Infrastructure
for Innovation℠
NEAR is an open source platform that accelerates the development of decentralized applications.
NEAR is climate neutral.
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Build on Blockchain like never before
Build Community-owned Apps
Make sustainable apps that are 100% owned and operated by users.
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Harness the
Internet of Value
Now, everything on the internet can take on the properties of money.
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Secure Financial Components
Leverage existing financial components to build unstoppable new services.
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Operate at
Consumer Speed
Common-sense onboarding, speed, and scalability delivered at low cost.
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From Ethereum? We got you.
It’s not a choice between chains. Enjoy the best of both worlds!
Speed and scale with low gas fees
Test and deploy apps in a fast, scalable and low-cost environment.
Re-write nothing. Gain everything.
Soon, you can run your App on NEAR with Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
Follow progressBring your Ethereum assets to NEAR
The Rainbow Bridge supports tokens (ERC20) & Solidity contracts.
Learn moreWho is building on NEAR?
Flux
Learn how flux built a fast, inexpensive, and decentralized open market protocol on NEAR.
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Mintbase
Learn how Mintbase makes minting NFTs cheaper, faster, scalable and secure with NEAR.
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Power your business with NEAR
10K x
lower cost
per transaction
than Ethereum
150+
Founders in
the Collective
60+
Partners
Worldwide
Join the Ecosystem
Leading custody providers, wallets, utilities, and applications are integrating with the NEAR network.
Learn MoreApply to the Founder’s Lab
The Open Web Collective (OWC) was created for founders and builders who want to build a better, more open web.
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Join a Guild
Earn engagement-based rewards through building a community which supports the overall NEAR ecosystem.
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Connect
From weekly calls to epic hangouts, the NEAR Community calendar is ripe with opportunities to participate.
Join the CommunityNEAR is...
NEAR is a decentralized application platform that is secure enough to manage high value assets like money or identity and performant enough to make them useful for everyday people, putting the power of the Open Web in their hands.
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The NEAR Token
NEAR’s token economy is built around the NEAR token, a unit of value on the platform that enables token holders to use applications on NEAR, participate in network governance, and earn token rewards by staking to the network.
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