Neo Kicks Off New Governance Era: Calls for Fresh Council Members, Greater Transparency

• Building a more dynamic, responsible, and community-driven governance structure for Neo is the shared goal.
• Neo Council Members are expected to showcase the contributions they have made to the Neo community while serving on the Council in their quarterly reports.

Since its August 2021 launch, the Neo N3 MainNet has operated without issue for more than three years. We want to express our gratitude to all of the Council members—past and present—for their hard work on behalf of the network.

It’s time to lead Neo Governance into a new era that boosts competition, increases transparency, and improves performance as the blockchain sector develops quickly.

We are taking the following steps in order to accomplish this:

• Actively looking for additional Council Members from qualified community organizations and industry partners to provide new ideas and healthy competition.
• All current Council members should be required to provide reports of their contributions in order to promote openness and improve community oversight and assessment of their work.
• Encouraging competent people of the community to submit suggestions for enhancements and ideas so that the Neo Council may consider, decide on, and act upon them.

Building a more dynamic, responsible, and community-driven governance structure for Neo is our shared goal.

Seeking new Council Members

The Neo team is continuously striving to inject new life into the ecosystem as blockchain continues to expand and strengthen its interface with Web2. Whether in AI, RWA, infrastructure providers like Infura, or cross-chain solutions, we have been in continuous discussions with companies and initiatives that may establish enduring partnerships with Neo.

We think that regular rotation and healthy competition are essential elements of good governance, and we expect to see these new partners becoming actively engaged in community governance. The Neo Foundation is dedicated to helping eligible people, groups, and organizations join the Neo Council.

Steps to apply to become a council Member:

• Use this link to apply: https://www.reddit.com/r/NeoGovernance/comments/1husuf8/neo_council_member_application_outline/
• Write your answers to the outlined questions in the comment section below!
• The person or organization must register as a candidate by following the instructions on the governance page of the Neo official website, in addition to responding to the questions listed.

In addition to having the necessary technical skills, they should pay a 1,000 GAS registration fee, which the Neo Foundation will repay if they are elected to the Council. During the registration procedure, further information regarding the prerequisites is available.

In addition, the Neo Foundation will back the candidate who received 100,000 NEO token votes and advanced beyond the first round of the election. Although it is a kind gesture, this support is not final. To guarantee a place among the top 21 candidates and eventually become a member of the Neo Council, the candidate will still need to interact with the community and collect more votes.

Transparency and Community Oversight

Our ecosystem’s long-term viability depends on an atmosphere of transparency and a culture of cooperation. We are putting the following governance measures into effect in order to address this:

We ask all Neo Council members to report their work for the previous quarter at the start of the next quarter, before the 10th of the first month, in order to improve community monitoring and governance.

Only members of the Neo Council will be able to amend these reports, hence they should be posted in the Neo Governance subreddit. By July 10, 2025, the first set of reports reflecting the work done in the second quarter of 2025 must be released.

Neo Council Members are expected to showcase the contributions they have made to the Neo community while serving on the Council in their quarterly reports.

A council member will normally be voted in or out every three months. In this instance, even if the person’s stint as a Council Member was brief, the report need to include the period during which they were actively serving. Regardless of the length of service, reports are still necessary.

Proposals from all community members

All members are encouraged to contribute, regardless of holding size or level of tech expertise, in order to promote more community involvement in governance. Everyone is welcome to participate in the Neo Governance subject discussions.

The Neo Governance subreddit allows you to post ideas, criticism, and recommendations as well as to support or disagree with those of others. Based on their merits, the Neo Council Members will evaluate these contributions and decide whether to act.

Context: The Responsibilities and Incentives of a Neo Council Member

The Neo Council is essential to preserving the Neo network’s vitality and health. They are in charge of choosing oracle nodes and modifying blockchain characteristics like system fees. As consensus nodes, the first seven Council Members are also responsible for handling Neo blockchain transactions.

Approximately 10 million GAS tokens are generated yearly, with 1 GAS token being minted for each block produced (recently dropped from 5 GAS).

Ten percent of this, or one million GAS, is allocated to the 21 members of the Neo Council. Each Council Member receives an average of 50,000 GAS each year as compensation for upkeep of the network.

Now, the Neo N3 ecosystem—now the most complete in our stack—will be the engine driving both Neo X, which is creating a frontier for onboarding projects and users from the EVM ecosystem, and SpoonOS, which is speeding up AI integration to enable exponential development in Web3. It is designed to accommodate and grow as more people and projects join it.

As ardent Neo fans, you have a thorough awareness of Neo N3 and insightful opinions on how to make it better. The moment has come for us to collaborate even more in order to keep an eye on and improve Neo N3’s governance. We think that the basis for long-term development is an atmosphere that is open, transparent, and communicative.

This is a continuous process, of course. Please feel free to make any comments or recommendations you may have on the actions described in this article in the Neo Governance subreddit!