Ethereum 2.0 Isn’t a Panacea for Sharding and Scalability, Who Might Be?
The first phase of the project will involve a move from Ethereum’s proof of work consensus, to proof of stake (PoS), with a minimum stake of 32 ETH for someone to become a validator. The key point here is that the first version of Ethereum was never designed for scalability, so over the years that we’ve been watching the ETH 2.0 challenges, it’s become apparent that the developers are attempting to change the engine on a moving vehicle.
In the time since the original version of Ethereum launched, while the developers have been wrangling with an upgrade, other projects have built their vehicles with the engine needed for scalability. Because Ardor has been up and running since the start of 2018 and was designed with certain features in mind, the project even offers other benefits beyond what Ethereum 2.0 will offer once it launches in full.
