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RE: Reponse to Vitalik's Written Remarks

in #eos7 years ago (edited)

What % of those demographics have bought Steem

Why? Metcalfe's Law doesn't care whether you bought into the network financially, only that you're part of the network.

EOS can have people contribute to the network via work, just like Steem does. It has a similar budgeting system. And merely being present on the network adds some value in its own. (Increasing the value of stake to others including the original holders).

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In answer to "Why?": Because that would not specifically address Vitalik's point.

I do not believe that infinite access subsidies for the poor is part of EOS's design -- Dan conceded Vitalik's point on this issue, and countered that Ethereum is even worse for the poor.

I don't think he did concede that point. He went on specifically to say that services pay, not users.

Users including the poor will use EOS just like they use Steem where they will have greater barriers to entry on Ethereum and similar models.

Empirically Steem is being used massively in the developing world, including by people who are not wealthy at all. So contrary to Vitalik's claim that they need to purchase stake to use a blockchain built on this model, they don't. Services provide the stake (perhaps through delegation), and users provide value in other ways.