​​What’s that sound? It’s free money 💵💵💵 dropping into your Waves wallet! Learn more about how to get $WAVES for free: http://wavescommunity.com/airdrop-to-new-btc-holders/

​​We’re glad to announce that Waves Platform CEO Sasha @absolutelysasha Ivanov will be speaking at CoinDesk Consensus 2018 blockchain technology summit in New York on topic "Waves: Open Blockchain for Real World Applications".

Use this link to get $300 discount for a ticket, exclusively for Waves community members: https://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2018/register/?promo=C18Fj3F

​​The first iteration of Waves' Smart Contracts will be a non-Turing complete implementation that will make advanced business logic available but without the vulnerabilities of fully Turing complete contracts. It will be focused on account controls, making Waves more secure, powerful and flexible.

So, this is what you will be possible to carry out with Waves’ smart accounts: https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@wavesplatform/waves-smart-accounts-and-smart-assets

By the way, you'll be able to see the very first bits of Waves' Smart Contracts on our TestNet very soon! Stay tuned!

We're happy to announce that Waves Platform Smart Contracts developer Ilya Smagin will be speaking at Chainges conference in Amsterdam on May 5th. He'll take a part in a panel discussion about blockchain platforms and will talk about dapps and tokenization. Then a Q&A session will follow where Ilya will answer any questions about smart contracts. Don’t miss it! Get tickets here: https://chainges.co

airdrops is the future of ICO. By providing a utility token to a wide audience of cryptousers you basically solve all the issues a new project faces - attracting users, launching the product and monetizing it through a stake retained by the team. It is legally easier, more fair and transparent then current opaque ICO market. Expect major airdrop projects on Waves.

​​The blockchain/banks relationship is complex and cannot be treated as a matter of one replacing the other. Rather, this is a gradually evolving merger with many different aspects — some of which we consider: https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@wavesplatform/does-blockchain-pose-a-threat-to-banks

"The Waves Decentralized Exchange has a solid concept and the backing of Waves platform only adds to its legitimacy": https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/waves-decentralized-exchange-dex/

​​Yay! Waves Client Beta ver. 1.0.0-beta.35 is out! What’s new in this update:

— You can now sort, filter and hide tokens in the Portfolio tab
— DASH gateway has been launched
— Hindi and Dutch languages support added
— You can now invoice other users
— Additional minor bugs have been fixed

And don’t forget you can always get the latest version of the Client here —> https://wavesplatform.com/product

Enjoy!

Demo of the upcoming new Waves mobile app. It's gonna rock!

What Is A Smart Contract? Simple Explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKDQqyvLwu8

The time has come! Smart Contracts will be released on Waves’ TestNet TODAY! Waiting for the activation next week. Stay tuned!

Waves Smart Contracts have just been released to Waves’ TestNet: https://github.com/wavesplatform/Waves/releases/tag/v0.12.0

Counting days to activation!

Smart contracts are on the testnet, waiting for activation. After that we'll start showcasing what you can do with non-turing complete Waves contracts, there's lots of things actually. The first will be multisig, automic swaps, oracles. At the same time we start working on the future full turing complete language. Besides, several important partneships are to be announced, stay tuned

"Russians are all over this space" —> https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2018/04/29/meet-the-russians-behind-your-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-too/#2f419de03b86

Currently there's more than 10 k daily trades on Waves DEX, with a low spread for all major pairs, daily volume is around 2 mil USD. Projection is around 10 mil by the end of May. User experience is already the same as with centralized exchanges. Great arbitrage opportunities still, so if you're into bot trading you can make some good money now with DEX - external exchanges arbitrage

Thanks everybody for your interest in Waves! Our channels grow fast: we see lots of people coming to our Telegram, Reddit, Twitter, Steemit, etc. Also, there’s a huge number of new $Waves wallets created! Mindblowing! More cool things to come soon! Stay tuned!