WAVES

WAVES is the native token of the Waves blockchain. Block generators receive transaction fees and their portion of block rewards in WAVES, which encourages generators to maintain and develop the blockchain network infrastructure. The more WAVES the generator holds (by ownership or lease), the greater its chance to add the next block is.

WAVES Parameters

WAVES is present on the blockchain since inception, there is no issue transaction for it, therefore the WAVES token does not have an ID. The REST API uses null for WAVES.

The number of decimal places (decimals) for WAVES is 8. The atomic unit called WAVELET is 1/100,000,000 WAVES.

In April 2016, 100 million WAVES were issued.

In October 2019, feature #14 “Block Reward and Community Driven Monetary Policy” was activated, which introduces block reward. Since that moment, the total supply of WAVES increases. The current quantity of WAVES can be found using Data Services: https://api.wavesplatform.com/v0/assets/WAVES (the quantity is specified in WAVELETs).

Leasing

The owner of WAVES can lease them via a Lease transaction. WAVES received on lease are included in the generating balance. Block generators send back different percentages as rewards to lessors. A lessor can cancel the lease at any time via a Lease Cancel transaction. More about leasing

How to Get WAVES

You can buy WAVES tokens on the WX Network exchange developed by the third-party team from the community, or at one of the centralized exchanges.

In addition, you can transfer crypto assets from external blockchain networks like Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain etc. to the Waves network and vice versa via PepeTeam Bridge, developed by the third-party team from the community. The corresponding asset in the Waves network then can be exchanged for WAVES.