# 6.1 NEAR Protocol: The Engine Behind SWEAT’s Scale NEAR serves the foundational infrastructure of the Movement Economy. A high-performance engine that delivers the speed, scalability, and security SWEAT needs to serve tens of millions of users with seamless, low-cost transactions. Through NEAR’s **Chain Abstraction technology**, pioneered in its consumer facing implementation by Sweat Wallet, $SWEAT now operates as a true **multichain asset**, usable across Ethereum, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, and Base from a single NEAR account. Users can pay gas fees and interact across blockchains without friction, complexity, or a sense of insecurity. This positions $SWEAT as one of the most versatile, interoperable tokens in Web3, with **Bitcoin, Solana, TON, TRON** and more chain integrations on the horizon, that reach will only expand. NEAR’s infrastructure makes it all possible, delivering Web3 performance at Web2 speed and simplicity. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://whitepaper.swe.at/usdsweat-whitepaper/6.-partnerships-a-movement-powered-by-strategic-collaboration/6.1-near-protocol-the-engine-behind-sweats-scale.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.