Apollo (APL) Launches Sharding, One of First Cryptocurrencies to Achieve It on Mainnet

“Apollo becomes the first cryptocurrency to launch sharding on an active blockchain.” History has been made. This is an incredible victory, not just for Apollo, but for cryptocurrency as a whole. Sharding is a groundbreaking blockchain technology that has only been theory until now. Apollo is the first to implement successfully on an active blockchain, opening the door to sub-second speeds and an end to blockchain bloat. The future is now.” Read More — Steve McCullah, Business Development Director

Summary

Apollo implements sharing on their mainnet, claiming sub-second speeds and an end to blockchain bloat.

Apollo says they are the first cryptocurrency to launch sharding on an active blockchain.*

Their blockchain is split into segments, increasing stability and scalability.

Significance

This is a big step forward for Apollo, making them one of the first cryptocurrencies to implement sharding on their mainnet. Sharding addresses some of the key issues of cryptocurrencies to date: scalability, throughput and latency.

Sharding is a method for horizontally partitioning data within a database. A shard is a horizontal portion of a database, with each shard stored in a separate server instance. This spreads the load and makes the database more efficient.

Sharding on the blockchain means that each node will have only a part of the data on the blockchain, and not the entire information. Nodes that maintain a shard maintain information only on that shard in a shared manner, so within a shard, the decentralization is still maintained. However, each node doesn’t load the information on the entire blockchain, thus helping in scalability.

*Zilliqa claimed to be first to launch sharding on a mainnet on January 31st, 2019 (link).

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