Bluzelle vs NEAR Protocol

How Bluzelle vs NEAR Protocol compare on our ratings, blockchain specs, funding, pros and cons.

Feature	Bluzelle Visit	NEAR Protocol Visit
Ratings
Our score	3.3/5	4.1/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Performance	4.0	4.5
Fees	4.0	4.5
Ecosystem	2.5	3.5
Decentralization	3.0	4.0
Developer experience	3.0	4.0
Specs
Layer	Layer 1	Layer 1
Consensus / design	Delegated PoS	Proof of Stake
Native token	BLZ	NEAR
EVM compatible	Not disclosed	No
Smart contract languages	Not disclosed	Rust, JavaScript
Block time	Not disclosed	600ms
Typical transaction fee	pennies per transaction	Not disclosed
Finality	Not disclosed	1.2s
Mainnet since	Not disclosed	2,020
Throughput (TPS)	10,000	1000000
Sequencer	Not applicable	Not applicable
Data availability	Bluzelle R2 decentralized storage	NEAR Protocol
Gas paid in	BLZ	NEAR
Company
Founded	2015	2020
Headquarters	Singapore	Switzerland
Investors	Disclosed investors	Andreessen Horowitz, Accomplice, Metastable Capital, Arrington Capital +6
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Throughput rated at 10,000 transactions per second on Cosmos Database queries are free of transaction gas charges Storage allows mutable updates rather than paying for permanent bloat IBC integration connects liquidity to Osmosis and the wider Cosmos network	Fast 1.2-second transaction finality with 600ms block times Cross-chain swap execution across 35+ separate blockchain networks Sub-cent execution fees on NEAR Intents transactions Annual token issuance reduced from 5% to 2.5% in October 2025
Cons	Expired storage leases purge data automatically unless renewed Pivoted focus across general data, GameFi, and DeSci over time Requires bridging between ERC-20 and native Cosmos Layer 1 BLZ tokens	Not natively EVM-compatible at the primary Layer-1 execution level Cross-chain intents face reorg exposure on connected networks, including a $600K incident in April 2026 Historical exploits in third-party ecosystem contracts, including $3M lost on Skyward Finance in 2022
Best for	DeSci developers storing mutable scientific data, Builders requiring high-throughput Cosmos appchains, Applications needing no-fee database queries	Developers writing smart contracts in Rust, Users swapping across chains without manual bridges, Teams deploying autonomous AI agent systems

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