NEAR Protocol is focusing on a future where autonomous AI agents transact at machine speed, requiring a blockchain that can handle unpredictable, high-volume bursts of activity. Its June 2026 upgrade, dynamic resharding, enables automatic scaling by splitting overloaded shards without human intervention, aiming to keep fees low and confirmations fast. NEAR also offers cross-chain settlement via Intents and privacy tools, tying token value to network usage through new tokenomics. However, despite the strong narrative and technology, daily active users have sharply declined in 2026, highlighting that the AI-agent economy NEAR envisions has yet to materialize at scale, making the investment thesis promising but unproven.
NEAR Protocol has processed about 5.36 billion transactions since its 2020 launch, nearing a major milestone of 5.4 billion. The network supports 397 active validators and achieves a peak throughput of 4,135 transactions per second, indicating strong...
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