A good buddy of mine reminded me today that fundamentally nothing has changed besides the price. Byzantine fault tolerance as a consensus mechanism is still a very progressive approach, (especially with the Honey Badger of BFT protocols paper that just came out (
https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/199.pdf),) NEO council is still favoring a regulated approach to attract more institutional investors and government compliance that will ultimately expand the ecosystem and gain legitimacy in the eyes of the masses, and we still earn GAS, we still have a developing ecosystem that is way ahead of most (isolated) projects, and on and on.
Don't forget that the guys developing this technology don't shut off their computers because of our bear market. As far as I know they are still working hard and there are SO many things coming up for us. TKY main net in December, Deep Brain Chain nodes, NEX exchange... hell, have you even tried Switcheo yet? Sure it's the Windows 95 of DEX's but it's a fully functional DEX? I am really excited for the future of these projects in spite of these RED days. Would I like to see green every day, sure, am I ready to throw in the towel and give up my dreams of seeing these things FULLY REALIZED and be able to say, YES I was there during Antshares days. FUCK NO!
Keep reading, keep learning, study the systems, remind yourself why you liked crypto in the first place, and best of luck to everyone!