Where's EOS? Rival Groups Now Competing to Launch Official Blockchain

The ongoing blockchain launch for the hotly anticipated token project EOS is becoming a bit more complicated.

Now, amidst an elaborate, global rollout, two competing groups of EOS enthusiasts are testing different versions of the software, each seeking to issue the most widely used version.

That snapshot will then be used to make sure EOS investors get their rightful tokens on the new EOS blockchain.

Even though that's been done, the testing phase before the EOS blockchain launches live is not over.

Because all EOS users will vote on who gets the 21 validator positions, these two chains show every indication of being motivated by the fact that those responsible for the architecture that launches as the "Real" EOS mainnet will accrue major accolades - credibility, name recognition and trust - that are needed to secure one of those spots.

Still, even with this competition, both groups are in unison on the fact that only one EOS blockchain can survive and be presented to the community.

One of the groups actually started as an independent EOS security research group, going by the name "Ghostbusters," but then evolved its strategy to start working toward a mainnet blockchain launch.

The EOS Core group has argued that its implementation is security-first, with Floyd contending they need to be "Extra vigilant" since a significant number of cryptocurrency stakeholders, like those heavily invested in ethereum, have been skeptical of EOS and "Don't want EOS to succeed."

Plus, according to Ross, one facet the EOS Core group is missing is a fallback method for getting the ERC-20 EOS tokens that users never claimed onto the new EOS blockchain.

According to a spokesperson for EOS Rio, a founding member of both Ghostbusters and EOS Core, "Regardless of the result, chains are being tested and best practices are being discovered. This is being a truly beautiful process and we are very happy about it."