NNT hosted a community X Space on Oct. 15 titled “Neo MainNet Turns 10 – A Community Conversation.” Community members joined to reflect on the past decade and discuss the road ahead, with recordings released in two parts due to technical issues with the Space on the Neo X account. Participants included Da Hongfei and representatives from NGD, AxLabs, Neo SPCC, R3E Network, Neo Pod, and Frank Coin.
NNT launched Neo HODLers, a browser-based bullet heaven game, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Neo’s MainNet. The game features a two-week leaderboard competition with a 250 Neo X $GAS prize pool distributed among the top 10 players. Players can begin immediately at neo-hodlers.ndapp.org without creating an account or connecting a cryptocurrency wallet.
COZ distributed 277 $NEO across two contributions in round 2.15 of Proof of Working 2.0, recognizing work on governance transparency tooling and smart contract deployment security. The round brings the program’s cumulative total to 7,356 $NEO distributed across 15 rounds since its January relaunch.
NGD noted that the WhisperDark prize pool has grown to 369 $GAS. The competition runs through Oct. 26, with players navigating AI-assisted dungeon rooms using xGAS micropayments to climb the leaderboard.
SpoonOS announced the winners of its Season 2 Community Contribution Program, with the top four contributors earning $USDT rewards ranging from 15 to 50 $USDT. Rewards will be distributed shortly, and the team signaled that a Season 3 is on the way.
Next Block announced it is rebranding from Vaulten. The account will serve as a home for all projects the team is building on Neo, including Vaulten and the Pusharoo smart contract workspace. Additionally, Next Block launched a Neo N3 TestNet $GAS faucet that allows users to claim $GAS to deploy, test, or interact with smart contracts.
nDapp reported the weekly N3 $GAS check-in. Network users claimed 93,371.28 $GAS this week, while on-chain activity burned 929.16 $GAS.
NNT hosted a GasBot Trivia round where participants competed for a pool of 4 $GAS.
Frank Coin hosted a Telegram games session, awarding 100 FRANK to the top player and 40 FRANK each to 10 randomly selected participants.
Developer Updates
Neo SPCC proposed a set of economic parameter changes for NeoFS MainNet that would increase storage pricing by 50 times and container fees by five times. The proposal, published Oct. 14 as GitHub issue #4226, includes a two-week community feedback period running through Oct. 28.
Neo SPCC released updates to the NeoFS REST Gateway and web management Panel on Oct. 9, completing the removal of RANGE EACL support across the NeoFS access layer and aligning both tools with the latest storage node and SDK releases. The updates deliver reliability fixes, security hardening, and stricter input validation.
NNT Catch Up
NNT published episode 121 of The Smart Economy Podcast featuring Anthony Moro, CEO of NUVA Labs, a blockchain infrastructure company that specializes in the tokenization, management, and multi-chain distribution of RWAs for institutions and fintechs. Topics of discussion included Wall Street moving on-chain, tokenized mortgages, cheaper and faster financial infrastructure, blockchain vaults, real-world assets, private credit and equity, removing accreditation barriers for self-directed investors, and more.
