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Developers, join us!
The NEAR Foundation is cohosting ETH Infra Day, Nov 15 at @EFDevconnect
It will be an epic day filled with educational talks from some of the best and brightest in the NEARverse, case studies, and networking 🎉
Sign up here:
lu.ma/ethdayistanbul
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What a great excuse to party in Thailand! 🇹🇭
GMGM, 🇹🇭!
Happy to support our @Memeland MVP @P23Sanjay, and @Memecoin investor @cryptomindgroup at @BGTHOfficial!
Come join us today if you are in Bangkok!
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NEARCON23, that's a wrap!
The open web community's collaborative energy this year was electric thanks to the
thought leaders, hackers, sponsors, and Web3 enthusiasts that helped make this event ICONIC.
Check out some of the highlights here: bit.ly/3QvonVD
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Okay, builders. One last push.
NEARCON has been truly epic, but tonight's closing party will make it iconic.
Join the best and brightest in Web3 as we ready ourselves to write the next chapter of the open web.
Bring pass for entry @ 9 #LXFactory
Sponsored by @thelittlesnft
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The day has come, @LayerZero_Labs is now integrated on NEAR, via our EVM layer @auroraisnear!
Thanks to LayerZero's trustless omnichain messaging protocol, NEAR will now be opened up to more than 40 networks!
LayerZero is an omnichain interoperability protocol designed for lightweight and trustless cross-chain messaging. Thanks to LayerZero, NEAR will now be able to interact with various chains without the need for intermediaries, bringing enhanced interconnectivity to our ecosystem.
With LayerZero having deployed its endpoint on NEAR, this means..
-Projects and devs on NEAR and Aurora will now be able to leverage LayerZero's network of 40+ supported blockchains
-LayerZero projects like @StargateFinance or @RDNTCapital can easily expand to NEAR.
-Soon, users on NEAR will be able to enjoy seamless cross-chain transactions with native assets (no bridging!) via dApps like Ref, Orderly, Burrow and more
For more information, check out: layerzero.gitbook.io/docs/
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🐉 #NEARCON2023 DAY 2 RECAP
Alpha news & insightful panels in focus for this recap of the 2nd day at NEARCON. So many great things happening in the NEAR ecosystem!
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS, PANEL & SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
Illia Polosukhin on AI's Role in NEAR's Future
NEAR co-founder and CEO Illia Polosukhin (@ilblackdragon) dove into the future of AI and its integration with blockchain. He emphasized AI's potential to drive work and governance on NEAR, forecasting AI agents that execute tasks autonomously, enhancing efficiency within decentralized systems and contributing to the evolution of DAOs into truly autonomous organizations.
NEAR's Evolution From Nightshade to Starsight
Bowen Wang (@BowenWang18) from @PagodaPlatform
offered a compelling overview of NEAR Protocol's evolution, highlighting the advances in stateless validation and zero-knowledge technologies. Wang teased the upcoming Starsight project, promising a leap forward in blockchain's usability, scalability, and decentralization in 2024.
FractalID Unveils idOS on NEARJulian Leitloff (@JulianLeitloff) from @Fractal_ID and Johan Salaï Bondioli of @PagodaPlatform introduced the idOS at NEARCON ‘23, a leap forward in Web3 identity, granting users control over their digital presence. This initiative is set to redefine the interaction landscape for dApp users, solidifying NEAR's leadership in decentralized identity solutions.
SK Telecom Ports Into The Metaverse
Sehyeon Oh from @SKtelecom detailed the Korean company’s strategic foray into the open web, highlighting their collaboration with NEAR Foundation and plans for a Web3 wallet and NFT marketplace. SKT's approach aims to fuse digital and tangible realms, from art NFTs to metaverse developments while community building with education and blockchain integration.
Pyth Network
NEAR's integration with the @PythNetwork brings a wealth of real-time price feeds to its testnet, significantly enhancing the toolkit available to developers.
Octopus Network Restaking and IBC Bridge
As part of its Octopus 2.0 program, @oct_network — built on @NEARProtocol — unveils $NEAR restaking for @ottochain_ launch in December. This initiative enhances validators' rewards and bolsters appchain security, incentivizing $NEAR's wider use and fostering equilibrium in the NEAR ecosystem. Octopus Network also introduced Adaptive IBC, bridging @cosmos
and NEAR ecosystems for enhanced interoperability with Secret Network poised to be the first adopter.
LOOKING AHEAD TO DAY 3
Day Three of NEARCON ‘23 is your final opportunity to dive into immersive open web sessions starting at 10:45 AM, after doors open at 9 AM. The day will highlight the Hackathon's brightest innovations with judging by @NEARDevHub from 12:00 PM and the NEAR Pitch Competition and Hackathon Awards Ceremony from 2:35 PM to 3:50 PM on the Main Stage, showcasing top project pitches.
NEARCON ‘23 then goes out with a massive bang at the Closing Party at the LX Factory, sponsored by The Littles. The bash begins at 9:00 PM, and will be a chance for attendees to unwind, network, and reflect on everything that was NEARCON ‘23. Not to mention dancing the night away in one of Lisbon’s most happening party venues of course!
See you around at #NEARCON, and don't forget to grab your physical copy of @NEARWEEK around the venue! 👋
Check out all the exciting talks and panels at the Layer Zero stage live on Youtube:
▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=Iw8_04Kk… – at Lisbon, Portugal
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Ethereum rollups are about to move into hyperdrive with the fast finality layer from NEAR and @eigencloud ⚡
Get ready for cross-rollup transactions that are not just faster, but 4000x cheaper! 🌐
What's a fast finality layer?
A first-of-its-kind solution that processes transactions for Ethereum rollups in just 3-4 seconds, compared to hours or even days on Ethereum.
Plus, it enables secure, low-latency cross-rollup communication, solving major challenges for L2 builders.
This collaboration between NEAR and @eigencloud will reduce liquidity fragmentation between Layer-2s, allowing them to make independent decisions about their sequencers, all while retaining @Ethereum's security guarantees.
@ilblackdragon, co-founder of NEAR Protocol, shares: "The fast finality layer showcases NEAR’s tech strengths while making the open web more usable. It will also defragment liquidity for Ethereum rollups, making Web3 more interoperable."
@sreeramkannan, founder of @eigencloud, adds: "This partnership leverages both NEAR and EigenLayer’s technologies to make it easier, faster, and cheaper for developers to build on Ethereum."
A testnet is expected to launch in Q1 2024.
Stay tuned and read more here: pages.near.org/blog/near-fou…
Fast finality is NEAR.
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Attention remote listeners! NEARCON Day 2 videos just dropped!
Don't let FOMO kick in—dive into the action and relive the iconic moments of yesterday's speakers here:
bit.ly/40wzXnW
bit.ly/3sC8XXz
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Following Wintermute's remarks on ABL and the NEAR Foundation, we have prepared a comprehensive response to ensure transparency and clarity.
Read our response here.
aurora.dev/blog/our-response…
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Congratulations to Immutable on their announced partnership with Ubisoft.
Immutable 🤝 Ubisoft's Strategic Innovation Lab
Immutable, the leading web3 gaming platform, is joining forces with Ubisoft's Strategic Innovation Lab to create a new gaming experience to further unlock benefits for players through the power of web3.
This is another significant milestone for Immutable, the all-in-one solution for building the best games. Alongside Ubisoft's Strategic Innovation Lab, we will combine the expertise of both companies to develop a mainstream web3 gaming experience.
“As the platform of choice for many leaders within the Web3 community, Immutable offers both cutting-edge technology and a unique expertise in seamlessly integrating decentralized technologies into games.” - Nicolas Pouard - VP of Ubisoft's Strategic Innovation Lab
If you want to learn more about what we are building with the best of web2: immutable.com/blog/immutable…
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As the sun sets on the second day of NEARCON, it's NEAR to impossible to choose just one favorite moment.
Make sure you relive some of the best moments of the day here: bit.ly/3ugeELd
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Can't make it to NEARCON in person?
No problem—don't fret.
Catch the live stream right here. It all starts at 10:55 GMT!
bit.ly/46cDWal
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Zero-knowledge, meet Web Assembly.
The NEAR Foundation and @0xPolygonLabs are set to deliver the future of zero-knowledge for WASM based blockchains with zkWASM.
Empowering greater security, scalability, developer flexibility, and interoperability in the open web🌐
zkWASM will be a market-leading ZK prover for WASM blockchains, enhancing security and interoperability across Web3. 🔐
zkWASM will be one of three provers available for developers using Polygon Chain Development Kit (CDK), an open-source codebase for launching ZK-powered L2 chains for @Ethereum. 🛠️
With the NEAR Foundation becoming a core contributor to Polygon CDK, this collaboration marks a significant step towards trustless interoperability and closer alignment between NEAR and the Ethereum ecosystem. 🤝
"The zkWASM prover maximizes developer customizability, allowing projects to select from a number of provers when building with CDK," @sandeepnailwal, co-founder of @0xPolygon. 🧠
For NEAR validators, a zkWASM prover means a simpler validation process and the ability to generate a single zero-knowledge proof. This translates to better scalability and increased decentralization for NEAR Protocol. ⚖️
"NEAR is integrating more with Ethereum by innovating in new research frontiers, and the shared expertise of NEAR and Polygon will expand the ZK landscape and defragment liquidity across chains," @ilblackdragon, co-founder of NEAR Protocol. 💡
The zkWASM prover is currently under active development and is expected to launch next year.
This is a giant leap towards a more secure, interoperable, and scalable Web3 ecosystem.
Stay tuned for more updates!
The open web is a web for everyone, by everyone.
Expanding the L2 market by introducing Wasm chains to Ethereum.
Polygon Labs and NEAR Foundation are teaming up to develop a zero-knowledge (ZK) prover for Wasm blockchains in order to bridge the gap between Wasm-based chains and the Ethereum ecosystem. When complete, a zkWasm prover will add additional customizability for developers building with Polygon CDK (Chain Development Kit).
So what does this mean?
NEAR Foundation will become a core contributor to Polygon CDK (Chain Development Kit), expanding developer options for building custom blockchains. This means projects will be able to select from a number of provers when building with Polygon CDK, whether that’s launching or migrating an EVM chain, or building a Wasm chain for closer Ethereum alignment and access to liquidity.
The zkWasm prover will be a new runtime to generate zero-knowledge proofs that prove the native Wasm runtime execution is correct, which will result in better scalability and increased decentralization.
This innovation can bring @NEARProtocol closer to Ethereum, enabling Wasm chains to tap Ethereum liquidity.
Read more: go.polygon.technology/3QRea7…
