NEAR Protocol: Simple, scalable, secure

To mark the world, you can either hang on the coattail of something that already has momentum, or you can gain momentum yourself.

This is the mantra of Mark Sugden, Head of Business Development and Partnerships for the NEAR Protocol. Sagden, who spoke with Alex Fazel of Cryptonites at Paris Blockchain Week, said he quit his comfortable FinTech job and joined NEAR, saying, “I’m using blockchain, so it’s okay early on.”

What attracted him to NEAR was the team’s focus on developing the best possible technology. While other chains focus on hype marketing, attracting attention and community first, the team behind the NEAR protocol takes the opposite approach. He explained that the founders and developers of NEAR have worked hard to ensure that they provide a working and practical solution that people can use to build dApps with confidence.

Concerns about network stability, downtime, and latency can quickly become a burden for developers who can easily move to another more stable platform. To avoid this, NEAR’s team did not adopt a technology-first, marketing approach to developing blockchain.

“If you have the technology, everything else can be built on it,” Sugden explained.

NEAR’s unique sharding mechanism is part of the technology that Sugden referred to.

A sharding mechanism called the nightshade allows the NEAR blockchain to separate itself into different, completely independent parts. This means that you can build any project or enterprise on a unique shard and even create a private shard that is unaffected by other dApps or projects. NEAR currently operates on four different shards, but Sugden said this number is set to grow exponentially as the blockchain gains momentum.

Not just sharding shortly Bring either to the table.

Sugden said the goal of this protocol is to create the simplest possible environment for both end users and developers. If a developer finds it difficult to operate and build a blockchain, he or she cannot build something that is convenient and easy for users to use.

But he states that getting people involved requires more than just good skills. NEAR provides developers with the courses and tools they need to conquer the blockchain and its programming language. Blockchain also provides attractive incentives and provides developers with some of the process transaction fees for smart contracts.

“Our motto is simple, scalable and safe.”

The ultimate goal of NEAR is to create the platform that developers and authors want to build. By providing simple technology that is easy to scale, Sagden says developers can be confident in building innovative and useful applications.