Block.One Won’t Launch A Social Network On EOS

In June, Block.One announced a Facebook-challenging social network running on the EOS mainnet. Then, the EOS news showed that the company behind the largest initial coin offering (ICO) in history is ready to make a leap forward. However, the latest reports now indicate that Block.One won’t launch the social network dubbed ‘Voice’ and one which would defeat bots by verifying the identity of every single account.

It all started when the company went silent about Voice for months after the summer announcement. However, in December, it revealed a launch date for Voice set for February 14. While the announcement came with additional details such as frequently asked questions (FAQ) on Voice and the website revealed more details about running on the EOSIO software, everything calmed for some period.
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The FAQ page on Block.One and its Voice social media network reads:

“While Voice is in beta and a highly iterative state, it will be run on a purpose-made EOSIO blockchain. In time, we would like Voice to leverage the EOS Public Blockchain, and potentially others that can meet the performance and governance demands of Voice.”

Block.One was committed to the plans around Voice . However, this has been up to recently when Sharif Bouktila, the CEO of EOS Dublin (who also served as block producer on EOS and other EOSIO blockchains) was in the cryptocurrency news for telling the media that he remains bullish on EOS despite the uncertainty around the Voice project.

One of the possible explanations for the halt is the doubt about whether the EOS blockchain is run by companies which prioritize technology over speculative profits. According to some analysts including Aaron Cox of Greymass (which runs a backup block producer for EOS), there is competition for resources on EOS and Block.One won’t launch Voice because of many distractions.

“Those who invested in EOS because they heard Voice was coming to it are probably the ones who are most disappointed that it won’t immediately [run on the mainnet]– but I think most who are involved in the tech side of things accept that this path forward makes some sense,” Cox told the media.

Still, there is no guarantee that Voice will ever run on anyone’s chain but Block.One’s. The cards are on the table and as you know if you follow the crypto world, everything may change soon.