About NEAR
NEAR uses Nightshade sharding to scale transaction processing horizontally. Block time is ~1 second; finality is ~2 seconds. Accounts are first-class objects — you can register a name like alice.near and use it as your address. NEAR also runs Aurora, an EVM-compatible execution layer that gives Ethereum tooling access to NEAR throughput.
How to swap NEAR without KYC
- Hold NEAR in a NEAR wallet (MyNearWallet, Meteor, HERE Wallet) or a multi-chain wallet that supports the NEAR Protocol (Ledger via the NEAR app).
- Open the widget, NEAR as send, pick destination.
- Paste the destination wallet address.
- Send, receive. Settlement: typically under 8 minutes.
NEAR privacy notes
- Named accounts are forensic flags. If you register
yourname.nearand use it from a KYC\'d source, every transaction is publicly tied to you. Use an implicit (random hex) account for privacy-sensitive activity. - Aurora addresses are EVM-style. Anything on Aurora inherits Ethereum-style chain analysis surfaces. Hygiene rules from Ethereum apply.
NEAR swap pairs on NoKYCSwap
Popular NEAR routes: NEAR → BTC, BTC → NEAR, NEAR → USDT, NEAR → XMR.