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Aurora EOS Weekly Update The Week in EOS.

One trend we’ve been noticing lately with EOS is the beginning of some serious open-source competition. EOSBet was one of the original gaming dApps built on EOS, and they were one of the first to prove a profitable business model for dApp developers. Recently we’ve seen an explosion of clones and competitors attempting to mimic EOSBet’s success. Some of these clones are using marketing, giveaways, token incentives, and lower house odds to try to outcompete EOSBet. Even though EOSBet was the first of its kind, the existence of open-source software allows competitors to spin up with much lower barriers to entry than there are in legacy systems. It’s going to be fascinating to watch various dApps try to distinguish themselves, create network effects, and carve moats around their user base in an open-source world. If you’re interested in keeping an eye on the growth of dApps, users, and activity on EOS, here are three great resources:

DappRadar for historical user data on EOS dApps.

Blocktivity for overall usage statistics for blockchain platforms.

CoinMetrics for EOS stats, including active accounts.

Let’s jump into what’s been going on this week!

General Happenings

Chintai Debuts eos.chintai.io – Share EOS42 officially announced the launch of Chintai, a p2p token-leasing marketplace. Chintai was one of the first major EOS infrastructure dApps to be announced, and it’s amazing to see it finally go live. Chintai allows users to lease out their token capacity to other users who’d like access to those resources. It serves a similar purpose to the upcoming proposed REX model proposed by Dan Larimer. Through the rental market, users and developers can access network resources at a much lower upfront cost, and EOS holders can earn a return by renting out their excess capacity. Congrats to all of the developers who worked on the project!

Mereo Proxy www.mereo.io – Share Mereo is a new independent block producer rating platform that also runs an EOS proxy. We’ve written about the importance of proxies before, and we’re excited to see initiatives like this emerge. We’re especially excited about the fact that Mereo is providing detailed explanations behind its choices and methodologies. This is great for the entire EOS community and keeps block producers accountable.

Recommended Reading

Combatting Vote Manipulation on EOS www.auroraeos.com – Share We wrote an in-depth piece about the recent allegations alleging vote manipulation on EOS. We talk about how the community can address these issues and work towards healthier network governance.

Watching and Listening

Long Reads Live #1 www.youtube.com – Share Our CEO Myles Snider joined Nathaniel Whittemore, Katherine Wu, and Travis Kling on the first episode of Long Reads Live. Travis and Myles touch on EOS governance questions beginning around the 40 min mark.

Scatter - Importing Keypairs www.youtube.com – Share A quick video from Scatter showing you how to import key pairs into the application.

The dApp World

EOSBet-Run Promo Substantially Slows Down EOS Network. www.whiterabbiticos.com – Share While the headline is a bit sensational, this is an interesting look at how EOS handles large increases in usage. It’s interesting to compare this model, where users are throttled, with Ethereum’s model, where transaction fees go up and unconfirmed transactions increase. It also shows that despite EOS’s impressive current performance numbers, increases in scalability are still needed. This thread from EOSBet dives deeper into solutions.

Announcing BankofStaked steemit.com – Share EOS LaoMao provides a more detailed explanation of their BankofStaked project. BankofStaked is described as a “self-serve CPU and NET resource vending machine.” In other words, it’s a way for users to get access to network resources at a fixed cost for a certain period of time.

Patreos www.patreos.com – Share Patreos is a new dApp that’s been making some noise in the EOS world. It aims to be a decentralized version of Patreon.

Developers

EOSJS Major Update V20.0.0 medium.com – Share Block.one releases the latest update to EOSJS. This update paves the way for application developers to outsource key management to whichever wallet provider the user chooses. This eliminates the need for users to enter their private keys directly into applications, improves security, and opens up all sorts of other possibilities. Highly recommended reading.

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