NEO
| NEO | |
| |
| Founded | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Shanghai, China |
| Key People | Da Hongfei |
| @NEO_blockchain | |
| Website | Neo Home |
| Blog | Neo Blog |
NEO (NEO) is a blockchain-based cryptocurrency and dApp platform founded in 2014 in Shanghai, China.[1] It was formerly called "AntShares" before rebranding in 2017.[2]
Overview
NEO was founded in 2014 by Da Hongfei in an attempt to address problems in what he has called an "outdated, if not broken" financial system.[3]
To accomplish this, the makers of NEO have striven to create a "smart economy" by utilizing a "universal" blockchain for both public and private markets,[4] cryptocurrency and smart contract technologies to create improved methods of managing digital financial transactions.[5] The company says it hopes to create a decentralized economy by digitizing assets and user identities under the NEO platform.[6][7]
Architecture
The company released a whitepaper in 2016 describing dBFT (delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance), the consensus protocol upon which NEO is based.[8] This protocol attempts to solve the "Byzantine Generals problem" outlined in a 1982 paper published by SRI International. The "Byzantine Generals problem" describes a situation in which the failure of one or more nodes is not properly recognized as such by other nodes in a network, thereby preventing the network from cutting off the faulty node and thereby avoiding a catastrophic system failure.[9]
NEO's dBFT was designed to be a solution to this problem, thereby assuaging the influence of "bad actors" in a distributed ledger network. It operates off the proof-of-stake model.[10]
References
- ↑ China's Largest Cryptocurrency Thrives Despite Intense Crackdown. Bloomberg.
- ↑ Antshares Rebrands, Introduces NEO and the New Smart Economy. Bitcoin Magazine.
- ↑ In China, Two Cities Mirror Blockchain-Bitcoin Divide. Coindesk.
- ↑ In China, Two Cities Mirror Blockchain-Bitcoin Divide. Coindesk.
- ↑ NEO Co-Founder Banks On Blockchain To Build A Smart Economy. Forbes.
- ↑ Antshares Rebrands, Introduces NEO and the New Smart Economy. Bitcoin Magazine.
- ↑ NEO - An Open Network For Smart Economy. NEO.
- ↑ Cryptocurrency Industry Spotlight: Who is NEO’s Da Hongfei?. Coin Central.
- ↑ The Byzantine Generals Problem. SRI International.
- ↑ What is Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance?. themerkle.com.
