After Bitshares and Steemit, Dan Larimer’s latest project EOS has also gathered lots of attention. Their record-setting crowdsale has already raised $300m and is continuing for another year. Dan joined us to discuss his journey in the industry, what connects the different projects, how EOS works and how the EOS crowdsale works.
Topics covered in this episode:

A history of Dan’s previous projects Bitshares and Steemit
How Dan knows when the time has come to move to the next project
Why they describe EOS as a decentralized operating system
The EOS approach to scalability
Benefits and downsides of the EOS fee model
EOS’ Delegated Proof of Stake consensus
How EOS handles malicious validators
Addressing criticisms around EOS’s crowdsale terms and governance structure

Episode links:

EOS Website
EOS Whitepaper
EOS Consensus Presentation May 2017 - YouTube
Vitalik Buterin Criticisms of EOS
Dan Larimer's Response to Vitalik
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This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/197