COZ primarily operates through the community Discord and CoZ Github, central places where the community shares knowledge and contributes to projects.

Governance

There is no formal process in joining COZ. Interested individuals will have to do the work first, and the submitted code has to be licensed under the Apache 2.X License. Consistent contributors will become eligible to join the COZ organization, and begin collaborating on other projects.

Organizational decision making is made collaboratively by the COZ Council, a multi-disciplinary body of the COZ platform and functional leads and communicated by an appointed member holding the Speaker role.

COZ is not a regulatory body and take no responsibility for the quality of 3rd party smart contracts deployed on our affiliate platforms.

Funding Pool

COZ Staff members are excluded from weekly rewards.

This week, we are awarding 755 NEO distributed across the following ecosystem contributions:

• Python NeoFS SDK + CLI (CLAUS):
  
  One of the standout contributions this round is the delivery of the first full Python client for NeoFS. The project gives Python developers a much more direct way to work with Neo's decentralized storage stack by replacing older wrapper-based approaches with a native implementation built around gRPC. It includes support for Neo N3 wallet handling, deterministic signing, protobuf generation, and live interaction with NeoFS testnet infrastructure. It also integrates with neo-mamba for wallet parsing and cryptographic operations, and ships with a lightweight CLI for common tasks such as container creation, upload, and download. CLAUS also contributed additional security hardening work during this round.
• Neo Analytics (Thermx5):
  
  Neo Analytics continued to expand into a more useful public window into Neo N3 activity, with this round placing particular emphasis on DeFi visibility. The latest improvements add clearer views into DEX activity, liquidity, token performance, and recent volume, while also introducing live NEO and GAS market ticker data for additional context. The dashboard also benefits from better labeling and classification, including known exchange wallet labels and improved Flamingo Finance-backed metrics for liquidity and TVL. Explore the dashboard and dedicated DeFi page. Related work spans PRs #36 to #40.
• HushNetwork (AboimPinto):
  
  HushNetwork continued to move forward this round, with the decentralized social platform now open for testing across core features such as posts and replies. The project is centered on privacy and data ownership, and this latest progress marks another step toward a more complete and testable user experience. Projects like this are important because they show what it looks like to build consumer-facing applications with a clear product direction. Watch the demo.
• Forge (AboimPinto):
  
  Forge also saw continued progress this round, moving closer to a smoother one-click token launch experience for communities, experiments, and crowdfunding-style use cases. Alongside broader end-to-end workflow improvements, the latest work adds fee configuration support for both the TokenFactory owner and TokenOwner, with those fees reflected across token creation, transfer, and burn flows. That kind of refinement matters because tools that simplify token creation while giving operators more control can make experimentation easier and lower the friction for launching community-driven initiatives. Watch the demo.

Award Proof: Transaction

Why these contributions matter

What makes this round especially strong is how clearly it reflects the value of open-source work. Better infrastructure gives developers stronger foundations to build on. Better analytics make public activity easier to understand and verify. Better products turn shared code into experiences that more people can test, improve, and extend.

That combination is exactly what Proof of Working is meant to highlight: visible, practical progress that is developed in public and creates more opportunities for others to participate.

If you want to understand the broader purpose of the initiative, read Proof of Working Is Back. You can also review the previous weekly rounds in Proof of Working 2.0, Proof of Working 2.1, and Proof of Working 2.2.

If you are building in the open, maintaining useful public tooling, or helping move projects forward, join the conversation in the COZ Discord, share your work on GitHub, and take part in the next round of contributions.