User-Friendly Blockchain Transactions Blockchain technologies have become an integral part of our digital world, but they are not without their challenges. One of the most pressing issues is gas fees, which often prove to be an obstacle to convenient and affordable transactions on a number of traditional blockchain networks. Near Protocol solves this problem by introducing an innovative approach to fees and providing users with convenient and affordable transactions. Near Protocol introduces the concept of “cost-effectiveness” to optimize transaction costs. This means that Near Protocol’s commission system is aimed at maximizing the result for the cost, ensuring optimal use of network resources. The cost of transactions is calculated in such a way as to reflect the real costs of their execution and to encourage users to use network resources efficiently. Near Protocol uses a hybrid consensus mechanism, combining the benefits of Proof-of-Stake (PoS) and Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT). PoS allows network participants to vote based on their ownership, reducing energy consumption compared to traditional Proof-of-Work (PoW). PBFT provides high speed and reliability. This hybrid approach allows Near Protocol to reach consensus faster and more efficiently. Near Protocol implements layered contracts where users can share computing resources. This helps reduce the cost of executing transactions as they are shared among many users. Layered contracts also facilitate the creation of more complex and functional applications that require fewer resources to execute. Something unique to NEAR is that the GAS is not used to pay validators. In transactions where calling a contract would incur a gas fee, the fee is actually divided as follows: 30% goes to the smart contract. 70% is burned. In this way, NEAR uses the gas to also incentive development of dApps in the ecosystem. Another unique feature of NEAR is that it allows to call read-only methods in smart contracts for free, without even needing a NEAR account. In such case, it is the validators who absorb the gas cost. All in all, Near Protocol’s approach to gas commissions and the introduction of innovations in the blockchain system makes transactions more acceptable and accessible, contributing to the widespread adoption of these technologies in various spheres of life. NEAR breaks the mold by using gas fees not just for network maintenance but as a direct incentive for developers. 30% of all gas fees used when interacting with a smart contract are funneled directly to the developer of that smart contract. The NEAR Team understands that developers want to provide their users with the best possible onboarding experience. To realize this vision, developers can design their applications in a way that first-time users can draw funds for purchasing gas directly from an account maintained by the developer. Once onboarded, users can then transition to paying for their own platform use. In this sense, prepaid gas can be realized using a funded account and related contracts for onboarding new users. So how can a developer pay the gas fee for their users on NEAR?A user can use the funds directly from the developer’s account suitable only for the gas fees on this dApp. Then the developer has to distinguish users based on the signers’ keys instead of the account names. Using function calls, you can allow a new user without an account to use your dApp and your contract on-chain. The back-end creates a new access key for the user on the contract’s account and points it towards the contract itself. Now the user can immediately use the web app without going through any wallet. NEAR Protocol does not provide any limiting feature on the usage of developer funds. Developers can set allowances on access keys that correspond to specific users — one FunctionCall access key per new user with a specific allowance. This method helps to further improve the existing ecosystem and expand it even more. https://medium.com/@nikanya.nika/user-friendly-blockchain-transactions-discuss-how-near-protocol-addresses-the-issue-of-high-gas-c04d5d9bfe69