We can even see different solutions being created to work around the lack of smart contracts. There is nothing stopping the creation of decentralized chains on top of HIVE that feature smart contracts. I think @aggroed is already working on this.
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H-E already has smart contracts, the problem is that it is not decentralized.
Blocktrades talked about it too in some of his recent posts.
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