NEAR Protocol

by NEAR Foundation

NEAR is a fully sharded layer 1 blockchain with cross-chain execution through NEAR Intents and private AI inference.

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Blockchain Platforms

Starting priceSub-cent fees for cross-chain execution

Pricing modelusage-based

DeploymentPublic network

Free trialNo

Company sizeDevelopers, enterprises and AI builders

About

NEAR is a fully sharded layer 1 blockchain with cross-chain execution through NEAR Intents and private AI inference.

NEAR describes itself as open infrastructure for the agent economy. The NEAR Protocol is a fully sharded blockchain that the project says supports 1 million TPS with 600ms blocks and 1.2s finality, and it reports over five years of mainnet uptime.

Around the protocol sit NEAR Intents for cross-chain execution across 35+ chains, NEAR AI for private inference and a secure agent harness, and a stake-based governance system called House of Stake. Fees for cross-chain execution are listed as sub-cent.

Key features

Fully sharded layer 1 blockchain; 600ms blocks and 1.2s finality; NEAR Intents cross-chain execution; NEAR AI private inference; Confidential Mode private shard execution; House of Stake governance; Liquidity across 35+ chains

Product details

Vendor

NEAR Foundation

Pricing

Sub-cent fees for cross-chain executionNo free trial

Pricing model: usage-based

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