The Network of Virtual Chains

Virtual Chains are fully customizable, EVM-compatible chains that run as smart contracts on NEAR. Virtual Chains offer developers the scalability and speed they need, without the high costs and complexity of setting up a traditional L2 infrastructure.

  • ~0.6 sec

    Avg block time

  • ~1.2 sec

    Transaction finality

  • ~$0.02

    Transaction cost

Top crypto projects are already building on Aurora

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Build with Aurora.

Easy to setup. Fast to deploy.

Setting up your fully custom Virtual Chain and joining the Network of Virtual Chains can be as easy as setting up your Shopify Store. With a few clicks and a very short deployment time, your chain will run in the blink of an eye. Validators, oracles, onramps - all come ready to be pre-configured on your chain, freeing up your time and resources to focus on what really matters: your dApp!

Aurora is in a state of general availability, with full integrations of all infrastructure components required for a flourishing ecosystem.

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Automatic trading of digital assets, by using liquidity pools as a replacement for traditional buyer and seller markets.

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Aurora ecosystem.

The momentum is building.

Here are some of the projects that have launched on Aurora and are benefitting from the first-mover advantage.