Validators process transactions and receive validator rewards (supply-side fees).

NEAR Protocol is a smart contract platform for decentralized applications (a blockchain). NEAR Protocol was founded by Alexander Skidanov & Ilya Polosukhin and launched in 2017.

NEAR holders own and govern the protocol. They currently take (burn) all of the total transaction fees paid by users (revenue). NEAR Protocol's investors include a16z, Pantera Capital, Libertus, etc.

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# Circulating market cap Methodology

## Overview

Circulating market cap measures the project’s valuation based on the number of tokens that are currently transferable and tradeable. It is calculated by multiplying the token price with the circulating supply.

Project valuation based on token price times circulating supply.

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Circulating market cap

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