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Near Protocol is set to deploy dynamic resharding in June, enabling the blockchain to automatically split and expand its shard count as transaction demand grows — no validator vote, no staged rollout, no human intervention required. The protocol described it as delivering on its founding vision of building the world's most scalable blockchain, with the upgrade particularly designed for an AI-driven on-chain economy where autonomous agents transact at machine speed.
The upgrade also bundles post-quantum-safe signing, a direct response to Google researchers' warnings that sufficiently powerful quantum computers could crack current blockchain cryptography sooner than expected. Near is effectively installing future-proof locks before the threat materialises.
Markets responded decisively: NEAR has gained more than 27% in 24 hours to trade around $2.25, making it the best-performing top-100…
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