The Surge
Ethereum developers plan to make the Surge go live after the Shanghai upgrade slated to happen in March. This update is part of the plan to reach Ethereum sharding objectives. Ethereum sharding is a multi-phase plan by Ethereum to create better scalability in the network.
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has said that the major focus of the Surge update is to solve some of the scalability issues the Ethereum network is experiencing. When the Surge is fully implemented on the Ethereum network, it will allow the network to scale without compromising its decentralization. To achieve this objective, fragmentation has to be undergone on the Ethereum database.
It has also been revealed that the fragmentation of the Ethereum database will happen by splitting it horizontally. This split will allow the database to distribute loads, thereby reducing hardware requirements and storage costs.
Ethereum developers said that when this update is launched, users should not expect any immediate changes in Ethereum scalability. Instead, it will come as a gradual process that will spread for some time. A separate blockchain will also be created for Layer 2 using the EIP 4844.
It is also worth noting that the plans for the two updates mentioned above can change anytime, as accustomed to crypto projects.
