NEAR Protocol: Gas Keys go live on mainnet - 18 Aug 2026

NEAR Protocol reports, "Gas keys are live on NEAR mainnet," introducing access keys that pre-fund their own gas and support up to 1,024 parallel nonce sequences from a single key.For builders, each key can cover its own transaction fees while multiple nonce sequences allow transactions to be submitted in parallel from one access point. That reduces the need to coordinate separate keys when applications need concurrent activity, supporting workloads such as autonomous agents and high-throughput applications.The announcement confirms availability on mainnet, but it does not demonstrate how widely builders will use the capability or what effect it will have on application activity.Gas keys are live on NEAR mainnet.A gas key is a new type of access key that pre-funds its own gas and runs up to 1,024 parallel nonce sequences from a single key.Here's what they unlock for builders and the wider NEAR ecosystem.🧵