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EOS MainNet Still Not Live and All the Reasons Why

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EOS gained special attention once it managed to push Litecoin down to the sixth spot on the global coin ranking list while taking over its originally long-held place as the fifth-best coin in accordance with its market capitalization that now counts over 9.6 billion dollars. However, what came with even radical anticipation is the launching of the EOS mainnet.

The network encountered several problems during the initial launching and prior to the launching of its main net, starting from troubles revolving around voting for the release of the main net to having EOS holders not being enough tech-oriented to be able to follow up with the entire token transition without having the appropriate tools for voting block producers either. All in all, it seems that the past couple of days came as chaotic for EOS.

The most chaotic moment maybe belongs to the case where many holders are not sure about the reason why EOS main net still didn’t go live. In that spirit, here are all the reasons, technical and circumstantial, for not having the EOS mainnet live at this point.

EOS MainNet Launch: Dead, but Alive?

Although it may sound like a Walking Dead episode, many EOS holders might have the feeling that EOS mainnet is quite dead although alive, which is a completely wrong impression.

The fact is that the main net is still not going live for its users, but it is also the case that the main net was successfully launched two days ago, on June 10th. After the third voting session successfully took place, EOS holders voted EOS main net launch to happen on the mentioned date, as it was eventually at 13:00 UTC.

However, due to the fact that the block producers are still waiting to be voted, EOS main net won’t be able to go live until that happens.

That means that the holders first need to vote their block producers while choosing 21 block producer that would make an essential addition to the operational power of the EOS network.

The block producers that are yet to be voted in order to officially take their places on the EOS network are all presented to their voters, however, some developers that remained faithful to EOS, making contribution to the chain prior to being chosen as candidates for block producers, are not sure who some of the top block producer candidates are, stating that there seem to be a case of making favorites while presenting developers unknown to the EOS community as potential block producers.

In the opinion of some of the candidates, some EOS holders might be disappointed in this case so they are hesitating with staking their tokens in order to vote, which additionally postpones the moment when the network will go live.

EOS Network Not to Go Live until Block Producers are Chosen

The fact is that the newly launched main net won’t go live until the block producers are voted.

All EOS holders have the right to vote, and their right is powered up by the number of tokens that they chose to stake in the voting hub. The greater the amount of tokens is staked by a single holder, the greater voting power that voter will have.

It has been stated by the EOS team that there need to be 150 million tokes staked in order for the voting to be completed and announced as valid, which means that EOS is ”only ” 150 million tokens away from being marked as live and ready to use.

However, it seems that the voters have only staked around 30 million tokens, with the first 10 million being staked during the first day of the main net launching. The reason why the network needs 150 million tokens in order to vote who the block producers would be, is because there need to be 15% of the tokens staked in the voting hub.

The importance of this voting is massive since the chosen block producers will operate the same way the block miners do, so their job would be crucial for efficiency and effectiveness of the new EOS main net.

There is a problem with this voting as well, which prevents the main net to be launched as soon as possible.

EOS Holders Are Not Sure How to Vote

What might be the biggest problem besides the fact that EOS needs five times more the amount of EOS they currently have is the fact that those holders that can be categorized as non-technical users or not particularly tech savvy are not sure how to vote.

Apparently, at the beginning when the voting for block producers have been announced as the ultimate goal that needs to be completed in order for the main net to go live, EOS voters could only vote by directly using the command line, which was pretty hard for the part of the voters that is not particularly tech-oriented.

Although there are a couple of tools for voting that appeared after the voting was announced, there are still a lot of voters waiting to have these tools confirmed and approved by the EOS team, while also probably waiting for more precise directions on how to vote.

EOS’ Performance

While the market seems to be greatly divided at this moment with one part dropping and the other part of the cryptos going up with different growth rates, EOS seems to be in the team “red”.

After the latest change that took place in the last 24 hours, EOS has gone down by -1.69% against the dollar, which means that EOS can be traded at the price of 10.82$ per one unit.

EOS tokens are currently in the transition between the previous chain and the new main net, while also waiting for EOS holders to stake their tokens towards fulfilling the goal of 150 million EOS units staked for the voting of block producers.

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XNO Token of Xeno NFT Hub listed on Bithumb Korea Exchange

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 25th January, 2021, // ChainWire //

Xeno Holdings Limited (xno.live ), a blockchain solutions company based in Hong Kong, has announced the listing of its ecosystem utility token XNO on the ‘Bithumb Korea’ cryptocurrency exchange on January 21st 2021.

Xeno NFT Hub (market.xno.live ), developed by Xeno Holdings, enables easy minting of digital items into NFTs while also providing a marketplace where anyone can securely trade NFTs.

The Xeno NFT Hub project team includes former members of the technology project Yosemite X based in San Francisco and professionals such as Gabby Dizon who is a games industry expert and NFT space influencer based in Southeast Asia.

NFT(Non-Fungible Token) technology has recently gained huge focus in the blockchain arena and beyond, making waves in the online gaming sector, the art world, and the digital copyrights industry in recent years. The strongest feature of NFTs is that “NFTs are unique digital assets that cannot be replaced or forged”. Unlike fungible tokens such as Bitcoin or Ether, NFTs are not interchangeable for other tokens of the same type but instead each NFT has a unique value and specific information that cannot be replaced. This fact makes NFTs the perfect solution to record and prove ownership of digital and real-world items like works of art, game items, limited-edition collectibles, and more. One of the ways to have a successful…

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Should Crypto Projects Devote Resources to Community Growth and Marketing?

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2020 has been an incredible year for crypto as investors have generated windfall profits and crypto projects have seen their businesses gain the spotlight they’ve been looking for.  While Bitcoin has received most of the attention after major institutional investors announced they were accumulating the increasingly scarce asset, many altcoins have also seen their fair share of glory.  When looking at all the big winners of the past year, the first project that probably comes to mind is Chainlink, having appreciated by more than 550% YTD and now valued at over $4.5 billion.  But, the actual biggest winner of the year is HEX with a YTD return of over 5,000%.

I mention both of the above projects as they have each taken slightly different paths to achieve greatness.  Chainlink has devoted resources toward building a fundamentally sound business with many strategic partnerships while HEX has spent vast sums of money on marketing and promotion.  Both approaches are valid, but one thing is certain, it is absolutely imperative for crypto projects to let the crypto community know what makes them special.  Of course, one of the reasons that makes crypto so valuable is the powerful blockchain technology that most projects are utilizing.

Cryptocurrency vs. Blockchain Technology

It’s important to make a distinction between blockchain technology and cryptocurrency.  Although they are often used interchangeably, they are different.  Blockchain technology and crypto were both created after the 2008 financial crisis, but cryptocurrency…

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XENO starts VIP NFT trading service and collaborates with contemporary artist Hiro Yamagata

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 24th December, 2020, // ChainWire //

The XENO NFT Hub (https://xno.live) will provide a crypto-powered digital items and collectables trading platform allowing users to create, buy, and sell NFTs. Additionally it will support auction based listings, governance and voting mechanisms, trade history tracking, user rating and other advanced features.

As a first step towards its fully comprehensive service, XENO NFT Hub launched a recent VIP service to select users and early adopters in December 2020 with plans for a full Public Beta to open in June 2021. 

“NFTs are extremely flexible in their usage, from digital event tickets to artwork, and while NFTs have a very wide spectrum of uses and categories XENO will initially focus its partnership efforts and its own item curation on three primary areas: gaming, sports & entertainment, and collectibles.”, said XENO NFT Hub president Anthony Di Franco.

He also added “This does not mean we will prohibit other types of NFTs from our ecosystem However, it simply means that XENO’s efforts as a company will be targeted into these verticals initially as a cohesive business approach.”

Development and Procurement Lead, Gabby Dizon explained, “Despite our initial focus, we found ourselves with a unique opportunity to host some of the works of Mr. Hiro Yamagata. We are collaborating with Japanese artist Hiro Yamagata to enshrine some of his artwork into NFTs.”

Mr. Yamagata has…

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