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NEO, formerly known as AntShares, is generally known as the "Ethereum of China." But an even more accurate description of the project would be "China's public blockchain," according to the company. NEO made news this week when it went from being a top 15 cryptocurrency to a top 10 cryptocurrency as of the time of this writing. NEO's token value surged from sub-$10 to more than $20, and its market cap to more than $900 million.
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NEO's platform is similar to Ethereum's but has some clear advantages and a different overall mission. First of all, it provides various advanced languages for its compiler, such as Python and Go. Second, and more important, its NEO Contract (which is run through a NEO Virtual Machine) supports various commonly used programming languages, such as C# and Java, which is a major advantage. This makes its barrier to entry for new developers much smaller than other platforms', as they do not need to learn new languages to code.

The big move for NEO is creating an entire smart economy. It has incorporated digital assets, smart contracts, and a digital identity that can be used for real-world applications and become integrated into the real economy. China could (and may) be a candidate for that first real-world application and integration.

NEO is in a spot similar to Ethereum's in early 2017, both cryptocurrency value wise and launch phase wise. Its product is fully operational and does a few things differently from Ethereum, including execution of C# code, which allows NEO to do more things with the platform and attract more developers.

The platform is also primed for running initial coin offerings (ICOs). And I wouldn't be surprised if it continues to be the go-to platform for upcoming Chinese ICOs. As we saw this year with Ethereum, when ICOs launch demand for the token that is hosting them goes up drastically.

ETH was centralized since its inception and now has suspicious links with Russia and probably China too.

At least with this Antshares they are being more honest.

I'm want to buy some, but the price is very high now, I think I will wait this bull market and after that i'll buy some

man ive seen the rise of this NEO that i didnt know anything out before honestly

i had not even heard of it ONCE!

NeO!

I agree. I'll see how much it dumps in the bloody market. Dumps well ===> buy. :)

The price is terrible in my opinion, I have bought 3000 NEO when the price was $0.5, and sold them out when the price was $1.5, but now the price is more than $20, I can not believe that.

We only have four of these my wife purchased when they were just over two dollars. I now wish she had bought more but oh well even what we have is better than nothing. Why has it gone up so much any specific reason or it is very good in general?