SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 | NEAR TEAM NEAR is launching phase 0 of its roadmap towards a fully sharded blockchain. …

The web browser’s hundreds of millions of users will be able to easily access and transact on the NEAR blockchain and with NEAR tokens within Opera. Sept 30, 2021 — Opera, the world’s first browser with Web 3 capabilities and a built-in crypto wallet, today announced plans to support NEAR…

On July 29th, NEAR Foundation announced that wallet.near.org would be transforming into a new multi-wallet portal, and that the NEAR Wallet team is spinning out to become its own entity. This is part of the NEAR Foundation’s continued mission to foster a rich and vibrant ecosystem that can build and…

The world of gaming is undergoing a radical shift thanks to cryptocurrency and Web3 technologies. Traditional top-down, centralized Web2 models of gaming are being challenged left and right. Community-operated games, new economic structures like play-to-earn, and other developments benefiting both players and indie game developers alike are just the beginning. …

Big updates this month! NEAR Foundation is super stoked to be bringing you new information about NEARCON, which is just over a month away. Early bird tickets are sold out, but general admission tickets are still available for $460 — a great deal if you consider all the amazing stuff…

Blockchain development has just become a whole lot easier for Web2 developers. NEAR is thrilled to unveil its much anticipated JavaScript Software Development Kit (JS SDK) at ETHToronto, the official hackathon of the Blockchain Futurist Conference, in a significant move to democratize Web3 development. With NEAR’s JS SDK, more than…

Part of the NEAR’s mission has been to foster an ecosystem that can build and maintain the core components of a rich and vibrant Web3 ecosystem. One of those key functions is a wallet provider. So far, to help onboard users quickly and easily to the NEAR ecosystem, the Foundation…

Since their inception, blockchains and cryptocurrencies have been about much more than novel technologies and financial applications. Principles like building a more open, accessible, and equitable world have always featured prominently in the Web3 community. But crypto has even more potential in fostering social good, empowering communities, and solving some…

Humans are waking up to the ecological and psychological benefits of forests. And if civilization is to tackle climate change, then protecting and regenerating forests is one incredibly important tactic. But slow and complicated processes dominate the forestation industry, as do high costs and little transparency. This is particularly true…