In this week’s episode, Anna talks with Illia from Near and Alex from Aurora about the work they did that lead them to the Near ecosystem and what the connection is between the Aurora project and Near. They also cover what’s new at Near since the last time Illia and Anna spoke, Aurora+, the Rainbow Bridge, and future plans with Near’s sharding system.

Here are some links for this episode:

• Ep 91: Near Protocol's focus on UX
• Ep 157: Illia Polosukhin on the development and launch of NEAR protocol
• Cross Chain Series - Interview with Anna and Aurora
• SputnikVM
• Near Bridge
• Near Joins Multichain to Bring More Cross Chain
• Electron Labs

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