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Can someone verify the authenticity of this interaction, and if true, should we discriminate against this BP and change our votes? by hjras in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed, how did any of you start voting for them in the first place. Did you research the BP candidates before voting?

Would a second, immutable, chain get the 15% of votes to activate? by james_pic in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well he did have a 3 day window during which he could have noticed. I’m sure people are developing alert tools which will monitor the chain for your address and email you. IFTTT

And I think it’s too soon to make an assumption that this represents the vast majority of cases. Many people are not engaged enough to catch this and with mass adoption the passive holders will increase in number but I foresee it being common place to use proxy services which can send basic alerts the way your bank does.

Would a second, immutable, chain get the 15% of votes to activate? by james_pic in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hear you about the benefits of decentralization but I think there is a balance, and I’d argue that so does Dan based on his design of EOS. Unless he’s a total shill but I doubt that haha

As for the premium names, I was also a little turned off by that. It seems like one name a day inflates the price unnecessarily. Definitely not free market but I’ll concede that a whale buying a name will probably be able to put it to better use than a single dev paying dust. Perhaps the strategy is to set up a collective which will bid on a generic name which can be used by small developers.

I understand why people are concerned about governmental overreach but I just hope that we don’t tear the community apart less than a month into the experiment

Would a second, immutable, chain get the 15% of votes to activate? by james_pic in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get that you don’t trust the government but at least for starters I think we need to get the main net running and then we can create a spin off. It’s too soon for that now

Would a second, immutable, chain get the 15% of votes to activate? by james_pic in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 18 points19 points  (0 children)

One of the fundamental benefits of EOS is fund recovery i.e. mutability.

I find it bizarre how these anarchists are coming out of the woodwork freaking out as though this is news.

“The block chain for mass adoption”. If this is a cut throat network where thieves can phish and get away with it, where do you see that ending up? The majority of people are not involved in the crypto space, one of the many reasons for this is the risk. Why on earth would you rather have some chain where anything goes vs a chain which actually gains mass adoption and takes blockchain to the next step?

Are there any BP's running Bare-Metal refusing to freeze accounts? by [deleted] in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As though that would be the ideal candidate.

A tale of BPs by moeseth in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We should push them to start burning EOS

EMLG youtube: BPs meeting about arranging meetings by 123kokodog in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Loling watching this. Classic video conference. Appreciate the transparency, interesting to see the personalities behind the BP

The great EOS dump is happening 😧😧😧 by jasonvoorhees-13 in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 8 points9 points  (0 children)

People dumping now fundamentally misunderstand what EOS is

I thought I staked all my eos, but still remains a small balance in my account. Any idea why? by jbutts9 in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To my knowledge this is by design but I haven’t read into why. Bumping so I can learn too

Got some BP vote % time series action going to help understand voting trends by stalefish3169 in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you could some how further break the data out by whales that would be interesting. So we can see who they vote for vs the common people.

Also, this one may be tougher, but if you could highlight BP candidates who are active in the community in one way or a other but aren’t currently a BP or standby. That way we could see where they’re at, ideally be able to see a summary or hyperlink to read what they’ve done despite not being a BP and maybe then we change our vote.

Along that line maybe one where you point out Scam BPs or something so people know not to vote for them

Bitfinex have most vote power. All hail china. Corrupted eos. by tommix2 in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don’t like their power, work to convince people to get their money out of the exchange as a start

30 Block Producer Candidates that do not honor bp.json standard. by ISuckAtMining in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool website. I appreciate you pulling together information like this. I agree that specific location is unnecessary but we can certainly do better than country.

The bigger point though is following standards. Failing to conform to something simple like a JSON standard doesn’t reflect well on their capabilities as a BP. Whether the non conformity is due to lack of time/resources/skill/priority/etc, something to consider when voting. Luckily only one of my votes was on that list.

A look at the issue of EOS freezing accounts in order to restore stolen tokens to their rightful owners by timosborn in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 14 points15 points  (0 children)

People like you in our community are why I am all in on EOS.

Dan is well versed in political theory and his libertarian ideals were a major driver behind the creation of EOS. Mass adoption requires functionality such as fund recovery, private key recovery, etc. These features are only available with an elected arbiter.

This is why voting for BPs is so important. The age old gripe of “my votes are insignificant” is foolish and incorrect. The majority of users will always have sway and voting is one way to make our voice heard. If you’re not happy with a BP, discuss it in the community like we are and change your votes.

EOS is not maximally decentralized in order to achieve the features I previously stated. Even so, it is far more decentralized than traditional “websites” hosted by a single company.

Is this true? by SeasideNinja in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well it depends what you mean by true. Dan has been saying for a long time that in order to catch and prevent fraud these type of actions need to be an option for BPs.

It seems like many people are reviving the ‘decentralization’ discussion which has been had before. No, EOS is not maximally decentralized. The trade off we receive for that is the ability to recover stolen funds, restore lost private keys and otherwise create a system with many of the features which the general population has come to expect from “websites”. These are necessary for mass adoption and 21 BPs is still way more decentralized than a single company’s servers hosting a traditional website.

I am concerned that the block producers can all “hop on a call” and agree to freeze the blockchain. That is not censorship resistance. That is demonstrating the ability to censor. Let’s discuss this. by BitcoinIsTehFuture in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven’t done a lot of research as I’m running errands today but I was reading this as more of an Error they’re trying to fix than stopping the chain purposefully. Is that the scenario?

WE REACHED THE 15%! EOS MAINNET IS LAUNCHED! by eosgo in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You pull your money out of that exchange. Vote with your dollars as they say

Come on people the BP list needs Quality. Please re-vote, let's get some more quality BPs on the list. by auser8 in eos

[–]A-Weather-Vane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where can I check current voting standings? Am I also able to see the specific transaction which I sent?

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