harding">Sharding</h1>
<h2 id="the-scalability-trilemma">The Scalability Trilemma</h2>
<p>The Scalability Trilemma claims that blockchain systems can only at most have two of the following three properties:</p>
<ul>
<li>Decentralization (defined as the system being able to run in a scenario where each participant only has access to O(c) resources, i.e. a regular laptop or small VPS)</li>
<li>Scalability (defined as being able to process many transactions)</li>
<li>Security (defined as being secure against a