NEAR’s Nightshade sharding feels like a breakthrough in scaling, something Ethereum has aimed for but hasn’t fully reached yet.

Each shard takes care of its own set of transactions, spreading the load evenly, while users still experience everything as one smooth system.

This kind of native horizontal scaling avoids the pitfalls of rollups or fragmented liquidity that slow things down elsewhere. It’s a clean, elegant solution that keeps performance high without compromising decentralization. Watching how this shapes @NEARProtocol's ecosystem and influences the wider space is exciting.