I was recently asked by Geoff McCabe of Divi to talk a bit about the Steem to Hive transition and other stuff I'm involved in like <a href="http://fioprotocol.io/">FIO</a>. You can <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4A32k3foyoXpA2lkIkK6Th?si=dIv78UQoT-u-ihgm789k5g">listen on Spotify</a> or <a href="https://soundcloud.com/divi-404929935/ep046">Soundcloud</a>. I hope you enjoy it!

https://soundcloud.com/divi-404929935/ep046

Show Notes:

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Luke Stokes, the Managing Director of FIO, sits in with today's DIVI podcast co-hosts Steve McGarry and DIVI CEO Geoff McCabe.

Luke Stokes talks about Steem’s takeover as Justin Sun's Tron Foundation bought 20% of its total token supply last February.

Stokes explained that Steem is a delegated-proof-of-stake blockchain where tokens may be used to vote for governance. Steemit Inc.'s original consensus on its ninja-mined stake is for these stakes to be for specific categories in promoting the network and not to dominate Steem.

Stokes mentions that though Sun bought a part of Steem's token supply, it does not mean he runs the blockchain. Major developers and stakeholders also had a lot of questions that needed answers, Stokes says.

Stokes also mentioned a controversy on non-distribution of these ninja-mined stakes to its account holders. Other disputes include censorship and blocking of members.
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    <sub><a href="https://peakd.com/introduceyourself/@lukestokes/my-name-is-luke-let-s-create-the-world-we-want-to-live-in">Luke Stokes</a> is the Managing Director for the Foundation for Interwallet Operability as well as the Interim Executive Director for the EOS Foundation. He's passionate about voluntary systems of governance and has been involved in bitcoin since early 2013. He's been a witness for the Steem blockchain since early 2018 and a custodian for eosDAC, a community-owned EOSIO Block Producer and DAC Enabler, since its inception. With a computer science degree from UPENN, he built, bootstrapped and co-founded the shopping cart software company FoxyCart over a ten year period and is now focused on blockchain technology as a means to create a world we all want to live in. He currently lives in Puerto Rico with his wife and three children and enjoys discussing everything from philosophy, to consciousness, to voluntaryism, to love and awakening. <a href="https://lukestokes.info">lukestokes.info</a>
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