Near Protocol (NEAR)

be Near when everyone was screaming TPS > build a fully sharded L1 > align perfectly with Ethereum's long-term scaling vision > fade Solana's monolithic hardware-heavy model > dodge Avalanche's fragmented subnet approach when gas wars hit and mindshare consolidated around Solidity > ship Aurora as an EVM > let Solidity devs port their dApps over with zero friction > use the Rainbow Bridge to tap into Ethereum liquidity flows when multichain fragmentation becomes obvious > pivot to chain abstraction primitives before it was a buzzword > spin up Chain Signatures using an MPC validator network > let one single $NEAR wallet puppet addresses across every other chain when industry begins exploring intent-based UX > drop the NEAR Intents framework > users just sign for the exact outcome they want > backend solvers fight to route and execute the trade now that AI agent meta took over the space > reposition as the ultimate AI-native transaction layer > let AI agents autonomously plan and execute onchain whi

LLM & Providers - Smart routing for cost-optimized model selection - Custom HTTP headers for OpenAI-compatible providers (OpenRouter, etc.) - Auto-compact and retry on ContextLengthExceeded - TEE attestation shield in web gateway Channels - Native Signal channel via signal-cli - WASM channel hot-activation with host-based credential injection - Group chat privacy and per-channel safety hardening - Routine notifications delivered to all installed channels Web Gateway - Slash command autocomplete (/status, /list) - Inline tool activity cards with auto-collapsing - Token usage and cost tracker - OAuth callbacks routed through gateway for hosted instances - Error details for failed tool calls - Mobile browser bar input fix Tools & Extensions - Extension registry with metadata catalog and embedded WASM bundle install - OAuth setup UI for WASM tools

Reddit AMA is now live with NEAR Co-Founder and one of the authors of Attention Is All You Need @ilblackdragon 👇 r/MachineLearning: https://t.co/A78PPOj0W4

IronClaw Reddit AMA featuring NEAR Co-Founder Illia Polosukhin IronClaw offers simple setup and built-in security for OpenClaw's personal AI assistant. Join @ilblackdragon today from 9:30AM-12:00PM PST in the r/machinelearning subreddit to learn more. https://t.co/3uUOoRIJxi

NEAR builders, PL Genesis Space is LIVE NOW! Hear @elliot_braem break down what building on NEAR looks like today. Featuring Innovation Sandbox winners @jp_dawg & @PrakharOjha4 sharing their journey building with Agents & Intents. https://t.co/RNZlUIZDFg

Snapshots from NEARCON 📸 https://t.co/UQToIGZERy

NEAR Town Hall: March 2026 https://t.co/fyD0bYWEuE

okay @ilblackdragon that staking dashboard idea. well it’s late (sorry!), but it’s native (user migrates ~/.near-credentials to OS X Keychain for fingerprint)

IronClaw Reddit AMA featuring NEAR Co-Founder Illia Polosukhin IronClaw offers simple setup and built-in security for OpenClaw's personal AI assistant. Join @ilblackdragon today from 9:30AM-12:00PM PST in the r/machinelearning subreddit to learn more. https://t.co/3uUOoRIJxi