When asked what sharding is and why it can improve the performance of a public blockchain, I usually answer like this: Sharding originated in database technology. It means splitting data and computational tasks into multiple shards, which process them in parallel. One approach is to periodically and randomly rotate the validators assigned to each shard, making it difficult for attackers to concentrate their resources on any one shard in advance.
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