NEAR City Layout
Nov 9, 2022 - How centralized or decentralized is NEAR, really? Choose at least two distinct measures of decentralization that can be explored with on-chain data; clearly define those metrics; and outline how NEAR performs based on those metrics. In your view, is NEAR becoming more centralized or decentralized over time? You are welcome to draw on any past submissions in your work, but ensure you credit and link to the original creator (bonus points if you shout them out on Twitter). Grand Prize submissions will also explore these metrics for at least one other blockchain.
Tourist Journeys
Oct 25, 2022 - Select one of the key Districts from the NEAR tournament, and compare it to a similar district in another “city” (that is, another Layer 1 blockchain).
NEAR 12-Whales of NEAR
Feb 15, 2023 - Where in the ocean of NEAR do the whales hang out? Examine the top 20 addresses by amount of NEAR held - excluding any custodial or exchange addresses that you can. Can you identify any “power players” or wallets of interest? What behaviors do these whales exhibit?
NEAR Distribution
Sep 7, 2022 - Calculate the distribution of $NEAR holdings by address
Seasons in the City
Oct 19, 2022 - It’s autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. What season is it in the City of NEAR?
Flipside's World Cup Kick Off: Gas Guzzlers
Nov 16, 2022 - Welcome to Flipside's World Cup of Bounties. To celebrate the arrival of the FIFA World Cup, we'll be holding a tournament to determine the top bounty hunters in the world across several blockchains, projects, and more. This year's theme is cross-chain comparisons. To qualify for this tournament, create a gas tracking dashboard that looks at gas usage by a chain over the last couple of months. Include Ethereum, Solana, Algorand, Flow, NEAR, Optimism and Osmosis, and add any other chain you think is worth noting. Breakout the following metrics by a chain in the dashboard Total amount USD of gas spent on the chain in the last 30 days. Average cost of gas in USD per $1,000,000 of liquidity transferred on each chain 30 days Average block gas price hourly and daily The top 10 addresses on each chain that spend the most on gas in the past month Daily amount spent on gas by chain tracked over the last 30 days Chart gas spend to network token price
Open Analytics Vol. II: Environmental Impact Study
Oct 4, 2022 - Recently, we analyzed SWEAT - one of the premier projects on NEAR. Do a deep dive into another project on NEAR and analyze its impact, defining metrics for “impact” and displaying them with data.
Open Analytics - SWEAT
Sep 21, 2022 - What impact has SWEAT had on NEAR? What percentage of activity does it make up? What else should NEARians know about SWEAT?
NEAR - 16. Secrets of the NETH-erworld
Mar 1, 2023 - The day that many citizens of the City of Near had been waiting for finally arrived late last year. As of December 19, 2022, NEAR is compatible with MetaMask, marking the first time a non-EVM chain has offered compatibility with the popular ETH wallet. This was made possible by a smart contract called NETH. Now that the contact and ensuing compatibility has been live for nearly three months, it's time to dive deeper into the data. Create a dashboard monitoring NETH's adoption and usage, paying special attention to any notable trends, outliers, or other events.
NEAR - 18. Social Dashboard
Mar 8, 2023 - Create a dashboard using the new NEAR.social schema. Break out and document the activity happening on NEAR.Social. Some suggested topics to look at in your dashboard: - Profile creations, edits - Post creations, responses - Follows and unfollows - Widget creation, usage and reusability