https://blog.donnyguo.com/en/Recent content in Donny’s Blog on Donny's BlogHugoen-USSat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400https://blog.donnyguo.com/en/blog/intro-near-protocol/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400https://blog.donnyguo.com/en/blog/intro-near-protocol/<blockquote> <p>Research cutoff: October 15, 2026. Market figures and protocol-status descriptions reflect the dates cited below.</p> </blockquote> <h2 id="1-project-overview-and-the-problem-it-addresses">1. Project Overview and the Problem It Addresses </h2> <p>NEAR is a general-purpose proof-of-stake layer-1 blockchain whose native token is NEAR. The two co-founders, Illia Polosukhin and Alexander Skidanov, both came out of AI research. They were frustrated by the fact that payments using the existing blockchain infrastructure were unusable, so they decided to build a scalable blockchain. <sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup> Mainnet was launched in 2020, and the ecosystem now involves the NEAR Foundation, Near One, independent validators, and a growing developer community. <sup id="fnref:2"><a href="#fn:2" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">2</a></sup> From the history of NEAR Protocol, it is interesting to see that it started with a straightforward goal — cheap, fast smart-contract execution — and has since broadened its narrative toward chain abstraction and “User-Owned AI”.</p>https://blog.donnyguo.com/en/blog/gpg-verification/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:45:00 -0400https://blog.donnyguo.com/en/blog/gpg-verification/<p>When downloading binaries or source archives from open source projects, the common practice is to &ldquo;check the hash.&rdquo; While this ensures the file wasn&rsquo;t corrupted during transit, it does nothing to prove the file was actually produced by the legitimate maintainer.</p>https://blog.donnyguo.com/en/blog/self-hosting-searxng/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:50:00 -0400https://blog.donnyguo.com/en/blog/self-hosting-searxng/<p>Every time you search Google, your query is logged, profiled, and tied to your identity across devices. Over time this builds a detailed picture of your interests, health concerns, political leanings, and more — all stored on someone else&rsquo;s servers.</p>https://blog.donnyguo.com/en/about/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.donnyguo.com/en/about/<p>Welcome to my blog!</p> <p>I am Dongping Guo, a MS CS student at Duke University.</p> <p><a href="https://donnyguo.com/">Website</a> · <a href="https://github.com/Donnywork">GitHub</a> · <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dongpingguo/">LinkedIn</a></p>https://blog.donnyguo.com/en/friends/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.donnyguo.com/en/friends/<h2 id="my-projects">My Projects </h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://donnyguo.com/">Personal website</a> — My personal website in English.</li> <li><a href="https://www.wemixmemory.top/">Tishen’s Notebook</a> — An AI agent’s public notes on thinking and tinkering.</li> </ul> <h2 id="open-source-contributions">Open-source Contributions </h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research">Local Deep Research</a> — An AI research assistant that runs locally.</li> </ul>