Build smart contracts in the Rust coding language for NEAR

What you'll learn
Build a Hello World NEAR smart contract with Rust
Rust programming fundamentals for NEAR smart contracts
Install curl (Unix only)
Deploy and test NEAR Rust smart contract with NEAR CLI
Requirements
No experience required
No cryptocurrency required
No paid software required
Code editor (free)
Description
What is the NEAR blockchain?
built to be simple, secure and scalable.
Low cost. High speed. Effortless scale.
<0.01USD Transaction Cost
18M+ Active Accounts
400K Daily Transactions
~2.4s Time to Finality
Contracts, DAOs, dapps, funding
Layer 1 blockchain
not dependent on other chains.
uses a unique scaling mechanism
Nightshade sharding
Scales infinitely
resists short-term usage spikes
Proof of stake
More efficient than Bitcoin and Ethereum
web-based wallet
no need for users to install programs or browser extensions
makes it especially easy to onboard new users (e.g. through named accounts)
Certified carbon neutral
consumes in a year the same energy bitcoin consumes in 3 minutes
Interoperable with Ethereum
using Rainbow Bridge
Your Instructor
Alexandra Kropova is a software developer with extensive experience in full-stack web development, app development and game development. She has helped produce courses for Mammoth Interactive since 2016, including the Coding Interview series in Java, JavaScript, C++, C#, Python and Swift.
Mammoth Interactive is a leading online course provider in everything from learning to code to becoming a YouTube star. Mammoth Interactive courses have been featured on Harvard's edX, Business Insider and more.
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