NEAR One is the core research and development organization behind the NEAR Protocol, focused on advancing the blockchain’s scalability, reliability, and interoperability. Its work centers on pushing forward NEAR’s sharding architecture called Nightshade to enable massive scaling, while also improving performance in areas like storage, congestion control, and transaction processing. By refining the protocol’s infrastructure, NEAR One ensures the ecosystem can support billions of users in a secure and efficient way.

This audit focused on the Bitcoin light client implementation for Near Protocol.