As such, it seems that while users are eager to take part, they are nervous that the tools that would enable them to vote might put their holdings at risk.
“The biggest ‘miss’ in EOS launch is the failure to understand that retail EOS investors will be reluctant to vote with their private keys on the line,” one EOS user wrote on Telegram.
Plus, there’s the risk of scams and attacks that can intercept even the most honest developer effort.
“Your private key is required to vote whether you are voting from a wallet, a command line tool or anywhere else.
On the one hand, there’s command-line tools, like CLEOS, in which private keys have a minimal risk of exposure.
As the EOS MainNet launch continues, after the worlds biggest and most successful ICO that has really delivered EOS to the fore, we are now seeing the network sit within a state of limbo. A state of limbo that is requiring investors to confirm their private key in order to prove asset ownership, in order to allow them to place a vote on who will be allowed to process transactions on the new EOS blockchain.
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