Torum is a revolutionary SocialFi (Social + DeFi + NFT) Metaverse ecosystem designed to connect worldwide cryptocurrency users. (Google)
Members are called "Landers" and are rewarded with the platform's token (XTM, a BEP20 token listed on Huobi, Kucoin and PancakeSwap) for submitting quality content, interacting with other Landers and participating in fun contests and in-house surveys.
In November of 2021, while researching world religions and ancient deities, I stumbled upon torum.com...
First I came across a non-religious web entity named Torum, an underground nonprofit cybersecurity website residing on the dark web.
It was launched in May of 2017 and shut down by it's administrator in August of 2020.
Then I found an ancient deity named 'Num-Torum".
"Num-Torum" (Numi-Torem or Numi-Turum) was the supreme god (or father god) of the Ugrian people.
After I joined Torum and was still a newbie Lander, I asked an admin if "Torum" referred to "Num-Torum".
He neither confirmed nor denied that it was.
Instead, he quickly stated that the platform's name is actually a contraction of the words "Token" + "Forum" = "Torum".
Now, hold that thought for a moment while we explore Torum's "Clan EKVA".
[But first, a personally significant aside:
Similar to the demonization of the "Swastika" - previously, a revered ancient religious symbol, but now associated with WWII and Nazi Germany, most Americans, especially African-Americans, do not immediately think of a close-knit "tribe" or a loving "family" when they read or hear the word "Clan's.
Instead, they think of the United States' shameful history of racial discrimination and remember the violence and xenophobic terrorism by the Ku Kluxx Klan.]
Back on topic: Clan EKVA
Members contribute their activeness (EKVA) - an individual's energy or "life fire" - to each Torum clan that they participate in (i.e., posting threads).
The higher the individual EKVA, the more active the Lander is rated; with the accumulated EKVA of all clan members reflecting how active the clan is.
Now think of this coincidence.
Naj EKva, a sibling of Num-Torum is the "God of Fire".
Imagine that?
May you and yours be well and enjoy your preferred, upcoming holiday season.
In Lak'ech,
JaiChai