NEAR Foundation Launches *NEAR Name Tokens as Multi-Chain, Cross-Platform Digital Identity for Web3

CoinVoice recently learned that according to the official blog, the NEAR Foundation announced the launch of *NEAR Name Tokens, a multi-chain, cross-platform digital identity for Web3 and beyond.

Users will be able to use these name tokens in a variety of ways, including: as simplified wallet addresses across hundreds of different blockchain networks, as infrastructure identifiers across hundreds of different blockchain networks, as cross-platform usernames across a variety of different decentralized platforms (including DeFi, GameFi, SocialFi, SportFi and other related applications), as verifiable credentials (VC) for platforms and services that users interact with, to obtain unique benefits and rewards programs for participating in the D3 ecosystem, and as an expression of interest in the ultimate .NEAR equivalent domain name on the Internet.

*NEAR Name Tokens have an asterisk (*) between the domain name and the extension, such as you*near, instead of a period (.). Part of the reason is that NEAR accounts already use the .NEAR extension, so they want to avoid confusing users.