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25. 🔪 Sharding
It is a technique to improve the scalability of a blockchain. It involves dividing the network into "fragments" (shards) that process transactions in parallel, which improves speed and reduces costs.
Example: Imagine Ethereum uses sharding to divide payment and smart contract transactions into different groups, so not all data has to be processed by the same network, making everything faster.
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