Account model

Accounts on NEAR have the following things:

  • Account ID like slimedragon.near
  • Access keys like ed25519:HDXaKmewwTBHp87V8tCZWqDkgMLbJ7Eb3jifMC38r2kw
  • NEAR balance (other token balances are stored in the tokens themselves!) - Nothing too special here, just a number.
  • Code. Every account can be a smart contract, and the code is stored in the account itself. But this book is not for people who want to write smart contracts, so I won’t cover this part.
  • Storage. Also used for smart contracts.