The idea of creating new assets on top of bitcoin via smart contracts has been around for a few years now, but it seems that no one has been able to find the perfect solution up to this point. Bitshares and NuBits are probably the most widely used platforms for creating these sorts of assets right now, but they are often met with skepticism due to the fact that they aren’t based on the bitcoin blockchain. Adoption of these platforms for payments is also basically zero right now. Some individuals in the cryptocurrency community believe that these sorts of bitassets are required to access the next level of mainstream adoption, while others question whether they’re actually useful for the general public.