Overview

Near One is the core R&D team backing the NEAR Protocol, a public Layer 1 proof-of-stake blockchain. It advances the network’s infrastructure, researches blockchain architecture, and carries out the sharding roadmap to scale for a global user base, including Nightshade sharding, SPICE (Separating Consensus from Execution), and NEAR Chain Signatures for cross-chain signing. Its work focuses on improving scalability and cross-chain capabilities to boost performance and throughput. The goal is to strengthen NEAR’s technical foundations to support a scalable, multi-chain, high-throughput ecosystem with broad global adoption.