Summary
In this chapter, we delved into the NEAR Protocol, a blockchain platform tailored for developers, and explored its foundational concepts. We discussed essential elements, such as accounts, access keys, smart contracts, and blockchain state, establishing a solid understanding of NEAR’s core principles. We highlighted NEAR’s developer-friendly ecosystem, which features implicit accounts, named accounts, full access keys, and function keys, making it an attractive choice for blockchain projects.
We also ventured into advanced topics, including transactions, gas, data flow, tokens, storage options, validators, and consensus mechanisms. This deep dive into NEAR’s intricacies demonstrated its robust capabilities for building dApps. Finally, we got hands-on experience by installing the NEAR SDK and NEAR CLI, creating a crossword game smart contract, and deploying it, illustrating the practicality and versatility of NEAR in application development.
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