Plugins for smart contract devs building on Near
Let’s discover how ‘near-plugins’ library could be used by your project, and how it can save you some time during the development of your smart contracts
Contract Callbacks in XCC
In this post we focus on the need to refund tokens to a user in the event of an error. This will reveal a bit of a “gotcha” which developers new to the XCC may come across, and we’ll discuss how to overcome it
Practical ERC20 Burning
Token burning is the act of permanently removing a certain number of tokens from circulation. This article delves into its intricacies and offers guidance based on my real-world experiences at Aurora
Integration tests for XCC communication
XCC is a powerful tool to merge blockchain ecosystems together. In this post we will talk about how to write integration tests for the XCC contracts communicating between Aurora and Near using Rust
Turning Smart Contracts into Indexers
Learn how you can use functional programming patterns in Rust to share a codebase between both a smart contract and an indexer, and how cross-compilation can benefit your project
How to get USDC tokens on Aurora testnet
While developing your smart contracts on Aurora, there are situations when you will need to get native Ethereum ERC-20 tokens on your testnet account – let’s find out how to get these by using the USDC token as an example
EVM gas vs. Near gas on Aurora
How the Aurora's EVM gas and Near gas are related? What gas limits do we have, and how Engine optimizations are saving your costs?
Fast Rainbow Bridge: How it works?
Discover how the Fast Rainbow Bridge allows users to transfer tokens from NEAR to Ethereum within minutes
Aurora Cloud: Borealis Business
Learn how to hide the fees complexities from your users by using Borealis Business deals
Getting started with Aurora
Practical guide for beginners who want to learn how to use Aurora and develop smart contracts
Aurora Bounty Program with Bepro
Learn how to claim Aurora bounties on Bepro Network
Spinning up your own Aurora node
Learn the details of starting your own Aurora node using the Standalone RPC repo
Aurora Chains: Code Overview
Discover the source code for Aurora Chains: how fixed gas cost and access control are achieved
Validating User On-Chain Activity in Decentralized Games - Part I
Validating user’s on-chain activity in a adaptation of the classic 2048 game
Building a game using Near, Aurora and BOS
Find out how to build a fully decentralized UI and back-end of an on-chain application using NEAR and Aurora
Aurora Chains: Walkthrough
Dive into the Aurora Innovation Chain details: custom access control, сustom token mechanics, interoperability and more
Cross-Ecosystem Communication
Discover how cross-contracts calls communication can happen between NEAR and Aurora using Aurora Contracts SDK
How the Aurora Relayer 2.0 works?
Learn about Aurora's relayer inner workings and how those innovate the future of the blockchain technologies
How to get NEAR transaction from the Aurora’s one?
Let's find out how to dig into Aurora transactions and get the underlying NEAR data
Demystifying Transaction Failures
Getting transaction receipts and parsing Aurora Engine's transaction statuses