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NEAR is going global. To celebrate, our Town Hall, taking place on February 25, 9-10:15 AM PT (5-6:15 PM UTC), will be an exploration of the people and…

The NEAR Foundation is delighted to announce it is partnering with Elliptic to help enhance security and on chain forensics. The partnership means both the…

At ETHDenver 2022, a top blockchain conference and hackathon, we proudly announced the launch of Pagoda: the world’s first Web3 startup platform. The…

NEAR will be at ETHDenver , as will our MetaBUILD 2 Hackathon, and the Brave browser. The mission: support the global community of developers in building a…

It’s that time of the year when Open Web builders head to the Web3 castle in Denver, Colorado. ETHDenver is upon us, and the NEAR community will be there…

新年好 to the global NEAR community, Lunar New Year is here. On February 1st, many East and Southeast Asian countries enter a new year, where months…

At NEAR Foundation, our goal has always been to provide the best experience for validators, delegators, community members, and project builders. As part of…

The last 12 months was an incredible year for the NEAR community. The ecosystem grew at a phenomenal clip, bringing in new developers, projects and users…

Since the NEAR Mainnet launch in October 2020, the network has seen a steady increase in the number of validators, with many more wanting to participate…

Welcome to the NEAR Retrospective! It’s been quite a year for NEAR Foundation, Near Inc., and, of course, all the incredible projects and community members…

NEAR MetaBUILD 2 , a hackathon series where anyone can start building an app on NEAR, is nearly upon us. The first edition , held August 27th to September…

It’s been a great year for the NEAR ecosystem and our developer community. We’ve hosted our first MetaBUIDL hackathon , rocked the crypto-boat in Portugal…

I'm proud to say that, earlier today, the NEAR Foundation announced its selection of Marieke Flament as its new CEO starting January 1st, 2022. It’s an…

The NEAR Foundation is thrilled to announce it has selected global executive Marieke Flament as its new CEO, effective January 1, 2022. The appointment…

It's been quite a year here at NEAR, and it's been an even better Q4. There's been so much activity, we thought we'd provide a quick snapshot of what's…

The NEAR ecosystem is rapidly expanding on a truly global scale. Powered by Simple Nightshade’s super fast and low-gas fee transactions, developers are…

We have just released a new minor version of our JavaScript client library (NEAR-API-JS). v0.44.0 brings some significant changes, so let’s take a moment…

Most of the time, when you hear people talking about non-fungible tokens (NFTs), your first thoughts may turn to media files such as images or music. But…

As part of NEAR Foundation, the NEAR Education team is building a vast and vibrant ecosystem with the mission of making the open web accessible to…

While security, speed, and reliable data records are key elements in developing a decentralized app (dApp) in the Web3 ecosystem, the complexity of…

deadmau5, the DJ and Producer has teamed up with rockband Portugal. the Man, Mintbase , and NEAR to release a single as an NFT. The song, titled “ this is…

Between November 8th and November 19th, multiple incidents related to Near Inc RPC services caused severe degradation of user experience. The Near Inc team…

Our command-line interface tool just got a new major version release that introduced some big changes. NEAR’s DevRel team would like to take a moment to go…

Since NEAR’s Mainnet launch in October 2020, the NEAR Foundation has helped foster the growth and decentralization of a vibrant validator community…

Aurora , the Ethereum scaling solution that allows projects built on Ethereum to utilize the cutting-edge technology of the NEAR Protocol, is partnering…

Since the NEAR Mainnet launch in October 2020, we have seen steady growth in the number of validators. Today, NEAR has roughly 60 validators on mainnet…

Today is a momentous day for the NEAR blockchain and the NEAR ecosystem: The launch of Simple Nightshade, the first step toward a fully sharded and secure…

The NEAR Wallet is a non-custodial, web-based wallet for the NEAR blockchain. To get started, go to wallet.near.org and click "Create Account". Creating an…

NEAR Foundation is delighted to announce that Chris Ghent has joined NEAR Foundation as Global Head of Brand Strategy & Partnerships. Chris will be…

Climate change, like the pandemic, is a global crisis that increasingly demands the world’s attention. A global imperative, it will require much collective…