Core Documentation
Infrastructure
The Anatomy of a Near Node
A breakdown of Validator vs. Chunk-Only Producer roles and hardware requirements.
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Scalability
Nightshade Sharding: How Data Scales
Understanding how "Chunks" and dynamic resharding allow the network to scale infinitely.
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Consensus Logic
Doomslug Consensus Logic
How Near achieves practical finality in a single round of communication.
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Developer Tools
Connecting to Public RPCs
A developer's guide to JSON-RPC endpoints for Mainnet and Testnet integration.
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