What they said above is true and all against the EBB method.

An EBB may be prone to creaking as well - however my experience with two of them was not a disappointment in that regard.

Another consideration, albeit a minor one, is that they are a heavier method to tension a chain, because the BB shell is larger (this is probably good for frame stiffness though) , because there are two stout bolts to cinch the thing together, and because there is the nice machined clump of aluminum the actual bottom bracket threads into.

All the same, if it's a single speed bike, it's worth putting up with it.

Yet we read that you might be changing the ratios from time to time. Well, that's not a strong suit for the EBB.

As a single speed person, I wasn't altogether happy until I finally got a bicycle with proper track ends, and proper single speed hubs together. If your going to change gear ratios, flip wheels, and so on, track ends are the way to go.

But if you want hydraulic disc brakes then you've got to look into the types of stuff that single speed mountain bikes had to develop.

Don't wait. Get a single speed going and then think about it some more afterwards.