🌍 Near Go: Gotta Spot 'Em All! 🐾📸

Welcome to Near Go—where the thrill of Pokémon Go meets the wonders of the wild! ✨🌱 Imagine turning your everyday nature walks into a real-world adventure, discovering incredible wildlife, and capturing moments that leave a positive impact on the planet. That’s exactly what Near Go does! 🚀💚

What’s Near Go? 🦒🌿

Near Go lets you spot real-life animals and record them on the Ethereum blockchain as immutable digital keepsakes. 📜✨ Simply snap a photo of an animal, write its record in your NearDex, and watch your sightings collection grow while making a difference in wildlife conservation efforts!

🎮 Why Play Near Go?

Explore the Outdoors: Discover local wildlife in your area, whether it's a casual stroll or a planned safari. 🌲🌞
Collect & Conserve: Every sighting goes into your NearDex as an NFT, contributing to research and awareness about animal habitats. 🦁🐘
Fun Meets Education: Learn about the species you find while enjoying the excitement of adding them to your collection. 📚🤓
Make a Real-World Impact: Crowdsourcing wildlife tracking helps conservationists monitor populations and preserve biodiversity. 🌎💪

Why wait for the next virtual Pokémon? Get out there and discover creatures IRL—capture their beauty and immortalize them on the blockchain! 📸🦋

How We Built It 🛠

🔧 Near Go is powered by NEAR Protocol, and here's a quick breakdown of the magic behind the scenes:

Near Rust Smart Contract deployed to neargoredacted.testnet to record wildlife records 🦀🚀
NEAR Wallet Selector for seamless integration with Near user wallets 💸💡
Pinata SDK & IPFS to scalably and immutably store all the images captured to IPFS! 🖼️💿
Gemini AI to help analyze the images you capture—making sure you’ve spotted something real! 🤖📊
Near-API-JS to call all those cool blockchain functions with a snap of your fingers ⚙️✨

Why We’re Building This 💡

Wildlife tracking is a $2.1 billion market, but let’s face it—it’s expensive and not accessible to the average person. We’re flipping the script by turning everyday nature lovers into citizen scientists! 📈👩‍🔬 Imagine walking through a park, snapping a photo of a rare butterfly, and knowing that your casual encounter helped conservation efforts. 🦋🌺

It’s not just fun and games; it’s real-world impact—plus, who doesn’t want to collect some adorable animal NFTs? 💖✨