Aptos @ Aptos, along with its own hot storage protocol @ shelbyservices, announced a collaboration with @ NEARProtocol a few days ago. What sparks can be generated by the collision of two old L1 models, and what does Shelby, a project that has always dominated Aptos official promotion, do? Let's explain it clearly in one article. NEAR Intents+Aptos: Cross chain simpler Previously, to exchange BTC, ETH, or XRP for APT or USDT on Aptos, one had to use a bridge, switch networks, and operate a wallet. Now with NEAR Intents, all of these can be completed with just one click. For developers, it is more convenient: as long as they call an API, they can embed cross chain exchanges into their own applications and directly access the liquidity of dozens of chains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. This is turning NEAR into an 'encrypted universal liquidity layer'. Shelby: AI native hot storage Shelby is a cloud level hot storage protocol jointly developed by Aptos Labs and Jump Crypto. The existing decentralized storage systems (Filecoin, Arweave) are more suitable for "cold storage", which refers to archiving data that is not frequently accessed. But AI, video streaming, and interactive applications require fast and frequent reading. This is Shelby's entry point: ❶ Sub second level read performance, comparable to Web2 cloud storage Users pay by reading, incentivizing nodes to respond quickly Combining fast off chain audits with on chain spot checks to ensure the authenticity and usability of data Using Aptos blockchain as the settlement and coordination layer, ensuring transparent and reliable incentive mechanisms, in other words, Shelby enables decentralized storage to have the performance to support AI and real-time applications for the first time. NEAR+Shelby: Complementary NEAR aims to establish an infrastructure layer for the proxy economy, enabling millions of AI agents to trade, coordinate, and access data. The thermal storage provided by Shelby happens to be the "data fuel" needed for the proxy economy. Maintain data decentralization and verifiability while providing high-speed access. The Warlus storage on SUI has become popular, and Aptos has directly created its own storage network. It is difficult to say whether this has any direct relationship. However, it can be seen that Aptos still attaches great importance to the Shelby project, which is still in its early stages. It is recommended to ambush it. APT NEARProtocol AI