SubZero Devnet Hardfork Achieves Major Milestone in Sharding Implementation

The successful deployment of the initial hardfork in Devnet SubZero marks a pivotal advancement. This mechanism helps redistribute network loads and decrease data size, streamlining the process as it covers a significant part of the second-level sharding implementation. When the data reaches 10 GB, an automatic hardfork occurs, archiving the old chain and creating a new one among shard nodes. Transaction histories are archived, whereas current states like balances and voting data stay on the main chain. This process includes potential shard splits, which may lead to the formation of multiple new chains as node groups divide into subgroups. The hardfork is essential in managing new shard allocation as they split when capacity is exceeded.