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Near Protocol: 'Blockchains Cannot Scale Without Sharding!' - Illia Polosukhin & Alex Skidanov
Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
Integrating Data Availability and Consensus in Blockchain Sharding
The chapter explores the synergy of data availability and consensus processes within blockchain sharding, focusing on guaranteeing immediate data availability for cross-shard transactions and communication. It details the unique approach of Near Protocol's single blockchain structure with block producers creating blocks containing chunks and emphasizing the fusion of consensus and data availability. The discussion also touches on the challenges of cross-shard messages and the evolution from sharding to roll-up architecture for scalability.
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