My prediction:
ETH to hit $3000 5 months in advance of Casper release Q2 2018 as investors front run markets to acquire enough ETH to become validators. That's only about 10X the current price, which is reasonable since ETH ran over 8,000X last and year before. More investors will seek dividend paying cryptos like ETH, Dash, Smart Cash ECT. POS will become mainstream crypto or at least hybrid versions of it mixed with POW/POS. POS adds so many critical features to a system i.e. Governance, scalability, voting, two tier verification of consensus, ID if needed, ROI rewards longterm holders, allows more decentralization due to lower energy requirements.
NEO already has implemented most of these features or will shortly.
Agree. 2018 will be Crypto mainstream breakout year. No doubt.
Do you believe Neo will surge next year?
Yes, absolutely. My top two picks for performance are NEO and SmartCash over the next year.
Glad to hear that, I'm invested in both!
Smart Cash is a sleeping giant. I have yet to find a project so young with so much development already in place. Dash proves that DAO can work incredible. Smart takes it to a whole new level with the hives concept and smart rewards. This could be a major crypto soon.