After Bitshares and Steemit, Dan Larimer's latest project EOS has also gathered lots of attention. Their record-setting crowdsale has already raised $300m and is continuing for another year. Dan joined us to discuss his journey in the industry, what connects the different projects, how EOS works and how the EOS crowdsale works. Topics discussed in this episode:A history of Dan's previous projects Bitshares and SteemitHow Dan knows when the time has come to move to the next projectWhy they describe EOS as a decentralized operating systemThe EOS approach to scalabilityBenefits and downsides of the EOS fee modelEOS' Delegated Proof of Stake consensusHow EOS handles malicious validatorsAddressing criticisms around EOS's crowdsale terms and governance structure Links mentioned in this episode: EOS WebsiteEOS WhitepaperEOS Consensus Presentation May 2017 - YouTubeVitalik Buterin Criticisms of EOSDan Larimer's Response to Vitalikblock.one Sponsors: Ledger: Industry standard security meets convenience and usability with the Nano S - http://epicenter.tv/ledger Support the show, consider donating: BTC: 1CD83r9EzFinDNWwmRW4ssgCbhsM5bxXwg (https://epicenter.tv/tipbtc)ETH: 0x8cdb49ca5103Ce06717C4daBBFD4857183f50935 (https://epicenter.tv/tipeth) This episode is also available on :Epicenter.tvYouTubeSouncloud Watch or listen, Epicenter is available wherever you get your podcasts. Epicenter is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, S?ƒbastien Couture & Meher Roy.