We’re starting an open “Ecosystem Wiki” here and on GitHub . Feel free to reply with any feedback, make contributions, and / or create your own wiki, using the #wiki tag. To edit, click the pencil icon in the corner of the thread.
Note: To make any forum topic / post an editable wiki , you have to click the wrench icon after your wiki has been published.
Proposal: Ecosystem Wiki(s)
I would like to launch a Wiki for NEAR Ecosystem and hope to gather support from community to fill it in and help maintain going forward.
Reason
Currently there are some info on the https://near.org page but it’s naturally limited and updated slowly as it’s designed to attract attention and route people. Future rebrand is going to just make that more clear but not going to create more place for content. Website is also maintained by the Foundation and has limited capacity for maintenance of so…
You know, when we think about it, this forum is kind of a NEAR wiki for wikis!
Getting Started ~ Ask Why NEAR?
NEAR is an open source platform that accelerates the development of decentralized applications. Developers can overcome high fees and slow speeds by building on NEAR’s fast, scalable, and low-cost blockchain protocol. Certified climate neutral
Answering the above question is not simple. We all have our own purposes, and there are meaningful communities everywhere. NEAR is one of a kind, and it has many unique advantages. You might even say there are infinite reasons why being part of NEAR is worthwhile
There is quite an array of ways to get involved! The following is an attempt to start building momentum toward clearly sharing the benefits of NEAR as an ecosystem of DAOs and projects. NEAR empowers all kinds of creators to build open worlds with open hearts and open minds
Why NEAR Technology?
This category is for discussions related to development of NEAR products, including the core protocol, tooling, and various applications.
Unique Approach To Scalability
Flexible Account Structure
Wallet + Contract + Asset
Next-Gen Blockchain Development Platform
Core contracts: reference staking pool, lockup, voting, whitelist, multisig.
Great Developer Experience
Why NEAR Ecosystem?
This category is for discussion about projects in the NEAR ecosystem.
Metrics Dashboard: https://ecosystem-metrics.onrender.com
Sputnik DAOs
Metrics Dashboard: https://stats.sputnik.fund
Why NEAR Community
This category is for discussion regarding the NEAR community, including various guilds, DAOs, and individual contributors.
Experimentation
Guilds
This post will serve as an evolving resource for anyone to learn about guilds, which provide structure(s) to the idea of NEAR as an ecosystem of communities.
What is a guild?
A guild is a community or group(s) of people with unique identity based on their purposes, visions, and missions. High-level goals connect dimensions of value and responsibility. Members of guilds work together in order to design and execute projects based on shared interests and potential co…
Each and every guild is encouraged to create a forum thread (a.k.a. topic) in order to facilitate more interactions with our ecosystem of guilds / communities
Create your official thread, with a simple, easy-to-understand title like “Guild Name”
Guild Charter Template
Title: Name of your Guild
Purpose(s): Why
Vision(s): What
Mission(s): How
Leader(s): Who
Group(s): Where
Also, please communicate any project ideas or specific goals! Let us know if you want help clarifyin…
Events
https://near.org/events
The City Nodes Category is for organizing the spinning up and management of NEAR Community “Nodes” in key cities worldwide.
Coordination
Why NEAR Education?
This category is for discussions and announcements related to the education of everyone using the NEAR platform
Led by: @amgando
Why NEAR Governance?
Responsible Core Teams
Open Systems: NEAR Enhancement Proposals
You don’t have to create a GitHub issue to make a proposal. Feel free to write here on the governance forum in the Proposals Category .
There are so many different ways for anyone to participate! Your success is our success! Community leaders and project coordinators are here to help you learn, build, and earn.
Don’t hesitate to reach out and get connected to the Community Squad . We’d love to discuss ideas / proposals, gather feedback, and hopefully answer questions.
Hello and welcome to the NEAR Community Squad SputnikDAO .
The NEAR community is invited to submit payout proposals to the DAO in order to fund monthly Guild tasks/activities. Please keep the funding amount, that is being requested, to less than 300 NEAR per payout proposal.
Purpose
This DAO’s purpose is to empower communities of the NEAR ecosystem by rewarding positive contributions and helping to grow a network of meaningful projects within the NEAR ecosystem.
Who should submit proposals?
…
Getting Started
Play in the Open Web Sandbox
Submit Open Web Contributor Form
Discover NEAR Guilds
This category is for discussion about specific Guilds (communities with a unique identity based on related projects and goals) or the general ideas of Guilds. We are both individually and collectively deciding objectives and key results, while creating opportunities to learn, build, and grow. Our mission is to drive meaningful participation, sustainable development, and positive impact by intentionally coordinating various groups of contributors.
Streamlined Rewards for Guild Contributors
This post will explain how (and why) guild leaders may create Sputnik DAOs and request budgets for distribution to individual contributors. While teaching others about our new process, you can help our community experiment with decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs).
Earlier this year, we introduced a more open system for guild reports on the forum. However, payouts are still managed through a centralized process that relies on traditional invo…
Find Employment Opportunities
https://jobs.openweb.dev/search/jobs
Learn
Documentation
General: https://docs.near.org
Protocol: https://nomicon.io
JavaScript
Quick Reference: NEAR-API-JS Quick Reference · NEAR Documentation
TypeDocs for API: https://near.github.io/near-api-js
Examples of Usage: NEAR-API-JS Cookbook · NEAR Documentation
Rust
AssemblyScript
Blog Posts
Community Blog
Videos
Apps
Newsletter
Educational Programs
NEAR Academy
https://near.academy
Hello NEAR Academy! In partnership with 101. Labs, the new NEAR Academy is a keystone of our educational onramp at NEAR Protocol.
Est. reading time: 3 minutes
Learn NEAR Club
NEAR Certified Developer Program
https://learnnear.club/courses/near-certified-developer-level-1
Figment Learn: NEAR Pathway + Tutorials
https://learn.figment.io/network-documentation/near/tutorials
Build / Create
Art, Music, Design, etc.
This category is for all kinds of creative contributors in the NEAR ecosystem ~ share ideas/projects, make proposals to DAOs, and learn from each other! Creatives SputnikDAO Council: @chloe & @mecsbecs
Creatives DAO
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How to apply to the Creatives DAO
The NEAR Community is streamlining rewards for our Guild contributors and guild leaders can submit proposals to any DAOs on behalf of individual contributors, or ask them to submit on their own.
A DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) is an on-chain governance mechanism to help decentralized organizations make decisions in a trust minimized and open way. All of the council members (those that vote on proposals), proposals, a…
Createbase
Hello and welcome to the Createbase DAO SputnikDAO .
The NEAR community is invited to submit payout proposals to the Createabse SputnikDAO . Please keep the funding amount, that is being requested, to less than 150 NEAR per proposal.
Purpose
This DAO’s purpose is to empower creative communities within the NEAR ecosystem by rewarding positive contributions and helping to grow a network of meaningful projects within the NEAR ecosystem.
Who should submit proposals?
Payout proposals to the Crea…
More: Topics tagged guide
Development: Examples, Tooling, etc.
This is a public dashboard and wiki page which is designed to track which components, standards, tools and applications have been developed (or are under development) on NEAR. It is intended to help developers find the components they need to build apps of their own or to discover areas where they can contribute.
How to use this wiki
This is a wiki so anyone can edit. When you discover a new app or component or tool that fits, please add it with links to where it can be found. Please indicate…
Self-assign the “contributor” role in the #roles channel of NEAR Discord:
Join the Dev Guild on Telegram:
Follow @NEARdevs on Twitter
https://twitter.com/neardevs
Opportunities!
This wiki is an aggregation point for resources relevant to anyone who is looking for funding, knowledge or connection to the community.
Please add resources where necessary
For a listing of projects, apps, components and standards, please see this wiki
Funding (under construction, help!)
NEAR Grants Program - for open source components and projects
NEAR Community Fund - TBD
Sputnik DAO directory - A list of all the DAOs where you can make proposals for funding.
Learning (under constru…
TLDR: Proposal to establish an Ecosystem Treasury DAO. Proposal includes member selection, funding this treasury with up to 200M $NEAR from NEAR Foundation and potential types of allocations. The next step is for the NEAR community to give feedback on this proposal and, if no major concerns are surfaced within the next 2 weeks, to launch the vote for initial members of this DAO.
Preface
The NEAR Ecosystem is growing at an exponential rate and there is not single organization that can efficient…
NEAR Community Fund
Are you an Ecosystem Contributor?
Are you seeking funds?
Do you have a project and need support?
Are you ready to submit a proposal?
If the answer to any of these questions is YES, then you are in the right place!
NEAR offers incentives that empower communities and projects to achieve their goals.
We, the NEAR Community Squad, have completed our transition to using community-driven Sputnik DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) as governance structures of the NE…
Ask Questions
Wallet Support
https://nearhelp.zendesk.com
Telegram
Reddit
Discord
Assign yourself various roles based on your skills and interests. For example, if you are interested in earning rewards for doing valuable work in our community, please opt in for the individual contributor program by reacting with a heart to this message in the #roles channel .
You might also want to signal your interests or any relevant skills ~ including, but not limited to visual art, design, music, user experience, and project coordination.
Start Your Own Creative Guild / Community
[How To] Start a new Creative Guild/Community at NEAR
Are you a Creative Guild Leader within the NEAR ecosystem?
If you’re interested in forming and leading a specific kind of creative community group please check that it does not already exist . If it does exist, great, please feel free to join whichever community you’d like. If it doesn’t, then this guide may be for you.
First things first, head to the NEAR Guild website and click “Apply Now”.
Now for the Public Welcome!
The rest of the pr…