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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Waves, The Fastest Blockchain in the World

5 things you didn’t know about waves, the fastest blockchain in the world

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Waves, The Fastest Blockchain in the World

Bitcoinist.net · March 8, 2018 · 3:00 pm

You probably know that the Waves ecosystem provides solutions for safely and securely storing, trading, managing and issuing your digital assets – but we’re willing to bet that there’s plenty about Waves you don’t know.


The Fastest Blockchain in the World

Did you know that Waves is capable of handling hundreds of transactions per second?

The Waves network has implemented a ground-breaking new protocol which will allow its blockchain to process thousands of transactions per minute — meaning Waves is the fastest blockchain in the world and plans to stay that way.

On top of that, Waves-NG – a next-generation consensus algorithm based on Cornell Computer Science academics Emin Gün Sirer’s and Ittay Eyal’s bitcoin-NG proposal – is making the platform even easier and faster than ever before.

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Waves-NG is the first blockchain to adapt the bitcoin-NG proposal, which was designed to address bitcoin’s scalability issues by turning it into a proof-of-stake consensus.

A Safe, Secure, and Multifunctional Wallet

Did you realize that, when utilizing Waves’ wallet, your funds are stored in a blockchain address that only you control? That means that you — and only you — can access your crypto assets.

In addition to taking advantage of Waves’ outstanding security, you can create a multiple-currency wallet, receive interest on your Waves account balance, transfer funds from person to person, and mine cryptocurrency easier than ever.

A Decentralized Exchange

Unlike other inferior centralized exchanges, there are no limits on withdrawals when using Waves’ decentralized exchange — and every cryptocurrency purchased immediately appears in your wallet’s balance.

Waves also features a matcher and high channel capacity, which allows traders to make deals as quickly as on a centralized exchange — but without the risk of losing your money.

Waves exchange also features unprecedented security, as funds are kept in your wallet — not on the exchange!

Fees are also kept to a minimum, with only a small fixed commission on a per-order basis.

You Can Issue Your Own Tokens

Did you know that you can get your own internal digital currency by using Waves? You can also use the blockchain for crowdfunding, or paying for goods and services, and tokens can be utilized to create voting systems and loyalty/rewards programs.

So far, a total of 11,489 tokens have been released on Waves, with a total market capitalization of more than $1 billion.

Waves Covers Everybody

Waves isn’t just good for developers, who can enjoy the benefits of high network throughput capacity, low latency and low transaction fees. It’s also great for organizations, as it allows them to issue their own blockchain tokens and give your businesses a head start with crowdfunding, loyalty programs, voting and more.

Of course, Waves is also good for traders, who can store assets securely in the local lite client, whilst also trading them quickly and safely on the built-in decentralized exchange (DEX).

On top of all that, Waves is partnered with Deloitte — which will help them launch the development of a legal framework for the wider adoption of blockchain technologies.

If you want to see what Waves can do for you, check out a visual representation of the extensive ecosystem here:

5 things you didn’t know about waves, the fastest blockchain in the world

What do you think about the Waves blockchain platform? Share your thoughts below!


Images courtesy of Waves, Shutterstock

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Morgan Stanley Analyst: True Price of Bitcoin Could Be Zero

In a recent report sent out to clients, Morgan Stanley analyst James Faucette cautioned that the “true” value of bitcoin might actually be zero.


Zero. Zip. Nada.

The report, titled bitcoin Decrypted, discussed the difficulty in ascribing value to the digital currency, noting that it behaves like neither a currency nor a store-of-value commodity like gold, silver, etc… Examining several key factors, Faucette points out:

  • bitcoin can’t be valued as a currency because it has no associated interest rate;
  • It may be likened to digital gold but, unlike gold itself, which is used in electronics, jewelry, etc.., bitcoin has no inherent use*;
  • While it is technically a payment network, bitcoin is difficult to scale and charges no transaction fee*;
  • bitcoin’s average daily trade volume over the last 30 days is only $3 billion* compared to $5.4 trillion in the FX market;
  • The estimated daily purchase volume for bitcoin is less than $300 million compared to Visa’s $17 billion

Bitcoin acceptance among Top 500 eCommerce Retailers

All of these facts, according to Faucette, underscore the fact that the digital currency has “virtually no acceptance, and shrinking.” In fact, he provides a handy chart (above) to illustrate his statement. Because of this, he maintains that “If nobody accepts the technology for payment then the value would be 0.”

Hold On There, Speed…

I hate to burst your bubble, Mr. Faucette, but some of your facts are…shall we say…less than factual. Mind you, I am no financial analyst, but then you don’t need to be to pick out these errors.

FACT 1bitcoin has no inherent use

This one is a little tricky to refute, but I’ll give it a go. Playing devil’s advocate, let’s say that bitcoin as a cryptocurrency has no inherent use. It’s underlying architecture, the blockchain, has a wide range of applications. I know…”But blockchain and bitcoin are two separate things…” True, but without the blockchain, we wouldn’t have bitcoin to begin with, so one could conceivably argue that – in this instance – they are two sides of the same coin.

bitcoin has other uses too – especially in a socioeconomic sense. Consider the current economic conditions in Venezuela and Zimbabwe. These people have been utterly failed by their respective governments. Inflation is through the roof, their native currency has about as much value as one-ply toilet paper, and people – families – are starving. So where are they turning? bitcoin. People are mining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies so that they can survive. That’s pretty useful if you ask me.

Starving Venezuelans Turn to Bitcoin Mining in Desperation

FACT 2bitcoin charges no transaction fee

Um…hello? There is absolutely a transaction fee, and right now, we’re paying it out the wazoo. It’s part of those “scalability issues” you mention in your research report. Now, if by transaction fee, you mean a centralized service provider collecting a fee that goes into its own coffers, then I guess maybe you’re technically correct, but you’ve still missed the point. Kind of like tech support at a software company whose name will not be mentioned here.

FACT 3bitcoin’s average trade volume over the last 30 days is only $3 billion

What rock have you been living under? Go look at the historical data for the last 30 days on CoinMarketCap. It’s okay. I’ll wait. Second column from the right. The one labeled Volume. If you take the average of all 30 days, as of this writing, it works out to $11.8 billion – just a wee bit more than your $3 billion estimate.

Bitcoin average 24hr trade volume

I respect your experience and your financial acumen, Mr. Faucette, and it even looks like we both believe in the same old adage, “Forewarned is forearmed,” but if you’re arming your clients with inaccurate information, what purpose does it serve?

What do you think of Faucette’s claims? Could the true value of bitcoin actually be zero or is this just more wharrgarbl? Let us know in the comments below.


Images courtesy of Morgan Stanley, Reuters

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