General Updates
Neo Xreleased v0.6.1, a recommended upgrade for all node operators. The release delivers beacon synchronizer fixes, improved status checks, Continuous Integration migration, and a correction to an irregular dBFT pool metric. It also scheduled the Osaka fork to activate on MainNet at block height 1,782,700,000.
COZdistributed 667 $NEO across five ecosystem contributions in round 2.8 of Proof of Working 2.0, recognizing work on contract artifact management, community coordination, dApp onboarding templates, NeoFS storage tooling, and Python SDK maintenance. The distribution brings the cumulative total to 5,079 $NEO awarded across eight rounds since the programs January relaunch.
nDappreleased a weekly N3 $GAS check-in, noting that network users claimed approximately 55,046 $GAS over the past week and that on-chain activity burned about 223 $GAS.
Frank Coinhosted a Neo trivia contest on Telegram, rewarding participants with 100 FRANK tokens for the top player and 40 FRANK tokens for ten players selected at random.
NNThosted a GasBot Trivia round where participants competed for a pool of 4 $GAS rewards.
Developer Updates
Neo SPCCreleased NeoFS SDK Go RC 20, which brings new features from API 2.24.
Former Neo Coredeveloper, Chris Schuchardt, released a new draft NEP for Contract Owner Standard. The proposal is to build a standardized Contract Owner interface for smart contracts on Neo N3 and N4. The standard defines public methods to retrieve the current owner GetOwner, transfer ownership SetOwner, and emit notification events on changes, letting dApps, explorers, wallets, and indexers verify and monitor ownership consistently. Building on NEP-15 and NEP-17 and using Runtime.CheckWitness for authorization, the proposal is lightweight and backward-compatible, requiring no protocol changes, and is now open for community and core-dev feedback.
In Case You Missed It
GrantSharesreceived a new submission, Duoswap: Completion & Launch Support Request Discussion, which is seeking 5,000 $NEO to build a dual-chain non-custodial exchange for Neo N3 and Neo X.
Events
July 3: NNT hosting CC & BB #101 on the official The Smart Economy Podcast X account.
July 4: NeoPod will host its second AMA with grassroots community builder Aziz.