The Jax.Network Sharding Solution: How Is It Different?

Jax.Network uses a sharding solution to enhance the data throughput efficiency by splitting the blockchain into different parallel and independent chains or shards. Sharding reduces the workload on the entire network, thereby making the network more scalable. Jax.Network also employs merged mining techniques to ensure the security of shards. But, it does not compromise security, and each shard has the same security as the entire network using Auxiliary Proof-of-Work. Jax.Network reduces the amount of information stored, but network resilience to 51% attacks remains the same.  What is Jax.Network sharding and why is it needed? First, sharding is a promising blockchain scaling solution that involves splitting a network into more superficial portions, commonly referred to as shards. The concept of sharding is more like a “divide and conquer” algorithm and can be used to ease the workload on a single network and distribute this into multiple sub-networks. JaxNet employs this same blockchain scaling approach meaning the entire network is made up of shards. Shards are a collection of nodes that take part in transactions and also maintain the sharded network.  JaxNet leverages sharding as its value proposition. When used in JaxNet, sharding divides the workload of a blockchain into groups of shards responsible for reducing the latency, allowing for more transactional throughput, which, in turn, enhances scalability.  ...