Account shards

Account shards are a critical element of the TON Blockchain's architecture, designed to manage and process transactions for specific subsets of accounts.

What You Need To Know

Account shards enable asynchronous and parallel transaction processing by dividing the blockchain into smaller, manageable segments called shardchains. Each shardchain handles transactions for a defined group of accounts, identified by a binary prefix. This dynamic sharding mechanism ensures scalability, allowing the network to split or merge shards based on transaction load, optimizing performance and throughput.