EOSUnion|After RAM, Here Comes the Time of CPU?

Recently, due to the large increase in CPU staked, many accounts have been deactivated, and a large number of accounts whose CPU usage is greater than the total amount of CPUs of the account (e.g., overruns have occurred), and thus no operations can be performed.

PART 1 CPU is not enough for the EOS accounts?

Why is it overrun occurred? Is the CPU not enough to use? Before answering these questions, we need to understand the EOS transfer principle and the two types of resources that EOS currently provides: RAM (purchased resources), CPU and NET (collateralized resources).
When it comes to EOS, we always compare the characteristics of its fee-free fee with the high handling fee of Bitcoin and Ethereum, because EOS adopts the inflation economy model and generates 5% of the total annual increase, while the latter two adopts the constant deflationary economic model.

However, EOS charge fees. It is mainly shown in RAM, and the charge is not cheap. It cost more than 200 RMB to register an account two weeks ago. In addition, CPU and NET also cost a lot, but because EOS adopting a temporary mortgage freezing method, CPU and NET will automatically unfreeze after a period of time. To some extent, CPU and NET resources are free.
In terms of RAM, you can check out this article "The skyrocketing RAM: the butterfly effect in the EOS eco" that was published by EOSUnion some time ago. As the consumption and charging logic of CPU and NET are basically the same, the following analysis is all based on CPU:

1. The user can purchase the CPU through staking EOS;
2. The user's CPU usage is dynamically changed. It uses a proportional system to allocate the amount of CPU that can be used according to the proportion of the user's CPU mortgage to the total mortgage of the entire network. For example, there are currently 100,000 EOS mortgages on the entire network for CPU usage, and you lock (stake) 10,000 EOSs on CPU resources, then you can use 10% of all CPU resources on the entire network.
   

It can come to a conclusion that the EOS of the whole network is increased, and the user's CPU usage is rapidly reduced. When the user operates several times, the available CPU can be reduced to 0%, and the user account will be inactivated. In order to solve the problem of account deactivation, it will increase the mortgage amount of the whole network CPU further, reduce the CPU usage of the account further, and thus more accounts are inactivated, so this is a vicious circle.

Well, I believe many people are eager to know how to use the account again.
For users who are not anxious to operate the account, you can choose to wait patiently for 24 hours after the used resources are restored or the number of mortgages on the main network is reduced. For users who need to use the account urgently, you can query the eosfavor.com (EOS mutual help community) website instantly. The account resource status information includes the minimum EOS amount of the activated account, and then find someone to help with the mortgage to solve the problem, or log in to the TP wallet official website, find the "EOS free mortgage" option, fill in your account name, you can complete the free mortgage.

Part 2, the CPU price may continue to cause problems
(1) The user's CPU usage depends entirely on the number of EOSs that are mortgaged. Therefore, the CPU usage of retail investors depends entirely on the operation of the large users. That is to say, the user cannot determine how many CPUs he will have in the future. DAPP developers cannot estimate CPU costs, either. This is an urgent problem for both individuals and DAPP developers;
(2) Unlike RAM, CPU doesn’t have a built-in exchange, and the CPU consumed has a clearing mechanism, so the buy-and-sale process is certainly not so smooth. However, the market is sensitive. When the price of the CPU reaches a certain level, there may be some market. It may be the rental market, it may be the futures market. We are still exploring and observing.
But the CPU rental business may be the first to get started, because according to the design of EOS, your CPU can be leased to others (such as developers or other users) to charge EOS rent. In this case, your EOS is your own, but Still able to get extra income by collecting rent. In addition, BM recently revealed in the EOS official group that it will create a CPU rental market, allowing trading authorization, all conditions will point the development direction of the CPU to the rental market in the short term.

Part 3 Conclusion
Regardless of how the CPU market will evolve in the future, it will have a profound impact on the EOS eco. Although the CPU itself does not have the space for speculation and profitability in the short term, the EOSUnion appeals to everyone to pay attention to the risks in this market. We also hope that all BPs and communities will jointly explore a more reasonable route, truly use resources for EOS eco development, and let the people who really want to use can afford it.