Now, the whole team is working day and night to prepare for Dether’s beta launch on Ethereum Main Net.

It will give users the ability to use their Dether wallet on Ethereum main net. We will then add features to enable them staking ÐTH tokens in order to add a sell point on the Dether map and trade Ether for cash — all while receiving a better reputation based on the number and volume of trades.

After interviewing users from all over the world over the past few weeks, we are working on a brand-new user interface and a better user experience of the mobile app.

First screen of Dether’s beta main net version

Just like we did with Dether’s alpha released on Ethereum test net in October 2017, we are already looking for beta testers for the beta main net version. If you are interested in testing, feel free to fill out the following form, we’d love to have your feedback:

Africa and Haiti tour

Dether at Token Economy Summit in Seoul, South Korea

One of the most important things we did prior to our token sale was going on a world tour in Europe, Asia and North America.

It gave us the chance to validate the issues encountered by our early adopters, to discover the current solutions they use to overcome these issues and to study how Dether will give them easy access to cryptocurrency.

From there, we conducted a series of market interviews with people in very different situations all over the world. This crucial step gave us the opportunity to understand the cultural differences and relationships to cryptocurrency from one region to another. It shaped Dether’s vision.

Now we’re planning to continue the Dether world tour in Africa and Haiti. We will host meetups welcoming blockchain/cryptocurrency enthusiasts, study the best strategy to spread Ethereum mass adoption in the region, and talk to regulators to understand their point of view. Cryptocurrency will have a major impact in these areas, and we want to be a part of crypto-based solutions for problems like high transfer fees, and a lack of fiat exchanges.

In order the do that, we’ve started working with Lamine. We met him in Paris while he was organizing “Ether Africa” events. He’s been travelling around Africa for the past threee months, and we plan on going with him to Algeria, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Senegal and South Africa for the Dether Africa Tour.

Ether Africa Meetup, November 11, 2017

Updates on shops partnerships and stablecoin

As you may know, Dether has already partnered with Blueshyft enabling Dether users to locate 1,200 local retailers, where you can buy ether using cash. We had the chance the meet with Kain Warwick, CEO of BlueShyft, at DevCon3 in Cancun and at Token Summit II in San Francisco.

He is also founding Havven, an asset-backed stablecoin with the trustlessness of a distributed system that could be used tomorrow to allow Dether users to easily switch from cryptocurrency to a stable coin.

Dether Asia Tour, Tokyo, December 2017

Similarly, our two recent trips in Tokyo gave us the chance to start targeting Japanese retailers.

Japan represents a country where cryptocurrency has been easily and massively adopted.

We think this will make a great addition to our shop lists, and help push Dether’s global boundaries.

If you’re shop owner, and you would like to be listed on Dether, please fill out this form to be listed.

See you soon on Dether.io

The Dether team

Dether.io

Credit photo: KENYA PHOTO / STUART PRICE.