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Address Types in NEAR Protocol

Each account in NEAR protocol is identified by a single and unique address. While NEAR supports multiple types of addresses, most accounts use one of two: named address or implicit address.

Named Addresses

Named addresses are human-readable addresses that are easy to remember and share, making them ideal for everyday use:

• near / account.near / account.sweat / app.finance.tg

Implicit Address

Implicit addresses are derived from cryptographic key pairs and are a long strings of 64 characters

• 757503837a63ece206449d450ec77ae8d79c88ccda5e62a810f4eeb51db93050

Ethereum Address

NEAR Protocol supports Ethereum-like addresses to allow interoperability with EVM-based applications and tools

• 0x32Be343B94f860124dC4fEe278FDCBD38C102D88

Other Addresses

NEAR supports more addresses in order to accommodate various use cases, an address is valid if:

• It has between 2 and 64 chars
• Uses valid chars (a-z, 0-9, -, _, .)
• Does not start or finish on a special character (.,-,_)

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Quiz

What are the two main types of NEAR accounts?

A. Public accounts and private accounts.

B. Named accounts (like alice.near) and implicit accounts (like 0x123...).

C. Personal accounts and business accounts.

D. Main accounts and backup accounts.