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Škoda Ventures into NFTs with NEAR to Create the Škodaverse India
Škoda India, in collaboration with NEAR Protocol, announces its foray into the world of NFTs and blockchain technology with Škodaverse India. This new platform forms a part of the global Škodaverse initiative and will bring a fresh wave of digital innovation to Škoda automobile fans in India. Škoda, one of Europe’s biggest car manufacturers headquartered […]
NEAR Digital Collective’s I-AM-HUMAN Welcomes Its First 1000 Verified Humans
NEAR Foundation is thrilled to share some inspiring news today. The I-AM-HUMAN project, a cornerstone proof-of-humanity initiative of the NEAR Digital Collective (NDC), just achieved a significant landmark of welcoming 1,000 verified community members to our growing ecosystem. This critical milestone underscores the NEAR Foundation and NDC’s commitment to fair and equitable digital governance and […]
NEARCON Returns: Here’s Everything You Need to Know So Far
Last year’s NEARCON was epic. NEARCON 2023 will be iconic. While all of you have been diligently building NEAR into one of the best ecosystems in the blockchain world, NEAR Foundation has been planning a 4-day journey into an open web. Let’s take a quick look at everything we have to share (so far). What […]
Case Study: Bernoulli-Locke-Locke’s David Palmer on the DAO-Owned SailGP Team
NEAR is a home to a number of amazing apps and projects. These developers, founders, and entrepreneurs are using NEAR to effortlessly create and distribute innovative decentralized apps, while helping build a more open web — free from centralized platforms. In recent installments, NEAR Foundation explored the BOS with Pagoda’s Chief Product Officer Alex Chiocchi, heard […]
Blockchain Scaling Approaches: NEAR Sharding vs. Layer 2s
Layer-twos (L2s) have become increasingly popular as a scaling solution for layer one (L1) blockchains in the past several years, especially after Ethereum decided to scale via a rollup-centric roadmap. A layer-two is a protocol built on top of an existing blockchain to improve its scalability, throughput, or privacy and reduce the congestion and cost […]
Encode x NEAR Horizon Bootcamp: Your Mission to Master Web3 Rust Contracts
Web3 builders, developers, and founders are gearing up to join the Encode x NEAR Horizon Bootcamp starting July 10th, 2023 to upgrade their building, development, and coding skills. Following the recent partnership between NEAR Horizon and Encode Club, the bootcamp is part of a broader initiative to accelerate blockchain expertise with a focus on developing […]
NEAR at ETHCC: Step into the Open Web on the BOS
NEAR Foundation is excited to announce that NEAR will be returning to ETHCC 2023. The Foundation will be hosting a 2-day side event at the Paris tech conference on July 16-17. NEAR experts will be on hand at ETHCC to share the latest updates for building apps on the open web with the BOS — […]
Case Study: Sweat Economy’s Oleg Fomenko on Reshaping Fitness with Move-to-Earn
NEAR is a home to a number of amazing apps and projects. These developers, founders, and entrepreneurs are using NEAR to effortlessly create and distribute innovative decentralized apps, while helping build a more open web — free from centralized platforms. In recent installments, NEAR Foundation explored the BOS with Pagoda’s Chief Product Officer Alex Chiocchi, […]
NEAR Foundation Joins Forces with Mirae Asset for the Next Leap in Web3 Finance
In a pivotal partnership for the blockchain industry, NEAR Foundation is joining forces with Mirae Asset — a subsidiary of Asia’s largest financial group Mirae Asset Global — to help bridge the gap between trad-fi and Web3. This collaborative endeavor will thrust Web3 into the spotlight in the traditional finance market in South Korea and […]