Chicago’s @NearProtocol City Node

Chicago, IL
Joined August 2026
Chicago is officially City Node #3. We’re here to turn local community into network infrastructure: events, builders, partners, stake, reports, and reusable systems for the broader @NearLegion network. Stake to chicago.pool.near, and if you’re in Chicago, come build with us.
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6 years of building, zero downtime, pure potential. Chicago is proud to be a part of this network. Happy birthday @NEARProtocol!
Today is the 6th anniversary of @NEARProtocol MainNet! A lot of great tech has shipped since Oct. 13, 2020 – but our vision has not changed: all people should be able to control their own assets, data, and power of choice. We all deserve access to tools and technology that enhance our sovereignty, intelligence, and opportunity – and in many ways this mission feels even more urgent than it did when we started NEAR 8 years ago. The last year has brought some great milestones: –@near_intents has moved $34B in volume, up from $2B this time last year –Intents integrated 15 more chains for a total of 35, with dozens of app integrations –Launched Confidential Intents, which grew to $3B as of today in volume and $170m TVL –near(dot)com launched & shipped tons of new features in under a year –Near One shipped dynamic resharding and post-quantum signing –Achieved 1M TPS in a public benchmark –@near_ai is providing confidential inference to Venice, Brave Browser, and the government of Bermuda – and is now available on OpenRouter –Token economics upgrades shifted towards greater value capture, including inflation halving, the Intents fee switch, and revenue generation –Launched House of Stake 2.0 and formalized tokenholder governance –@alexskidanov made major strides towards cheap, scalable formal verification –First NEAR ETF with @bitwise and first public treasury company launched @svrn_ai This only scratches the surface of our ecosystem’s achievements this year – thank you to all in the @NEARProtocol community, whether you’re a new believer or were there at the beginning. Let’s keep building in a positive-sum mindset and watch everyone else catch up.
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chicago.near retweeted
Gave a @near_ai workshop in the first event sponsored by the @chicago_node, at @drivecapital this past Sunday. Drawing from experience building @NearBuilders, @nearmerch, @open_crosspost, and the recent city nodes app, my goal was to communicate this: Verifiable execution is a core foundation for community trust
The third installment of the Chicago Creator Hackathon over the weekend at @drivecapital The thesis is simple: bring together 200 creators that have real communities and pair them with engineers
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RFC from founders and engineers of financial services: @near_intents offers a simple SDK for a universal liquidity layer; you can use it to quote, swap, and execute trades ("intents") for any on-chain asset, across any network, completely confidentially (your txs are not public). Can be used for RWAs, perps, institutional trading, agentic commerce, etc. The team is seeking feedback, please reply to @chronear's post below. Relevant links below
As a user or B2B API integrator of NEAR Intents, what's the one thing you think we should improve or fix asap? I will pay for the ultimate edition of GTA 6 for the most thoughtful feedback.
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Replying to @adem_wheels
@adem_wheels, let’s organize an initial meeting. Lots to catch up on! Chicagoan’s, tap in!
I joined the @NEARLegion Chicago Node! @elliot_braem and I are going to make Chicago @NEARProtocol's biggest community Chicagoans, comment below to join
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Love seeing Chicago become City Node #3 🔥 @buidlcity is hyped to build alongside @chicago_node and the rest of @NEARLegion. More cities, more builders, more cool stuff getting built. Let’s go.
Chicago is officially City Node #3. We’re here to turn local community into network infrastructure: events, builders, partners, stake, reports, and reusable systems for the broader @NearLegion network. Stake to chicago.pool.near, and if you’re in Chicago, come build with us.
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🍕 Bitcoin Chicago Pizza Day Recap: A real crypto purchase, live! Watch how @elliot_braem ordered pizza using POS built by @pingpay_io, powered by @near_intents. Scan QR → Pay with $NEAR or any of 125 assets across 35 chains → Confirm & paid. Shoutout to Pizza Boy Billy & Tortorices on Grand Ave! 🙌 Anything-to-anything payments in action. This is usable crypto. Watch ↓
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Chicago showed up. 🇺🇸 The NEAR Legion gathered for an evening exploring the latest in blockchain + dApps and networking. Thanks to @elliot_braem & @adem_wheels for hosting and to everyone who joined us!
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