When NEAR did catch up with the EVM compatible outlet, when it was Aurora, no one expected that this L2 would eventually become a burden. Aurora's technical route itself is a bit problematic, coupled with the rupture of the entire ecological capital chain after the FTX crash, which directly dragged down the liquidity of NEAR... In 23, there was a bit of a problem with Wintermute, and the two sides were also against Bo Gongtang, and it was indeed because of the mess of Aurora that NEAR foundation cleaned up for a long time But then again, NEAR has indeed reformed a lot in recent years. As can be seen from Illia's return to CEO, the team is at least aware of the problem. The current Intents Launchpad and Token Season are obviously aimed at rebuilding the developer ecosystem. After a quick look, there are several aspects of this update, mainly launchpad, a new platform that allows users to complete purchases in three steps through mainstream wallets such as MetaMask or Phantom - Intellex: A cross-chain AI agent protocol to create a trusted interaction and reputation system - ConsumerFi: Connect microtasks, AI data marketplaces, and on-chain agents, so that everyone can participate in AI benefits - VIBES: A synthetic asset trading platform based on social sentiment, allowing you to go long "hot" or short "panic" in advance - Open Forest Protocol: An RWA protocol based on forest carbon credits - Fraction AI: A no-code agent arena where users can create, train, and trade AI agents - PAI3: Build a decentralized, composable AI application development and runtime platform But the key question remains unanswered: what is the underlying narrative of NEAR? The public chain can't fight Solana, and it's not as compatible with EVM as Polygon, and now it's betting on the AI track but can't see the unique advantages, and it seems that now it also wants to take the virtual route Personally, I feel that NEAR is now in a very delicate stage: the historical burden is almost thrown off, but the new growth point has not yet been found. If this batch of projects can be done in 2025, maybe it will be able to turn over, and I hope to see a different NEAR ecology