https://neo.org/blog/Details/4086
Voting should start over the next month.
NEO uses consensus algo DBFT (Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance).
From what I understand anyone with 1000 gas can run a seed node. One key differences is that NEO can have many different super nodes going at the same time, not just 21 like in EOS.
I am going to have to do more research on the precise details how DBFT works.
You can see here at least 12 or more different nodes are currently verify transactions. Once voting goes live this should increase exponentially. Hence, the word - NEO Decentralization.
This is could be a very big event for NEO. From what I understand this will also increase gas payout and reduce block times, which further increases scaling.
Some very interesting dapps being created on NEO. I remember this time last NEO had 0 live dapps now there is many. I believe good quality ones. It cost around $20K+ in gas to launch dapp on NEO so eliminates a lot of scams that would never pay up the initial fees.
Dapps outside of Ethereum (chart below), NEO has growing dapp list. Aion also very impressive with Institutional dapps linking private chains to their public.
Ontology and Elastos both using NEO Virtual Machine, which could add significant value in future. Ont is very impressive project dealing with ID's. Linking blockchain to real organizations, potentially linking much of the real world economy to open blockchain instead of closed off centralized data bases.
Please correct me if I am wrong about any details on DBFT. If you would like to add any additional info about NEO's DBFT or upcoming decentralization please do so in the comments.