Articles of Plasma shard

Foreword: What is the difference between sharding, sidechain and Plasma? Although they all have similar Hub-and-spoke structures, they actually have a lot of differences. The author of this article is Vitalik Buterin, translated by the "UH" of the "Blue Fox Notes" community. There is often a question to ask: What is the difference between a […]

Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for reviewing and providing feedback on the article. We often encounter a problem: What is the difference between sharding, sidechain and Plasma ? All three architectures seem to involve a central "backbone" star topology that acts as a consensus pillar for the system, in addition to a set of "child" […]