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NEO Price
$7.18752
+0.33%
Market Cap
$507M
24H Volume
$59.44M
Circ Supply
70.54M

NEO Market Stats

  • Price $7.18752
  • 1H Change +1.18%
  • 24H Change +0.33%
  • 7 Day Change +29.07%
  • 30 Day Change +35.17%
  • 1 Year Change -51.19%
  • All-Time High $196.853
  • % From ATH -96.34%
  • ATH Date Jan 15, 2018
  • Launch Date Jul 10, 2014

NEO Explorer

Neo Info

What is NEO?

NEO is a layer-1 smart contract platform often referred to as the “Ethereum of China.” It was designed to digitize assets, automate digital asset management through smart contracts, and build a distributed network-based Smart Economy. Originally launched as AntShares in 2014, it rebranded to NEO in 2017 and has since become one of the earliest public blockchains to implement a dual-token model and a unique consensus mechanism known as Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance (dBFT).

Smart Economy Vision

The core mission of NEO is to create a Smart Economy by integrating digital assets, digital identities, and smart contracts into a unified framework. This approach is aimed at building a scalable, interoperable blockchain ecosystem suitable for enterprise and consumer use cases.

NEO vs GAS: Dual-Token System

NEO’s architecture is built around a dual-token system:

  • NEO: The governance and staking token. It represents ownership in the NEO ecosystem and allows holders to vote on network upgrades and consensus node elections.
  • GAS: The utility token used to pay for transactions, deploy smart contracts, and interact with dApps on the NEO blockchain.

This separation of concerns ensures that operational costs (GAS) are decoupled from governance (NEO), creating a more flexible and secure environment.

Governance and Consensus

NEO implements Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance (dBFT), a consensus mechanism that provides high throughput, deterministic finality, and strong resistance to forks. NEO holders elect a limited number of consensus nodes responsible for validating blocks and maintaining network integrity.

This on-chain governance model allows the community to actively participate in the evolution of the protocol.

Key Features

  • Smart contracts: Built using the NeoVM virtual machine and supports multiple programming languages like C#, Python, and JavaScript.
  • Interoperability: Supports cross-chain communication and digital identity standards.
  • High throughput: Capable of processing thousands of transactions per second (TPS) using dBFT consensus.
  • Developer-friendly: Rich ecosystem of SDKs, APIs, and integrated tooling for building dApps.

Use Cases

NEO is designed to support a wide range of applications, including:

  • DeFi protocols
  • NFT platforms
  • Decentralized identity systems
  • Tokenized assets and digital certificates

Trading and Availability

NEO is widely available on major centralized and decentralized exchanges. Popular platforms include:

  • Binance
  • Coinbase
  • KuCoin
  • HTX (formerly Huobi)

It is often paired with BTC, ETH, USDT, and other major trading pairs.

Tokenomics

  • Total supply: 100,000,000 NEO
  • Circulating supply: Varies (check live data)
  • Token type: Governance
  • Inflation: Fixed supply (no mining)
  • Reward mechanism: Holding NEO generates GAS

Project History

  • Launched as AntShares in 2014 by Da Hongfei and Erik Zhang
  • Rebranded to NEO in 2017
  • Released NEO 3.0 (also called N3) in 2021 with enhanced scalability, security, and tooling

Key Highlights

  • Ticker: NEO
  • Network: NEO Blockchain (MainNet)
  • Consensus: dBFT (Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance)
  • Governance: On-chain voting by NEO holders
  • Smart Contract Platform: Yes

With a long track record and ongoing development through the NEO Foundation and Neo Global Development (NGD), NEO continues to be a significant player in the global smart contract and digital asset space.

Neo Technical Info

  • Blockchain Own Blockchain
  • Consensus Proof of Stake (PoS)
  • Staking APR 2.96%
  • Block Time ~15 seconds
  • Hash Algorithm dBFT
  • Org. Structure Semi-centralized
  • Development Status Working product
  • Open Source Yes
  • Hard Wallet Support Yes

Neo Features

  • dBFT2.0 – A consensus algorithm with high stability, high TPS and single block finality
  • NeoVM – A lightweight, cross-platform and scalable virtual machine
  • Smart Contract – A cross-platform, multi-language supported smart contract system
  • NeoID – A customizable decentralized self-sovereign identity protocol
  • NeoFS – A distributed object storage solution for on-chain data applications
  • Voting Mechanism – A voting mechanism that enables participation of on-chain governance
  • Dual Token – An innovative dual token economic model that optimizes on-chain governance and utility
  • Oracle – A built-in oracle component enabling smart contracts to access external resources

Neo News

Neo Organization & Team

Neo Foundation

Nonprofit in Asia

Neo is an open-source, community-driven platform that is leveraging the intrinsic advantages of blockchain technology to realize the optimized digital world of the future..

Da Hongfei
Da Hongfei

Co-Founder of Neo, Chair of Neo Foundation, CEO of NGD

Erik Zhang
Erik Zhang

Co-Founder and core developer of Neo, Chair of Neo Foundation

John deVadoss
John deVadoss

Head of Development

Neo Wallets

Neo Exchanges

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