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NEAR MainNet is now Community-Operated
NEAR MainNet is now Community-Operated Community September 24, 2020 As of today, the NEAR Foundation has spun down its nodes, making the NEAR Protocol MainNet fully community run. …
Sep 24, 2020
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Introducing near.com: Your Onchain World, Unified
…Under $0.01 per swap. No bridging. No destination chain gas tokens. One transaction from your existing wallet. near.com finally puts the engine that has powered billions in cross-chain…
Feb 24, 2026
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NEAR House of Stake Is Now Live on Mainnet
…iments. It replaces “one person, one vote” with a flexible, token-locked voting mechanism called veNEAR (vote-escrowed NEAR), which strengthens governance influence based on time-locked…
Oct 13, 2025
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NEAR’s Road to Decentralization: Building Bridges
NEAR’s Road to Decentralization: Building Bridges NEAR Foundation Aurora Ecosystem March 14, 2022 The NEAR community’s big-picture vision has always been straightforward — onboard …
Mar 14, 2022
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NEAR Joins Multichain To Bring More Cross-Chain Capabilities to the Ecosystem
…the Multichain ecosystem, opening the door for thousands of tokens to interact with the NEAR ecosystem seamlessly. Multichain is a cross-chain router protocol on a mission to be the…
Jun 10, 2022
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Thresholded Proof Of Stake
Thresholded Proof Of Stake Developers September 12, 2018 A central component of any blockchain is the consensus. At its core, Blockchain is a distributed storage system where every…
Sep 12, 2018
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Introducing the Mindshare Index AI Agent: Autonomous Trading Powered by Shade Agents
…scenes: • Data Acquisition • Every day, the agent pulls in “token mindshare” data from the Kaito API . This measures how much a cryptocurrency is being talked about across platforms…
Apr 9, 2025
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Minting Minecraft Blueprints As NFTs
…f 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, actually, NFTs are not limited …
Dec 9, 2021
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Blockchain Promise for Music Industry (Industry Background)
Blockchain Promise for Music Industry (Industry Background) Case Studies November 16, 2018 What will blockchain enable in the long term? From my subjective point of view, blockchai…
Nov 16, 2018
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Off to the Races: ZEST Launches on the NEAR Mainnet
…, and the industry has seen a proliferation of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as a result. These unique and non-interchangeable tokens come in the form of digital land, trading cards, …
Aug 24, 2020
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NEAR Now Integrated into Ledger Live For More Security and Ownership
…g experience for users even if they have never used crypto, tokens, keys, or wallets.” Carl Anderson, VP B2C Engineering at Ledger, adds: “I’m pleased to see a crypto player like NEAR…
Jan 30, 2023
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NEAR Foundation Funding Team Report: September 2022
NEAR Foundation Funding Team Report: September 2022 NEAR Foundation Grants Statistics November 18, 2022 Welcome to the NEAR Foundation Funding Team Report that captures and highlig…
Nov 18, 2022
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How GLASS is Uncorking Adult Beverage Loyalty with Web3 and NEAR
… the future that GLASS plans to create. Brands on GLASS use tokens to incentivize fans to try new cocktail recipes, socialize with friends, vote on brand decisions, and more; and fans…
Aug 10, 2023
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Get Ready for Stake Wars!
…issues/4 • In addition, you will have to sign a program and token agreement for the reward of tokens based on points. This will happen at some point during the competition. Stay tuned.…
Oct 24, 2019
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Cosmose AI Harnesses the Open Web and NEAR with KAIKAINOW
Cosmose AI Harnesses the Open Web and NEAR with KAIKAINOW Community AI Cosmose AI KAIKAINOW Open Web September 14, 2023 Cosmose AI , the global platform that uses AI to predict and…
Sep 14, 2023
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What Is NEAR Protocol?
…apture. $14B+ in Intents volume, a now-live fee switch, and token buybacks mean product growth can now strengthen $NEAR token dynamics. • Agents need money—open money. As AI and markets…
Mar 6, 2026
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COSMOSE AI: TRANSFORMING CONSUMER EMPOWERMENT WITH AI AND BLOCKCHAIN
… integrated into Cosmose AI platforms, using a crypto-based token, $KAIC, to reward users for purchases and engagement on KAIKAI. These earned tokens can be accumulated and redeemed…
Jun 5, 2024
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Stake Wars Registration is Now Open
…launches. The benefits: • Test your hardware • Earn mainnet tokens • Prove Reliability • Find Bugs • Have fun breaking stuff • Build new ecosystem components This document is for validators…
Oct 15, 2019
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Taco Labs and NEAR Foundation to Give Shopify Retailers Next-Gen Customer Loyalty Programs
…lliance paves the way for engaging multiplayer experiences, token-gated access, and exclusive benefits that transform customer retention and brand affinity.In this new loyalty landscape,…
May 5, 2023
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The Evolution of the Open Web
…s machines around the world, the system must have a digital token which facilitates the payment from users of the chain to the operators of the system (and provides security guarantees…
Apr 29, 2020
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Knaq and NEAR: A New Era of Fan Engagement with Web3
…reator communities while providing true utility to NFTs and tokens via a summertime soft launch. By leveraging NEAR's fast and scalable blockchain, Knaq will offer a seamless user …
May 10, 2023
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NEAR Foundation's Response to the UK Crypto Asset Consultation
NEAR Foundation's Response to the UK Crypto Asset Consultation NEAR Foundation UK Crypto Asset Consultation May 4, 2023 • Introduction The NEAR Foundation (the “ Foundation ”) subm…
May 4, 2023
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Community Update - Beyond Launch
…NEAR is now in the hands of the NEAR community. Validators, token holders, users, and builders all play a significant role in what happens next … … which is why we would like to invite…
Oct 27, 2020
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Stake Wars is Over, but We're Just Getting Started
…Wars, all grants related to the program are ending: no more tokens will be provided to contributors, and the NEAR Foundation will not be staking to Validators for completing the challenges.…
Oct 9, 2020
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The Intent-Driven Future of Travel
…l asset economy is cross-chain settlement: having the right token in the right wallet
Dec 5, 2025
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The Agent Economy: Who Owns the Rails AI Runs On
…kes NEAR the foundation for its "AI money" thesis. The NEAR token can support network security, coordination, settlement, and ecosystem economics as agent-driven activity scales. The…
Jul 13, 2026
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How Confidential Intents Works | NEAR Blog
…, and strategy copying that can occur when your order size, token pair, direction, and timing are all visible. These risks around fully transparent public chain transactions have historically…
May 27, 2026
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Long Range Attacks, and a new Fork Choice Rule
…t created blocks at some point in the past get their staked tokens back, the keys that they used to create blocks no longer have value for them. Thus, an adversary can attempt to buy…
Sep 10, 2019
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NEAR Transparency Report: the State of Staking
NEAR Transparency Report: the State of Staking NEAR Foundation Transparency report November 21, 2022 As part of the Foundation’s commitment to transparency, each week it will publi…
Nov 21, 2022
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Meet the Startups in OWC’s Batch II: Accelerating Web 3.0 Adoption
…December 2020, 1inch distributed over 90 million governance tokens to their users, liquidity providers, and community, making the application even more decentralized. SnowSwap is an…
Feb 10, 2021
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