Sharding PHASE 2. The Near Foundation announced the start of testing the second stage of network sharding, which is considered an important event in the development of the Near protocol. Architecture updates promise to improve the scalability and decentralization of the network. A community incentive initiative called "Stake wars 4" is also launching. The introduction of the sharding concept will significantly increase the speed and throughput of transactions. near also promises to maintain its low transaction fees on Web3, allowing the network to remain a leader in performance and scalability. The start of phase two represents a significant change for Near Protocol since the launch of the mainnet in 2020. In particular, implementing stateless verification will improve decentralization and network throughput while minimizing hardware requirements for validators. According to Pagoda, this approach to protocol design verification promises to change the world of decentralized networks, providing a uniform level of security and advancing the concept of Chain Abstraction. All dеtails here: https://pages.near.org/blog/phase-2-of-near-sharding-launches/