As the launch of the EOS blockchain approaches, the Block Producers who will facilitate the network are coming together to test the EOS BIOS sequence. The `eos-bios` tool allows for multiple stages to take place. Here is the report with the highlights and improvement of the Stage 11.

Block Producers in Stage 11 (in alphabetical order): Aloha EOS, Dutch EOS, Easypayx, EOSIO.SG, GenerEOS, EOS Argentina, EOS Asia, EOS Authority, EOS Bixin, EOS BlockSmith, EOS Cafe, EOS Canada, EOS Cannon, EOS Cube, EOS Detroit, EOS Huobi Pool, JEDA, EOS Laomao, EOS Nation, EOS New York, EOS NodeOne, EOS ONO, EOSpace, EOS Romania, EOS Union, EOS Vibes, EOS Wancloud, MeetOne, Oracle Chain, SuperOne

Visualisation of the 32 nodes connected for the Stage 11

Highlights

The momentum is growing with the onboarding of new block producer candidates.

Dafeng, from EOS Asia is doing a amazing job to successfully bridge the discussion between Chinese and oversea BP communities.

We walk through how BPs can create isolated groups to test a EOS Network without the needs to have BPs online.

We had over 39 participants in the Zoom video conference call, all sharing their opinion, learning about the boot process and asking questions - in both Chinese and English.

Improvements Being Worked On

Special thanks to Denis Carriere, from EOS Nation, who took time to explain to other BPs how to adjust hooks.

Things that need more testing

Same problem encountered in stage 10, we need to have more testing being done on the `msig` operations, to replace a system contract for example.

We will run the onboarding session on May 24 at 21:00 EDT (01:00 UTC on May 24) and will launch the Stage 11 on May 24 at 21:30 EDT (01:30 UTC on May 25). All Block Producers are invited to participate.

For anyone who will be joining for the first time, we invite you to first go through the eos-bios YouTube playlist.