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Community Update: ZEST & Flux on MainNet, Hack the Rainbow, EDU@NEAR
… allow us to onboard thousands of new community members and token holders to the NEAR network. In parallel, our middleware team is working towards bridging NEAR to Ethereum with the…
Sep 1, 2020
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NEAR Digital Collective’s I-AM-HUMAN Welcomes Its First 1000 Verified Humans
…l. Distributing voting power to the people with “Soul Bound Tokens” I-AM-HUMAN is all about fairly distributing voting power to the people. At its heart is the concept of "Soul Bound…
Jun 16, 2023
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NEARCON '23 Unwrapped: Lisbon Steps into the Open Web in Iconic Fashion
… Do Beato in Lisbon even opened, with the debut of the NCON token. The first ever native NEARCON token, attendees could download the NEARCON app and collect NCON tokens by completing…
Nov 16, 2023
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The Beginner’s Guide to the NEAR Blockchain
The Beginner’s Guide to the NEAR Blockchain Community January 17, 2019 Welcome! This guide is intended to help anyone interested in understanding what NEAR actually is. That includ…
Jan 17, 2019
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Ich Bin Ein Berliner | August 23rd, 2019
…ap their community and there is early access to pre-mainnet tokens! We're not interested in Hodler or token speculation meetups, so don't bother if that's your thing. We're very interested…
Aug 23, 2019
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NEAR 2021: A Year in Review
…created on-chain when someone transfers a nonzero amount of tokens to this account. https://twitter.com/ProofofGitHub/status/1464987460446924803 Another stand-out upgrade was protocol…
Dec 28, 2021
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NEAR x CoinGecko Raffle Winner: Terms and Conditions
… of tickets to NEARCON 2023 and $5,000 USD paid out in NEAR tokens. Winners will receive an email with a Keypom link allowing them to claim the NFT and open a NEAR Wallet in the we
May 17, 2023
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Astro Launches on NEAR To Supercharge DAO Communities
…gh increased flexibility and the introduction of governance tokens. Curious to know more about Astro? We're hosting an AMA on October 12, 2021 at 7 am PST / 10 am EST / 4pm CEST. Register…
Oct 11, 2021
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NEAR APAC Day 2 Recap: Asia Gaming Trends, Interoperability, and Web3 for Brands
…tive ways that blockchain will weave into daily life. Asset tokenization, generative AI integration, and the proliferation of decentralized creator economies were some top trends on…
Sep 10, 2023
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Unlocking Web3 Usability with Account Aggregation
Unlocking Web3 Usability with Account Aggregation Developers Account Aggregation February 15, 2024 Since the start, the focus for the NEAR ecosystem has been on advancing Chain Abs…
Feb 15, 2024
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NEAR AI Private Inference in Corbits: Verifiable, Private AI
… OpenAI-compatible API with usage-based pricing per million tokens, and dedicated deployments are available for government and financial institutions. • The IronClaw secure harness:…
Jul 15, 2026
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The Future of Blockchain Hackathon - Applications still open!
The Future of Blockchain Hackathon - Applications still open! Community October 31, 2019 Get started building on NEAR Berlin, Oxford, Cambridge and London – 4 cities, one goal; bui…
Oct 31, 2019
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First Fan-Owned Team Launches on NEAR
…n owning a part of the SailGP team will be able to purchase tokens that provide governance to the DAO—and with it, the right to vote on important team matters. The sports team’s owners…
Nov 10, 2022
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Allstake - Restaking on All Chains with Chain Signatures
… allows users to restake their staked ETH or liquid staking tokens (LST) to bootstrap new Proof-of-Stake networks and services within the Ethereum ecosystem in return for additional…
Jul 24, 2024
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Rapping at Stanford | NEAR Update: May 31, 2019
Rapping at Stanford | NEAR Update: May 31, 2019 Community June 1, 2019 We kicked things off this week with an epic rap session at Stanford! Last week, we were heads down smashing b…
Jun 1, 2019
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Announcing NEAR Validator Advisory Board
…its Smart Contract based delegation for the staking of NEAR tokens, a key innovation among PoS blockchain protocols. How Smart Contract Based Delegation Enables More Open Finance Use…
Aug 6, 2020
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NEAR Powers Voting for the Djooky Music Awards
…R, with weekly prizes being distributed in the form of NEAR tokens. Artists simply need to create a NEAR wallet to claim their prizes. In addition, any users trying to predict the …
Apr 4, 2023
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The State of NEAR: Q2 2026 | Tokenomics, Stack, and Roadmap
The State of NEAR: Q2 2026 July 8, 2026 TL;DR • The Revenue Engine Is Already Running and Accelerating: Protocol fee capture has scaled from near-zero to over 30% of fees in a matt…
Jul 8, 2026
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Unlocking Multichain Web3 with NEAR Chain Signatures
Unlocking Multichain Web3 with NEAR Chain Signatures Developers May 16, 2024 Written by: Matt Lockyer & Proximity Labs TL;DR: • Demystifies NEAR’s new protocol feature, Chain Signa…
May 16, 2024
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Chain Abstraction Needs Gas Abstraction: RFP Published
…osts themselves across multiple blockchains, accepting base tokens (like ETH, SOL) and major stablecoins (USDT/USDC) for gas deposits. By leveraging NEAR's existing infrastructure—including…
Apr 16, 2025
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MetaBuidl Hackathon Winners
MetaBuidl Hackathon Winners Community September 24, 2021 Over the last three weeks, as part of MetaBuidl , hackers from across the world have been busy creating incredible new idea…
Sep 24, 2021
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NFTs on NEAR: Beyond the Hype
…my. Without argument, 2021 was the year of the non-fungible token, more commonly known by its now ubiquitous acronym, NFT. Sales of NFTs surged to $17.7B in the last year, up from …
May 16, 2022
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Chain Signatures Mainnet Launches: Smart Contracts Can Sign Transactions on Any Blockchain
Chain Signatures Mainnet Launches: Smart Contracts Can Sign Transactions on Any Blockchain Developers Chain Abstraction Chain Signatures DeFi Multichain August 8, 2024 Today marks …
Aug 8, 2024
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NEAR AI Release 26.1: New Models, Crypto Payments, and Team Controls
…R and other crypto through our HOT Pay integration. Use the tokens you already have to power your AI workloads. Organizations and workspaces The new NEAR AI Cloud portal introduces…
Jan 20, 2026
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A Deep Dive into DAOs: Exploring Astro DAO
…e able to vote on what the DAO will do—often via governance tokens. With some DAOs, those who hold the most tokens will call the bigger shots. What’s NEAR’s role in the DAO world? …
Mar 21, 2022
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NEAR in April: Sweatcoin, Kenya Regional Hub, and More
…tivizing healthier living. The Sweatcoin app’s native SWEAT token and infrastructure will be built atop NEAR’s rapid, secure, and infinitely scalable blockchain. Sweatcoin signals …
Apr 28, 2022
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NEAR 2025 Milestones and 2026 Outlook
NEAR 2025: A Monumental Year for Sharded Scaling, Cross-Chain Execution, and Private AI January 2, 2026 In 2025, NEAR expanded far beyond the boundaries of a traditional Layer-1 bl…
Jan 2, 2026
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Chain Signatures Launch to Enable Transactions on Any Blockchain from a NEAR Account
Chain Signatures Launch to Enable Transactions on Any Blockchain from a NEAR Account Developers Chain Signatures March 27, 2024 Today at BUIDL Asia in Seoul, Korea, NEAR Co-Founder…
Mar 27, 2024
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Community Update: May 22nd, 2020
…e life of our validators much easier. The Bot can send NEAR tokens to existing blockchain and Telegram users. It also provides account details, a validator list and allows users to…
May 22, 2020
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Confidential Intents: Confidential Execution for Cross-Chain Transactions, Powered by NEAR Intents
…position, and order is public onchain. Your order size, the token pair, the direction, the timing—all visible before your transaction settles. MEV bots see your pending swap and frontrun…
Feb 24, 2026
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