Neo saw a busy week across its ecosystem, with technical upgrades, community disputes, and new tools emerging on the Neo N3 MainNet.

Neo Council approves faster block times

The Neo Council activated three-second block times on Neo N3 MainNet after a governance transaction signed by 13 of 21 Council members. This change reduces block intervals by about 80% from the previous 15-second times. The move was executed on-chain and is expected to improve transaction speed and network responsiveness.

AxLabs launched a public dashboard called the Neo Bridge Indexer. It tracks the live status of the native bridge between Neo N3 and Neo X. Both frontend and backend code are open-sourced under the bane-labs organization on GitHub. The tool gives users, developers, and dApp operators a validator-independent way to check if the bridge is operating normally, delayed, or stuck.

Community debates and disputes

COZ published a positional essay arguing that Neo’s foundational design always implied a transition from founder-led origins toward community stewardship. But the group says that transition has never been completed. They believe the only legitimate path forward is a broader distribution of stewardship across the community.

Flamingo Finance published an open letter alleging that Neo Global Development and the Neo Foundation failed to deliver promised assets and operational support. The Flamingo maintainers claim their DeFi platform has been left structurally dependent on two entities that have refused to act on calls for help. The article lists grievances the team says it raised internally through late 2025 before making them public.

New launches and tools

NeoLine launched its Web dApp at app.neoline.io. This unified interface lets users manage Neo assets, view balances, send and receive tokens, bridge assets, and participate in governance voting.

SpoonOS started Season 1 of its Community Contribution Program. It’s a two-month points-based initiative running through June 20. Members earn rewards for chatting, completing tasks, contributing code, and sharing AI content. The top 10 contributors get exclusive community rewards.

GameShame released Raijin Protocol v0.0.3a, revealing the game’s first map for download at gameshame.studio.

Developer updates

AxLabs announced GitMyABI, a tool for managing smart contract interfaces via CI/CD-style workflows. It replaces manual distribution through Slack, Discord threads, and documentation repos.

Neo SPCC released NeoFS REST gateway v0.17.1. This update fixes two bugs and adds V2 session token validation for auth APIs.

Podcast and events

NNT Episode 111 of The Smart Economy Podcast featured Greg Osuri, founder of Akash Network. They discussed decentralized cloud infrastructure for AI compute demand, energy availability as a bottleneck, and distributed training.

NNT also hosted Crypto Coffee and Blockchain Beer Spaces #93. Topics included top 5 crypto and non-crypto hacks in 2025, AI-powered malicious activity, and user protection.

Coming up: NNT hosts CC & BB #94 on May 1.