Similarities
NEO and Ethereum are both blockchain projects specifically designed to host smart contracts, ICOs, utility Token Sales and dApps in a decentralized manner.
Their respective blockchains are fueled by crypto-assets (Gas in NEO, Ether in Ethereum).
Differences
Ethereum is not backed by any nations government, but it is supported by the EEA-Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. This speaks volumes about its popularity and potential success on the worlds stage.
NEO is one of the few blockchain platforms born in China. This has become the most important factor for NEOs popularity in Asia, making it Chinas first open-source public blockchain project. NEO was created by Onchain CEO, Da HongFei, and CTO, Erik Zhang. NEO is also backed by crowdfunding platform WINGS, Microsoft, Alibaba, and various other Microsoft-like giants. Its seems as though the Chinese Government has a leaning towards NEO
Platform of both are good, but I like ETH !
Good stuff, thanks for this well chosen quote. I heard about NEOs Chinese connection, but this put some perspective on it. I wonder how Chinese gvmnt will appraoch the proliferation of other altcoins...