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<p>Lately, we have been very busy helping the community to build an open network that will spearhead EOS into the world.</p>
<h2>A Candidate Chain</h2>
<p>We are pleased to say that <strong>yesterday around 5pm</strong>, we started receiving blocks from a <strong>community started chain</strong>. They loaded 694,947 actions into 4,550 initial blocks, honoring the contribution of everyone participating in the ERC-20 token crowdsale.</p>
<p>Since then, an impressive number of Block Producer Candidates have been tirelessly working to ensure all the contracts were correct, all the balances were honored properly, and all the governance texts were correct and on-chain.</p>
<p>A special contract (`eosio.unregd`) was also included to honor those who have not been able to register their EOS key: this account holds <strong>3,301,220.3641 EOS</strong> right now. By having that included in the chain, Block Producers will be able to, <strong>in the future</strong>, honor those contributions as well.</p>
<p>We are being extra cautious in how events unfold, but I have to say that all validation, stress testing by all participating Block Producer Candidates, have passed on that chain. The chain in question has a `chain_id` of:</p>
<p>579a649aae8f660aa1abbab262437596d1f388f709b0b94a9fd6bba479889ea5</p>
<h2>Going The Extra Mile</h2>
<p>Today, the team at EOS Canada took the time to do a profound deep-dive <a href="https://github.com/EOSIO/eos/issues/3814">on this issue</a> that could have put the whole network at risk, if not clearly understood. A solution was found by Block.one in a timely fashion and we are now confident to move forward.</p>
<h2>Recognizing Community Effort</h2>
<p>In the past weeks, we had a total of <strong>150+ community members working together to prepare and practice the launch of the mainnet</strong>. Through video conference calls and <a href="https://t.me/joinchat/GSUv1UaI5QIuifHZs8k_eA">Telegram chats</a>, all actively coordinating the launch with the group, sharing their opinion, learning about the boot process and asking questions - in both <strong>Chinese and English</strong>. We have been getting better every day with great rehearsals, rapid consensus, multiple Block Producers able to boot and more validation.</p>
<p>With all the excitement around the launch, we would like to take the opportunity to thank each member of the community who helped out setting up 20 testnets, improving the boot process together, and baking it into software.</p>
<p><strong>It's an honor to work with you all! </strong>(in alphabetical order)</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.alohaeos.com/">Aloha EOS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bitspace.no/">Bitspace</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.blockeos.io/">BlockEOS</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blockgenic.io">Blockgenic</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blockmatrix.network/">Block Matrix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blockpro.one/">BlockPro1</a></li>
<li><a href="https://cybex.io/">Cybex</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cypherglass.com/">Cypherglass</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dpos.club/">DposClub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dutcheos.io/">DutchEOS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.easypayx.com/">Easypayx</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eos42.io/">EOS 42</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eos90s.io/">EOS 90s</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosamsterdam.net/">EOS Amsterdam</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosantpool.com/">EOS Antpool</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eosargentina.io/">EOS Argentina</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eosasia.one/">EOS Asia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosauthority.com/">EOS Authority</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eosbeijing.one/">EOS Beijing</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eos.bepal.pro/">EOS Bepal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.eosbixin.com/">EOS Bixin</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosblocksmith.io/">EOS BlockSmith</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eos.cafe/">EOS Cafe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eoscannon.io/">EOS Cannon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eosio.university/">EOS ChainClub</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cocosbcx.io//">EOS COCOS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eoscostarica.com/">EOS Costa Rica</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eoscube.io/">EOS Cube</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosdetroit.com/">EOS Detroit</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eosdublin.com/">EOS Dublin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eoseco.com/">EOSeco </a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosflare.io/">EOS Flare</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosgermany.one/">EOS Germany</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eosgravity.com/">EOS Gravity</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eos.hcc.top/">EOS HCC</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosindia.io/">EOS India</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eosio.sg/">EOSIO.SG</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eosjrr.io">EOS JRR</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosnation.io/">EOS Japan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eoslaomao.com/?lang=en">EOS LaoMao</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosmeso.io/">EOS Meso</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosmetal.io/index_en.html">EOS Metal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eosmedi.com/">EOS Mediterranean</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eosnairobi.io/">EOS Nairobi</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosnation.io/">EOS Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosnetwork.io/">EOS Network</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eosnewyork.io/">EOS New York</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eos-nl.net/">EOS-NL</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosnodeone.io/">EOS NodeOne</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ono.chat/">EOS ONO</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nodepacific.com/">EOS Pacific</a></li>
<li><a href="http://peer1.eospalliums.org:8888/v1/chain/get_info">EOS Palliums</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eospace.io//">EOSpace</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eosphere.io/">EOSphere</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eostark.com/">EOStark</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosrio.io/">EOS Rio</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/EOSro">EOS Romania</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eossv.io/">EOS Silicon Valley</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eos.vote ">EOS Singapore</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eosocal.io/">EOS SoCal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eos.store/">EOS Store</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eosys.io/">EOSYS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eostaxrelief.com/">EOS TaxRelief</a></li>
<li><a href="https://steemit.com/eos/@eosthu/eosthu-block-producer-report">EOS Thu</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eostitan.com/">EOS Titan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eostribe.io/">EOS Tribe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosvibes.io/">EOS Vibes</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosvillage.io/">EOSvillage</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eos.ren/EN/">EOS Union</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eosuk.io/">EOS UK</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eosvikings.no/">EOS Vikings</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wancloud.cloud/#/">EOS Wancloud</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eoswz.com/">EOS Wenzhou</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eos.worbli.io/">EOS Worbli</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eoswtz.com/">EOS WTZ</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.genereos.io/">GenerEOS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.geos.one/">GEOS</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.libertyblock.io/">LibertyBlock</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.helloeos.com.cn/">HelloEOS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.huobipool.com/#!/community">HuobiPool</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eosjapan.org/">JEDA</a></li>
<li><a href="https://meet.one/en/">MeetOne</a></li>
<li><a href=" eosdapp.oneeos.org">onechaindapp</a></li>
<li><a href="https://oraclechain.io/">Oracle Chain</a></li>
<li><a href="https://sheos.org/">shEOS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://superone.io/">SuperOne</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.mytokenpocket.vip/">TokenPocket</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.top.one/">Top.one</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.unlimitedip.com.cn/">Unlimited EOS</a></li>
</ol>
<p>We hope we haven't forgotten anyone. If we have, please contact us and we will fix it immediately.</p>
<p>We want to acknowledge the following individuals in a special way:</p>
<ul>
<li>People who did a great job helping with translation to successfully bridge the discussion between Chinese and overseas Block Producer communities: Dafeng from <a href="https://www.eosasia.one/">EOS Asia</a>, Joshua from <a href="http://www.eoseco.com/">EOSeco</a>, Tyee from <a href="http://eospace.io/">EOSpace</a>, Winlin from <a href="http://www.eosbixin.com/">EOS Bixin</a>, Bean from <a href="https://eoscannon.io/">EOS Cannon</a>, and Zhao Yu -from <a href="https://eoslaomao.com/">EOS LaoMao</a>. We feel that bridging the West and the East is a great achievement of the EOS community.</li>
<li>Denis Carriere, from <a href="https://eosnation.io/">EOS Nation</a>, for his community leadership in the Scholar Testnet all the way through a mainnet candidate.</li>
<li>JJ from <a href="https://eosgermany.one/">EOS Germany</a> kindly led an effort to try and attack the network launch to test the security of the network. </li>
<li>Craig from <a href="https://eosblocksmith.io/">EOS BlockSmith</a> for helping to onboard new Block Producers to the multiple testnets in the last weeks.</li>
<li>Bean from <a href="https://eoscannon.io/">EOS Cannon</a>, who wrote an introductory <a href="https://bihu.com/article/466571">article</a> on the `eos-bios`</li>
<li>Nate from <a href="https://www.alohaeos.com/">Aloha EOS</a>, for helping with the issue this afternoon.</li>
<li>Sharif and Sam from <a href="https://www.eosdublin.com/">EOS Dublin</a>, for their leadership.</li>
<li>Bohdan from <a href="http://cryptolions.io/">Crypto Lions</a>, for his deep technical expertise on the EOS software, his commitment to testing and his willingness to share in his knowledge.</li>
</ul>