CORE MAGAZINE September 2017 | Page 10

BlockChain News Oceanlab: A Community-Based Project for Waves-based apps At present, investing in cryptocurrencies can be hit or miss. While the technology behind the coin serves as a good indica- tion, without a strong community backing the project it may remain in the shadows. One of the things that is obvious once en- tering the Waves slack channel is the com- munity that backs the coin; a community 100% dedicated to the project. In order to push home this point, meet Oceanlab. Coming second in Waves ICOhub contest out of a total of 135 blockchain initiatives, it is clear Oceanlab has already won over the Waves community. What makes this investment so enticing is its ability to stimulate the economy in the Waves Plat- form at the same time. The applications Oceanlab plans to build are vital for Waves to reach its full potential, especially with a wide range of ICOs planning to raise funds Oceanlab is a community driven project on the Waves platform. It is essential to that aims to build applications on top of present blockchain data in a clear and the Waves blockchain. The two developers precise way both for developers and for behind the project, future investors. Fabrice Distefano (aka Sphearis) and According to the white Olivier Saintelet paper, Oceanlab intends (aka Dibatch) got to build a wide range of involved during the services built on top of Waves ICO, but got the Waves platform. All hooked when asked of these services will be to build a faucet built in due time, de- engine called Waves- pending on how much drop. The two again funds are raised in the doubled down by building the website ICO. The ICO itself is the most unique and https://gravit.ws/ which is still in its proto- diverse to date. Oceanlab, showing their type phase. The purpose of this website is love for Waves, are accepting BTC, USD, to simplify complex blockchain data into EURO, Waves and ETH, as well as, 20 to- an easy to read format as if one is reading kens built on top of the Waves platform. a newspaper. External websites will be Clearly, a project built to support the able to extract data from Gravit.ws which Waves network and community, Sphearis had this to say about supporting multiple will be presented in an easy to read for- mat. projects in the Oceanlab ICO, “We believe in the success of most pro- 7