Nick White (Celestia) on building the first modular blockchain network (EP.299)
On The Brink with Castle Island
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Scale Ability and Decentralization Are at Odds With Each Other
Sharding and celestia's modular system are a response to limitations in skill ability. The root problem here is that the nodes, the full notes, have to basically validate the entire chain. If you start processing too many transactions, they are just not going tobe able to keep up. And so essentially, your youre kind of stuck in this thing where either you try to increase the transaction through but then you are going to leave some people out.
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