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As early as today, the high-performance public link NEAR will release the first phase of the main network, which will be rolled out across three phases

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The launch of the entire NEAR main network spans three phases and will take several months.

NEAR Protocol, a smart contract platform focused on high performance, announced that its main network could be launched as early as today (April 22), beats BlockBeats news said. The launch of the entire NEAR main network is a three-stage process that will take several months.

NEAR indicates that it is important to release NEAR's main network in stages, gradually opening up the entire network and finding problems and resolving them at any time.

The first stage of the main network is April 22-27

The first phase of the main network opening, likely between April 22-27, is a PoA network in which the nonprofit NEAR foundation, which supports protocol development, operates the only node.

The second phase of the main network will be from June to August 2020

Based on feedback from the PoA release, NEAR expects the second phase to be launched between June and August. The second phase will begin to introduce external authentication nodes and token delegates, but token transfers will remain restricted.

Phase 3 token holders of the main network vote to unlock within weeks

The final, unlicensed version of NEAR will be released a few weeks after token holders vote to unlock token transfers. The vote will require two-thirds of the total amount of scrip and 35% of the total supply of scrip.

How can existing token holders obtain replacement COINS on the main network

If the user is an existing NEAR token holder, you will receive an email detailing what information must be provided to the NEAR foundation to create an existing asset on MainNet. The team strongly recommends that token holders demonstrate their token ownership prior to this main network restriction period (i.e., between 4.22 and 4.27 days) so that they can participate in validation and subsequent voting to unlock transfers.