Sharded by Design. Proven in Production.
AI-driven economies require a blockchain that can scale to billions of transactions per second, execute real-time decisions, and protect sensitive data.
Built for AI‑Scale from Day One
Horizontally Scalable Sharding
Linear Throughput Growth
A Blockchain for End Users
Stateless Validation Is Here
More shards, faster shards.
Nightshade 3.0
This newest evolution of NEAR Protocol decouples consensus from execution, enables multi-contract atomic interactions, and introduces a private shard for confidential transactions.
Speed. Scale. Access.
- 600ms block times. 1.2s finality. 1M TPS scalability. NEAR Protocol is one of the fastest blockchains in production.
- Cheaper global contracts. Popular smart contracts can now be deployed once and reused across the network, cutting costs for builders.
- Chain Signatures now supports every chain that matters.The mainnet release adds EdDSA support—unlocking compatibility with Solana, TON, Stellar, Aptos, Sui, and more.
Private Shard
Launched with Nightshade 3.0, the NEAR private shard enables confidential execution directly at the protocol layer. Transactions on the NEAR private shard are shielded from public view—no MEV, no frontrunning, no strategy exposure—while preserving cryptographic integrity and selective disclosure for compliance.
The NEAR private shard is operated by seven permissioned validators and connected to NEAR mainnet via a TEE-based bridge. Private Shard is the foundation for Confidential Intents.
NEAR One
NEAR One was founded by skilled engineers tackling the most complex challenges in Web3 and continues to strategically engage top-tier industry engineers and scientists.
We aim at developing and maintaining core technology for the NEAR ecosystem, driving research and innovation on blockchain architecture and scaling, and delivering the sharding roadmap for NEAR to scale to billions of users and beyond.
A New Operating Layer for AI
With dynamic sharding, low-latency finality, and private execution, NEAR gives AI agents a blockchain they can actually use.
Confidential AI Compute
Trusted Execution Environments allow models to process private data without exposing it on‑chain.
Live Resharding
Split or merge shards without downtime; the network dynamically adapts to load.
In‑Memory State
Removes database latency, dramatically improving single‑shard performance.
A Blockchain for Developers
Write in Rust or JS: NEAR’s WebAssembly runtime supports familiar languages for building smart contracts.
Gasless UX, built in: Use meta-transactions to cover gas fees on behalf of your users.
Earn as they run: Developers get 30% of burned gas every time their contract executes.
Learn About NEAR's Sharded Blockchain
One Blockchain. Endless Throughput.
Sharded by design. Proven in production. Ready for what’s next.
