The lightning network is the most directly useful application of smart contracts to date since it allows for off-chain transactions that optionally settle on-chain. This infrastructure has clear benefits for both scaling and privacy.
@renkcub, most likely Q4 2017. It should be still carefully tested before activation in mainnet, so 4+ months sounds reasonable.
mychartslie
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They're also going to be announcing their plans for privacy in early Q3, which in the dev's words, will be quite a "departure" from what the other privacy projects are doing right now. If this is announced in July along with the hardfork...it's going to be nuts.
yomofoV
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Interesting. I agree with price direction. Not sure if overall alt market allows this to pump right now. But we're definitely at major whale support. Just a matter of when not if.
RomanoRnr
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@yomofoV, exactly. I don't wanna say a specific time frame. Just pointing out it will probably happen. Pretty sure whales are interested too.