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5 years ago on
December 18, 2018
While the wider crypto community frets about plummeting prices and crypto asset value, NEO developers seem to be working just as hard as ever to create real-world applications for users.
NEO is expecting 600+ developers, investors, technologists and businesses to defy turbulent times in the market, and the so-called crypto-winter, to show off the applications of tomorrow they have been building on NEO’s blockchain at next year’s DevCon event in Seattle.
Scheduled for February 16th-17th, at the Hyatt Regency Seattle hotel, Washington, the mega conference will feature more than 40 speakers, 30 projects, 20 exhibits and more than 600 attendees. Erik Zhang, Co-Founder of NEO, said hosting the event in Seattle, home to numerous tech giants, was a signal of the community’s lofty ambitions. “NEO is working hard to develop the smart economy of tomorrow, so it’s fitting that we’re heading to Seattle, the home of Microsoft and some of the biggest technology businesses operating today,” he said.
The theme of next year’s event - “ContiNEO – We keep on going” - also signifies the community’s relative resilience. “NEO DevCon will enable you to connect and engage with the worldwide NEO community, and provide access to resources that will help you build and realize value from the next generation of blockchain applications,” Erik said.
Zhang will be speaking at the event, alongside his NEO co-founder, Da Hongfei, Miha Kralj, managing director of Accenture, and Steven Guggenheimer, corporate vice president of Microsoft Developer & Platform Group.
Over the past year, the price of Bitcoin plummeted by 81%. Alternative coins like Ethereum, Binance Coin and XRP are down by even more. NEO wasn’t spared from the ensuing chaos in the crypto markets. Throughout 2018, the price of a single NEO token dropped by more than 80%. However, the market price tends to reflect the sentiments of investors and speculators rather than the hard work of the developer community. NEO’s underlying blockchain has continued to evolve throughout the year and the team also launched an effort to decentralize the NEO blockchain by allowing more independent nodes on the network for the first time.
The open-source project has managed to keep innovating since its inception in 2014, which is probably why its developer community is one of the strongest in the tech industry. Now, with over 1,000 contributors and half a million users, NEO is firmly on track to create its version of a “smart economy.”
Attendees at next year’s DevCon in Seattle will have a chance to witness the progress this smart economy has made over the past year. Developers and entrepreneurs are likely to unveil new products, announce new features and present fresh ideas for the future of the NEO mission.
Anyone interested in participating or supporting the event is encouraged to email: [email protected]
Early bird tickets are on sale now for $149 and are available until January 15th. Full price tickets will be $299.
More information can be found at devcon.neo.org
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