<s>
EOS.IO	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
blockchain	B-Application
protocol	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
cryptocurrency	O
EOS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
private	O
company	O
Block.one	B-Protocol
and	O
launched	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
a	O
white	O
paper	O
published	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
EOSIO	O
platform	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
private	O
company	O
Block.one	B-Protocol
and	O
released	O
as	O
open-source	O
software	O
on	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
blockchain	B-Application
,	O
one	O
billion	O
tokens	O
were	O
distributed	O
as	O
ERC-20	O
tokens	O
by	O
Block.one	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CEO	O
of	O
Block.one	B-Protocol
,	O
Brendan	O
Blumer	O
,	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
would	O
support	O
the	O
EOSIO	O
blockchain	B-Application
with	O
over	O
one	O
billion	O
USD	O
in	O
funding	O
from	O
the	O
token	B-Application
sale	I-Application
and	O
ultimately	O
Block.one	B-Protocol
raised	O
over	O
four	O
billion	O
USD	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
blockchain	B-Application
during	O
the	O
Initial	B-Application
Coin	I-Application
Offering	I-Application
(	O
ICO	B-Application
)	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
cryptocurrency	O
EOS	B-Protocol
comes	O
from	O
Ancient	O
Greek	O
Ἠώς	O
,	O
"	O
dawn	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2019	O
,	O
Block.one	B-Protocol
agreed	O
to	O
settle	O
U.S.	O
Securities	O
and	O
Exchange	O
Commission	O
charges	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
$4	O
billion	O
unregistered	O
ICO	B-Application
for	O
a	O
$24	O
million	O
penalty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2021	O
,	O
Yves	O
La	O
Rose	O
founded	O
the	O
organization	O
EOS	B-Protocol
Network	O
Foundation	O
(	O
ENF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
La	O
Rose	O
is	O
an	O
EOS	B-Protocol
enthusiast	O
who	O
disputes	O
the	O
way	O
Block.one	B-Protocol
has	O
managed	O
to	O
blockchain	B-Application
and	O
its	O
tokens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
organization	O
has	O
attempted	O
to	O
pressure	O
Block.one	B-Protocol
into	O
reinvesting	O
its	O
profits	O
into	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
blockchain	B-Application
,	O
and	O
to	O
support	O
new	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Block.one	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
company	O
registered	O
in	O
the	O
Cayman	O
Islands	O
,	O
which	O
began	O
offering	O
EOS	B-Protocol
tokens	O
in	O
June	O
2017	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
,	O
raising	O
over	O
$4	O
billion	O
(	O
a	O
record	O
for	O
an	O
ICO	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daniel	O
Larimer	O
was	O
the	O
Chief	O
Technology	O
Officer	O
of	O
Block.one	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
that	O
,	O
he	O
worked	O
on	O
Steemit	O
,	O
a	O
blockchain-based	O
social	O
media	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
10	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Larimer	O
announced	O
his	O
resignation	O
from	O
Block.one	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
6	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Everipedia	O
,	O
a	O
for-profit	O
,	O
wiki-based	O
online	O
encyclopedia	O
,	O
announced	O
plans	O
using	O
EOS	B-Protocol
blockchain	B-Application
technology	I-Application
and	O
work	O
on	O
an	O
airdrop	B-Protocol
of	O
a	O
cryptocurrency	O
called	O
IQ	O
to	O
encourage	O
generating	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IQ	O
tokens	O
are	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
exchangeable	O
for	O
Bitcoin	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
goals	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
is	O
to	O
stop	O
certain	O
countries	O
from	O
blocking	B-Application
the	O
content	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
the	O
blockchain	B-Application
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mike	O
Novogratz	O
,	O
CEO	O
of	O
Galaxy	O
Investment	O
LP	O
,	O
a	O
cryptocurrency	O
investment	O
firm	O
,	O
and	O
Block.one	B-Protocol
led	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
institutions	O
that	O
invested	O
$30	O
million	O
in	O
Everipedia	O
on	O
February	O
8	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novogratz	O
also	O
funds	O
EOSIO	O
Ecosystem	O
,	O
a	O
$	O
325-million	O
joint	O
venture	O
between	O
his	O
Galaxy	O
Digital	O
LP	O
and	O
Block.one	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
