SF Blockchain Week | ABC Spotlight: Sharding for Blockchain Scalability

** SF Blockchain Week | ABC Spotlight: Sharding for Blockchain Scalability **

This event is organized by ABC Blockchain Community, as part of the SF Blockchain Week (https://sfblockchainweek.io/) and the Spotlight Program (https://www.abcer.world/spotlight-info).

Join founders of Harmony (https://harmony.one/) , Quarkchain (https://quarkchain.io/), MOAC (https://www.moac.io/) and Near Protocol(https://nearprotocol.com/) for a panel discussion on sharding including
-- How sharding can solve blockchain scalability
-- Mainstream sharding solutions and the differences between them
-- Security challenges of current sharding solutions
-- Sharding vs two-layer solution
-- How to build industry grade database sharding & apply it to blockchain

** Agenda **
6:30 - 7:00 Networking
7:00 - 8:00 Panel Discussion
8:00 - 8:30 Q & A + Networking

** Panelist **
Qi Zhou -- Founder of Quarkchain
Software engineer & expert in high-performance systems;
Former Googler and 15+years development experience;
PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology

Rongjian Lan -- Founder of Harmony
Former search infrastructure engineer for Play Store at Google;
Publichser of over 10 academic papers on spatio-temporal querying and map-based visualization;
PhD candidate of University of Maryland College Park

David Chen -- Co-founder of MOAC & Jingtum
Full-stack blockchain expert with over 18 years experience in architecture, algorithm, network security, Database, mobile applications, network protocol, etc;
Proposer of atomic swap solution between blockchains and generic solution for any cross-chain communications;
Creator of the concept of Microchain as a service. Holder of more than 10 blockchain related patent applications

Alex Skidanov -- Co-founder of Near Protocol
Architect and Director of Engineering in memSQL (Joined as Engineer #1 in 2011).
Expert in database sharding, responsible for building sharding implementation that now powers the likes of Goldman Sachs, Uber, Pinterest, Akamai, and Comcast.
2x ICPC medalist (gold in 2008 and bronze in 2005).

** About ABC Blockchain Community **
ABC Blockchain Community is a technical community where members can learn, apply and innovate technologies collaborately. Learn more and join ABC at www.abcer.world.

Spotlight is a new program driven by ABC Blockchain Community. It contains a series of technical, engaging and collaborative events aimed to explore a blockchain topic in depth. This series is packed with study sessions, tech talks, hands-on coding and thought leader panels that provide blockchain enthusiasts with the training, practical advice and the inspiration they need to stay at the forefront of the industry.