With the passage of HSP-003 (veNEAR lockup incentives), we have prepared and are now implementing a substantial early adopter rewards rate.
For the first month, early participants locking NEAR or compatible LSTs will receive participation rewards that may be higher than standard staking returns, depending on participation and program parameters.
Stanford OpenLab x NEAR House of Stake
NEAR House of Stake and Stanford OpenLab are collaborating on a joint research initiative to explore the potential effects of AI on the governance of decentralized organizations. This work bridges OpenLab's multidisciplinary research into decentralized systems with House of Stake's real-world experimentation around AI-native governance, creating a shared environment to study, prototype, and publish on new governance mechanisms powered by intelligent agents.
This partnership marks an important step forward in understanding how AI may be able to support transparent, scalable, and privacy-preserving decision-making across not only DAOs but digital communities and 21st-century organizations at large.
Advancing community-driven decision-making as House of Stake goes live on mainnet and NEAR governance enters its next phase.
Today, NEAR is pleased to announce that Angela Kreitenweis is joining as House of Stake Head of Governance. Angela will steward NEAR's governance evolution at a pivotal moment: House of Stake (HoS), NEAR's next-generation stake-based governance system, has launched on mainnet, introducing veNEAR voting power and aligning long-term participation with meaningful voice in ecosystem decisions.
Today, the NEAR Protocol enters a new chapter in its evolution. We're proud to announce the mainnet launch of House of Stake: a next-generation governance system designed to be transparent, scalable, and adaptive. More than just a tool, it's the first step in a multi-phase transformation of how NEAR is governed—and, eventually, how governance itself is reimagined.
