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Thomas Cox

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Thomas Cox is a blockchain governance enthusiast. All opinions expressed are his own.

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Thomas Cox
@thomasbcox Feb 1, 2018, 3:55 AM UTC

EOS.IO - why letting block producers pay you for your vote is harmful

I had a lengthy talk with Dan Larimer yesterday morning about governance and block producers. The topic of "paying for votes" came up, and he expressed deep concern that such a practice could harm th…

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Thomas Cox
@thomasbcox Jan 10, 2018, 3:59 AM UTC

A Response to Kai Sedgwick

This is a response to a recent article published on bitcoin.com on the EOS.IO Software and its technology visionary, Dan Larimer. Dear Kai - Thanks for writing about block.one, Dan Larimer and the EO…

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Thomas Cox
@thomasbcox Jan 9, 2018, 10:54 PM UTC

Changes to the forecasting of EOS.IO Software development

With the early shipment of the September and December releases (the 04-Dec release contained most of what had been promised for 31-Jan), Dan and the development team have changed they way we forecast…

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Thomas Cox
@thomasbcox Dec 29, 2017, 4:08 AM UTC

10^6 Blocks on EOS.IO Dawn 2.0

A bit of holiday news from the EOS.IO Software development team. Earlier today on Testnet2, we added our millionth block. Testnet1 is in fine form as I write this, and at 953k blocks should pass the…

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Thomas Cox
@thomasbcox Dec 15, 2017, 6:34 PM UTC

Incentivising Voting - when, how and by whom

Should voting be mandatory, or optional (voluntary)? When if ever should voting be incentivised? What incentives are appropriate, when, paid by whom, and why? Which sorts of votes should be incentivi…

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Thomas Cox
@thomasbcox Dec 12, 2017, 6:15 PM UTC

Welcome to EOS Governance

This is the forum for threaded conversations on EOS governance. The EOSGov Telegram channel is here: https://t.me/EOSGov An archive of old EOSGov Telegram conversations is here: https://docs.google.c…

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Thomas Cox
@thomasbcox Nov 8, 2017, 3:33 AM UTC

Modest Changes to the organization of EOS.IO Github issues

Heads up if you're tracking the EOS.IO Github -- yesterday we rationalized the mapping of issues to milestones, reflecting that our work is now proceeding in two tracks, as well as our go-forward sta…

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Thomas Cox

EOS.IO - why letting block producers pay you for your vote is harmful

A Response to Kai Sedgwick

Changes to the forecasting of EOS.IO Software development

10^6 Blocks on EOS.IO Dawn 2.0

Incentivising Voting - when, how and by whom

Welcome to EOS Governance

Modest Changes to the organization of EOS.IO Github issues