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NEAR Protocol NEAR

BUY

$1.35

-0.11% (24h)

Marketcap

$1,750,155,982

Volume 24h

$221,005,380


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Description

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) is a highly scalable layer-1 blockchain designed to be developer-friendly and easy for mainstream users to interact with. It utilizes a unique sharding technology called "Nightshade" to process massive amounts of transactions while maintaining a high level of security and decentralization. NEAR features human-readable account names (like "username.near") instead of complex cryptographic addresses, making it much more approachable for new users. The NEAR token is used to pay for transaction fees, deploy smart contracts, and participate in the network's Proof of Stake security model.