EOS BP Summit Summary

Last November, eosDAC was invited to EOS BP Summit & CryptoFinance in Oslo, Norway hosted by @bitspace.

EOS Block Producers from around the world attended this event to give insight into what is required to be a BP in a 3rd generation blockchain ecosystem.

The talks and panel discussions covered topics such as technical developments since the launch of EOS, community initiatives, security & infrastructure challenges, governance and what we can look forward to seeing in 2019.

While you can watch the whole 7.5 hours long video, we have broken down timestapes for you:

7:56 Welcome Address by Bitspace
9:01 Kickstart the summit by Ashe Oro
10:16 About Bank of Staked, a self-serve CPU&NET leasing Smart Contract: How to build a fully automatic resource leasing dAPP and introduction to other open source projects by Zhao Yu, CTO of EOSLaoMao (eosDAC has contributed in building the tool that’s mentioned in here: https://github.com/EOSEssentials/EOS-Proxy-Token)
25:20 ATTIC LAB Products such as Cryptagio and BONEX and the competitive advantage of EOS - Scalability and Governance by Vlad Makarov, rketing Lead of ATTIC LAB
33:55 EOS Storage Solution, HODLONG_ by Dan Cowgill, Senior Architect of BP.fish. You can read about HODLONG, an IPFS type network built upon Webtorrent here If you have a question, join their Telegram
1:18:50 Panel 1: Security & Infrastructure Challenges

Host:
Eugene Luzgin - EOS Tribe

Panelists:
Zhao Yu ​​- EOSLaoMao
Dafeng Guo ​​- EOS Asia
Igor Lins E Silva​​ - EOS Rio
​Eric Björk​​ - EOS sw/eden
Michael Yeates​ -​ eosDAC
Stanislav Sinyagin (known as cc32d9) - ​​Software Engineer

1:21:08 Current issue with history API and ongoing development (Mongo) Join discussion. Mongo Github
1:38:11 Q&A
1:49:53 Predictions and Opinions on Infrastructure in 2019 as EOS Blockchain is growing rapidly and more side chains emerge
1:58:35 Possible CPU Solution
2:01:47 Network Latency - current alphabetical ordering to geographical ordering
2:05:10 QNA
3:29:16 __Green Initiative - Make EOS The First Carbon Neutral Blockchain____ - by offsetting the entire EOS carbon footprint by Rohan from EOS Authority
3:33:53 Panel 2: The Role of BPs in EOS Governance.

Host:
​Vlad Makarov - Attic Lab

Panelists:
​Steve Floyd ​​- EOS Tribe
Jetse Sprey​​ - EOS Amsterdam
​Kevin Rose​​ - EOS New York
​Moti Tabulo​​ - ECAF
​Sharif Bouktila - ​​eosDublin

3:36:51 Roles, liabilities and responsibilities of Block Producers
3:41:15 Need for a single document which outlines guidelines for BPs on how to be accountable and execute the orders of the community or ECAF?
3:49:31 Interpretation of the Constitution
3:56:27 Dispute resolution. Should the arbitration be limited to fixing errors in the code?
4:12:40 Liability of block producers and scaling governance. Automation of dispute resolution, such as SageWise
4:58:24 Panel 3: Global BP Relations
Host:
​Yves La Rose​​ - EOS Nation

Panelists:
​Adrianna Mendez - ​​Cypherglass
​Jess Houlgrave​ - ​shEOS
Phil Mesnier ​​- Object Computing Inc.
Paco Cabanillas - ​​EOS Mediterranean
Dafeng Guo​​ - EOS Asia
​Ross Dold - ​​EOSphere

5:00:34 Importance of the community in the blockchain space
5:06:15 How BPs are engaging their communities worldwide as teams grow internationally.
5:23:16 What BPs would like to see in the future in the event like this
5:27:37 What BPs have been learned from the past months
5:37:49 Current concerns and barriers in maturing the community
5:41:51 How to attract new users and what the EOS community can offer
5:47:37 Q&A

Host:
David Packham - EOS42

Panelists:
​Daniel Lazor​​ - Worbli
Yifeng Mao​​ - EOS Real
Kedar Iyer - Everipedia
Anzor Daurov​​ - UoS
Rob Konsdorf - ​​Telos
​Rhett Oudkerk Pool​​ - Europechain

6:42:53 Competition amongst all the sister chains (WORBLI, Telos, U°OSos, Europe, etc.) right now before Inter Blockchain Communication?
6:57:38 Multiple chains for infinite scalability and difference between sister chains and side chains
7:00:51 Instead of ‘Sister Chains’, is it possible for 'EOS Mainnet' to handle all of the different variety of configurations
7:05:09 What would the 'Killer App' on these chains and why (some technical problem in recordings)
7:13:00 Advantages of BPs representing multiple chains and what will the space look like in 2 years from now

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During the conference, EOS Authority introduced this brilliant initiative to make EOS the world's first major carbon neutral blockchain. EOS Authority has paid for the standbys who did not pay in time for their offset and ClimateCare for the full 562 tonnes of CO2 offset. Learn about it here: https://eosauthority.com/green/ or join the discussion t.me/eosiozeroco2

The goal was to offset the entire EOS carbon footprint, 562 tonnes of CO2 for 1 year (10th June 2018 to 9th June 2019) by 30 November. Within a week, over 36% of the BPs supported the initiative started and together we achieved the goal by the deadline. EOS is now the world’s first carbon neutral blockchain!

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17th’s conference was more focused on the blockchain industry in general, yet representatives from EOS New York, EOS42 and EOS Nation had a panel session to introduce EOS to the audience who were not familiar with the concept of EOS/EOS.io and the role of a block producer and its governance.

Find the video here

Topics included: What is EOS? Where to begin if curious about EOS? What is the role of a block producer? Do BPs compete or collaborate? What is the difference between EOS and EOS.io? Governance: How are collective decisions made in the network? What are dApps? How to overcome the challenge of communication between East and West? 2019 projections for investment and business.

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Thank you @bitspace and other sponsors for this meaningful event and we hope to see you all in the next event.

-Soyoung & Andrew