
In 2017, Block.one, led by Dan Larimer and Brendan Blumer, launched the Entrepreneur Operating System (EOS) protocol, one of the earliest "Ethereum Killers," aiming to support decentralized finance apps at enterprise scale for a global audience.
It offered the speed, scalability and comparative cheapness that would put it well ahead of Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) for most developers. Yet EOS had the mixed fortune of being somewhat ahead of its time, and all did not go according to plan.