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NEAR Protocol is a sharded proof-of-stake Layer 1 and application stack for smart contracts, multichain execution, and AI agents. Developers can build WebAssembly contracts, use human-readable accounts and permissioned access keys, sponsor transactions through relayers, request cross-chain signatures through an MPC network, and integrate outcome-based swaps through NEAR Intents. NEAR AI adds private inference and attestation-oriented infrastructure for agent workloads. Network use is usage based: transactions consume gas paid in NEAR, contracts lock NEAR for storage, and cross-chain actions may also require destination-chain gas, solver fees, or relayer costs.
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NEAR as AI for every chain, the chain abstraction thesis
The pitch is ambitious: one NEAR account that can control assets and execute transactions on any blockchain without bridges or wrapped tokens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaFdss8DPxM The chain abs...
Building a BTC dApp from NEAR, two architecture approaches compared
Technical post but worth it even for non-developers trying to understand what NEAR cross-chain capability actually enables: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkuINgDg2X4 The video covers two ways to bui...
Chain Agents on NEAR, on-chain contracts plus off-chain AI in TEEs
The architecture here is different from most "AI on blockchain" claims and worth understanding properly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1974tFVFRsE Chain Agents combine: - On-chain smart contracts fo...
NEAR personal AI agent roadmap, what account aggregation actually means
The phrase "personal AI agents" gets thrown around a lot. NEAR implementation has specific technical meaning worth understanding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_BXeR2tJAw Account aggregation, the 2...
NEAR Chain Signatures are solving the cross-chain problem differently
Most cross-chain solutions involve bridges. Bridges have a track record. It is not a good one. This Berlin Blockchain Week interview covers how NEAR Chain Signatures approach the problem from a differ...
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NEAR Protocol - Blockchain Built for AI Agents
NEAR Protocol is positioning itself as the go-to execution layer for autonomous AI agents in 2026. Chain Signatures enable agents to operate across multiple blockchains from a single NEAR account, whi...
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