TL;DR - Aithra: Itheum’s Next Leap Forward

Since 2018, Itheum has been building toward a world where data is owned, not extracted. With Itheum Aithra (V3), we unify seven years of learnings - from healthcare data ownership to Data NFTs to AI data tokenization - into one mission: to create a full-stack Abstraction + Unification blockchain protocol layer for data tokenization, storage, encryption, and IP licensing that powers the hyper-digital AGI data economy.

• Why now: AI has reached the limits of public web data. The world is now moving beyond digital - into the hyper-digital era, where data must be private, permissioned, and verifiably owned.

• What Aithra does: Provides developers, builders, and AI agents with a unified way to source, tokenize, encrypt, and license data - enabling the creation of hyper-digital data assets ready for intelligent systems and agent economies.

• Commercial model: Open-source infrastructure powered by public goods, complemented by enterprise-grade Gateways for organizations seeking web2-friendly access.

• Token updates: The $ITHEUM token evolves into a governance-focused utility, reinforcing community ownership and scarcity through planned burns and protocol alignment.

• Roadmap: Gateway (Q3 2025) → Workspace UI (Q4 2025) → SDK + MCP (Q1 2026)

Aithra is the foundation for the next decade of hyper-digital data ownership, privacy, and innovation. We’ve never stopped building - we’re just getting smarter about what the world needs next.