CTO Dan Larimer Announces Departure From EOS Builder Block.One

Dan Larimer has left his position as CTO of Block.one, the software company responsible for developing EOS. Larimer made the announcement on Hive yesterday, saying he doesn’t know what he wants to do next. However, he did say that he remains committed to his mission of creating free-market solutions. “I am leaning toward building more […]

Dan Larimer is resigning from his post as the chief technology officer of the development company Block.one. Block.one made history when it raised $4 billion worth of cryptocurrency for the initial coin offering of EOS, a blockchain that was built to compete with Ethereum and other smart contract networks. Block.one’s main project is EOS. Prior […]

In a short blog post on EOS social media platform Voice, Larimer hinted at future social media development Daniel Larimer, the CTO of EOSIO developers block.one and founder of early crypto exchange Bitshares and blockchain-based social media platform Steem, announced in a short blog post today that he has resigned. “[I] am proud of the EOSIO software I was able to create and launch with the help of an extremely talented group of engineers. Alas, all good things must come to an end. As of December 31, 2020 I have resigned my position as CTO of block.one,” the post read. While the post....

Since ride-sharing platform Uber has denied rumors saying that it is accepting bitcoin transactions and clarified that this feature is not yet in the pipeline, Bitcoin Builder sought to create a workaround by offering users access to its Uber business account to make bitcoin payments. However, Uber decided to suspend this particular account this week. Bitcoin Builder is still appealing to Uber to reinstate the account and, according to a message shared on Reddit, the company will reexamine the suspension. Uber Payments Thru Bitcoin Builder. As it turns out, Bitcoin Builder is facilitating....

Bitcoin Builder has been keeping the public in the dark as of late, but it has recently recently updated their website with a new announcement: GOXBTC is classified as Bitcoin that is “locked” in the Mt. Gox exchange, which shut down in early 2014. Bitcoin Builder is expecting the price for GOXBTC to go higher than .11 BTC. However, people were able to immediately liquidate their locked bitcoins at this price until February 24th, which eliminated a lot of risk that would have came from waiting for a higher price. I was able to talk to Josh Jones, the CEO over at Bitcoin Builder. He was....