Waves is a cryptocurrency platform that includes a wallet, decentralized exchange, and a tool for releasing tokens, ie. doing an ICO.
This is one I first mentioned at the end of June when WAVES was trading at $4.50. That was admittedly a bit earlier.
But I followed up and did a more comprehensive review at the end of October. At that time it traded at $3.50.
That would have been a great time to get in as WAVES is now above $14. Let’s see what’s new with the Waves platform.
The price move can be attributed to recent major upgrades of the Waves Platform.
In the first upgrade Waves-NG was launched on the mainnet on December 7. This is intended to improve the scalability of the platform.
The protocol is based on Bitcoin-NG which was developed by Cornell Professor Emin Gun Sirer. The Waves-NG protocol will enable the Waves Platform to handle up to 100 transactions per second. Not quite Visa-like levels, but per Waves, this will make it the fastest decentralized blockchain system in the world.
While on the mainnet, Waves-NG is not activated yet. That is slated to happen through the new Waves Activation Protocol, which is designed to ensure a safe hard fork. Per Waves it should happen at block 795,000 this coming December 15.
Then today, December 13, Waves did the public beta launch of the Waves Client 1.0.
The new client is a comprehensive redesign of the wallet and the user interface. According to Waves, it compares to the best online banking and trading platforms.
The best part is, according to Waves, its decentralized exchange will now be indistinguishable from that of any top-tier exchange.
As mentioned before these upgrades have led to a WAVES price surge. See the chart below.
I can’t wait to try out the new Waves. If their DEX is indeed comparable to centralized exchanges, that will be a monumental achievement.
But I’ll be the judge of that.
(I’ll also note here that on today, December 13, 2017, the Waves decentralized exchange has done $3.6 million in daily volume.)
I've look into Waves before, but I can't see them doing anything better than Ethereum. I get the impression that the recent spikes in most alts are driven by newbies fomo-buying in hopes of getting rich.
Always good to have some healthy skepticism. I'm going to check out the wallet to see how user friendly it is and I'll be watching the DEX volume as well. <$4m is so little. If that doesn't improve after the upgrades it'll be a sell.
I've been holding Waves a while now on their DEX. Very easy to lease your coins and get rewards without doing nothing. Awesome team, awesome project =)
Thanks for the update !
Good tip, thank you. I actually have written down 'Lease Waves' on my to do list lol
Haha good, easy way to get money =)
Bitshares decentralized exchange is the future!
https://bitshares.org/
Waves is an open-source blockchain platform that allows users to launch their own custom cryptocurrency tokens
Yep... I'm more interested in the DEX though
very good
mind touch blog really...
Cheers!
Wow, when I first read waves I thought you meant mspwaves. I had no idea it was a coin. Thanks for the information
Lol... yea Waves is a popular word. You can't even watch google trends for this crypto because of that.
Cheers!
Thanks for shared this info @g-dubs
Thanks!
that's a nice description of WAVES.
Thanks!
Nice write up. I saw it on coinmarketcap.com, but didn't really look into the project. I will have to do some reading up on it after your post, thanks !
So many to look at! This one is worth your time.
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Waves is an open-source blockchain stage that enables clients to dispatch their own particular custom digital money tokens...
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Ooooh I might have to get back in on this one. I’ve been out of the loop and sold at the end of summer
1st one is the best one!!
its too good!!
I don't have much knowledge of Crypto yet, but super cryptocurious and Waves is my 1st project I invested in, it has NOT disappointed me yet!
On a silly sidenote , I love hording stuffs and collecting all various Tokens available on the Waves platfrom is just a bliss!
LOVING the new client and hoping for many more good things to come,
thank you for this article @g-dubs
it has been a good year for waves
Waves will move like high waves. Patience is required. Best of Luck and happy investing.