Introduction to near

A simple way to think about NEAR is as a cloud-based infrastructure, as the ones currently available from major tech companies. However, instead of being controlled by a single entity, the NEAR cloud is supported by independent people running their own infrastructure around the world.

So, instead of a company-operated cloud, NEAR is a community-operated cloud.

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Objective

Visualize the number of new smart contracts deployed over time over a time period of your choosing. What are the top 5 new smart contracts interacted in that period of your choosing?

Analysis

The number of contracts deployed on near skyrocketed in the start of ecosystem but since has reduced. It reached a peak of 600+ in the month of September 2021.

In the past 6 months, the v2.nearapps.near has the highest share of transactions with analytics.nearapps.near coming second.

We now visualise the gas used by different contracts. we find among the top 5 contracts deployed in the lat 6 months, client.bridge.near has consumed the highest gas.