Ethereum has had a good start being the first mover in smart contracts, but EOS ...

Jabanga · on July 8, 2017

EOS doesn't currently exist. It makes a lot of strong claims, and has delivered none of them yet.

fintechie · on July 8, 2017

Larimer has delivered them already in his previous projects: BitShares and Steemit. That's more proven track record than what Ethereum had in early 2014, and that didn't stop people from supporting the idea. I for instance have been a strong supporter of Ethereum since day 0, but now I feel EOS (with DPoS and Graphene) is the next step in blockchain tech.

Jabanga · on July 8, 2017

Ethereum had no "solid" value proposition in 2014, and EOS doesn't have one now. You're overstating its proven value. We can share our opinions on the respective projects, but that's different from a demonstrable value proposition.

fintechie · on July 8, 2017

You should check the definition of value proposition. [0] Ethereum had one: "a cryptocurrency with a programming language beyond opcodes"

EOS value proposition is: "a platform for building DApps beyond PoW (using DPoS) and industry-ready TPS (with Graphene[1])".

Both DPoS and Graphene are inventions of Larimer. For many this is enough, and that reflects why it's already a top 15 crypto.

[0] http://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/valueproposition.asp

[1] http://docs.bitshares.org/

Jabanga · on July 8, 2017

You're saying a vaporware blockchain with unproven claims has a more solid value proposition than Ethereum because its founder created two cryptocurrencies that combined have a market capitalization that equals 4% of Ethereum's.

>Ethereum had one: "a cryptocurrency with a programming language beyond opcodes"

It didn't have one until it had working code.

fintechie · on July 8, 2017

No, I'm saying that I trusted Ethereum would be built when it was a project idea although Vitalik was only a blogger, and that I'm trusting Daniel because hi has even better chances of delivering.

And that is the reason why I bought in both crowsdsales. Your call...

Jabanga · on July 9, 2017

You can trust EOS all you want, but that doesn't give it a "solid value proposition" that can be demonstrated. I'm simply disputing your choice of words, as it gives a misleading impression in my opinion.