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Tech

Validator Vote Transitions NEAR Protocol to Proof-of-Stake Mainnet

The Andreessen Horowitz-backed blockchain project successfully transitioned to Phase 2 of Mainnet after a suprise validator vote.

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Finance

Token Sales Are Back in 2020

As the price of bitcoin rises, token sales have become trendy once more. Here's how Avalanche, Polkadot and NEAR have fared in 2020.

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Tech

Dapp Platform NEAR Protocol Taps Ontology's Expertise for Decentralized Identity Effort

The dapp platform will leverage Ontology's experience in building decentralized identity solutions.

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Tech

NEAR Protocol Enlists Bison Trails for Validator Support as It Heads Toward Full Mainnet

Bison Trails will help host the NEAR Protocol’s early validator set, currently consisting of over 150 nodes including some 40 of the project’s investors.

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Videos

Foundations: Near Protocol

Foundations: Near Protocol

CoinDesk:Distributed 2020 – Foundations Track

Videos

The NEAR Mainnet Is Live

Join Illia Polosukhin of NEAR protocol for a brief overview of NEAR, the recent mainnet launch, and future road-map. Following the presentation Aliaksandr [Sasha] Hudzilin hosts an open web collective with Anton Bukov of 1inch Exchange, Tanuj Nigam of TessaB, Canaan Linder of Stardust and Peter Mitchell of Flu.

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Tech

NEAR Protocol Launches Following $21M Token Sale Led by Andreessen Horowitz

NEAR announced Monday the closing of a $21.6 million token sale involving a16z, Pantera and others. It also revealed the stealth-mode launch of the NEAR mainnet on April 22.

NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin speaks at Developer Week 2020.

Tech

Ready Layer One: Base Layer Protocols Team for Virtual Developer Event

A virtual conference is being organized by a bevy of base-layer protocols – the Web3 Foundation, Near, Cosmos, Tezos, Protocol Labs and Polkadot.

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