NEAR Protocol Roadmap
Since the project's inception in late 2018, NEAR has been
undergoing rapid development. NEAR began rolling out its primary net in April
2020, after various test nets in 2019. MainNet POA, MainNet (Restricted), and
MainNet Community Governed were the three stages.
Onboarding validators and network members were the emphasis
of the MainNet POA. Staking was disabled, and token transfers were restricted
to the NEAR Foundation. Staking was enabled in MainNet POA, but token transfers
were not. The first NEAR vote was also held to determine when the final version
of the main net would be launched.
On October 13th, the NEAR community elected to launch the
unconstrained MainNet. NEAR is currently in the process of giving over full
management of the blockchain to NEAR token holders, as previously stated. The
NEAR team is hoping to add a few more features during this "Post
Mainnet" period.
Although many of these are technical, the NEAR whitepaper
also mentions more ambitious development goals in the future. Three of these
are noteworthy. To enable for private transactions on the NEAR blockchain, the
first step is to add zero-knowledge technologies such as Zcash.
Private shards are the second possible addition to NEAR.
This would allow specific groups or entities to benefit from the NEAR
blockchain's security and speed while keeping their operations hidden from the
rest of the network.
The addition of mobile nodes to NEAR is the final conceivable
addition worth mentioning. Phones have long been used to power blockchains, but
this technology has been restricted by bad mobile internet connections and weak
phone hardware.
NEAR co-founder Alexander Skidanov, on the other hand, has
been thinking about mobile integration since the project began. Realistically,
by the time mobile phones and networks are efficient enough, the NEAR community
will have to vote on whether or not to add this function.
Why do we support NEAR?
The NEAR Protocol has a lot of advantages. It has a strong
team, a large amount of funding, and a large network of bitcoin pals, all of
which have helped NEAR capitalise on the first two facts. There is only one
thing it hasn't done yet, and that's a crucial part of becoming a successful
cryptocurrency project: generate hype.
NEAR has foregone marketing in favour of development in
order to keep up with other smart contract cryptocurrencies in the sector. This
places it in the same category as other extremely potential cryptocurrency ideas
like Loopring, which have gone unnoticed because to a lack of publicity. To be
fair, it has paid off, as NEAR currently has some of the most impressive
statistics of any cryptocurrency blockchain.
NEAR has foregone marketing in favour of development in
order to keep up with other smart contract cryptocurrencies in the sector. This
places it in the same category as other extremely potential cryptocurrency
ideas like Loopring, which have gone unnoticed because to a lack of publicity.
To be fair, it has paid off, as NEAR currently has some of the most impressive
statistics of any cryptocurrency blockchain.
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