Sharding in the Blockchain or Divide and Conquer
Vladimir Nikolaevich Kustov, N. Beksaev, Renjith V. Ravi · 2023
This article is devoted to the development of ways to solve one of the main problems of all modern blockchain platforms – the problem of scaling. The authors consider using the segmentation of the blockchain network for this purpose by dividing it into separate segments – the so-called shards. Each shard is, in fact, a separate blockchain with its state. Sharding is undoubtedly one of the most difficult solutions, but also the most promising solution to ensure linear performance growth of modern blockchain platforms.