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Illia Polosukhin, Near's Co-Founder, dives into Near's transition to the Blockchain Operating System (BOS).
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A
A
So
web3
I
mentioned
again
lack
of
common
services,
so
blockchain
operating
system
common
layer
provides
a
way
to
actually
connect
all
those
things:
single
identity,
kind
of
single
access
compatible
with
any
blockchain
okay.
So
why
is
near
the
bus?
Well,
so
near
is
kind
of
its
vision
from
the
start
was
not
just
to
build
a
like
protocol.
Blockchain
thing
that
you
know
processes
transactions,
it
always
was.
How
do
we
give
access
to
the
user
right?
That's
why
we
invested
in
simple
onboarding
account
model.
A
You
know
things
like
keep
on
things
like
link,
drops
things
like
wallets
Etc
like
how
do
we
create
a
more
cohesive,
onboarding
and
Alex
after
me?
Will
showcase
even
kind
of
next
generation
of
this,
but
also
we
need
to
find
applications.
We
need
to
find
users,
we
need
to
find
experiences
so
search
Discovery.
You
will
see
how
that
works
as
well.
We
have,
from
the
start,
been
investing
in
developer,
tooling,
right,
you
and
you
you'll,
hear
from
Josh
how
to
build
this
JavaScript.
You
can
build
this
rust.
A
You
can
actually
build
with
more
programming
languages
because
at
the
bottom
you
have
web
assembly,
which
is
kind
of
generic
framework.
That
has
a
lot
of
support
social
graph,
something
that
engages
people.
Notifications
chat
more
of
these
things
to
come
right,
composable,
apps
and
I'll
show
how
that
looks,
but
kind
of
how
do
we
like
bringing
all
this
together
is
what
near
does
it's
bringing
all
this
together
and
what
we
call
blockchain
operating
system?
A
So
the
tech
stack
of
this
right
is
layers
of
technology,
so
we
started
at
the
bottom.
We
started
by
building
the
blockchain
called
near.
It's
a
sharded
blockchain.
It
has
a
lot
of
components.
Obviously,
there's
the
cydium
there's
layer,
twos,
there's
other
layer
ones.
Now
blockchain
on
itself
is
optimized
for
securing
the
data
providing
data
availability,
providing
some
level
like
providing
consensus
for
everyone
to
agree
on
the
same
state.
It's
not
optimized
for
building
highly
scalable
apps.
A
That's
why
you
have
indexers.
You
have
a
lot
of
other
middleware
infrastructure
and
that's
what
we
call
data
platform
right.
So
there
is
a
kind
of
pagoda,
provides
a
lot
of
data
platform,
there's
other
companies
in
near
ecosystem
and
also
there's
obviously,
and
fewer
and
others
in
kind
of
other
ecosystems
as
well,
including
here,
but
there's
a
new
layer
right
and
I
and
I
kind
of
ask
everyone
to
think
for
a
second.
What
is
the
front
end
for
the
blockchain?
A
Usually,
when
asked
this
question,
people
say
it's
either
Explorer
or
a
wallet.
An
Explorer
is
really
bad
front.
End
right,
it's
not
designed
for
any
like
actual
users.
It's
a
way
to
validate
that
something
is
going
on
in
wallet,
I
mean
obviously,
there's
a
variety
now,
but
there's
still
a
very
limited
kind
of
financially
focused
application.
A
In
a
way
that
is
fully
decentralized,
it's
the
source
code
of
the
front
end
itself
is
stored
on
the
blockchain.
We
call
them
components,
you
can
link
any
components
together
and
this
can
be
retrieved
and
rendered
for
the
user
anywhere
at
any
time,
and
you're
gonna
have
different
access
points
or
we
call
them
gateways
how
you
views
this
right.
It
can
be
through
a
browser.
It
can
be
that
the
browser
itself
does
this.
It
can
be
a
mobile
app.
It
can
be,
you
know,
desktop
app.
You
can
actually
run
a
full
stack
near
node.
A
You
know
data
platform
and
the
discovery
presentation
layer
locally
to
have
all
of
that
kind
of
composed
in
in
one
version,
so
that's
kind
of
what
we
called
blockchain
operating
systems.
There's
a
lot
of
components
coming
into
it.
Onboarding
chat
notification,
search,
Etc,
but
kind
of
all
together
we're
providing
you
the
framework
as
a
developer,
to
build
applications
and
as
a
user.
This
is
where
you
can
find
and
experience
them.
A
So
why
is
near
protocol
at
the
core?
Why
is
the
blockchain?
We
build
a
Decor?
Well,
you
want
something.
That's
like
a
really
good
developer.
Experience
you
want
something
that
has
extremely
fast
finality,
so
you
can
build
things
really
quickly
on
it.
You
want
it
to
scale
this
usage
right
again,
we're
talking
about
social
features,
we're
talking
about
chat,
we're
talking
about
kind
of
interacting
with
high
velocity
things,
lots
of
users
and,
more
importantly,
we
want
flexible
account
model.
We
want
something
that
allows
anybody
to
build
on
this.
A
Anybody
to
use
it
and
create
new
experiences
again.
Keep
on
was
a
great
example
of
kind
of
hot
on
board
users
who
don't
even
know
what
blockchain
is
get
a
ticket
get.
You
know
a
trial
account
start
using
it.
We're
launching
meta
transactions,
we're
launching
a
few
other,
really
cool
things
that
are
really
creating
this
powerful
experience,
and
so
I
mentioned
like
the
way
to
access.
The
blockchain
very
system
is
not
one
single
point
again.
It's
an
open.
Blockchain
is
all
about
open
systems,
so
you
can
actually
integrate
it
into
many
different
places.
A
Right,
like
one,
you
know
place
that
is
gonna
go
is
near.org.
This
is
kind
of
the
primary
Gateway
we're
building,
but
at
the
same
time
it
can
be
integrated
into
sweatcoin
app
for
the
users
of
sweatcoin.
It
can
be,
and
I'll
show
the
defy
hub
for
ethereum
users,
for
example,
it
can
be
even
integrated
in
browser
where
you
just
type
in
near
column.
Slash
that
that's
coming
at
some
point.
A
So
there's
all
this
ways
you
can
access
it
because
at
the
end
it's
a
kind
of
the
core
of
the
UI
of
the
data
everything
lives,
kind
of
on
the
blockchain
and
can
be
always
accessed
from
any
of
these
points.
Right,
there's
no
like
near
the
torque
centralized
server
that
serves
it.
It's
just
a
way
to
access
it
and
it
just
actually
amount
to
chain
right.
A
So
it
will
support
any
wallet
like
people
can
integrate
any
wallet,
the
kind
of
Discovery
you
know
you
can
build
any
front
end,
it's
actually
a
better
front-end
development
platform
than
web
too.
You
have
data
abstraction
layer
that
provides
you
ways
to
create
kind
of
data.
You
need
for
your
application
and
Bible
will
talk
about
some
of
the
Innovation
there
and
you
can
use
any
of
the
smart
contracts
on
any
blockchain
and
you
can
actually
build
an
app
that
uses
multiple
different
blockchain
apps
from
different
blockchains.
A
At
the
same
time,
like
imagine,
you're
swapping
while
chatting
with
someone
and
the
same
app,
the
chat
is
happening
on
their
blockchain.
The
swap
is
happening
on
unit
swap
it's
all
links
through
the
same
identity,
you're
interacting
with
it
and
as
a
user
you
don't
really
care
about
any
of
the
technology
that
happens
underneath
you're.
Just
like
doing
your
thing,
that's
what
we're
really
aiming
for
operating
system
really
handling.
All
of
the
complexity.
A
So
it
is
a
two-sided
marketplace
right.
You
know.
Any
operating
system
starts
with
like
getting
first
developers
to
build
on
it
and
then
users
who
will
start
coming
because
there's
some
interesting
apps
and
at
the
same
and
kind
of
creates
this
flywheel
of
you
have
now
distribution
Channel
which
at
which
more
developers
want
to
build,
and
so
today
we're
releasing
alpha.nir.org.
This
is
an
alpha
version
of
the
experience
that
will
be
on
near
the
dark.
A
It
is
for
developers
and
super
fans
of
kind
of
blockchain,
and
it's
about
you
know
you
can
fork
and
you
can
compose
the
new
experiences
and
I'll
show
how
it
looks-
and
this
is
right
now
for
the
hackathon
for
next
few
months,
for
people
to
build
new
experiences
to
explore
what
you
can
do
to
create
really
cool
things
and
there's
already
some
cool
stuff
that
Alex
will
be
showing
now.
A
As
this
matures
it's
going
to
be
launched
on
neo.org,
it's
going
to
be
launched
in
other
places
and
you'll
be
able
to
have
games,
you
will
be
able
to
have
Commerce
and
finance.
You
know
micro
tasks
getting
gigs.
That
Alex
was
mentioning
before
complex
apps
chat.
All
of
these
experiences
will
be
coming
together
and
creating
this
flywheel
of
users
and
Developers
all
right.
So
how
does
this
look
well,
so
alpha.net.org?
You
can
go
right
now
and
you'll
see
this.
A
This
is
a
pretty
much
developer,
Social
Network
right
now
it
has
the
developer
feed
and
there's
a
lot
of
news
from
the
ecosystem
happening
there.
You
have
applications
and
featured
components.
You
have
people,
you
have
news
and
kind
of
you
can
start
exploring,
and
you
can
also
look
how
those
things
are
implemented.
You
can
always
go
into
discover
and
take
a
look.
What
component
you're
looking
at
what
application
you're
looking
at
and
you
can
Fork
it.
You
can
modify
it.
A
A
So
I'll
show
you
how
to
get
there
in
a
second,
but
what
you're
looking
at
is
actually
a
Lido
component
implemented
on
the
same
platform.
It
works
with
ethereum
I'm
connected
with
my
metamask,
and
you
know
it's
completely
workable
solution
and
you
can
always
you
know,
go
how
it's
implemented
and
Fork
it
and
try
something
else,
because
it's
a
VM,
you
can
build
any
other
layer,
twos
or
whatever
layer,
ones,
layer,
threes,
layer,
fours,
whatever
people
are
doing
so.
A
One
of
the
folks
from
proximity
team
have
implemented
a
Canto,
Canto
Swap
and
you
can
again
do
that
as
well
like,
for
you
know,
I'm
sure,
there's
bounties
for
other
chains,
so
that's
one
way
to
also
expand
and
showcase
and
again
you're.
Looking
through
the
same
experience,
they
designed
a
little
bit
differently
but
they're
all
stored
on
the
same
place.
You
can
navigate
between
them.
You
can
have
like
all
the
swaps
between
all
the
chains
lists
and
go
between
them,
or
you
can
build
one
inch
on
top
of
this
now.
A
So
how
do
you
get
there?
Boss.Gg
you
can
go
now.
There
is
link
to
the
hackathon
bounties,
with
all
the
descriptions
again
twenty
thousand
dollars
just
for
this
is
other
bounties
as
well
I'm
going
to
be
talking
about
that
at
the
opening
session.
So
come
to
that
and
you
know
go
and
hack
and
again
you
still
need
a
new
account.
So
if
you
want
to
hack
on
Boss
GG,
we
have
another
link
so
for
those
who
are
hacking
at
East,
Denver
and
building
cool
stuff.
This
is
your
link
grab.
A
This
you'll
need
to
you
can
sign
up
on
your
phone
and
then
obviously
developing
is
going
to
happen
on
laptop,
so
you'll
need
to
log
in
with
the
same
suit
phrase
there,
and
that
is
going
to
be
solved
as
well.
Soon,
okay,
so
near
kind
of
overall
Right
started
as
a
blockchain
right.
You
know
it
was
known
for
sharding.
It
was
known
for
account
model
for
usability,
but
it's
not
just
a
blockchain.
It's
you
know
it's
data
platform.
It's
best
free
identity.
It's
tooling
it's
much
intermability
is
this.