The Near Protocol uses the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism for transaction validation. This means users must pledge a certain number of NEAR tokens to the blockchain to become validators (or nodes) on the network.
The Near Protocol uses the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism for transaction validation. This means users must pledge a certain number of NEAR tokens to the blockchain to become validators (or nodes) on the network.