Calimero Network raises $8.5m for NEAR sharding

Calimero Network has raised $8.5 million in a seed round co-led by Khosla Ventures, Lyrik Ventures, and NEAR Foundation. The funds will be dedicated to developing private sharding solutions for the NE...

Private sharding startup Calimero Network raises $8.5 million

London-based blockchain infrastructure company Calimero Network has raised $8.5 million in a seed round co-led by Khosla Ventures, Lyrik Ventures and Near Foundation. The round, which closed in ...

Web3 dev, EVM sharding and crypto banking headline blockchain funding deals

Web3 dominance within crypto funding rounds has been well documented by Cointelegraph Research. In addition to the Web3 mega funds announced recently, venture capital has also been making smaller, mor...

State of Scaling Issue 7: Reviewing Shard Chain Ecosystems

October 4, 2022, 11:02AM EDT • 5 min read Quick Take In this bi-weekly series, we look into some of the most interesting data and developments across the various sharded blockchains Near and Aurora re...

Sharding could resolve Ethereum scalability trilemma, says researcher

After a successful Ethereum Merge, all eyes are set on the next phase of transition, which would introduce key scalability solutions on the platform, including sharding. Market experts believe shardin...

NEAR Blockchain Moves Ahead with Phase One of Sharding Upgrade

NEAR, which launched in 2019 with then-unrealized plans to boost transaction speeds by splitting its network into parallel processors (so-called sharding), kicked off Phase 1 or its “Nightshade” playb...

Why The Merge won’t solve Ethereum’s scaling challenges

Ethereum’s pivot from proof of work to proof of stake is imminent. But despite common belief, the event, known as The Merge, will not solve the network’s scalability challenges.   This pivot, schedule...

What is Sharding? This Ethereum Scaling Concept Explained

As the scaling debate in cryptocurrencies continues, some potential solutions have actually been in development for quite some time now. Specifically, in the case of Ethereum, where a large focus is p...

Here are the best sharding cryptocurrencies to invest in

Sharding is a technology in the blockchain industry that helps to supercharge the performance of applications. It solves the scalability challenge by splitting blocks into smaller ones known as shards...

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Comes with New Sharding Proposal: What is EIP-4844?

Vladislav Sopov Ethereum founder explains concept of Proto-danksharding, a novel type of sharded consensus for post-merge network Contents Introducing Proto-danksharding, a novel way to organize data ...

Comparing sharding technologies

January 5, 2022, 11:11AM EST • 10 min read Quick Take There are two main types of sharding for blockchains: state and network State sharding is typically more difficult to execute but scales blockchai...