NEAR Intents

NEAR Intents receives a B risk grade (27/100) from Hindenrank, where lower scores indicate lower risk. Moderate risk — built on mature NEAR Protocol infrastructure with an innovative intent-based architecture, but cross-chain bridges inherently carry elevated risk given the history of bridge exploits. NEAR Intents is a cross-chain bridge infrastructure built on NEAR Protocol that lets users seamlessly transfer assets across ~25 blockchains including Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Solana. Instead of manually bridging, users simply declare what they want and competitive solvers handle the execution. With $48M in TVL and $5B in all-time volume, it is a growing cross-chain solution. The main risks are inherent to bridges — cross-chain verification exploits are among the highest-impact DeFi attacks historically.

The key risks identified for NEAR Intents are: (1) Cross-chain bridges are historically the most exploited type of DeFi protocol — Wormhole, Ronin, and Nomad bridges lost over $1B combined in 2022 (2) Your transaction depends on solvers correctly executing your intent — if solvers are slow, collude, or make errors, you could get worse prices or delays (3) Supporting 25+ chains means the security is only as strong as the weakest chain integration

NEAR Intents scores 27/100 across eight risk dimensions: Mechanism Novelty: 3/15, Interaction Severity: 6/20, Oracle Surface: 5/10, Documentation Gaps: 2/10, Track Record: 3/15, Scale Exposure: 3/10, Regulatory Risk: 2/10, Vitality Risk: 3/10. The highest risk area is Oracle Surface at 5/10.

Among 24 rated Bridge protocols on Hindenrank, NEAR Intents ranks #2 by safety (lowest risk score = safest). Its 27/100 risk score and B grade place it among the safer Bridge protocols.

NEAR Intents scores 3/15 on the Track Record risk dimension, indicating some history of security incidents or exploits. Higher scores reflect more severe or frequent incidents. Review the full risk report for details.