A Smooth Transition Starts with a Trusted Partner

Lava has been a long-standing infrastructure partner of NEAR and is officially listed in NEAR’s recommended migration options. Our public endpoints for both mainnet and testnet are up and running with full archival support.

• No setup required
• No rate limits under 30 requests per second
• Free for builders
• Actively maintained and monitored

Start building or switch today using Lava’s NEAR endpoint: https://www.lavanet.xyz/get-started/near

Why NEAR Is Making This Move

As announced by NEAR, the decision to deprecate near.org and pagoda.co endpoints is about reducing centralization and enabling higher-quality RPC offerings to take their place. As NEAR Infrastructure Committee notes:

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“Pagoda’s fully-subsidized near.org RPC service was getting in the way of decentralization efforts and preventing high-quality commercial RPC offerings from gaining traction.” — Eric Winer, NEAR AI

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This shift creates space for decentralized, performant solutions to thrive, and Lava fits that vision perfectly.

Lava RPC Pools: Built for Public Goods, Backed by Incentives

At the heart of Lava’s offering is our RPC Pool model: permissionless public endpoints funded by blockchain foundations like NEAR, and powered by an open market of node providers.

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That means builders get high-uptime, transparent, and censorship-resistant infrastructure, while providers are rewarded for their performance.

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NEAR x Lava: A Shared Commitment to Builders

This transition is more than infrastructure; it’s a signal of intent. NEAR is doubling down on decentralization, and Lava is here to support that journey with always-on infra and developer-first design.

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We’re proud to support the NEAR ecosystem and help projects migrate with zero disruption.