Yesterday I went to the Waves Meetup at the Primalbase office in Amsterdam. First there were some presentations and after that there was a possibility to network with the other attendants and some members of the Waves team (and free beers ;-))
These kind of meetups are one of my favourite activities since I always meet interesting people and I get new insights from the discussions :-)
Take-aways
Let me share with you the most interesting pieces of information I got from the presentations about Waves in general and future developments.
(Update: Jarno from WavesNode was kind enough to share the slides of his part of the presentation with me, so the first images are of much better quality now!)
General impression
Introduction
Roadmap 2018
Waves DEX - Upcoming fiat gateways: CNY, JPY, KRW, CHF, AUD, GPB and RUB (currently EUR, USD, TRY)
Waves DEX - Upcoming crypto gateways: Bitcoin Cash, Dash, Monero, Ripple and NEM (currently Waves, Bitcoin, Ethereum, ZCash, Litecoin)
Other general updates: more liquidity for new tokens, better tokens and an investment bank for the crypto world (Tokenomica)
Team - More than 60 people (slide was outdated) working for Waves including 30+ developers. Waves really focuses on the tech and has one of the biggest core development teams of all crypto projects.
April release
Smart contracts
Recap on smart contracts on Bitcoin
Recap on smart contracts on Ethereum
Comparison smart contracts on Bitcoin vs Ethereum.
Bitcoin:
- Has a simple finite funds-protecting script attached to a coin.
- Can't access data on the blockchain
- There is no 'gas'
Ethereum:
- Turing-complete programs
- Read/Write data from/to blockchain
- You need 'gas'
Upcoming smart contracts on Waves. Version 1 will be more Bitcoin-like and non-Turing complete. Version 2 will be more advanced and Ethereum-like, Turing complete and will be able to handle applications like CryptoKitties without breaking a sweat.
Q&A at the end with some solid questions and feedback
Quite an informative and great evening I have to say. Fully up to speed with all the developments within Waves and meeting new interesting people is always nice!
Cheers
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