April 2025 Metrics 📈

Dive into Shardeum's marketing & growth numbers in a monthly blog format, sharing insights from:

📲 Socials & Community
📰 Website, Blog & Newsletter
🌐 #ProofOfCommunity & Events

& many more updates ⤵️

https://shardeum.org/blog/monthly-marketing-report-apr-2025/

B for #BuildInPublic

Shardeum is open-source & builds in public, inviting developers to learn, contribute & collaborate to one of the highest starred blockchain codebases @ https://github.com/shardeum

Find all episodes from the #BuildInPublic series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh0cCRPj3dyfjP9ka3B-oyMMC1XPuFVrI

C for Consensus 🗳️

Shardeum has a unique consensus mechanism that combines Proof of Stake + Proof Of Quorum, ensuring faster & more secure transactions.

POS + POQ = Leaderless + Fair + Secure Network 💥

More about Proof Of Quorum ⤵️
https://x.com/shardeum/status/1758461231915258015

D for Dynamic State Sharding 🗃️

Shardeum uses dynamic state sharding to automatically adjust shard count & size based on the network demand, ensuring optimal performance & true scalability.

⬆️ Demand = ⬆️ Active Nodes = ⬆️ TPS

Learn more about Dynamic State Sharding ⤵️
https://x.com/shardeum/status/1917281478863642725

E for EVM 🔁

Shardeum is EVM compatible, enabling seamless integrations with major EVM-supporting wallets.

Once smart contract functionality is live, devs can use solidity to build & deploy dApps on Shardeum, ensuring interoperability with Ethereum.

Like & Repost: https://x.com/shardeum/status/1927054703394791553

F for Fees ⛽

Autoscaling & dynamic state sharding ensure the network remains congestion-free, maintaining a constant gas fee.

This also enables Shardeum to process fast peer-to-peer transfers & no matter how busy the network gets, gas fees stay low— forever.

Like & Repost: https://x.com/shardeum/status/1927401998158041500

Powering Payments to Grow PayFi Ecosystem 💥

Shardeum is laying the foundation for PayFi with our autoscaling blockchain. From micro to macro payments, our goal is to become the default payment layer of the Internet.

Let's autoscale #PayFi together 💪

Read More: https://shardeum.org/blog/solving-payments-with-shardeum/

G for GUI 💻

Shardeum is one of the first L1s to enable user-friendly GUI feature for validator nodes aside from CLI. With Validator GUI, one can start running a node with a few clicks.

Active node rotation for the community will be rolled out soon. Stay tuned!

Like & Repost: https://x.com/shardeum/status/1927771919581073719

H for Horizontal Scaling 📈

Shardeum employs horizontal scaling through sharding, which is essential for a network to optimally utilize available nodes, maintain low operating costs while ensuring low transaction fees for users.

⬆️ Nodes = ⬆️ TPS

Like & Repost: https://x.com/shardeum/status/1928481606299431196

I for Instant Finality ✅

Instant finality means that once a transaction is confirmed, it cannot be altered, reversed or double-spent.

Transactions on Shardeum achieve finality in real-time, ensuring low latency, fast confirmations & settlements.

Like & Retweet: https://x.com/shardeum/status/1929553669135221066

📢 Community member of the month

Announcing the Telegram Community member of the month of May 2025!

🏅@ezgrogu

Thank you for being an active participant in the community.

Keep up the good work. 💪

Please DM your USDT ERC20 address to @goodomenok to claim your rewards.

Shardeum Leagues May 2025 Metrics 📊

The metrics submission form for Shardeum Leagues for May 2025 is out now.

🔗 https://shm.gg/league-metrics

PS: The last date to submit the details is 10th June 2025.

If you're not sure what Shardeum League is, start here 👉 https://shm.gg/leagues

J for Join Protocol 🤝

Join Protocol V2 streamlines node management on Shardeum network, easing the administrative workload for node operators. It helps the network to dynamically adapt to changing loads by instantly detecting the no. of nodes in standby mode.

Learn more ⤵️
https://shardeum.org/blog/join-protocol-v2-upgrade/

K for Key Security 🔒

Shardeum Validators interact with two main types of private keys:

🔑 Validator Key: unique node identity
💰 Staking Wallet Key: signs stake/unstake txns

Backing up & securing private keys is essential to protect staked $SHM & rewards.

Find more details here ⤵️
https://docs.shardeum.org/docs/ecosystem/node-operations/rewards-and-key-security

Community Nodes Active Rotation LIVE 🟢

#AnyoneCanRunANode on Shardeum & now active node slots are open for community-run Validators.

🛠️ Minimum hardware requirement
✅ Simplified setup options
💸 10 $SHM/Hr for active validation

& much more ➡️ https://shardeum.org/blog/validator-node-launch/

NOTE: Rewards may change based on periodic adjustments or network updates.

L for Leagues 🌏

Leagues are community-run groups on any social platform championing Shardeum & sharing its vision of decentralization for everyone across the world.

😎 Wish to be the next league leader?

Get started ➡️ https://shm.gg/new-league

Run a Node on Golden Gate Mainnet 🌉

Shardeum opened up active validator access to community-run nodes & in just 4 days more than 115 validators joined the Golden Gate Mainnet network:

✅ With minimal hardware
✅ Using simplified setup options
✅ Earning 10 $SHM/Hr for active validation

Are you running a node yet? Start today: https://shm.gg/validator

M for Micropayments 💸

Micropayments are tiny transactions that traditional payment systems can't handle due to fees often exceeding the payment itself.

Shardeum's autoscaling architecture keeps gas fees < $0.01, truly powering the PayFi ecosystem.

Like & Repost: https://x.com/shardeum/status/1932498072048972070

Exploring the Validator GUI 👓

Shardeum is one of the first L1s to enable a user-friendly GUI feature for validator nodes aside from CLI, making community participation more accessible.

Let's get started ⤵️
https://x.com/shardeum/status/1932701852753383917

🧠 Anyone Can Run a Node - Live Demo + AMA

Join in for a live walkthrough of setting up a node on Shardeum Mainnet, followed by an AMA.

📅 June 12, 2025
⏰ 1:30 PM UTC
📍Discord

🎁 Top 5 questions during the AMA will win 500 SHM

Drop your AMA questions here ⤵️
https://discord.com/channels/933959587462254612/1382373850712379433

Click on "Interested" to get notified ⤵️
https://discord.gg/shardeum?event=1382305139620053124