Shardeum Mainnet Goes Live: Here’s What You Need to Know
Shardeum Mainnet is now live—experience the world’s first autoscaling, EVM-based Layer 1 blockchain. Learn about key features, early access, node participation, and...
Shardeum Mainnet is now live—experience the world’s first autoscaling, EVM-based Layer 1 blockchain. Learn about key features, early access, node participation, and...
Welcome to Shardeum mainnet, named “Golden Gate” by the community to symbolize new beginnings, open access, and a bold step toward a more decentralized future.
As the world’s first Layer 1 autoscaling blockchain, Shardeum sets a new standard for decentralization, scalability, and on-chain efficiency. With mainnet going live, users, validators, and developers can join a permissionless network built for sustainable growth—without compromising on fairness or affordability.
Shardeum has achieved what others are still chasing: solving the scalability trilemma while maintaining low transaction costs—forever. With smart contract functionality launching next, Shardeum will unlock the next phase of decentralized applications across industries—on a network already optimized for performance.
These key mainnet features mark a practical yet giant step toward empowering responsible, everyday users with the benefits of Web3.
Shardeum scales linearly with demand using dynamic state sharding—the most advanced form of sharding in blockchain. As more nodes join, new shards are added, increasing throughput in real time without affecting performance, even during high traffic. When traffic drops, nodes/shards are removed optimizing resource use, reducing maintenance costs, ultimately keeping validator and end-user costs low. This makes Shardeum the first blockchain network to implement true autoscaling.
Scalable like Web2. Decentralized like Web3!
Start by setting up an EVM-compatible wallet like MetaMask and connecting to Shardeum mainnet.
Shardeum enables fast, peer-to-peer transfers with low, predictable fees that will remain a permanent feature of the network. SHM is censorship-resistant digital money that anyone, anywhere can access—even without a traditional bank account. Whether you’re sending a few dollars or millions in SHM, transaction fees stay consistently low, unlike legacy systems or congested blockchains.
Note: SHM will soon be available on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Once listed, you’ll be able to purchase SHM and withdraw it to your self-custodial wallet. Stay tuned—our upcoming announcement will include the exact launch details and a step-by-step guide to help you fund your wallet so you can start sending/receiving SHM, making global remittances, staking SHM to run validator node, getting rewards, among other exciting activities.
Take control of your financial future today!
Traditional remittances can take days, cost 2% to 10%, and impose complex limits based on value and geography. SHM removes those barriers, enabling near-instant global transfers at a fraction of the cost—regardless of the amount. Whether you’re supporting family abroad or paying international collaborators, SHM makes cross-border payments fast, affordable, and open to all.
SHM is your borderless money!
Anyone can run a validator node with minimal hardware and beginner-friendly user interface to earn SHM rewards. Note, Shardeum’s tokenomics support uncapped validator rewards. This is considering validators are uniquely crucial for Shardeum to maintain its linear scalability and low fees.
Anyone can run a node, stake and earn SHM for this verification work!
All core protocol code is live on GitHub, with full transparency on how the network operates. We invite anyone to access, build on, and contribute to the protocol to help shape its future.
Together, let’s leverage this transformative technology to strengthen Web3 infrastructure and improve last-mile connectivity.
Shardeum will support EVM-compatible wallets, explorers, and development tools ensuring a smooth onboarding experience for users.
With low and stable fees, developers finally have a blockchain where their apps can grow without worrying about high costs pushing their users away.
Our approach revolves around optimizing Layer 1, while deliberately retaining well-established elements of the ecosystem!
Transactions are processed in first-come, first-served (FCFS) order at the protocol level—eliminating MEV and ensuring fairness for all users.
Nobody can cut the line or exploit the system!
Here is the RPC endpoint for users to connect to Shardeum mainnet:
Shardeum’s native blockchain explorer is now live, enabling users to track SHM movements, verify transactions, and monitor validator activity. Support from third-party explorers will be added soon.
Shardeum has also partnered with leading wallet providers including MetaMask, OKX, and Trust Wallet—with more on the way. However, you’re not limited to these options; any EVM-compatible wallet is expected to work seamlessly with the Shardeum mainnet.
While Shardeum Mainnet supports peer-to-peer SHM transfers and validator staking with low, predictable fees, smart contracts are not yet enabled. This means dApps like DEXs, oracles, DeFi platforms, NFT marketplaces, and token swaps are currently unavailable.
You won’t be able to use tools that rely on smart contracts—like swapping tokens on a DEX, interacting with lending protocols, ENS-style naming, bridging assets across chains or accessing on-chain data from oracles—until smart contract functionality goes live later this year.
Smart contracts are scheduled to go live on testnet in Q2 2025, with mainnet deployment planned for Q3 2025.
Shardeum’s growth has been fueled by grassroots adoption. More than 1.4 million supporters across 140+ countries have actively tested and shaped the network through its public testnets. The following stats reflect one of the most community-driven and rigorously tested blockchain networks to date—underscoring a level of public testing that’s unheard of in the industry.
📊 81 million transactions
👛 1.2 million wallets created
🌐 171,000+ physical validator nodes operated on testnet (A record!)
You heard that right! Shardeum’s testnets have witnessed an unmatched level of public participation. Powered by leader-less consensus and sybil deterrence mechanisms in the form of Proof of Quorum (PoQ) and Proof of Stake (PoS) respectively, along with auto-rotation of validator nodes, Shardeum achieves horizontal scaling without compromising on security and decentralization.
The network will maintain low fees and high performance, even under heavy demand—making it the first blockchain to truly solve the scalability trilemma. These innovations are set to play game-changing roles in Web3.
Decentralization for everyone indeed — driven by high performance, affordability, and accessibility!
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