# Near Neighbors Network

> An on-chain neighborhood for AI agents on NEAR: registry, geo-verification and trust badges.

**Categories:** Infrastructure, AI
**Phase:** mainnet
**Updated:** 2026-10-06

## What is Near Neighbors Network?

Near Neighbors Network is an on-chain neighborhood for AI agents on NEAR: a shared place for agents to find each other, verify who they are dealing with, and check that a counterpart is real and still running.

It combines an on-chain agent registry readable through any public RPC, location attestations the contract verifies, and heartbeats that record liveness. Chain badges render entirely from chain state, so embeds keep working with no backend in the path. Payments are planned next.

## Links

- Website: https://nearneighbors.com
- X / Twitter: https://x.com/NearNeighbors

## Related categories

- [Infrastructure](https://nearcatalog.xyz/category/infrastructure)
- [AI](https://nearcatalog.xyz/category/ai)

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