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### News hype and speculation built through the morning, but first an early visit from Dan:

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### Like a genie in a bottle:

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### EOS [hackathon announcement](https://steemit.com/eos/@bitspace/first-eos-hackathon-in-oslo-norway "hackathon announcement"):

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### Fuzzy announced the [latest EOSTalk challenge](https://eostalk.io/eos-project/@officialfuzzy/beyondbitcoin-tweet-off-tokens4tweets-challenge-or-larry-sanger-cio-of-everipedia-on-eostalk-live-event-recording-or-share-your "latest EOSTalk challenge"):

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### And released the video [interview of Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger](https://youtu.be/_FEWe5I9meY "interview of Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger"): 

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### Rumors began to circulate:

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### Discussion intensified:

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### Doubts surfaced:

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### And then, rumors [confirmed](https://twitter.com/bitfinex/status/963103151132954631 "confirmed"):

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### Official [news release](https://medium.com/bitfinex/announcing-eosfinex-69eea273369f "news release"):

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### Later, someone [rubbed the magic lamp](https://youtu.be/99Op1TaXmCw "rubbed the magic lamp"):

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### Joe shared block.one CEO Brendan Blumer's [tweet response](https://twitter.com/brendanblumer/status/963156784155447296 "tweet response") to the EOSfinex news:

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### Scam email going around (there is NO AIRDROP of EOS tokens, EVER):

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### Over in [EOSIO Gov channel](https://t.me/EOSGov "EOSIO Gov channel"), Thomas Cox offered a preview of his idea:

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## Go EOS!

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### **[What is EOS Go?](https://steemit.com/eos/@eosgo/what-is-eos-go "What is EOS Go?")**

### We are dedicated to uniting the community towards launching EOS blockchain - as envisioned by block.one. We're bootstrapping this effort by posting community updates and articles to Steem through Busy.org for [this reason](https://busy.org/@eosgo/eos-telegram-summary-2-3-18-new-dapp-confirmed-for-eos "this reason").

### If you're interested in helping with the launch of EOS public blockchain please get involved on the [community forums](https://forums.eosgo.io "community forums") and delegate Steem Power to our cause.

### **Telegram users can receive announcements for these daily summaries and other community updates [here](https://t.me/eosgo_announcements).**

### Thank you for your support. Go EOS!

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