China's Ministry of Industry & Information Technology, a institute that works closely with the government to implement policies.
Breaking it down.
The index is breaks down blockchain technology into three criteria: Technology, Application, and Innovation.
Ethereum scored 23.7 in application due to its nature of being a general purpose platform, while Steem only received a 9.4.
The total difference between Steem and Ethereum, or between rank 1 and 2, is only 13.5 points.
How would EOS stack up?
If we were to keep the exact same scores for Technology and Innovation as Steem, but increase the application score up to the same as Ethereum, this would give us a score of 130.3 for EOS.
Making EOS the number one blockchain.
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