diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 738279d..7b4a032 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ PUBLIC_STELLAR_HORIZON_URL="https://horizon-testnet.stellar.org"
 PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL="https://your-project-ref.supabase.co"
 PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY="sb_publishable_..."
 
+# ── Waitlist ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+PUBLIC_WAITLIST_URL="https://script.google.com/macros/s/…/exec"
+PUBLIC_WAITLIST_TOKEN="a-random-string-you-also-put-in-the-script"
+
 # PUBLIC_STELLAR_NETWORK="MAINNET"
 # PUBLIC_STELLAR_NETWORK_PASSPHRASE="Public Global Stellar Network ; September 2015"
 # PUBLIC_STELLAR_RPC_URL=
diff --git a/src/components/landing/WaitlistSection.tsx b/src/components/landing/WaitlistSection.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c000fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/landing/WaitlistSection.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import { useState } from "react";
+import { isValidEmail, joinWaitlist } from "../../lib/waitlist";
+
+type Status = "idle" | "submitting" | "done" | "error";
+
+/**
+ * Waitlist capture. Email → a Google Sheet (via the Apps Script web app in
+ * `lib/waitlist`). Includes a hidden honeypot field so naive bots that fill
+ * every input are dropped silently.
+ */
+export default function WaitlistSection() {
+  const [email, setEmail] = useState("");
+  const [honeypot, setHoneypot] = useState("");
+  const [status, setStatus] = useState<Status>("idle");
+
+  const submit = async () => {
+    // A filled honeypot means a bot — pretend success, submit nothing.
+    if (honeypot) {
+      setStatus("done");
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!isValidEmail(email)) {
+      setStatus("error");
+      return;
+    }
+    setStatus("submitting");
+    try {
+      await joinWaitlist(email);
+      setStatus("done");
+    } catch {
+      setStatus("error");
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <section
+      id="waitlist"
+      className="mx-auto max-w-(--max-width) px-5 pt-24 pb-8 md:px-8 md:pt-32"
+    >
+      <div className="mx-auto max-w-[1104px] rounded-[26px] border border-[#ffffff14] bg-[#0e0f1a] px-6 py-16 text-center sm:px-10">
+        <h2 className="font-heading text-[clamp(1.8rem,4vw,2.4rem)] font-bold tracking-tight text-[#eef0f7]">
+          Be first when we launch
+        </h2>
+        <p className="mx-auto mt-3 max-w-[460px] font-body text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-subtle">
+          Drop your email and we’ll let you know the moment new features and
+          mainnet go live.
+        </p>
+
+        {status === "done" ? (
+          <p className="mx-auto mt-8 inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-xl border border-cyan/30 bg-cyan/10 px-5 py-3 font-body text-[14.5px] font-semibold text-cyan">
+            You’re on the list. We’ll be in touch. ✓
+          </p>
+        ) : (
+          <form
+            onSubmit={(e) => {
+              e.preventDefault();
+              void submit();
+            }}
+            className="mx-auto mt-8 flex max-w-[520px] flex-col gap-3 sm:flex-row"
+          >
+            {/* Honeypot: hidden from people, tempting to bots. */}
+            <input
+              type="text"
+              name="company"
+              tabIndex={-1}
+              autoComplete="off"
+              aria-hidden
+              value={honeypot}
+              onChange={(e) => setHoneypot(e.target.value)}
+              className="hidden"
+            />
+            <input
+              type="email"
+              inputMode="email"
+              autoComplete="email"
+              required
+              value={email}
+              onChange={(e) => {
+                setEmail(e.target.value);
+                if (status === "error") setStatus("idle");
+              }}
+              placeholder="you@example.com"
+              className="h-[47px] flex-1 rounded-xl border border-[#ffffff1f] bg-[#05060a] px-4 font-body text-[14.5px] text-white placeholder:text-muted focus:border-cyan/60 focus:outline-none"
+            />
+            <button
+              type="submit"
+              disabled={status === "submitting"}
+              className="inline-flex h-[47px] shrink-0 cursor-pointer items-center justify-center rounded-xl bg-cyan px-6 font-body text-[14.5px] font-bold whitespace-nowrap text-[#05060a] transition hover:brightness-105 disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-60"
+            >
+              {status === "submitting" ? "Joining…" : "Join waitlist"}
+            </button>
+          </form>
+        )}
+
+        {status === "error" && (
+          <p className="mt-3 font-body text-[13px] text-red-300">
+            Couldn’t add you just now — check your email and try again.
+          </p>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/waitlist.ts b/src/lib/waitlist.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab93787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/waitlist.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Waitlist submission → a Google Apps Script web app that appends the email to a
+// Google Sheet. The URL + optional token are public (they ship in the client
+// bundle); the endpoint only ever *appends*, never reads, so the collected list
+// is never exposed. See planning notes for the Apps Script + deploy steps.
+const WAITLIST_URL = import.meta.env.PUBLIC_WAITLIST_URL as string | undefined;
+const WAITLIST_TOKEN =
+  (import.meta.env.PUBLIC_WAITLIST_TOKEN as string | undefined) ?? "";
+
+const EMAIL_RE = /^[^\s@]+@[^\s@]+\.[^\s@]+$/;
+
+export function isValidEmail(email: string): boolean {
+  return EMAIL_RE.test(email.trim());
+}
+
+/**
+ * Append `email` to the waitlist sheet.
+ *
+ * Apps Script web apps don't return CORS headers, so this is a deliberate
+ * fire-and-forget: `mode: "no-cors"` lets the POST land but leaves the response
+ * opaque. A resolved promise therefore means "sent", not "server-confirmed" —
+ * which is the right trade-off for a waitlist (the row still appears in the
+ * sheet). Only an outright network failure rejects.
+ */
+export async function joinWaitlist(email: string): Promise<void> {
+  if (!WAITLIST_URL) {
+    throw new Error("Waitlist isn’t configured yet.");
+  }
+  const body = new URLSearchParams({
+    email: email.trim(),
+    token: WAITLIST_TOKEN,
+  });
+  await fetch(WAITLIST_URL, {
+    method: "POST",
+    mode: "no-cors",
+    // Form-encoded keeps it a CORS "simple request" (no preflight) and lands in
+    // the Apps Script `e.parameter`.
+    headers: { "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" },
+    body: body.toString(),
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/pages/Landing.tsx b/src/pages/Landing.tsx
index c8ea33b..77d8c3f 100644
--- a/src/pages/Landing.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Landing.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import HeroSection from "../components/landing/HeroSection";
 import ProductSection from "../components/landing/ProductSection";
 import PrimitivesSection from "../components/landing/PrimitivesSection";
 import FaqSection from "../components/landing/FaqSection";
+import WaitlistSection from "../components/landing/WaitlistSection";
 import CtaSection from "../components/landing/CtaSection";
 import Footer from "../components/landing/Footer";
 import Reveal from "../components/landing/Reveal";
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ export default function Landing() {
       <Reveal variant="scale">
         <CtaSection />
       </Reveal>
+      <Reveal variant="up">
+        <WaitlistSection />
+      </Reveal>
       <Footer />
     </div>
   );