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Today Illia and I published a preprint of “Proof of Response,” a paper introducing a novel primitive for decentralized systems. Proof of Response is a novel mec…

Today the NEAR ecosystem welcomes OmniBridge , next-generation cross-chain infrastructure to enable seamless asset transfers between NEAR and any…

At NEAR, we believe that AI Agents are not just another technological novelty—they are poised to fundamentally transform how we interact with data…

The Infrastructure Committee is seeking teams to take over NEAR's proven Fast Auth network (serving 800,000+ SWEAT users), build Fast Auth 2.0, and develop…

The NEAR Foundation (NF) is proud to announce the inaugural NEAR AI Agent Fund, which will focus on scaling the development of fully autonomous and…

The NEAR Foundation announces the launch of NEAR Dev, a new independent entity dedicated to supporting top application developers and partners within the…

Since the mainnet launch of Chain Signatures in August 2024, the engineering team at Near One has been working on improving the security and performance of…

Get ready for "The Road to One Trillion Agents" from Feb 25–27 , a multi-day celebration of innovation and collaboration hosted by NEAR at ETHDenver 2025!…

Enabling Fully Private, Verifiable AI Agents with Phala Network TLDR: The first open source private ML SDK, built by Phala Network in collaboration with NEAR AI…

Since its launch in April 2024, the NEAR Infrastructure Committee (IC) has strived to provide a fairer, more transparent, and more sustainable approach to…

2024 was a great year for NEAR – we saw major growth across all metrics, welcomed the return of NEAR.AI , and progressed towards Web3 truly multichain with…

NEAR Foundation is excited to share that Infinex , a decentralized exchange platform with seamless, multichain user experience, will begin integrating NEAR…

In a major step forward for the NEAR Protocol’s (NEAR) vision of Chain Abstraction—seamless interoperability across all blockchains—Ethereum users are now…

Currently the Web3 DeFi experience is complex and siloed in different chains, with fragmented liquidity. Instead of transacting directly on every chain, a…

The NEAR Foundation is excited to announce the inaugural accelerator focused on Chain Abstraction. This kickoff cohort includes a select group of teams…

The NEAR Foundation and Delphi Labs are pleased to announce the first cohort of their joint AI Accelerator Program, a strategic initiative designed to…

The NEAR Infrastructure Committee (IC) has released four Requests-for-Proposal (RFPs) as part of the Pagoda wind-down and decentralization initiative…

Token2049 Singapore was a pivotal moment for NEAR. It showcased the seamless integration of AI and Web3 technologies, shaping the future of the user-owned…

Get ready for a September to remember! Join NEAR at Token2049 Singapore as we showcase the seamless integration of cutting-edge technologies shaping the…

The NEAR Foundation is excited to partner with Delphi Labs to co-host a new accelerator program for high-potential projects at the intersection of AI and…

A post from the Near One team The launch of stateless validation in August 2024 marks an important milestone for NEAR Protocol, but it is by no means the…

TLDR: Introduces stateless validation : an innovative approach to validating state transition, or the process of updating the status of all the data posted…

The NEAR Foundation announces today the formation of two new ecosystem nodes: Near One is spinning out of Pagoda and a Chain Abstraction team is launching…

Today marks the official Mainnet release of Chain Signatures, a groundbreaking Chain Abstraction solution built on NEAR. With the testnet phase and…

What is Chain Signatures? Chain Signatures is a groundbreaking technology built on NEAR that enables NEAR accounts, including smart contracts, to sign and…

It’s getting really real: is just around the corner, and we have some major updates. You may recall that is a global convergence to shape the future of…

It’s fundamental to NEAR’s vision that users, apps, and liquidity shouldn’t be siloed within one chain or another. Chain abstraction means not only…

Last week, the Ethereum community gathered in Brussels for EthCC, the largest annual European Ethereum event focused on technology and community. Usually…

As EthCC 2024 descends upon Brussels, the city's historic charm provides a captivating backdrop for one of the crypto industry's most anticipated events…

Every week, we see new headlines about lawsuits against major AI companies and infighting between regulators on how to properly manage AI safety. From the…