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General Updates
Neo Core has started recording and publishing its coordination calls, offering the community direct access to technical discussions and decision-making processes. The first recorded call, held on Oct. 23, is now publicly available. The move is aimed at improving transparency by allowing community members to observe how core contributors evaluate proposals, resolve challenges, and shape the roadmap. While the meeting primarily focused on pull requests and future development planning, its broader significance lies in opening a previously internal process to public view, an important step toward a more open development workflow.
Neo Council and Neo Core convened online on Oct. 22 for a follow-up meeting to review progress on key deliverables set during the Centre Point #2 meetup in Singapore. The discussion touched on multiple action items agreed upon at the September gathering, including fee reductions, updates to GAS reward distribution, adjustments to Council registration parameters, and the development of a new governance platform. The recorded call, now publicly available for community viewing, represents a continued effort to conduct governance transparently and collaboratively.
Neo and SpoonOS launched the Scoop AI Hackathon, a competition exploring the intersection of blockchain and AI. The event spans multiple cities worldwide and will run for approximately four months, with US $100,000 in prizes for developers. The hackathon will take place in Moscow, Hanoi, Tokyo, Seoul, Silicon Valley, Bangalore, Beijing, and London. Registration officially opened Oct. 22 and will remain open through Jan. 31, 2026.
Neo and SpoonOS announced the Moscow Bowl, the first city stop in the Scoop AI Hackathon global series. The event will take place on Nov. 23 at Arbatskaya in Moscow, featuring a full day of hacking, panels, and networking opportunities for AI and Web3 developers. Co-hosted with DeFrens, a Russian-speaking Web3 and AI developer community, the Moscow Bowl is aimed at spotlighting regional innovation while connecting participants to the global Scoop AI initiative.
GrantShares witnessed Raihno – AI Aided Workout Tracking on Neo X put on-chain, received an endorsement, and garnered five votes, all in favor. The vote concludes on Oct. 30.
War on Bugs released a major update to enhance mobile usability, deepen core gameplay systems, and lay the foundation for its upcoming deployment on the Neo X MainNet. The release includes a rework of the Space Shooter arcade game, a new daily challenges system, and a full redesign of the game’s primary menu, now presented as the “Professor Dashboard Lab.” Development priorities for the coming weeks include finalizing game balance ahead of Neo X MainNet integration and preparing for the Limited Edition Legendary NFT card collection launch.
Flamingo Finance noted that Epoch 29 concluded and that the total payout was $4,901.38. Additionally, Flamingo Finance noted that 74,874 FLM were spent to buy and burn 110,061 FLOCKS.
nDapp released a weekly N3 GAS check-in, noting that network users claimed approximately 76,637 GAS over the past week and that on-chain activity burned about 649 GAS.
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 v1.4.0 of Boa, its Python compiler for the Neo N3 blockchain. The update introduces missing native contract methods, expanded conversion utilities, and support for Python 3.13.
NNT Catch Up
NNT released Episode 99 of The Smart Economy Podcast featuring Satraj Bambra, CEO and co-founder of Rails and managing partner at Round13 Capital. Topics of discussion include Rails’ hybrid design that fuses CEX speed with DeFi-grade security, why on-chain custody and centralized matching make trading faster and safer, what post-FTX lessons taught builders about custody and compliance, why KYC/KYB is unlocking institutional flow into crypto, how exchange-driven liquidity shapes market momentum, what’s driving the next wave of DeFi, and more.
NNT hosted Crypto Coffee & Blockchain Beer Space #75 on the official The Smart Economy Podcast X account. Topics of discussion included Neo Core and Neo Council video updates, the Neo 4 roadmap, on-chain RWA activity continuing to grow exponentially, the positive impact RWAs can have on Neo, a surge in .neo NeoNS domain activity, and more.
In Case You Missed It
NNT editor Dylan Grabowski was featured on the Proof of PR podcast.
Events
Oct. 28: Meme2Earn hosting Community Fireplace on official Discord server.
Oct. 28: Flamingo Finance hosting Community Lagoon on official X account.
Nov. 7: NNT hosting CC & BB #76 on The Smart Economy Podcast official X account.
Token Listings
GAS is now listed on the BinanceUS custodial exchange.
