Block.one Wants to Rewrite the Entire EOS Constitution

EOS is experiencing a full-blown constitutional crisis.

One - the company that designed the EOS protocol but turned the code over to the community to launch - on Thursday proposed that the rules governing users' behavior on the platform be scrapped and replaced with a "v2.0.".

EOS was envisioned by its founders as a " holistic blueprint for a globally scalable blockchain society" governed by a written constitution.

It completed its launch just two weeks ago, but disputes over stolen private keys immediately tested the viability of EOS' governance structures - in particular, the EOS Core Arbitration Forum, a body meant to settle disputes among network participants.

The ECAF drew criticism for ordering that 27 EOS addresses be frozen by the block producers who maintain the ledger.

That post turned out to be a "Proposed EOS constitution referendum," though his goal was a complete replacement of the old document with a new set of rules.

One's website Thursday made it clear that Larimer was not acting in a personal capacity, but that his desired constitutional overhaul was endorsed by the company behind the EOS protocol.

The post, a lightly edited version of Larimer's post the previous day, also clarified that the "Referendum" was a "Proposal for EOS Constitution v2.0.".

One's proposed constitution is "a huge improvement over the original one," but still unenforceable.

Many involved in EOS see the constitution as being the whole point, but for Bhai - who has been banned from an EOS Telegram channel for his vocal opinions on the matter - EOS is a promising technology for building decentralized applications.