A non-custodial wallet for the NEAR Protocol.
Built for the open web.
Move, swap, and stake NEAR in seconds. Near Wallet keeps it fast and nearly free.
NEAR is a layer-1 designed for people, not blocks.
Launched on mainnet in October 2020. Nightshade sharding (now v2.0 with stateless validation) delivers ~1.2 second finality at sub-cent fees — across hundreds of validators.
- Founded 2018 by Illia Polosukhin & Alex Skidanov
- Mainnet October 2020 · Phase 0
- Nightshade 2.0 stateless validation, 2024
- Aurora EVM + Rainbow Bridge for ETH
Three steps. No middlemen.
Near Wallet creates a key pair locally in your browser via the Web Crypto API. The public key becomes your NEAR account. The private key never leaves your device.
Read the security model- 01Generate keys locally
ed25519 key pair created in your browser. Encrypted in localStorage with your password (PBKDF2 + AES-GCM).
- 02Pick a human-readable name
Claim alice.near. NEAR account names are signable, recoverable, and as readable as an email.
- 03Sign every action yourself
Each transaction is signed locally with your key. The wallet just relays the signed payload to NEAR RPC.
Interact with the actual fishki, not a brochure.
Five things NEAR does that other chains don't. Each card is a working mini-demo.
Human-readable accounts
NEAR replaces 64-character hex strings with names you can read, type, and remember.
Fees that don't kill the use case
A NEAR transfer typically clears for less than a tenth of a cent.
- Ethereum$0.000
- Solana$0.000
- NEAR$0.0000
Illustrative · sources: ethgasstation, solanafees, nearblocks
One account. Two key types.
NEAR accounts can have multiple keys with different permissions — give a dApp a key that can only call stake() on one contract, never your full account.
~1.2 second finality
Nightshade 2.0 sharding finalizes blocks deterministically — no waiting for confirmations.
Pick a validator. Earn epoch rewards.
Delegate to any of 100+ pools. Rewards accrue every ~12h. Unstake takes ~52–65h.
Swaps without leaving the wallet
Powered by Ref Finance — the largest AMM on NEAR. Quotes refresh per block (~1.2s).
Your keys live on your device. End of story.
The wallet is open-source under MIT. Function-call access keys mean dApps can never touch your full account. Optional 2-of-3 multisig and Ledger support for serious holdings.
One wallet, a whole open web.
Near Wallet plugs into every major NEAR dApp via wallet-selector. Connect once, sign anywhere.
Carry the same account anywhere
Your seed phrase is the wallet. Reimport on web, desktop, mobile or browser extension.
DeFi blue-chips
- Ref FinanceAMM · Swap
- BurrowLending
- Meta PoolLiquid staking
- Linear ProtocolLiNEAR
Plug in your dApp
wallet-selector adapter. 10 lines of code. User signs in, your dApp gets a session key.
import { setupNear Wallet } from
"@near-wallet-selector/near-wallet";
const wallet = setupNear Wallet({
walletUrl: "https://app.Near Wallet.com",
});Explore ecosystem Self-custody, without the friction.
| Near Wallet | Custodial wallet | Typical Web3 wallet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holds your keys? | You do | Exchange does | You do |
| Account name | alice.near | user@email | 0x4F2…3aB |
| Tx finality | ~1.2s | Instant (off-chain) | 12s–60s |
| Median fee | <$0.01 | Custody fees | $0.50–$15 |
| KYC required | No | Yes | No |
| Open-source | MIT | No | Mixed |
| Function-call keys | Yes | — | No |
Open the wallet. Own the open web.
Create a NEAR account in under 30 seconds. No email, no KYC, no custody.