that is simple and also clear, ETH had been a revolution in the crypto world. there are so many coins and ICOs that created by ETH and also other platforms like NEO. ETH was the first platform in the crypto world. but there are other platforms similar to ETH like NEO that they have created a substrate to ICOs and technology developed. for example asuracoin.io based on NEO platform that can change gaming industry and QKC that increased transaction speed (based on ETH). so we can say ETH and other platforms changed blockchain and helped for their developing.