Waves - the evolution of bitcoinA new cryptocurrency platform is gaining ground, thanks to fulfilling many of the promises made about bitcoin when it first appeared.
Bitcoin made a big splash in its early years, as the world's first peer-to-peer online currency. It had never before been possible to transfer value directly from one person to another over the web; because digital information can be copied so easily, you needed a middleman to keep accounts for you.
Bitcoin became famous for several reasons, not all of them good. The ability to cut out third parties like banks and payment processors made transfers fast and low cost, but it also made them more anonymous – so bitcoin became a favorite way to buy drugs on the dark web. But many people were messianic about bitcoin, believing it would solve some of the worst injustices of our broken financial system.
It didn't quite work out that way, although there has been huge interest in the blockchain, the technology that underpins bitcoin. Now Waves, a blockchain platform that allows anyone to create their own tokens – which could represent currencies, shares, bonds, loyalty points, music or software downloads and much more – has launched, and is gaining traction fast.
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https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/02/waves-the-evolution-of-bitcoin/
