NEO has been very busy this year. In addition to the core development progress, we’ve seen a level of community building/outreach that no other project in blockchain can seem to match. I thought it would be cool to look back on all the events and hackathons that NEO hosted or supported over the course of this year.
It should be noted that I am not including any large-scale blockchain conferences (other than the NEO DevCon), no matter how notable. Any project leader can show up to an event and hold a few interviews, or offer a few sound bites in a speech. This is a post about the NEO team’s tangible efforts to finance and encourage decentralized community development by hosting dedicated NEO workshops and meetups around the world. To this end, I have attempted (no promises, this was a lot of data to go through) to omit all events without direct support/representatives from the NEO core team (sorry Dylan, I’ll buy you a beer at DevCon!)
I think this is a huge indicator as to the motives of the core NEO team and is something far too few people know about. There is still this ridiculous notion floating around that NEO is reliant on the Chinese government to succeed, despite the massive global community that has been built to support the platform’s long-term success.
Two things to note before the list. Firstly, a lot of these events would not have been possible without the hard work of various NEO dApp project/dev community leaders and other community members. By no means do I wish to undermine their contributions by giving full credit to the NEO core. A lot of people pitched in to make these things happen.
Secondly, I’d also like to give a huge shout out to NEO News Today for its consistent and excellent coverage of all news within the NEO ecosystem. This list would not have been possible without it. For those of you who do not know, I started writing for NNT in July and joined as an editor in October. I feel incredibly blessed to have the opportunity to work with such a kind and talented group of individuals. I have much to learn from each of them.
Without further ado, here’s the list.
January
8th: NEO Meetup in Dublin, Ireland
- Details: https://www.meetup.com/NeoDublin
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/dublin-kicks-off-neos-first-european-tour
10th: NEO Developer Meetup in London, UK
- Details: https://www.meetup.com/NEO-London
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neo-in-europe
11th: NEO Developer Workshop in Hamburg, Germany
- Details: https://www.meetup.com/crypto-geeks/events/246447810
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neo-in-europe
12th: Blockchain Mania #6 in Hamburg, Germany
- Details: https://www.meetup.com/blockchain-mania/events/243541717
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neo-in-europe
13th: NEO Community Meetup in Amsterdam, Netherlands
13th: NEO Programming Day in Shanghai, China
20th: NEO Smart Economy Meetup in Vienna, Austria
- Details: https://www.meetup.com/NEO-Smart-Economy-Austria/events/246089732
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neo-in-europe
30th-31st: NEO DevCon 2018
- Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neo-devcon-tickets-41567708134
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neo-devcon-agenda-tickets
February
10th-11th: NEO Community Meetup in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan
23rd-25th: NEO at START Hack 2018 in St. Gallen, Switzerland
24th-25th: NEO at HackCU IV 2018 in Boulder, Colorado
March
3rd: NEO APAC Tour in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
- Details: https://www.meetup.com/NEO-Singapore/events/247829409
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/neo-apac/
5th: NEO APAC Tour Meetup & Workshop in Tokyo, Japan
- Details 1: https://www.meetup.com/NEO-tokyo-meetup/events/247982671
- Details 2: https://www.meetup.com/NEO-tokyo-meetup/events/247921248
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/neo-apac/
8th: NEO Developer Workshop in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
- Details: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-development-workshop-with-dean-van-dugteren-tickets-43919923674
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neo-developer-workshop-ho-chi-minh-march-8th
9th: NEO Developer Workshop in Cambridge, UK
- Details: https://www.meetup.com/NEO-Cambridge/events/247044605
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neo-cambridge-march
11th: NEO APAC Tour in Taipei, Taiwan
- Details: https://www.meetup.com/NEOtaipei/events/247733364
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/neo-apac
12th: NEO APAC Tour in Melbourne, Australia
- Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neo-melbourne-meetup-tickets-43443437491
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/neo-apac
16th: NEO Sydney Meetup in Sydney, Australia
- Details: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/neo-sydney-meetup-by-moonlightio-tickets-42619395760
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/neo-apac
16th: NEO Seoul Workshop & Meetup in Seoul, South Korea
- Details: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-seoul-meetup-tickets-43587853443
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/neo-apac
April
12th: NEO Meetup & Dev Workshop in Tokyo, Japan
- Details: https://neonewstoday.com/events/tokyo-neo-meetup-and-workshop-april-12th
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/tokyo-neo-meetup-and-workshop-april-12th
13th-15th: NEO x QRC Global Hackathon in Tokyo, Japan
- Details: http://neo-qrc-hac.tokyo/english
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neo-x-qrc-global-hackathon-13th-15th-april-tokyo
14th-15th: NEO Conference and Hackathon in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Details: https://neo.amsterdam
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neo-amsterdam-summit
17th: NEO Europe Tour in Lisbon, Portugal
- Details 1: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-lisbon-meetup-tickets-44628229235
- Details 2: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-lisbon-workshop-tickets-44629022608
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/neo-european-tour-april-2018
19th: NEO Smart Economy Blockchain Meetup in San Fransisco, US
20th: NEO Europe Tour in Madrid, Spain
- Details 1: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-madrid-meetup-tickets-44664178761
- Details 2: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-madrid-workshop-tickets-44664879858
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/neo-european-tour-april-2018
22nd: NEO Europe Tour in Paris, France
- Details 1: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-paris-meetup-tickets-44664439541
- Details 2: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-paris-workshop-tickets-44665250968
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/neo-european-tour-april-2018
24th: NEO Europe Tour in Vienna, Austria
- Details 1: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-vienna-meetup-tickets-44630733726
- Details 2: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-vienna-workshop-tickets-44631226199
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/neo-european-tour-april-2018
26th: NEO Europe Tour in Zurich, Switzerland
- Details 1: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-zurich-meetup-tickets-44664651174
- Details 2: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-zurich-workshop-tickets-44665454577
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/neo-european-tour-april-2018
May
7th: NEO Community Meetup in Santiago, Chile
- Details: https://www.meetup.com/Meetup-NEO-Community-Chile-Blockchain/events/250415805
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/blockchain-summit-hackathonworkshop-and-meetup-in-chile
12th: NEO Community Meetup in Rio de Janerio, Brazil
- Details: https://itsrio.org/en/comunicados/neo-smart-economy-and-the-new-blockchain-applications-in-brazil
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/brazil-neo-event-may-12th
14th: NEO and Niobium in Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neo-and-niobium-sao-paulobrazil-meetup-tickets-45859383651
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/sao-paulo-neo-community-meetup
June
6th: NEO Python Workshop in Tel Aviv, Israel
- Details: https://neo.org/event/details/27
9th: NEO Blockchain Challenge in Shenzhen, China
- Details: https://neo.org/event/details/23
14th: NEO Smart Contract Workshop in Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Details: https://neo.org/event/details/24
17th: NEO Blockchain Challenge in London, UK
- Details: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-blockchain-challenge-london-tickets-46678824621
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/development/happynodes-neo-london-blockchain-challenge-winner
20th: NEO Workshop in Geneva, Switzerland
- Details: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-geneva-workshop-tickets-46923975875
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neo-meetup-and-workshop-geneva-june-20
23rd: Weekly NEO Hackathons in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan
- Details: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neo-developer-basis-workshop-june-23
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neo-developer-basis-workshop-june-23
July
1st: Yahoo! NEO Blockchain Meetup and Workshop in Osaka, Japan
20th: NEO Blockchain Creator Competition in Shanghai, China
August
10th: NEO Blockchain Introduction Class in Shanghai, China
- Details: https://neo.org/event/details/36
24th: NEO Blockchain Advanced Class in Shanghai, China
- Details: https://neo.org/event/details/38
24th-26th: NEO Blockchain Challenge in Tokyo, Japan
- Details: https://neo.org/event/details/35
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/general/tokyo-neo-blockchain-challenge-august-24th-26th
September
3rd & 5th: Smart Economy Meetup & Blockchain Summit in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Details: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/BitcoinBlockchainUruguay/events/254087925
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neoresearch-to-represent-neo-in-uruguay-september-3rd-and-5th
5th: NEO Meetup in Cyberjaya, Malaysia
- Details: https://neo.org/event/details/40
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neo-my-community-to-host-first-neo-meetup-in-malaysia
9th: NEO Blockchain Open Class in Shanghai, China
- Details: http://www.huodongxing.com/event/1455129112000
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/general/nel-and-ngd-host-the-third-neo-blockchain-open-class-in-shanghai-september-9th
19th: NEO Consensus Week Meetup in Singapore
- Details: https://secure.meetup.com/en-AU/NEO-Singapore/events/254578090
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/neo-community-meetup-to-be-held-in-singapore-on-september-19th
22nd-23rd: NEO Blockchain Challenge in Chengdu, China
- Details: https://neo.org/event/details/43
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28th-30th: NEO Black Sea Hackathon in Tbilisi, Georgia
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Details: https://medium.com/spotcoin/spotcoin-host-neo-hackathon-in-tbilisi-74a3b611d162
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NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/general/recap-of-the-neo-black-sea-community-assembly-and-hackathon
October
2nd: NEO Blockchain Meetup in Helsinki, Finland
- Details: https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-Meet-up-Hackathon-Helsinki/events/254956925/?_xtd=gqFyqTI0NzA0NTc2NKFwo3dlYg&from=re
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/johnson-zhao-to-attend-community-meetup-in-helsinki-finland
20th: NEO Blockchain Open Course in Shanghai, China
20th-21st: NEO Blockchain Hackathon in Rotterdam and Delft, Netherlands
- Details: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-blockchain-hackathon-rotterdam-delft-tickets-50526211258
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/general/an-overview-of-the-european-neo-hackathon-tour-and-the-winning-projects
23rd: NEO Meetup and Workshop in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Details: https://tceh.com/events/blockchain-neo
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/7-smart-contracts-launched-on-testnet-at-neo-meetup-in-st-petersburg
26th: NEO Meetup and Workshop in Berlin, Germany
27th-28th: NEO Camp Hackathon in Berlin, Germany
- Details: https://www.neo.camp
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/general/an-overview-of-the-european-neo-hackathon-tour-and-the-winning-projects
November
3rd-4th: NEO Blockchain Hackathon in Zurich, Switzerland
- Details: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-blockchain-hackathon-zurich-tickets-50528005625
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/events/meet-the-winners-of-the-neo-zurich-hackathon-november-3rd-and-4th
10th: NEXT/NEOFANS Meetup in Hangzhou, China
23rd-25th: Hack Junction NEO DAO Voting in Espoo, Finland
- Details: https://2018.hackjunction.com/challenges/dao-voting
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/general/meet-the-top-3-teams-from-the-neo-track-at-the-2018-junction-hackathon-finland
30th: NEO Blockchain Meetup in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Details: https://www.meetup.com/NEO-Blockchain-Community-in-Saint-Petersburg/events/xbsxlqyxpbnc
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/general/neo-st-petersburg-competency-center-announces-neo-distributed-storage-system
December
8th-9th: NEO SPCC Hackathon in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Details: https://www.meetup.com/NEO-Blockchain-Community-in-Saint-Petersburg/events/xbsxlqyxpbnc
- NNT coverage: https://neonewstoday.com/general/meet-the-winners-of-the-neo-spcc-hackathon-st-petersburg
That’s over 75 days of NEO events this year (and I definitely missed some). Not bad eh. Of course, this is only a list of events. We’ve also seen solid progress on the core infrastructure, the formation of multiple new dev communities, and various impressive projects joining the network.
This is the reality of what progress towards decentralization looks like. The NEO community outreach has gone far above and beyond what any other blockchain project has achieved (to my knowledge). Sure, there’s value to a pile of partnerships, but do not mistake those partnerships for realistic progression towards the future of blockchain. The goal of blockchain is to put power back into the hands of the people and to hand off control of these platforms to their respective communities. It seems no project is prioritizing this on the same level as NEO.
At this point, it feels like it wouldn’t particularly matter what happens in China. The NEO team and broader community have spent vast amounts of time and resources educating developers about NEO. Progress on this platform is not tied to the core team. That is the heart of decentralization, and it is why NEO will not be easily stopped.
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