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This seems overstated. Civic seems interesting. EOS seems interesting. They are both longshots, but are they longer shots than your typical startup?


Have you read the EOS terms and conditions?

> The EOS Tokens do not have any rights, uses, purpose, attributes, functionalities or features, express or implied, including, without limitation, any uses, purpose, attributes, functionalities or features on the EOS Platform.

The legal EOS Token Purchase Agreement is a frankly amazing document. I'd link it but they've taken it down and put the URL in robots.txt. US citizens or residents are not to buy the tokens (though EOS assures us they totally don’t constitute a security – hear that, SEC?); the tokens are defined as not being useful in any manner whatsoever; forty-eight hours after the end of the distribution period, the tokens will no longer be transferable; the buyer promises not to purchase them for speculation or investment. If there’s any legal problems caused by you buying these officially worthless things, you agree to indemnify EOS.

People are still lining up to buy them. This says more about crypto fans than it does about the value of EOS.

Of course, all the action is in China. (People in the anglosphere tend to forget that almost all the action in cryptos is in China, and Western usage is basically a sideshow to that.) Here's a writeup of how the EOS offering actually works:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/6ma3a4/the_...


EOS has nothing to show. Pretty much sure it is a scam. Do you imagine a regular startup getting THAT much funding so quickly, for nothing to show? Not even if Elon Musk was the founder.




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