Check out Messari's State of NEAR report for Q1 of 2023. In March, NEAR introduced the Blockchain Operating System (BOS).

10 Apr 2023, 23:49
Check out Messari's State of NEAR report for Q1 of 2023 TL;DR ✅In March, NEAR introduced the Blockchain Operating System (BOS). The BOS is a layer for discovering and browsing open web experiences that is compatible with any blockchain. ✅The NEAR Foundation announced that it is actively working towards a more decentralized model of capital allocation. This involves the creation of community DAOs ✅Electric Capital’s annual developer report ranks NEAR as having one of the fastest growing developer communities. The report noted a 40% increase in developers in 2022 and a 20x increase in total developers since 2018. ✅NEAR set an all-time high in daily active accounts. This marks the third consecutive quarter NEAR has set an all-time high in active accounts. NEAR surpassed 200 active validators. The increase follows the mainnet launch of Phase-1 of the Nightshade sharding architecture.Messari wrote an extensive research report on the Near Protocol. Read the full report here