Technology
The infrastructure for Innovation: A developer-friendly, proof-of-stake, public blockchain.
Roadmap
Follow the development of the protocol.
GitHub
Get the latest straight from the source.
Documentation
Dig into the docs and start building.
Specs & Standards
Propose an enhancement for the protocol.
Ethereum Bridge & Virtual Machine
With Aurora Bridge and EVM, Ethereum developers can deploy their apps in a fast, scalable & low-cost environment.
Interoperable App Chains
Octopus is a network of app chains that are interoperable with NEAR including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Polkadot & Cosmos.
Papers
Want to dig deep into the tech? Congrats, you’re officially in the weeds.
NEAR’s Sharding Design: Nightshade
Design and implementation of the core technology of the NEAR Blockchain
Economics of a Sharded Blockchain
Read about NEAR economic decisions and the logic behind them.
The Official NEAR Whitepaper
The paper that started it all. Read the original vision for the NEAR Blockchain.