[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Milad 🐜 [@0xMiladx0](/creator/twitter/0xMiladx0) on x 4485 followers Created: 2025-07-25 07:12:30 UTC If you're a developer exploring scalable blockchain infrastructure, @NEARProtocol Nightshade architecture deserves attention. Unlike other sharded chains, NEAR abstracts the complexity delivering horizontal scaling without exposing shard logic to devs. Here's how: Nightshade implements sharding at the protocol level splitting state and data across multiple shards, yet presenting a unified runtime to developers. Your contract feels like it runs on one chain because, functionally, it does. Compare this to chains like Polkadot or early Ethereum L2s, where cross-shard communication is explicit and complex. With NEAR, smart contracts are shard-agnostic. Cross-shard calls are automatic and async by default. What that unlocks: Faster contract execution via parallelization Predictable low fees Minimal client-side compute requirements making NEAR suitable for constrained devices and consumer apps Nightshade’s architectural clarity makes NEAR a clean choice for high-throughput, latency-sensitive apps from on-chain order books to AI agents with stateful contracts. For builders: ✅ Rust and AssemblyScript SDKs ✅ Solid dev tools (NEAR CLI, Testnet, Explorer) ✅ Contract portability and clean deployment flow You focus on logic the protocol handles scale. This is why dApps like @finance_ref (DeFi), @ParasHQ (NFT), and Web3-native games are thriving —even under load without forcing users through bridge UX or custom gas estimation logic. In a world of fragmented scalability solutions, NEAR’s Nightshade offers a rare combo: High throughput + Dev simplicity + Native UX coherence. As other ecosystems bolt on modular fixes, NEAR made scaling a native behavior not an external feature. It’s not flashy. It just work and that’s why it's worth building on. Whether you're building DeFi, real-time games, or ML integrated agents, NEAR’s architecture gives you performance without complexity. If you care about infra that scales quietly, dig into Nightshade. Follow @NEARProtocol and start exploring what clean sharding actually looks like. #NEARProtocol  XXX engagements  **Related Topics** [shards](/topic/shards) [protocol](/topic/protocol) [devs](/topic/devs) [nearprotocol](/topic/nearprotocol) [blockchain](/topic/blockchain) [Post Link](https://x.com/0xMiladx0/status/1948642499397910732)
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Milad 🐜 @0xMiladx0 on x 4485 followers
Created: 2025-07-25 07:12:30 UTC
If you're a developer exploring scalable blockchain infrastructure, @NEARProtocol Nightshade architecture deserves attention.
Unlike other sharded chains, NEAR abstracts the complexity delivering horizontal scaling without exposing shard logic to devs. Here's how:
Nightshade implements sharding at the protocol level splitting state and data across multiple shards, yet presenting a unified runtime to developers.
Your contract feels like it runs on one chain because, functionally, it does.
Compare this to chains like Polkadot or early Ethereum L2s, where cross-shard communication is explicit and complex.
With NEAR, smart contracts are shard-agnostic. Cross-shard calls are automatic and async by default.
What that unlocks: Faster contract execution via parallelization Predictable low fees Minimal client-side compute requirements making NEAR suitable for constrained devices and consumer apps
Nightshade’s architectural clarity makes NEAR a clean choice for high-throughput, latency-sensitive apps from on-chain order books to AI agents with stateful contracts.
For builders: ✅ Rust and AssemblyScript SDKs ✅ Solid dev tools (NEAR CLI, Testnet, Explorer) ✅ Contract portability and clean deployment flow
You focus on logic the protocol handles scale.
This is why dApps like @finance_ref (DeFi), @ParasHQ (NFT), and Web3-native games are thriving —even under load without forcing users through bridge UX or custom gas estimation logic.
In a world of fragmented scalability solutions, NEAR’s Nightshade offers a rare combo:
High throughput + Dev simplicity + Native UX coherence.
As other ecosystems bolt on modular fixes, NEAR made scaling a native behavior not an external feature.
It’s not flashy. It just work and that’s why it's worth building on.
Whether you're building DeFi, real-time games, or ML integrated agents, NEAR’s architecture gives you performance without complexity.
If you care about infra that scales quietly, dig into Nightshade.
Follow @NEARProtocol and start exploring what clean sharding actually looks like.
#NEARProtocol
XXX engagements
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