The document compares Ethereum (ETH) and EOS for decentralized application (dApp) developers, covering governance, scalability, development complexity, and market positions. Ethereum is recognized for its established community and extensive developer support but faces scalability issues, while EOS claims high transaction speeds and zero fees. However, EOS is still in its early stages with a smaller developer community and ongoing stabilization challenges.

1. EOS vs ETH for
dApp Developers
Ali Ayyash
Founder of Lumeos | Blockchain Advisor

2. About
● Ali
○ Founder of Lumeos.io
○ ETH & EOS fan
○ ex-Beetoken
○ ex-Google/ex-Amazon
● Lumeos
○ Infra for data sharing
○ Ownership
○ Privacy
○ Monetization

3. EOS & ETH Comparison
1. Governance
2. Scalability
3. Development Complexity
4. Timeline
5. Design Philosophy
6. Adoptability
7. Market Position
8. Current State

4. 1. Governance
Ethereum
● PoW/PoS
● Sharding later
EOS
● DPoS
● 21 BPs

5. 2. Scalability
Ethereum
● ~15 tps
● Block confirmation -minutes
● Tps based on network
● Gas prices based on network
EOS
● 1000 tps (yet to be seen)
● Can scale to millions
● Devs stake to power dApp
● 0 txn fees
● Block confirmation -seconds

6. 3. Development Complexity
Ethereum
● Solidity
○ Newish transactional lang
○ Keeps being updated
○ Much better today than
last year
● Difficult code updates
EOS
● C++ with limitations
○ Some libs don’t compile
○ Transactional -no segfault
● Other langs later
● Updates easier to be pushed

7. 4. Timeline
Ethereum
● Currently biggest ICO
platform
● Biggest developer
community
● Scalability updates a year
or more away
EOS
● Launched last month (June)
● Launch issues:
○ RAM cost
○ Constitution rewrite
○ Greedy BPs
● Give it a 2 months to stabilize
● Small/weak dev community

8. 5. Design Philosophy
Ethereum
● Application Agnostic
● Intentionally featureless
● “We have no features”
● The people can create
missing protocols
EOS
● Role-based permissions
● Toolkit for interface
development
● Self-describing DB schemes
● Permission scheme

9. 6. Adoptability
Ethereum
● Pay per transaction
● Losing keys catastrophic
● Not grandma friendly
(dApps design patterns
improving a lot though)
EOS
● Human readable addresses
● No fees (devs stake instead)
● Key recovery

10. 7. Market Position
Ethereum
● First mover advantage
● Lots of developers
● Huge community
● Lots of $$
EOS
● Largest ICO - billions of $$
● EOS VC for dApp devs
● Growing dev community

11. 8. Current State
Ethereum
● Fcoin congested network
● Very expensive at times
● Most dApps are centralized
EOS
● Constitution update
● Volatility of RAM prices
● No dApps on mainnet

12. What is RAM
● Random Access Memory
● Fast Read/Write
● Traditionally - temp volatile storage
● Recently - persistent storage
● RAM hardware is cheaper than SSD
● Trading marketplace in EOS ~ volatile
○ Bancor
○ Side chains

13. Decentralized Apps
● Blockchain →
○ Transparency
○ Immutability
○ No Middleman
● Inherently Distributed →
○ Scalable
○ Redundant

14. Smart Contracts
● Operating system of blockchain
● Term coined in 1994 by Nick Szabo
○ “incorporating contract law practices into the design of electronic
commerce protocols operating between strangers across the internet.”
● Facilitate transactions transparently without
middlemen

15. QA
Ali Ayyash
ali@lumeos.io
t.me/ali_ayyash

16. SF EOS Developers
Meetups
EOS Silicon Valley Community
EOS SF
SF Blockchain Collective

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