers is optional—you don’t need it to use the platform.

🔗 More technical details (FAQ): https://zether.org/faq

1. When you talk about True censorship resistance. I don't think this is possible as long as you use domain names that can be seized or shutdown at any time. Tell me that I am wrong. Sometimes all it take is for authorities to contact namecheap.com
2. I don't think the gas fee will reduce spam. More like how we still see this networks getting spam attacks regardless of the miner fees. If the spammer is motivated, nothing can stop him or them

1. A domain is not needed to access a smart contract.

❓ Can I use this platform without the official website? Yes!

This platform is so decentralized that you can:
- Download or clone the front-end and run it locally.
- Host your own Zether node, enable RPC, and connect the UI directly to it.
- This means no one, no government, no company can take this platform down.

Even if our domain is seized, Zether continues to exist and function—unstoppable.

2. Can spammers still abuse the system?

We can’t prevent spam, but it’s harder than on free-to-use platforms:
✔ Every action requires a gas fee, even account creation.
✔ Spam isn’t free, unlike on traditional platforms where you can just create bots and flood the feed.
✔ Will motivated spammers still exist? Sure. But it’s a lot harder than on Web2 platforms.

[ABCbits]

I've seen some social media/forum claims to be decentralized/distributed, although it's rare to find one that use PoW.

Zether Social Platform is 100% decentralized. It runs entirely on a single smart contract — with no admin, no control, and no central authority. Our contract is carefully designed & highly scalable to handle millions of users, ensuring unstoppable freedom of speech and true digital ownership. No bans. No censorship. No one in control.

This seems like anarchy in the making. It's a great place for spammers and fraudsters.

I'm not sure this is an idea that will be accepted.

I also have concern about that matters. Although theoretically someone could build front-end which have filter feature as pseudo moderation purpose.

[Zether]

I've seen some social media/forum claims to be decentralized/distributed, although it's rare to find one that use PoW.

Well, our platform is built entirely on a Solidity smart contract, meaning it can be deployed on any EVM-compatible chain—Ethereum, ETC, BNB, MATIC, and many more.

It’s rare to find a truly decentralized platform like ours because many so-called "decentralized" platforms deceive users. They let people sign in or create accounts using Web3/MetaMask, giving the illusion of decentralization, but in reality, their posts and data go to centralized servers instead of the blockchain.

With Zether, everything stays on-chain, ensuring true decentralization and censorship resistance.

[hugeblack]

Being based on the Ethash POW principle does not mean that the network is decentralized. The network is decentralized by the number of mining pools and their commitment to being decentralized.
Miners get 5% equivalent of total block reward but you did not mention the maximum block size and if each update costs about $0.00000002703716433 this means that the return from mining will be low and therefore the network will be more centralized.
An average of 12 seconds will make the platform slow.
Some links do not work like ----> https://zether.org/faq/faucet

[Zether]

Being based on the Ethash POW principle does not mean that the network is decentralized. The network is decentralized by the number of mining pools and their commitment to being decentralized.
Miners get 5% equivalent of total block reward but you did not mention the maximum block size and if each update costs about $0.00000002703716433 this means that the return from mining will be low and therefore the network will be more centralized.
An average of 12 seconds will make the platform slow.
Some links do not work like ----> https://zether.org/faq/faucet

If we follow your logic, then no PoW blockchain is truly decentralized—which isn’t the case. You’re ignoring a key aspect of decentralization: the ability for anyone to join and participate freely. 

For example, let's say our chain currently has only two mining pools. That doesn't mean a third, fourth, or fifth pool can't join. The barrier to entry is open, and that is decentralization. If you think pool dominance means centralization, then Bitcoin and Ethereum would also not be decentralized. 

Feel free to check the stats: 
🔗 Mining Pool Stats 

 
Regarding Block Size & Miner Rewards: 
- Block size is currently 30M gas. 
- Miners do not receive just 5% of the total emission. That 5% figure refers to the foundation allocation, not the actual block rewards. 
- Full emission details: Emission Table 

Unlike many other chains, our coin does not have a finite supply—ensuring that mining remains economically viable as long as the network exists. If you cap supply and rewards, you risk killing mining entirely, which forces a move toward centralization. 

 
About 12-Second Block Time Being "Slow": 
Yes, 12 seconds per block might seem slow in comparison to centralized platforms, but that's a flawed comparison. If we take your argument further, you could say: 
- Bitcoin is dead because PayPal and Visa process thousands of transactions per second, while Bitcoin blocks take 10 minutes. 
- Ethereum and Solana should replace all banks because they are faster. 

But decentralization isn’t about speed alone. If you want instant transactions, you sacrifice privacy, freedom of speech, and ownership to a centralized system. If you want decentralization, you accept some trade-offs in speed. 

Traditional platforms own your data, control what you can post, and censor you at will—in exchange for speed. Zether offers the opposite: no censorship, no ownership over users, and full on-chain interaction—but at the cost of slightly slower updates. 

 
It’s always a trade-off: 
✔ Centralized: Fast, but no ownership, no privacy, no freedom. 
✔ Decentralized: Slower, but no one can control or censor you. 

 
P.S. The broken link has been fixed, thanks for catching that! 🚀 

[Zether]

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Use it to power your experience on Zether Social, interact with smart contracts, or explore the Zether blockchain. No barriers—just pure decentralization.

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Start your journey on Zether today! ⚡🔥

[Zether]

🚀 Zether Social v2.0 is Live! 🚀

🎉 Link: https://zether.org/

What's new in v2.0?
✅ Sharing Post – Now you can share any post with ease! 
✅ Edit Posts & Comments – Update your content even after publishing! 
✅ Hide Posts & Comments – Hide your content from public view without deleting it!
✅ New Profile Fields – Enhanced profile customization with additional fields! 
✅ User Comment History Tracking – Easily track and access your comment history! 
✅ Enhanced Data Structure & Query Efficiency – Refactored smart contract separates account data, profile details, and usage statistics for faster, more efficient queries! 
✅ Overall Contract Enhancements – Improved logic for posting, reposting, commenting, and reactions for optimal on-chain performance!
✅ Refreshed, Responsive UI – Experience a modern, user-friendly design with an integrated loader, top bar, and sidebar navigation! 
✅ Clear Message Alerts – Stay informed with improved notifications throughout your interactions!

Join the decentralized revolution with Zether v2.0 – now more powerful than ever!

[Ucy]

You could try implementing this moderation logic since it's smart-contract based:


* anyone can review or moderate post/comment

* review = finding issue in a post or comment, and downvoting it, with reference or proof to the issue attached beside the vote.

*  issue = problem, something bad, or something not right

* You could have a list of issues or review types that best describe a review. Example of a list: plagiarism, scam, spam, racist comment, nudity, selling harmful drugs, etc. A reviewer simply tick one or more on the list that best describe his review.

* A review can be reviewed by another reviewer until there is no more issue

* a reviewer automatically gets 1 or more points for every successful review. This allows the reviewer to rank up and become a top moderator

* Successful review = good review, or review no one can find issue in. If issue is found it should be little

* You can set how much point each successful review is worth. Eg: Successful Scam review = 3points

* Top moderators have higher voting power, meaning their votes are taken more seriously, but even a newbie with strong evidence of wrong vote against top moderator can easily neutralize the wrong vote with the evidence.

[Zether]

You could try implementing this moderation logic since it's smart-contract based:


* anyone can review or moderate post/comment

* review = finding issue in a post or comment, and downvoting it, with reference or proof to the issue attached beside the vote.

*  issue = problem, something bad, or something not right

* You could have a list of issues or review types that best describe a review. Example of a list: plagiarism, scam, spam, racist comment, nudity, selling harmful drugs, etc. A reviewer simply tick one or more on the list that best describe his review.

* A review can be reviewed by another reviewer until there is no more issue

* a reviewer automatically gets 1 or more points for every successful review. This allows the reviewer to rank up and become a top moderator

* Successful review = good review, or review no one can find issue in. If issue is found it should be little

* You can set how much point each successful review is worth. Eg: Successful Scam review = 3points

* Top moderators have higher voting power, meaning their votes are taken more seriously, but even a newbie with strong evidence of wrong vote against top moderator can easily neutralize the wrong vote with the evidence.

Thank you for sharing your ideas! We truly appreciate the thoughtful input and suggestions. Community-driven innovation is what makes Zether Social special, and we're always open to exploring new ways to improve moderation and user experience. We'll carefully consider the ideas as we continue developing and refining the platform.

[Zether]

Exciting News: Markdown Formatting Now Available!

We're thrilled to announce that Zether Social has added support for basic Markdown formatting in posts and comments! You can now enhance your content with:

- Bold text using **text**
- Italic text using *text*
- Code blocks using `code`

This new feature allows you to express yourself more creatively and clearly on our decentralized social platform. And stay tuned — more Markdown enhancements are on the way in future releases!

Demo Post: https://zether.org/#post25

[Zether]

Announcing New Features on Zether Social!

We’re excited to share a major update on Zether Social. Our platform now fully supports Markdown, which means you can create posts with rich formatting—making your content look better and more engaging.

What’s New?

- Full Markdown Library: Use Markdown syntax for headings, lists, bold text, italics, code blocks, and more!

- Image Embedding: You can now easily embed images directly in your posts. To add an image without any accompanying text or title, use the syntax below:


The image will automatically adjust to fit the screen while maintaining its aspect ratio.

- Improved Link Handling: All links in your posts will now open in a new tab automatically. Simply paste your URL or use standard Markdown link syntax like:

[Visit Zether Social](https_://zether.org)

No extra attributes are needed—links are now enhanced to ensure a smoother browsing experience.

- Enhanced Formatting: Enjoy a more polished and visually appealing presentation for all your posts!

Give these new features a try and let us know what you think. Happy posting!

#Zether $ZTH

[Zether]

🌍 Should We Create Zether Social for Local Languages? 🗣️

Hey Zether community! We’re thinking about expanding Zether Social to support local language communities—like Zether RU for Russian speakers, Zether CN for Chinese speakers, and more!

This would allow users to freely post, engage, and connect in their native languages while keeping the experience streamlined and localized.

🔹 What do you think?
- Would you like to see Zether Social available in your local language?
- Should we create separate spaces for different languages, or keep everything in one global platform?

Drop your thoughts in the comments! 💬👇

[Zether]

🚀 Zether Social Update Alert! 🚀

We're thrilled to announce a major update to Zether Social! Our UI has been completely revamped to offer you a sleek, intuitive experience. And that's not all—choose your vibe with our brand-new theme system!

✨ What's New?
- Enhanced UI: Enjoy a cleaner, faster, and more user-friendly interface.
- Dynamic Themes: Switch effortlessly between Light, Dim, and Dark modes to suit your mood and preference.

Dive in now and explore the new features. Your feedback keeps us moving forward—let’s redefine social together!

[Zether]

🔥 Zether Social Activity Contest - Round 1 🔥

🚀 Total Prize Pool: 1,000,000 $ZTH
📅 Start: 10 March 2025
⏳ Deadline: 20 March 2025

🏆 How to Participate?
👉 Follow the instructions: https://zether.org/#post36

[Zether]

Today's Update on Zether Social:

- New Feature: Added a "Read More" link for long posts. 
- Fix: Fixed scrolling issues on mobile devices. 
- Fix: Resolved duplicate comment display.   
- Minor improvements and additional bug fixes.

Join: https://zether.org/

[Zether]

🚰 Zether Faucet Update – Faster Claims! 🚀

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🔹 New Feature: A timer now shows the remaining time until your next claim, making it easier to track when you can claim again!

🔥 Claim your ZTH and use it to write and engage on Zether Social! Let’s keep the community active and thriving!

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