{"id":"HX1rwQCVU5U","title":"How the NEAR Protocol Community is Changing the World","description":"To a growing number of builders and entrepreneurs, blockchain technology has the potential to help communities and ecosystems across the world survive and thrive. In this video we explain how and show off amazing projects happening right now in the NEAR ecosystem.\n\nProjects Mentioned:\n\nOpen Forest Protocol: https://www.openforestprotocol.org/\n\nSouth Pole: https://www.southpole.com/\n\nUnchain Fund: https://unchain.fund/\n\nC1 Foundation: https://www.c1foundation.io/\n\nBeeTogether: https://bee-together.org/\n\nJoin NEAR's community:\nWebsite: https://near.org/\nReddit:   / nearprotocol  \nDiscord: https://near.chat/\nMedium:   / nearprotocol  \nBlog: https://near.org/blog/\nTwitter:   / nearprotocol  \nGitHub: https://github.com/near  https://github.com/nearprotocol\nDev Docs: https://docs.near.org/\nCreate a wallet: https://wallet.near.org/create\nApps on NEAR: https://awesomenear.com/\nLearn to Build On NEAR: https://www.near.university/\nGrants & Funding: https://near.org/grants/\n#Blockchain #FutureisNEAR #NEAR #nearprotocol\n#nft #dao","channel_name":"NEAR Protocol","published_at":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","thumbnail_url":"https://img.youtube.com/vi/HX1rwQCVU5U/hqdefault.jpg","transcript_text":"what do reforestation culture preservation and humanitarian aid all have in common projects building on near are trying to improve all three for most of us cryptocurrencies are little more than tokens and nfts floating around the web but to a growing number of builders and entrepreneurs this technology has the potential to help communities and ecosystems across the world survive and thrive in this video we'll explain how but before that it's important to understand why nir has become a hub for humanitarian projects near is a certified carbon neutral block chain meaning any carbon it emits through the maintenance of the blockchain or activities of people building on it is offset the near foundation works with south pole to ensure the carbon it emits is converted into reforestation projects that help absorb and lock that carbon in place not in the atmosphere let's see how projects are taking advantage of near's carbon neutral blockchain when it comes to preserving rainforests there is often more financial incentive to remove the forests and convert them into raw materials and farmland with projects like open forest protocol there is an alternative this radical new project puts preserving forests into the hands of local communities and helps them access funding for other conservation projects it does this by using the near blockchain to record data on reforestation securely and transparently giving conservationists a way to verify their work for charitable giving moving money across the world can be slow and expensive because crypto is borderless and doesn't involve middlemen millions of dollars have moved effortlessly to help those that need it the most projects like unchain fund are using the near blockchain to raise millions of dollars to help refugees in ukraine last but not least the near ecosystem is actively helping preserve habitats and cultures across the world projects like sisu the chapter one foundation and dandelions and honeybees are harnessing blockchain to help communities with conservation efforts and the preservation of knowledge we're only at the beginning of crypto's journey but there are lots of projects building on near's carbon neutral blockchain that are trying to make a difference to find out more head to nir.org","transcript_synced_at":"2026-11-04T04:01:22.296Z","segments":[{"start_seconds":1,"text":"what do reforestation culture preservation and humanitarian aid all have in common projects building on near are trying to","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX1rwQCVU5U&t=1s"},{"start_seconds":10,"text":"improve all three for most of us cryptocurrencies are little more than tokens and nfts floating around the web","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX1rwQCVU5U&t=10s"},{"start_seconds":17,"text":"but to a growing number of builders and entrepreneurs this technology has the 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