# Calm before the storm

**URL:** <https://forums.counterparty.io/t/calm-before-the-storm/967>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [March 25, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/calm-before-the-storm/967 "2015-03-25T23:37:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![platformparty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@platformparty](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/platformparty)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/calm-before-the-storm/967/1 "2015-03-25T23:37:56Z")

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Anyone else get the feeling that Counterparty is primed to take off shortly? I’m very excited.

Not a lot of talk lately, but lots and lots of work being done behind the scenes.

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**Author:** ![JPJA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/jpja/32/1324_2.png) [@JPJA](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/JPJA)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/calm-before-the-storm/967/2 "2015-03-26T07:38:14Z")

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Yes, I think we’re all waiting for smart contracts. On Github you can see that the Counterparty and Ethereum devs are working together on this.