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Hey guys,

I was thinking of investing in Waves, but I'm a little concerned about the timeline.
They are planning to launch in summer 2016, which is after the Block Halving.

Do you think it's worth investing, considering that the Blocks are about to be halved?

Thanks

bitcoin may be looking at a serious problem.  Just because rewards halve doesn't mean BTC's value will double.  Further centralization will occur as mining ceases to be profitable

Halving means nothing, it's already reflected in the price.  As to waves...what?  Is that a new shitcoin?  Why would you not buy one of the other hundreds of coins already on the market?  Like maybe one that's probably going to be worth more than 1 satoshi a year from now.

The devs (mostly NXT crew) are experienced guys and they delivered interesting stuff in the past, so I think the coin itself will be fine. What they failed to deliver in the past was the meaningful marketing, but now they said that will be all right.
Block halving is an interesting question as according to many that already priced, but I wouldn't be surprised to see some significant hype and maybe the start of a new bubble around this July.

Probably you can't expect massive ETH like profits, but personally I think a Waves investment will be somewhat profitable in the future... if they will really do some good marketing.

I see waves as a potential coin with a good team behind . But if you take a deep look between lisk ICO style And Waves ICO Styles you may find some similarity in the the presentation of each coin .

maybe who knows just don't invest your life savings

As with any other crypto-platform/currency, time will tell whether it will be able to be of real world value.

I saw its thread lately i think it has potential but have similarities in Liskcoin, it might worth to invest but not much mate :)

I don't see how that makes much of a difference. You should decide whether or not to buy WAVES on its merits, potential, and don't forget to consider the risks.

Stop repeating the same obvious false claim over and over again.  There is no such thing as "halving already priced in" because the mining power increased a lot when price went up.  For the halving to be "priced in", the mining power would of needed to stay the same after price went up, then halving happens, and mining power is still the same.

As things are now, a lot of miners would need to turn off if no price increase happened for the halving.  So absolutely nothing is priced in.  Miners also tend to mine at a loss in hopes coins wil lbe worth more in the future rather than turning them off.  Nobody is going to be turning off their millions of dollars in miners.  They will simply stop selling coins at a loss, then the market dries up and price goes up.  This is why it's inevitable price increases afterwards regardless of what happens before.  All miners in the world did not stop selling coins 6 months in advance to make the price go up already.  It's possible a few did, but I highly doubt the majority of all miners removed all coins from market 6+ months in advance.  The price would still be increasing by the day if they did so.

you never know look how much lisk brought during ico and it could be a flop its all part of crypto i guess

I think it is not worth the risk to invest their storage in waves

Thanks for your replies.

I understand that the concept is great and the devs are reputable.
What I'm worried about is that if I buy 200,000 Waves at 1000 sat right now & BTC goes up.

Waves, after launch, would be worth way less than that.

But I guess, that is a risk that I'd have to take.  ;D

Someone brought up the point that with ICOs being the new hot thing right now, there is the risk of over-investment. So maybe it's not the badest idea to wait a little and see what is happening, as tempting as the day-1-bonus is. On the other hand, I have a hard time believing that you wouldn't be able to at least break even, especially if you have bonusses.

in wave I probably would not risk

You don't have to buy any, just participating in the signature program is an option to claim a few too.

FUD! I never expected to use that word. But I agree miners are too much centralized. Maybe China will raise energy prices in the future.

For Waves: This is the first time I hear about it. That means it can be a good investment, but if you have to ask, it more likely means you are hoping people will start investing in it after reading your question. In that case you are too late to invest. I do not invest.

Do research and take the risk if your up for it

Dude, after it was shown that your words are worthless - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1414866.msg14368518#msg14368518 - why do you think anyone will take them seriously?

With Waves asset trading on the Waves Blockchain and kickstarter/Community based projects being funded decentralized using Waves tokens I say it might be a good investment. Waiting impatiently for ICO to see what happens. ;)

One of those good project worth investing but let's see how this will turn out.