## As promised in [yesterday's summary](https://steemit.com/eos/@eosgo/eos-telegram-summary-1-23-18-usd325-million-announcement-and-much-more "yesterday's summary"), here is the second half of Dan's Q&A, which extended well into the early morning of January 24! This may be the longest Telegram Q&A we've seen, surpassing his two day session on [Dec. 30](https://steemit.com/eos/@eosgo/eos-telegram-summary-12-30-17-a-day-with-dan "Dec. 30") and [Dec. 31st](https://steemit.com/eos/@eosgo/eos-telegram-daily-recap-12-31-17-another-day-with-dan "Dec. 31st").

## About the dust rate, aka what will be destroyed upon genesis block, including part of yesterday's answer for context:

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## Security in EOS:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/po/d5546c21rba0.png "")
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## Diminishing returns on extra block producers:

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## The actual voting process ([Steemit's current voting page](https://steemit.com/~witnesses "Steemit's current voting page")):

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/d1/cw6qqp66si3m.png "")

## Everipedia airdrop:

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## Perhaps Dan will show up to everyone's birthday parties:

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## Reminding everyone he's still admin:

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## [Casual confidence](https://ian.pw/posts/2017-12-08-why-eos-will-overtake-ethereum-in-high-performance-smart-contracts.html "Casual confidence"):

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## One of the more frequent ongoing questions:

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## Exchange questions:

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## Dan referring people to his blogs (his [most recent](https://steemit.com/@dan "most recent"), the [one before that](https://steemit.com/@dantheman "one before that"), and [the oldest](https://bytemaster.github.io/ "the oldest"):

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## Innocent answer to a non-question:

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## He never stops:

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## Dan's future plans:

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## On past relationships:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/q0/uzw9fw62b38v.png "")

## Governance plans:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/a1/btys9nmvvx76.png "")
![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/ie/jx4uqe4s7kbu.png "")

## Token holders already asking about the next big VC announcement:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/ud/yxlqdfcm9lyw.png "")
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## To HODL or not to HODL:

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## Dan on rekindling old relationships:

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## Stan is Dan's dad and the "Godfather of Bitshares" but he can only make suggestions to the community:

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## Another popular ongoing question:

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## "BM" refers to bytemaster, Dan's [alias on GitHub](https://github.com/bytemaster "alias on GitHub"):

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/9p/ty3xllbf7iof.png "")
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## Ideal blockchain:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/2y/kexmjluxduzb.png "")
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## Patiently answering every question (beginners should start with the [EOSIO whitepaper](https://github.com/EOSIO/Documentation/blob/master/TechnicalWhitePaper.md "EOSIO whitepaper")):

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## Token holder vs. developer goals:

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## Dan's playground:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/o7/i53nn85at95i.png "")
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## Typo corrected and wisdom delivered:

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## How the inflation rate will be adjusted:

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## Qualcomm and hardware wallets for Android phones:

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## Block producer requirements and gratitude:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/s7/52r0g29v0mgb.png "")
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## Still answering every question:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/me/407n1jtr9ld5.png "")
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## EOS on OS:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/r1/eczs6np5wzt8.png "")
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## Dan is not affiliated:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/35/2ngrkjymzklw.png "")
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## Making a statement about his long term plans and answering a question about "minimum hashpower to be elected as BP":

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## Dan staying grounded:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/70/0u02eyp3ku4n.png "")
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## On whether EOS could be finished early and ICO stopped:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/ye/zdgqd6cihqt4.png "")
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## Explaining the reasoning behind [Novogratz](https://steemit.com/eos/@eosio/block-one-and-mike-novogratz-s-galaxy-digital-announce-joint-venture-for-new-usd325-million-eos-io-fund "Novogratz") and VC funding:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/ok/0lwbvzo0az9l.png "")
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## Dan on what drives him, along with future plans:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/vk/yvuvwhlnf7x9.png "")
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## Eth to USD ratio:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/z7/1kgvixkz9pma.png "")
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## Fighting scammers:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/91/dpzq6eltwij8.png "")
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## Thanks from users kept pouring in:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/wk/ouux05a01m0v.png "")
![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/ag/oxqjtllh9b6d.png "")

## On max TPS:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/s7/r22ks51t5nrt.png "")
![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/dv/ep4da72uumfi.png "")

## Integrating with other blockchains:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/ry/da3ya1x4wsaa.png "")
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## Learning to crypto:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/cz/udspt53db925.png "")
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## Satoshi's Bitcoin code and more:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/98/aw2zr2vcbufu.png "")
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## On other blockchains:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/yt/8dhubalbg7pf.png "")
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## Private keys:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/wl/x5nhqzo8dgsk.png "")
![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/cu/9b8ws8n62asg.png "")

## Ideal block producer numbers and governance:

![](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030588/uploads/editor/vm/mo978cvia027.png "")
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## Finally, a word on Vitalik before calling it a night. [Follow Dan on Twitter](https://twitter.com/bytemaster7 "Follow Dan on Twitter"):

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## Dan was back early the next evening of Jan. 24th , discussing the new [Weiss Cryptocurrency Ratings](https://www.pdf-archive.com/2018/01/24/weiss-cryptocurrency-ratings-1/preview/page/1/ "Weiss Cryptocurrency Ratings"):

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## Go EOS!

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## **EOS Go is a community effort to launch EOS blockchain as envisioned by the creators of [EOS.IO](https://eos.io "EOS.IO").** 

## **Anyone can participate in this historic event on June 3rd, 2018. Thousands of token holders will be required to vote for EOS to successfully launch; you can become part of EOS Go by educating others, writing articles, making videos, attending/hosting meetups and launch parties, writing the EOS constitution, picking data centers for block producing, and more.**  

## **If you're interested, please start by finding your role on the [community forums](https://forums.eosgo.io) and resteem or [tweet](https://twitter.com/go_eos "tweet") EOS Go to help spread the word.**

## **Telegram users can receive announcements for these daily summaries and other community updates [here](https://t.me/eosgo_announcements).**