Via Protocol is a cross-chain liquidity aggregation protocol designed to create fast, efficient and seamless swapping experiences across different blockchains. Via Protocol can be thought of as the Visa and the Mastercard of cryptocurrencies, a single piece of infrastructure that manages transfers and payments across various networks and tokens, overcoming the hurdles of interacting with multiple DEXs and bridges.

Via Protocol

Fractal’s mission is to empower and incentivize users & businesses to exchange data in a privacy-preserving way so that the balance of power and control between web platforms and their users is restored.

Fractal is working towards a world in which web users are gatekeepers of their own data. To this end, we are developing blockchain-based infrastructure in accordance with the Web3 vision: “a decentralized and fair internet where users control their own data, identity, and destiny.” 

Fractal

LI.FI is a cross-chain bridge aggregation protocol that supports any-2-any swaps by aggregating bridges and connecting them to DEXes and DEX aggregators. 

LI.FI

Providing an on-chain solution for an off-chain contributions & education to verify skill sets and experience.

InterLace

BEPRO Network is a codebase for DeFi, Gaming, Prediction Markets & More. We are a Code-as-a-Service protocol providing technology and support for blockchain-based applications.

Bepro Network

Ariel Finance is a decentralized protocol that offers perpetual contract trading. People would be able to take a leveraged long or short position while being fully in control of their own funds. Positions would be automatically balanced by the dynamic funding rate. Ariel Protocol uses the Virtual Automated Market Makers (vAMM) model to facilitate price discovery.

Ariel Finance

Ref Finance is a community-led, multi-purpose DeFi platform built on NEAR Protocol. Ref Finance takes full advantage of Near’s low fees, one-to-two second finality, and WebAssembly-based runtime (hello, Rust smart contracts!).

In addition to the advantages of being built on top of NEAR, Ref Finance provides:

- Multiple pools in one contract
- Atomic transactions
- Customisable pool fee

Ref Finance

B4B - influencer marketing platform with reputation-based rewards. Influencers make payable advertising campaigns and earn rewards proportionally: the speed and quality of ads.

B4B.WORLD

Far Away Swap is a decentralized exchange platform built on NEAR blockchain. We use liquidity pools and order-books for these exchanges. That means, the application allows to change any presented pair of crypto assets with no intermediaries. Far Away Swap implements a new combined swap algorithm.

Far Away Swap

vSelf is an Identity-as-a-Service project enhanced by NFT-based gamification. Our goal is to guarantee full ownership of personal data to the users and bring benefits of the blockchain world to enterprise data management. 

In vSelf, we create a user-centric solution with several key features: encrypted distributed storage for personal data, management of identities and credentials, and the ability to trade the data with other participants and service providers. We see it as a Metasmask-like project for a more general case of self-sovereign identity.

vSelf

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 20 million developers that make JavaScript the world’s most popular coding language can finally join the internet revolution and quickly build fast, scalable, and user-friendly decentralized applications. Having that many more contributors in the space could bring about a fascinating renaissance to the open web.

Although Rust and Solidity are the most prominent programming languages for Layer 1 blockchains, there are fewer than 2.5 million developers worldwide who use these languages. So, opening up the doors nearly 10x is a major step towards mass adoption. JS runs in every browser, the basics can be taught in an afternoon, it requires no compiler setup, and it comes pre-loaded with useful libraries like RegExp, Math, and Array. The NEAR JS SDK brings this same capability and ease of use to developing smart contracts, unlocking the power of blockchain to a much, much wider audience. 

Commenting on the launch, Illia Polosukhin, Founder of NEAR, says: “Developers can spend less time learning a new language and more time building their application in a language they already know. Millions of developers already know how to program in JavaScript; enabling this group to build novel applications on NEAR is a critical step in achieving our vision of a billion users interacting with NEAR.”

## Learn, build, and deploy in minutes

NEAR’s commitment to putting simplicity and usability first is reinforced by this release, making the learning curve for blockchain far less steep than it has ever been. Javascript developers can now set up their first dApp in the same amount of time it takes to spin up a React app. 

The [JS SDK](https://github.com/near/near-sdk-js) release has everything you need to dive right into blockchain development including the contract framework itself, JavaScript and TypeScript contract examples, and example tests. It is implemented in TypeScript, which offers developers implicit, strict, and structural typing, along with type annotations built into your favorite IDE. 

Developers can get started building their first JavaScript decentralized application by following this [quick start guide](https://docs.near.org/develop/quickstart-guide) or heading to [Pagoda’s landing page](https://www.pagoda.co/jssdk?utm_source=blog&utm_campaign=js-sdk) to learn more. 

## A Closer Look at the JS SDK

The JS SDK provides each contract with its own instance of a JS engine running inside it. This design allows developers to write contracts in pure JavaScript or TypeScript, and access all the same features, like oracles, available to Rust contracts. 

To get started, run `npx create-near-app` in your terminal and select JavaScript for your smart contract. Once everything is installed you can test, compile, and deploy your newly created project with ease.

For a more detailed look at the contract structure and other configurations check out this [dApp QuickStart Guide](https://docs.near.org/develop/quickstart-guide) on NEAR’s Official Documentation site. 

NEAR is thrilled to unveil its much anticipated JS SDK at ETHToronto, the official hackathon of the Blockchain Futurist Conference, in a significant move to democratize Web3 development.

NEAR Releases JavaScript SDK, Bringing Web3 to 20 Million Developers

The recent wallet hacks on other platforms have brought to light potentially serious security issues connected to the use of common analytics tools in Web3. In light of those hacks, we are sharing a perspective on a recent experience involving similar tools.

On June 6th, 2022, the NEAR Wallet team received a bug report indicating that sensitive information had been shared with a third party. The issue was fixed promptly the same day.

While the team was aware of this threat, and careful to sanitize data collected by the third party service, a code change nevertheless resulted in the collection of sensitive data for some users who had used email or SMS recovery with their wallets. Thankfully, @Hacxyk caught this before us and submitted the finding to our security team on June 6th (for which they have earned a bounty). The wallet team immediately remediated the situation, scrubbed all sensitive data, and identified any personnel who could have had the ability to access this data. 

To date, we have found no indicators of compromise related to the accidental collection of this data, nor do we have reason to believe this data persists anywhere.

Regardless, we no longer allow users to create accounts using email or SMS for account recovery. Despite having no evidence of compromise, we strongly recommend that users who have used email or SMS recovery options in the past rotate their keys. This can be accomplished by visiting [wallet.near.org](http://wallet.near.org/), either by enabling a Ledger device (your most secure option and highly recommended) or enabling passphrase security. After doing this, users should disable email or SMS recovery.

![](https://near.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/disable-email-recovery-final-1.gif)

With the transition of the open source wallet codebase to the team at My NEAR Wallet, many improvements are in the works. 

We remind our users that the security of wallet accounts is of utmost importance to us–and it doesn’t stop with us either. User choices and behavior also impact security. Please consider using a hardware device, like a Ledger, to secure your wallet. Use only trusted and secured devices when creating and accessing your wallet. Never give out your recovery phrase or private keys.

You can learn more about the future of wallet.near.org here:

https://near.org/blog/near-opens-the-door-to-more-wallets/

The MyNearWallet team is also actively improving the security of wallets as outlined here:

https://medium.com/mynearwallet-blog/mynearwallet-security-statement-fd24265d91f2

The recent wallet hacks on other platforms have brought to light potentially serious security issues connected to the use of common analytics tools in Web3.

NEAR Web Wallet Security Update

The NEAR Foundation works tirelessly to create a stable ecosystem. A place for developers, founders, and community members to collectively build an Open Web world.

During this tumultuous period for Web3 and the broader global economy, many projects that launched or are actively building on the Harmony network are now facing uncertainty. Which is why NEAR Foundation is extending an open invitation to anyone currently building on Harmony to join the NEAR community, and make this vibrant ecosystem their new home.

As part of this invitation, NEAR Foundation and Proximity Labs have put together  sizable relief funds for projects from the Harmony ecosystem. If you’re looking to bring your project over to NEAR, here’s what you need to know.

Why choose NEAR? 
The NEAR blockchain is built with simplicity in mind. NEAR uses common coding languages like WebAssembly (WASM) and Rust to build its smart contracts. NEAR is also launching a Javascript SDK, making the switch simple for those who built with Harmony’s own Javascript implementation, or were considering it. Aurora, which is built on NEAR, is 100% EVM-compatible, and NEAR’s super fast transactions run on an infinitely scalable yet carbon neutral protocol. By switching to NEAR, your project would join [over 700 apps building on NEAR](http://awesomenear.com/). 

NEAR was built by developers for developers. NEAR Foundation and other ecosystem platforms, like Aurora and Pagoda, have vast offerings of class-leading resources for developers to begin building on NEAR. These include NEAR.University’s training and certification programs—to date, over 5,000 developers trained—and $45M+ in project grants within the NEAR ecosystem. 

The NEAR community also offers extensive documentation on building and deploying on the network, and much more.

NEAR’s developer resources
Interested in developing on NEAR? Great! A range of resources are at your disposal: 

- [Developer Tools](https://near.org/developer-tools) – NEAR CLIs, SDKs, APIs and more.
- [Code Examples](https://near.org/examples/) – Explore how to deploy Rust and AssemblyScript.  
- [Developer Bounties](https://near.org/bounties/) – Bug fixes, developer grants and other incentives. 
- [Grants Program](https://near.org/grants/) – More than 800 projects funded and over $45 million awarded.
- [Office Hours](https://near.org/office-hours/) – Talk to expert developers about your project. 
- [Education](https://near.org/education/) – Learn, watch and build.  
- [Ecosystem](https://awesomenear.com/) – Explore the more than 700 projects already being building in the NEAR ecosystem. 

Interested in learning more about how the NEAR Foundation team can help you make the switch? Please email hello@near.foundation with the subject line, “Harmony Migration”, and one of the teams will respond within 24 hours. 

The NEAR Foundation works tirelessly to create a stable ecosystem. A place for developers, founders, and community members to collectively build an Open Web world.

An Open Invitation to the Harmony Community

[Stake Wars](https://near.org/stakewars/) is back to help decentralize the NEAR network and help the community with cool new challenges and rewards to members who want to become validators. In Stake Wars: Episode III, NEAR is focusing on Chunk-Only Producers—NEAR’s next step toward a fully-sharded protocol.

By introducing this new type of validator, NEAR can increase the total number of validator seats. Stake Wars is helping Chunk-Only Producers to prepare for this moment. It’s an opportunity to gain confidence and learn how to work with contract-based delegation.

With Stake Wars III set for July 13, here’s a brief rundown of the new Chunk-Only Producer role, and what to expect from the Stake Wars program.

## Chunk-Only Producers help decentralize and secure NEAR

The NEAR Network is currently secured by 100 validators. [NEAR’s roadmap](https://near.ai/mainnet-roadmap) will allow the protocol to become fully-sharded. This will help reach the ambitious goal to decentralize NEAR while keeping the network secure. Chunk-Only Producers are an important milestone along this path.

Chunk-Only Producers are solely responsible for [producing chunks](https://near.org/papers/nightshade/#nightshade) in a single shard (a network partition). A chunk, of course, is a shard block (see Nightshade for more detail). What’s cool for Chunk-Only Producers is that they can run their validator node on a less demanding machine, such as a 4-Core CPU, with 8GB of RAM and 200GB SSD of storage.

Once the Chunk-Only Producer is available on NEAR mainnet at the end of Q3, NEAR plans to onboard an additional 200-300 validators. This, combined with a lower barrier to entry (minimum stake) for validators, is a win for the NEAR network as it moves toward a more scalable future. By increasing the total number of validators, NEAR will become more decentralized and more secure.

## How Stake Wars III works

Chunk-Only Producers can deploy the open-source Staking Pool smart contract from Github, to test their systems and gain confidence with contract-based delegation. Validators are also free to customize their delegation contract, build their web applications, and integrate the Staking Pool into their existing systems.

Stake Wars is community-operated, and community members such as Metapool, Everstake, LiNEAR and Open Shards Alliance (OSA) will offer their support to the program. NEAR plans to use more than 4M $NEAR tokens as delegation rewards for the participants who complete the challenges. These rewards help put participants in a position to become a mainnet validators by Q4 of 2022. 

The Stake Wars: Episode III incentivized testnet for Chunk-Only Producers will launch on July 13th and run until early September. Any potential validators should join the Stake Wars community on [Telegram](https://t.me/near_validators) and [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/ZMPr3VB) to coordinate with other Validators, and follow [@PagodaPlatform](https://twitter.com/PagodaPlatform) on twitter. 

The full [Stake Wars III page](https://near.org/stakewars/) is launching here.

In Stake Wars: Episode III, NEAR is focusing on Chunk-Only Producers — NEAR’s next step toward a fully-sharded protocol.

Join Stake Wars to Become a Chunk-Only Producer

SubQuery is the Universal data indexing toolkit facilitating the construction of Web3 applications of the future. A SubQuery project is a complete API to organise and query data from Layer-1 chains. Currently servicing Polkadot, Substrate, Avalanche, Terra, and Cosmos (starting with Juno) projects, this data-as-a-service allows developers to focus on their core use case and front-end without wasting time building a custom backend for data processing activities. In the future, the SubQuery Network intends to replicate this scalable and reliable solution in a completely decentralised manner.

SubQuery

YOGAIN is a Web3 lifestyle app with Social-Fi and Game-Fi elements. Users are equipped with NFT Yoga Mats – to practice yoga poses and earns reward tokens.
Players can choose to lease or sell their NFT mats on the in-app Marketplace; users' earnings are stored in the in-app Wallet, which has a built-in Swap function.

Yogain

DEIP was incubated by Collective Intelligence Labs: a decentralized R&D incubator focused on the adoption of Web3 technologies and building infrastructure for a global collective intelligence system.

DEIP

Myriad aims at creating an online social environment where users can interact freely, without being influenced by profit-driven algorithms, fake accounts, and reputation manipulation.

Because freedom of speech, information, and content should not be infringed by a central entity – or any entity – we have chosen to develop Myriad as a modular, decentralized blockchain which rests on 3 tenets.

Users should be sovereign, free to choose where they source their information and how they want it displayed. They are informed about the “social media bubbles” they build, and have the power to escape these bubbles.

As long as it is legal, information should be free and uncensored. And thus, all opinions may be heard and debated without fear of retribution.

Accountability and incentives should comprise the backbone of the network. Content creators should strive to deliver quality, while poor content should be discouraged.

Myriad Social

Octopus is a protocol for launching Web3.0 appchains. By decreasing the cost of bootstrapping a Web3.0 applications in form of blockchain by two orders of magnitude, from several million dollars to less than one hundred thousand dollars; providing leased security, out-of-box interoperability and everlasting forkability; facilitating generalized mining centered token economics; bonding a set of social contracts consist of fair launch, regulatory compliance token distribution and protocol participants dominant on-chain governance, Octopus Network will unleash Web3.0 gold rush.

Octopus Network

Fusotao Protocol is a verification protocol for order-book based matching systems, using the paradigm of "execute off-chain, verify on-chain". Assemble values of Web3 by creating a new paradigm of DeFi, founders can build their own DEXs based on Fusotao, and communities can earn rewards by trading on the DEXs or directly share transaction fees through staking tokens for the DEXs backed by Fusotao Protocol. The FXDX to be launched backed by Fusotao Protocol will be the first order-book based DEX in NEAR ecosystem.

Fusotao Protocol

DeBio Network is a decentralized anonymous-first medical and biomedical platform created for users who want to anonymously submit to tests and various medical samples from the comfort of their homes. DeBio Network is created using Substrate, a blockchain framework behind the Polkadot & Kusama Ecosystem. DeBio Network's blockchain will be an Appchain on the Octopus Network, a Substrate relay chain on the NEAR Protocol.

DeBio Network

TrustRecruit is a novel NFT Resume Marketplace that uses NFT technology to verify and store education, skills, and performance details of job seekers. TrustRecruit’s proprietary AI engine then matches the NFT Resumes with relevant job listings.

TrustRecruit

Aurora is an EVM built on the NEAR Protocol, delivering a turn-key solution for developers to operate their apps on an Ethereum-compatible, high-throughput, scalable and future-safe platform, with low transaction costs for their users. Aurora’s main features include:

- Fully compatible EVM for fast deployment of Solidity smart contracts;
- Horizontal scaling possibility thanks to NEAR Protocol’s dynamic resharding;
- High throughput (x10 increase in transaction throughput comparing to Ethereum);
- Fast confirmations (Transaction execution takes only 1-2 seconds in Aurora);
- x1000 reduction in gas costs;
- Trustless bridge architecture between Ethereum and Aurora / NEAR.

Aurora

Trisolaris is a one-stop trading platform for the NEAR blockchain, running on NEAR’s Aurora engine. It is the first DEX on Aurora, enabling a seamless trading experience similar to native Ethereum for a fraction of the cost, taking advantage of the great underlying architecture provided by the Aurora engine.

Trisolaris

Paras, All-in-one social DAC marketplace for creators and collectors.

For Collectors: Discover beautiful art cards and collect them on a blockchain-based technology that prevents forgery and provides provable ownership.

For Artists: Create your digital art cards and sell them on the marketplace in just a few clicks. Start earning with your digital creation.

Paras

Burrow is a decentralized, non-custodial pool-based interest rates platform that enables users to supply assets to earn interest, and to borrow against them to unlock liquidity. Burrow is similar in nature to Aave, Compound, and other pool-based protocols.

Burrow runs natively on the NEAR blockchain, a layer 1, proof-of-stake, sharded blockchain with a WebAssembly runtime. The Burrow protocol's smart contracts are written in Rust.

Burrow aims to unlock liquidity for interest-bearing assets, particularly layer 1 staking derivatives such as stNEAR and stETH. Users of Burrow will be able to deposit stNEAR as collateral, then borrow more NEAR to create a leveraged staking position, or borrow a stablecoin to create a self-repaying position.

Burrow

Meta Pool is the liquid staking solution for NEAR and wNEAR token holders. 

Users staking NEAR and wNEAR with Meta Pool receive in exchange a NEP-141 standard token, stNEAR (staked NEAR). The stNEAR token simultaneously accrues staking rewards and unlocks users’ liquidity enabling them to participate in DeFi activities (e.g. lending, farming, borrowing) on NEAR and Aurora.

Meta Pool solves the problems associated with PoS networks staking (illiquidity, immovability and accessibility) and also aims to distribute staking in multiple validators to improve censorship-resistance of the NEAR network.

Meta Pool

Mintbase is a toolkit that allows anyone to create Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) without worrying about technical complexities. 

The first and most hyped use-case for NFT’s has been Art. Although we love to see artists using this technology (and thriving!), we know the full potential of purposeful NFTs is not being fully explored yet. What does that mean? We believe in NFTs with practical applications and use cases: membership access, ticketing, communal projects, redeemable NFTs and so much more.

For us, NFTs represent the grounds for a new financial system. By providing verifiable digital ownership, the possibilities created are endless: they’re scarce, interoperable and cryptographically secure. With our split royalties and revenue features, collaborative projects have a whole other way to deal with their finances. 

At Mintbase, everyone gets their own smart contract and can add several minters to their store. Think “Shopify for NFTs”: People can create their stores to sell music, art, tickets, memberships and much more. In a nutshell, anything can be tokenized. The Mintbase interface can easily be used, but via our SDK anyone can spin off their own NFT marketplaces.

Mintbase

Aurigami is a decentralized, non-custodial money market protocol on Aurora. 

As the primitive money market on Aurora, Aurigami serves to complement both existing and emerging DeFi protocols to bootstrap the ecosystem’s growth. Money markets serve as the core foundation of all financial economies and with Aurigami, assets on Aurora can be utilized more strategically and efficiently. Idle assets can be turned into interest-bearing auTokens, leverage can be achieved through collateralized borrowing, borrowed funds can be deployed elsewhere for additional yield.

The beauty of DeFi lies in its composability, and Aurigami unlocks further liquidity and flexibility of funds. Just like the art of paper folding, we bring together various points within the Aurora ecosystem and together, the end product becomes way more than the sum of its parts.

Aurigami

Astro is a platform for launching Decentralized Autonomous Organizations. DAOs are self-organized groups that form around common purposes. Membership, decision making, and funding are coordinated in public on a tamper-proof blockchain.

Astro DAO

Flux is a cross-chain oracle aggregator that provides smart contracts with access to economically secure data feeds on anything. Every component of the protocol is designed to be maximally open-source, permissionless, and trustless, enabling individuals and communities to design and develop bespoke solutions for data provision and retrieval.

Flux is supported and developed by the Open Oracle Association, a Swiss Non-Profit entity with the sole purpose of supporting the ecosystem through the distribution of grants both in monetary means through USDC and the Flux Token (FLX).

Flux Protocol

SWEAT is built on NEAR – a low cost, high speed, and eco-friendly blockchain. Only verified movement mints SWEAT.

Currently, the Sweatcoin app verifies steps as a Movement Validator.

In time, the Foundation will decentralize the movement verification process to enable other apps and wearables to verify new forms of movement, paving the way for users to earn SWEAT for swimming, cycling, hiking, gym work and more.

AwesomeNEAR

The curated list of ...projects building onNEAR,AURORA andOCTOPUS ecosystem.

NEAR Protocol token price, NEAR Protocol token market cap, NEAR blockchain stats, onchain accounts, transactions and more.

Aurora Ecosystem

Via Protocol

Fractal

LI.FI

InterLace

Bepro Network

Ariel Finance

Ref Finance

B4B.WORLD

Octopus Ecosystem

SubQuery

Yogain

DEIP

Myriad Social

Octopus Network

Fusotao Protocol

DeBio Network

TrustRecruit

🛎 Newly Updated

Via Protocol

Fractal

LI.FI

InterLace

Far Away Swap

Bepro Network

vSelf

Ariel Finance

AwesomeNEAR

The curated list of...projects building onNEAR,AURORA andOCTOPUS ecosystem.

NEAR Protocol token price, NEAR Protocol token market cap, NEAR blockchain stats, onchain accounts, transactions and more.

Trending Projects

Ref Finance

Aurora

Trisolaris

Octopus Network

Paras

Burrow

Meta Pool

Mintbase

Aurigami

Astro DAO

Flux Protocol

Sweat Еconomy

Aurora Ecosystem

Via Protocol

Fractal

LI.FI

InterLace

Bepro Network

Ariel Finance

Ref Finance

B4B.WORLD

Octopus Ecosystem

SubQuery

Yogain

DEIP

Myriad Social

Octopus Network

Fusotao Protocol

DeBio Network

TrustRecruit

🛎 Newly Updated

Via Protocol

Fractal

LI.FI

InterLace

Far Away Swap

Bepro Network

vSelf

Ariel Finance

The curated list of ...projects building onNEAR,AURORA andOCTOPUS ecosystem.