General Updates

Neo founder Da Hongfei announced an AMA on X/Twitter and Discord taking place at 6:00 a.m. (UTC) on April 30. The four best questions submitted by the community will each win US $100 in NEO. Users can submit questions before the AMA on X, and live during the AMA on Neo’s official Discord server.

AEON partnered with Neo to support NEO token payments across millions of merchants throughout Southeast Asia and other emerging markets. The integration will be facilitated through Neo X, enabling the use of the NEO token in a format compatible with the ERC-20 standard. As NEO is indivisible on Neo N3, AEON Pay will exclusively support the Neo X version.

Neo core developer Jimmy announced the forthcoming v3.8 hard fork, entitled Echidna, which will reduce block times from approximately 17 seconds to three seconds, and block rewards from 5 to 1 GAS.

Neo shared a “Where’s Waldo?” style image containing 25 references to the ecosystem.

SpoonOS shared an X article offering an overview of a new on-chain economy, referred to as a Sentient Economy. This economy is enabled by the integration of AI with blockchain technology, allowing for increased efficiency, autonomy, and coordination. This Sentient Economy is characterized by three key features: minimal human involvement, full trustlessness, and extreme efficiency. It is also seen as a fundamental shift in how economies are designed and function, potentially even evolving into a new life form.

GrantShares proposal Cidade Matarazzo‘s funding distribution for Centre Point was unlocked. The NEO Model Context Protocol Server (MCP) proposal was put forth for discussion.

Neo Smart Economy Vietnam hosted a 5 GAS giveaway using funds that were distributed via a GrantShares proposal for supporting GAS giveaway events that was approved in Jan. 2025.

Frank Coin hosted a GasBot trivia contest on the FrankCoin channel of the NeoF1 Discord server and distributed 3 GAS in rewards to participants.

Developer Updates

COZ released updates to Neon Wallet and Neon Wallet mobile, introducing a new Legacy to N3 migration option and a new smart notifications system. The latest migration solution purportedly makes it possible to transfer from Neo Legacy to N3 within seconds, rather than the 72 hours estimated via the official migration method. Additional features include expanded pricing data through integration with Forthewin Network and the ability for users to hide specific tokens from view in the wallet interface.

NNT Catch Up

NNT released Episode 88 of The Smart Economy Podcast featuring Alan Orwick, CEO of Dominant Strategies, a development entity creating tooling and applications on the Quai Network. Topics of discussion include why traditional stablecoins represent an “Achilles heel” for crypto, Quai Network’s dual-token model, the potential environmental benefits of PoW mining, why PoW can be more scalable than PoS through innovations like proof-of-entry-minimum, how Quai’s UTXO-based QI token creates a truly private, cash-like digital currency with fixed denominations, and much more.

NNT hosted Crypto Coffee and Blockchain Beer Spaces #59 on the official The Smart Economy Podcast X account with guest co-host COZ product lead Thiago Balducci. Topics of discussion included interesting blockchain ongoings in Brazil, Neon Wallet price fetching from Forthewin Network, cross-chain transactions via Flamingo Finance (and potentially Swap Kit), Neon’s fiat on/off-ramps, data from Neo Bond flows, and insights into recent Legacy to N3 migration stats.

Events

May 1: Neo co-hosting Crytp AI:CON in Dubai.
May 9: NNT hosting CC & BB #60 on The Smart Economy Podcast official X account.
May 14 – 16: Neo at Consensus in Toronto.

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