Part One of Ethereum's Sharding Roadmap Is Nearly Done

Ethereum is getting closer to deploying new technology that would allow the network to scale, its founder said.

The technology, known as sharding, attempts to split the ethereum blockchain's data into more manageable parts. Pointing to an initial spec posted on Github, Buterin said:

"It's theoretically a good spec of what minimal sharding is going to look like."

Still, with the code yet to be adapted for use across different ethereum software clients, he acknowledged:

"That's on a bit of a back burner for now."

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