Exchange Integration

Property	Value / behavior	Reference
Native token precision	24 decimals; `1 NEAR = 10²⁴ yoctoNEAR`. RPC balances and transfer amounts use integer strings in yoctoNEAR.	Balances
Account addresses	Implicit IDs: 64 lowercase hexadecimal characters; named IDs such as `alice.near`; Ethereum-like IDs starting with `0x`; deterministic IDs starting with `0s`.	Account IDs
Block time	Produced in ~600 ms, final in ~1.2 s.	Blocks & Finality Execution milestones
Transaction validity	`transaction_validity_period` is measured in blocks; `86400` blocks is ~14.4 hours at a 600 ms cadence.	Transaction Lifecycle
Transaction fees	Gas usage is determined by the actions and their parameters; function-call usage depends on contract execution. Fees are paid in NEAR at a gas price with a floor of 0.0001 NEAR/Tgas, increasing with network load.	Gas fees

Property

Value / behavior

Reference

Native token precision

24 decimals; 1 NEAR = 10²⁴ yoctoNEAR. RPC balances and transfer amounts use integer strings in yoctoNEAR.

Account addresses

Implicit IDs: 64 lowercase hexadecimal characters; named IDs such as alice.near; Ethereum-like IDs starting with 0x; deterministic IDs starting with 0s.

Account IDs

Block time

Produced in ~600 ms, final in ~1.2 s.

Blocks & Finality Execution milestones

Transaction validity

transaction_validity_period is measured in blocks; 86400 blocks is ~14.4 hours at a 600 ms cadence.

Transaction Lifecycle

Transaction fees

Gas usage is determined by the actions and their parameters; function-call usage depends on contract execution. Fees are paid in NEAR at a gas price with a floor of 0.0001 NEAR/Tgas, increasing with network load.

Gas fees

Frequently Asked Questions

These guides provide answers to frequently asked questions about integrating with the NEAR Protocol. It covers topics such as account management, validator operations, transaction processing, and more.

What is a good project summary for NEAR?

NEAR is a sharded, public, proof-of-stake blockchain and supports smart contracts written in Rust and compiled to WebAssembly (WASM).

What's special about NEAR?

NEAR is the blockchain for builders.If you understand the basics of web development, you can write, test and deploy scalable decentralized applications in minutes on the most developer-friendly blockchain without having to learn new tools or languages.

Is NEAR open source?

Yes. Have a look at our GitHub organization.

Do you have any on-chain governance mechanisms?

NEAR has House of Stake governance. Governance proposals and consensus protocol activation are separate processes; follow the implementation and activation requirements for each change.

Do you have a bug-bounty program?

Follow the current nearcore security policy for disclosure instructions and links to any applicable program.

What contracts should we be aware of right now?

The core-contracts repository contains reference implementations. Review the deployed version and authority of each contract you integrate with:

Staking Pool / Delegation contract
Lockup / Vesting contract
Whitelist Contract
Staking Pool Factory
Multisig contract

Protocol

Accounts & Transfers

Tokens & Staking

Exchange Integration

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Integration Reference

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