# NEAR Protocol

> The highly scalable, developer-friendly blockchain.

**Categories:** Infrastructure, Chain Abstraction, Data Availability, Validator
**Phase:** mainnet
**Token:** NEAR
**Updated:** 2026-05-27

## What is NEAR Protocol?

NEAR is a decentralized application platform that is secure enough to manage high value assets like money or identity and performant enough to make them useful for everyday people, putting the power of the Open Web in their hands.

NEAR is a blockchain that has been built from the ground up to be high-performant, incredibly secure, and infinitely scalable all while supporting sustainability. Simply put, NEAR is a layer one, sharded, proof-of-stake blockchain built for usability and scalability.


## Links

- Website: https://near.org/
- X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/nearprotocol
- Medium: https://medium.com/nearprotocol
- Telegram: https://t.me/cryptonear
- Discord: https://discord.gg/nearprotocol
- GitHub: https://github.com/nearprotocol
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/near-protocol-project/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nearprotocol
- Youtube: NEAR Protocol  

## Related categories

- [Infrastructure](https://nearcatalog.xyz/category/infrastructure)
- [Chain Abstraction](https://nearcatalog.xyz/category/chain-abstraction)
- [Data Availability](https://nearcatalog.xyz/category/data-availability)
- [Validator](https://nearcatalog.xyz/category/validator)

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