Illia Polosukhin stops by to talk about NEAR Protocol - a climate-neutral, high-speed, low-fee, Layer 1 blockchain. Illia shares what makes NEAR one of the most exciting projects in crypto - a great user experience, support for Javascript, and much more. He discusses what problems NEAR solves, how they got started, what\u2019s coming next, and how NEAR can scale to 1 Billion users and beyond.\n\nJOIN THE FREE WOLF DEN NEWSLETTER\n\U0001f4e9 https://www.getrevue.co/profile/TheWolfDen\n\nTHANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS\n\u25ba\u25baThis episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens https://athleticgreens.com/melker\n\nThis stuff is incredible, and I start every day with it. It\u2019s just one scoop in a cup of water each morning, and you get 75 high-quality vitamins, whole-food sourced ingredients, probiotics, and adaptogens to help you start your day right.\n\nRight now, Athletic Greens will give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit https://athleticgreens.com/melker\n\n\u25ba\u25ba Have you ever had your exchange go completely offline during days of high volatility? Of course you have. We've all been through it. Those days are no longer with Bullish. Bullish is a new breed of digital asset exchange that empowers users to trade with deep and predictable liquidity across highly variable market conditions. They also have incredible automated market-making and industry-leading security. I can't get enough of this platform and it's fully regulated.\n\nSign up here: https://thewolfofallstreets.info/bullish/youtube\n\nBullish is licensed by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission. Virtual assets and related products are high risk. Consult your investment advisor and trade responsibly. Bullish is available in select locations only and not to U.S persons. Visit bullish.com/legal for important information and risk warnings.\n\nEPISODE LINKS\nIllia\u2019s Twitter: https://twitter.com/ilblackdragon\nNEAR Protocol Website: https://near.org/\nNEARCON 2022: https://nearcon.org/\nProduction & Marketing Team: https://penname.co/\n\nFOLLOW SCOTT MELKER\n\u2022 Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottmelker\n\u2022 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wolfofallstreets\n\u2022 Web: https://www.thewolfofallstreets.io\n\u2022 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/30N5FDe\n\u2022 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3FASB2c\n\nSHOW NOTES\n00:23 What Makes NEAR Protocol Different\n05:05 Security on NEAR\n09:26 What Is Decentralization?\n11:37 How to Scale to 1 Billion Users\n14:20 Why Illia Started Building NEAR\n21:40 How to Prevent Bad Actors\n25:10 Sharding on NEAR\n27:17 Problems Blockchain Can\u2019t Fix\n28:32 How to Get Started on NEAR