What is the NEAR blockchain?
built to be simple, secure and scalable.
Low cost. High speed. Effortless scale.
<0.01USD Transaction Cost
18M+ Active Accounts
400K Daily Transactions
~2.4s Time to Finality
Contracts, DAOs, dapps, funding
Layer 1 blockchain
not dependent on other chains.
uses a unique scaling mechanism
Nightshade sharding
Scales infinitely
resists short-term usage spikes
Proof of stake
More efficient than Bitcoin and Ethereum
web-based wallet
no need for users to install programs or browser extensions
makes it especially easy to onboard new users (e.g. through named accounts)
Certified carbon neutral
consumes in a year the same energy bitcoin consumes in 3 minutes
Interoperable with Ethereum
using Rainbow Bridge
Your Instructor
Alexandra Kropova is a software developer with extensive experience in smart contract and decentralized app development. She has helped produce courses for Mammoth Interactive since 2016, including many blockchain and Web3 courses.
Mammoth Interactive is a leading online course provider in everything from learning to code to becoming a YouTube star. Mammoth Interactive courses have been featured on Harvard’s edX, Business Insider and more.
Over 11 years, Mammoth Interactive has built a global student community with 1.1 million courses sold. Mammoth Interactive has released over 250 courses and 2,500 hours of video content.
Founder and CEO John Bura has been programming since 1997 and teaching since 2002. John has created top-selling applications for iOS, Xbox and more. John also runs SaaS company Devonian Apps, building efficiency-minded software for technology workers like you.
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