EOS, like ETH, has fundamental systemic flaws that will kill it when it attempts to do anything above anemic transaction volume.
https://hackernoon.com/the-ethereum-blockchain-size-has-exceeded-1tb-and-yes-its-an-issue-2b650b5f4f62
Anyone who threw money at either one of these projects should re-examine that decision. This will come to a head, and multiple coins will either fail outright, or parameters changed so drastically that it will contravene their original purpose for existing.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
Topic: Days After Launch, the EOS Blockchain Still Isn't Live (Read 123 times)
EOS is a threat to Ethereum. Not for being better, but for the amount of ETH that has accumulated there is always the risk of throwing down the value. And that's not only bad for ETH, it's bad for every ecosystem around the platform. I believe that the amount of ICOs that have been launched is one of the main reasons why the price of BTC and ETH has remained well below ATH.
Well that is what they saying, however, in the last couple of days I don't see EOS making a good gains so how can it be considered a threat? The correlation of ICO's being launched is only application to Ethereum to a greater extent as compare to Bitcoin. But I still consider them both to have a solid foothold on the market right now and no major threat can really relegate their stature as the most valued coins, not even EOS or Ripple can topple Bitcoin and Ethereum as far as I know.
EOS is a threat to Ethereum. Not for being better, but for the amount of ETH that has accumulated there is always the risk of throwing down the value. And that's not only bad for ETH, it's bad for every ecosystem around the platform. I believe that the amount of ICOs that have been launched is one of the main reasons why the price of BTC and ETH has remained well below ATH.
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As profiled by CoinDesk, after raising a reported $4 billion over the last year to create the software necessary to launch the blockchain
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As profiled by CoinDesk, after raising a reported $4 billion over the last year to create the software necessary to launch the blockchain
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There´s no way that they actually did raise 4 billion $. Many people suspect that they
recycled their own funds in order to increase the hype around the EOS token sale.
E.g. it could have worked like this:
1. Invest 10M $ into EOS tokens
2. Channel the proceeds back to their own accounts/wallets
3. Buy EOS again
4. Repeat 1.-3.
I wouldn´t touch EOS with a ten-foot pole.
Days after first initiating its launch in an unorthodox, distributed process, the EOS blockchain isn't yet live, but so far, the software appears to be progressing toward that goal without major issues.
As profiled by CoinDesk, after raising a reported $4 billion over the last year to create the software necessary to launch the blockchain, the company that created it is leaving it to its community to actually get it off the ground. That doesn't mean there haven't been material updates, however, or that Block.One, the company in question, hasn't been involved in the initial booting effort.
Rather, the company released version 1.0.0 of the EOS software on Saturday and already it's published one update to the code, version 1.0.1, a release that Block.One CTO Daniel Larimer described as preventing a "potential crash" in the update notes, along with other minor issues.
This means that, as of now, participants in the EOS initial coin offering (ICO), which ended on Friday, have purchased all the initial ethereum tokens that will ever be used to bootstrap the project. The plan was always for these tokens to be frozen at the end of the ICO, in preparation for a formal blockchain launch, meaning those coins won't be tradeable again until EOS is live. (It's unclear at this time how exchanges are managing their book-keeping while trading continues.)
The last big event took place June 2 at 10:59 UTC, when the tokens froze on ethereum and so-called "snapshots" were taken in order to preserve a record that can later be used to allocate tokens issued on the EOS blockchain to their owners. By all accounts, this occurred on time and without any issues (here's one description).
"Things are going about as we expected. A few road bumps, no show-stopping problems. I'm expecting the [blockchain] to be live in the next couple of days," Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital, one of EOS's most prominent endorsers, told CoinDesk.
Still, it has been remarkable how unified block producers, or the entities jockeying to process transactions on the new blockchain (and thus receive its rewards) have appeared outwardly given the global scale of the launch.
"I've been part of calls of 60 to 90 people every day," Marc-Antoine Ross, the CEO of EOS Canada, told CoinDesk, adding:
"What I think is important is we all published agreement to launch one chain."
Bumps and bruises
But this outward coordination has not been without a lot of behind-the-scenes effort.
Indeed, a controversy broke out in the EOS launch community last week when a group calling itself "Ghostbusters" published a critique of the launch approach led by EOS Canada, another group vying to become a block producer.
EOS Canada had published a piece of open-source software called "EOS BIOS" on April 9, a suite of code that aimed to coordinate the launch of the EOS software. Its had dozens of subsequent releases since then, with version 1.0.0 coming out on Saturday. "A lot of block producer candidates validated this solution to launch the network," Ross said.
That said, the critique was seconded by other block producer candidates.
The May 28 blog post argued:
"Using the EOS BIOS process will create unnecessary risks for the EOS blockchain launch and ultimately all EOS token holders. Also, any negative press on insecurities in EOS blockchain launch or failed attempt to launch the blockchain will have a negative impact on EOS price and reputation."
It argued that the channels between the various nodes needed to be more secure, using layers that obscure IP addresses and encrypt data as it passes between block producers.
EOS Canada promptly responded with a call for "increased collaboration" arguing that some of the vulnerabilities identified were settings needed for efficient testing, not a production launch.
In a subsequent post, Ghostbusters described theirs as the "security first" approach.
See more: https://www.coindesk.com/eos-blockchain-isnt-live-yet-getting-closer/
As profiled by CoinDesk, after raising a reported $4 billion over the last year to create the software necessary to launch the blockchain, the company that created it is leaving it to its community to actually get it off the ground. That doesn't mean there haven't been material updates, however, or that Block.One, the company in question, hasn't been involved in the initial booting effort.
Rather, the company released version 1.0.0 of the EOS software on Saturday and already it's published one update to the code, version 1.0.1, a release that Block.One CTO Daniel Larimer described as preventing a "potential crash" in the update notes, along with other minor issues.
This means that, as of now, participants in the EOS initial coin offering (ICO), which ended on Friday, have purchased all the initial ethereum tokens that will ever be used to bootstrap the project. The plan was always for these tokens to be frozen at the end of the ICO, in preparation for a formal blockchain launch, meaning those coins won't be tradeable again until EOS is live. (It's unclear at this time how exchanges are managing their book-keeping while trading continues.)
The last big event took place June 2 at 10:59 UTC, when the tokens froze on ethereum and so-called "snapshots" were taken in order to preserve a record that can later be used to allocate tokens issued on the EOS blockchain to their owners. By all accounts, this occurred on time and without any issues (here's one description).
"Things are going about as we expected. A few road bumps, no show-stopping problems. I'm expecting the [blockchain] to be live in the next couple of days," Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital, one of EOS's most prominent endorsers, told CoinDesk.
Still, it has been remarkable how unified block producers, or the entities jockeying to process transactions on the new blockchain (and thus receive its rewards) have appeared outwardly given the global scale of the launch.
"I've been part of calls of 60 to 90 people every day," Marc-Antoine Ross, the CEO of EOS Canada, told CoinDesk, adding:
"What I think is important is we all published agreement to launch one chain."
Bumps and bruises
But this outward coordination has not been without a lot of behind-the-scenes effort.
Indeed, a controversy broke out in the EOS launch community last week when a group calling itself "Ghostbusters" published a critique of the launch approach led by EOS Canada, another group vying to become a block producer.
EOS Canada had published a piece of open-source software called "EOS BIOS" on April 9, a suite of code that aimed to coordinate the launch of the EOS software. Its had dozens of subsequent releases since then, with version 1.0.0 coming out on Saturday. "A lot of block producer candidates validated this solution to launch the network," Ross said.
That said, the critique was seconded by other block producer candidates.
The May 28 blog post argued:
"Using the EOS BIOS process will create unnecessary risks for the EOS blockchain launch and ultimately all EOS token holders. Also, any negative press on insecurities in EOS blockchain launch or failed attempt to launch the blockchain will have a negative impact on EOS price and reputation."
It argued that the channels between the various nodes needed to be more secure, using layers that obscure IP addresses and encrypt data as it passes between block producers.
EOS Canada promptly responded with a call for "increased collaboration" arguing that some of the vulnerabilities identified were settings needed for efficient testing, not a production launch.
In a subsequent post, Ghostbusters described theirs as the "security first" approach.
See more: https://www.coindesk.com/eos-blockchain-isnt-live-yet-getting-closer/
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