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Glossary/Sharding

Sharding

A scalability solution that involves dividing a blockchain into several smaller, more manageable pieces, or "shards," each capable of processing its own transactions and smart contracts.

Sharding splits the workload so each node only processes a fraction of transactions, raising total throughput. It is complex to secure, so many ecosystems now favor rollups and Layer 2 designs instead.

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