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Venture support

I love this earth, and all 8 billion people in it.

Simple for users

Easy to use for everyone

We re-invented blockchain to save you from cryptic addresses, constant confirmation requests etc.

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Simple for developers

Code like it’s web2

Code in Javascript or Rust with powerful dev-tools, simple SDKs and compelling documentation

Explore as developer

NEAR is a blockchain built to be simple, secure and scalable.

NEAR Denver during ETHDenver 2023

NEAR Denver will be on main stage of the National Western Conference kicking off ETHDenver’s largest ETH event.

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What is the NEAR Digital Collective?

What is the NEAR Digital Collective? The NEAR Digital Collective (NDC) is an ambitious project that brings together users, projects, …

NEAR Day at ETHDenver: Ethereum Without Limits

ETHDenver is once again upon us. NEAR will be there with a full schedule of talks, panels, bounties, after parties, …

NEAR and Dropt to Revolutionize Loyalty and Engagement

NEAR Foundation is excited to announce a new partnership with Dropt, focused on embedding Web3 technologies into customer loyalty and …

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The Web3 promise
finally delivered

Ethereum has provided a vision of what’s possible, but with NEAR, you can start building Web3 apps that can scale for mass-adoption today.

Low cost & high speed through better scaling technology.

Learn about Nightshade Sharding

Frictionless onboarding for users and developers.

Learn about NEAR’s account model

Low cost. High speed. Effortless scale.

Nightshade sharding enables seamless scaling with minimal fees.

See how it works

<0.01USD

Transaction Cost

24M+

Accounts

394K

Daily Transactions

~1.1S

Time to Finality

Climate neutral, now and forever.

Certified carbon neutral

NEAR is certified carbon neutral by South Pole, the industry lead in carbon offsetting solutions.

Read about NEAR’s certified climate neutrality

Low energy footprint

NEAR’s innovative blockchain design uses a fraction of the energy other networks use, and requires no sort of power-draining “crypto mining” to perform transactions.

Read about eco-friendly Proof-of-Stake

Backed by the best

“NEAR is poised to be a leading smart contract blockchain platform, combining first-rate technology with a fast-growing developer ecosystem. We’re excited to support NEAR as we ramp up our investments in the digital asset space.”

John Curtius

Partner, Tiger Global

“In the long run, all blockchains will need to horizontally scale to support the massive scale that’s coming with mainstream adoption. ETH 2.0 sees this same outcome, but NEAR delivers that actual experience right now.”

Haseeb Qureshi

Managing Partner, Dragonfly Captial

“NEAR has done a great job from a technology standpoint, and we want to help them achieve a level of developer, user, ecosystem adoption which reflects their current level of technology innovation.”