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EOS.IO
EOS.IO is a blockchain protocol based on the cryptocurrency EOS. The smart contract platform claims to eliminate transaction fees and also conduct millions of transactions per second. It was developed by the private company Block.one and launched in 2017. The platform was later released as open-source software. History Based on a white paper published in 2017, the EOSIO platform was developed by the private company Block.one and released as open-source software on June 1, 2018. At the launch of the blockchain, one billion tokens were distributed as ERC-20 tokens by Block.one. The CEO of Block.one, Brendan Blumer, announced that the company would support the EOSIO blockchain with over one billion USD in funding from the token sale and ultimately Block.one raised over four billion USD to support the blockchain during the initial coin offering (ICO) period. The original test net, Dawn 1.0, was released on September 3, 2017, with test net versions Dawn 2.0 released on Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Blumer
Brendan Blumer (born 1986) is an American-born Cayman Islands–based entrepreneur. He is the CEO of the tech company Block.one, which developed the EOS.IO blockchain platform. Early life Blumer was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When he was 15 years old, he developed a website to sell virtual economy, virtual assets in the multiplayer online gaming space. His website, known as Gamecliff (stylized as ''GaMeCliff''), displayed different characters, weapons, and houses for MMORPG games including EverQuest and World of Warcraft. Career In 2005, Blumer's Gamecliff was acquired by IGE and the company moved to its new headquarters in Hong Kong to head Gamecliff's operations. Blumer founded The Accounts Network in 2007, a company that sold in-game MMORPG avatar (computing), avatars and reached $1 million in revenue figures. In 2010, Blumer launched Okay.com, an enterprise data sharing platform for real estate brokers in Asia. The company later merged with the real estate co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |