Bowen Wang is the Founder of NEAR One, the core research and development team advancing the technical frontier of the NEAR Protocol.A foundational figure in NEAR's evolution, Bowen was the original architect behind key innovations such as Nightshade, NEAR’s sharding design, and Chain Signatures, a novel way to enable cross-chain interoperability. His deep expertise in distributed systems and software engineering has been instrumental in scaling NEAR into one of the fastest and most efficient Layer 1 blockchains in the industry.
