What is NEAR?
NEAR is a user-friendly and carbon-neutral blockchain, built from the ground up to be performant, secure, and infinitely scalable.
In technical terms, NEAR is a layer one, sharded, proof-of-stake blockchain built with usability in mind.
In simpler terms, NEAR is the blockchain for everyone.
Why Choose NEAR?
NEAR is a technical marvel, offering built-in features such as named accounts and account abstraction. For developers, NEAR offers all the infra-structure needed for their applications, from smart contracts to indexers. All while being interoperable with other chains.
⭐ Simple to Use
- Accounts are easy to remember and share thanks to built-in Named accounts (as
alice.near) - Simple sign-up: accounts can be created through email or telegram
- Transactions are incredibly fast (~1.3s transactions) and cheap (< 1¢ in fees)
- No need to acquire crypto thanks to built-in account abstraction
- Enhanced usability and security thanks to a rich Access Keys system
- Control accounts on other chains thanks to chain signatures
🛡️ Battle-Tested
- 4 years of 100% uptime with more than 800M transactions processed
- NEAR has sustained peaks of >13M transactions in a day
- On March 2024, the top three monthly dApps, based on unique active wallets, were built on NEAR:
🧑💻 Great Developer Experience
- Developers can build smart contracts using Javascript or Rust
- Simple onboarding, thanks to its complete documentation and a multitude of examples
- NEAR DevRel holds office hours every weekday, where anybody can participate
- 30% of gas fees goes to the developers
- EVM compatible with Project Aurora (Deploy your Solidity contracts with ease)
♻️ Environmentally Friendly
- The network is certified carbon-neutral
- NEAR consumes in a year the same energy bitcoin consumes in 3 minutes
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