Ethereum vs EOS Shots Fired On Reddit As Vitalik, Dan Larimer Clash ALTCOIN WATCH
In a sort of nerdy Clash of the Titans, two of the biggest names in Blockchain technology are having a conversation on which of their two systems has better overall usability for transaction numbers.
Buterin opens
The first in the ring was Buterin, who responded to an Ethereum Reddit thread post claiming that EOS was far superior to Ethereum because of the number of transactions and flexibility that Ethereum cannot offer.
The Ethereum cofounder argued that EOS, Larimer’s brain child, while offering large numbers of transactions but through a system that removes the protections of Merkle proofs and makes it impossible for regular users to audit the system unless they plan to personally run a full node.
He also argued that the nature of EOS decentralization through DPOS causes undue reliance on voting, which has proven problematic in the past with low voter turnout and little to no voter incentive.
Lastly, Buterin took issue with EOS fees, since transactions are linked directly to coins held, making it costly for poorer users:
“The poor, who are not interested in putting the entirety of their often very low savings into a funky new crypto asset in order to be able to use a Blockchain.”