Building Verifiable Frontend Code on NEAR
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About This Episode
In this episode of DevNTell, Narb sits down with Mike Purvis from Proximity to discuss building verifiable frontend code on the NEAR protocol. Mike shares his extensive experience with NEAR and explains the transition from smart contract verifiability to frontend verifiability. He showcases near.social, a decentralized platform where entire frontends are stored and rendered from the blockchain, providing unprecedented security and transparency for users. The discussion highlights the use of a custom React-like environment, the importance of storage staking, and new developments like chain signatures, which allow NEAR accounts to control assets on other blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Mike also explains the tools available for developers to start experimenting with decentralized frontends, emphasizing the potential for fully decentralized applications.
Key Takeaways
Decentralized frontends on NEAR allow for verifiable code, ensuring that users can audit the frontend logic before interacting with smart contracts.
The NEAR Blockchain Operating System (BOS) uses a custom React-like environment, making it familiar to web developers while maintaining decentralization and security.
Storage staking on NEAR allows developers to pay once for storage and potentially get a refund by deleting data, preventing state bloat and ensuring efficient resource usage.
Chain signatures are a breakthrough development, enabling NEAR accounts to manage assets and sign transactions on other blockchains without the need for traditional bridges.
Tools like BOS Loader and various community gateways (e.g., near.org, near.social) provide a robust ecosystem for rapid development and deployment of decentralized apps.
Featured Guest
Mike Purvis
from Proximity Labs
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