Da Hongfei is a co-founder of Neo, the public blockchain originally known as Antshares, and chief executive of Neo Global Development. He has also worked on enterprise blockchain technology through Onchain.
Founding Neo
According to Neo's project history, Da and Erik Zhang founded Antshares in 2014. Its source code was published in July 2015 and its mainnet launched in October 2016. The project adopted the Neo name in 2017.
Neo provides infrastructure for smart contracts and decentralized applications. Its development has included the N3 network upgrade and native services for storage, oracles and domain names. The network uses NEO for governance and GAS for transaction and execution fees.
Neo Global Development
Neo's contributors directory lists Da as CEO of Neo Global Development, known as NGD. It describes NGD as an execution arm of the Neo Foundation, with responsibilities including business development, marketing, events and technical support for ecosystem partners. The directory also identifies Da as a Neo Foundation chair.
His personal X profile identifies him as Neo's founder and chair and NGD's CEO. His public communications cover the network's development, applications and governance proposals.
Onchain
Da's professional profile identifies him as CEO of Onchain. That enterprise business is distinct from Neo's open blockchain protocol and NGD's work supporting the Neo ecosystem.
