今天我非常开心地公开一个神秘项目：Aurora EOS，我们 Multicoin 内部的一个员工已经在该项目工作了好几个月。 Aurora EOS 是一个充当 EOS 区块链出块节点的独立公司。Multicoin 的第一个研究分析师 Myles Snider 将会出任 Aurora EOS 的 CEO。虽然 Myles 仍保留 Multicoin 的策略顾问职位，但他已经全职投入 Aurora ，专注于服务 EOS 社区。我和 Tushar 则担任 Aurora 的董事会，这样我们可以继续专注于管理 Multicoin 的投资。 你可以直接通过 Myles 写的这篇《Hello World》博客 来了解 Aurora EOS。 Aurora 每周将会发布一篇叫做“Aurora EOS 周更”的 EOS 新简讯，以及与 Multicoin 博客精神相似的，“有特色的”短文。我强烈建议你订阅该简讯。投票者教育和参与是 EOS 生态目前值得关注的最重要的问题之一，Aurora 将在这方面做出重大贡献。 我们的 EOS 持仓一直都是值得争议的——很多合作伙伴还没有完全理解 EOS 的 优劣，也不了解它为开发用户程序的开发者带来的价值。另外，除开那些对 EOS 生态了如指掌的人，大多数加密人员都能草率地将 EOS 视为又一个智能合约平台。 如果你也是这样认为，那么你非常应该订阅 Aurora 的邮件，来学习 EOS 生态的演变和未来的发展方向。
为什么成立 Aurora EOS 加密投资者角色正在快速转变，仅仅作为单纯的财产托管人或资产经理是不够的。原生加密投资者同时也肩负着——通过投资、治理和积极参与等方式——引导新兴市场走向稳定的责任。 EOS 是目前为止最大型的区块链，它具有大规模的链上治理组件。但同时也需要很高的技术水平以及最积极的治理（Myles 在那篇 Hello World 博客中也提到这一点）。 我们决定如果着手做这件事，应该采用一种超出市场对出块节点预期的方式。唯一的方法是创建一个拥有自主 CEO 的专门实体，这样他可以建立一个具有战略目标和专注点的公司。 作为一个独立公司，Aurora 更有能力完成其使命：通过培养一个积极参与和有充分知情权的 EOS 社区来推动平台的长期发展。同时我和 Tushar 将出任 Aurora 董事会，这样我们就可以通过与 Myles 的密切关系来学习 Aurora 的经验，并在我们参与其它网络治理的时候综合利用该知识。 我们计划充分发挥每个原生加密投资者的潜能。Multicoin 参加了 Livepeer 挖矿，并且不久后将运行一个视频转码节点。在 Factom 生态中，我们最近被选为一个认证节点（Authority Node）。在接下来的一年中，我们将在多个加密网络中积极参与网络验证和治理。 每个网络都是独特的。我们将通过参与其中来学习，然后综合学习经验，成为更好的生态参与者，同时利用这些经验指导未来的投资决策。我们预期身为投资者，对每个加密网络细微差别的深入了解将会为我们提供可持续的、差异化的优势。毫无疑问，大规模采取该措施需要足够的基础设施、人际关系和人力资本。小规模基金（sub-scale fund）则无法有效做到这一点。 同时今天我还在福布斯（Forbes）发布了一篇关于 EOS 出块节点投票指南的文章。您可以 点击这里 阅读该文章。
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