Once in a lifetime opportunity
In India, over 50M people use centralized exchanges, yet only a few million are onchain. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to convert millions of people into true onchain users.
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Decentralization for everyone
India leads the world in digital adoption. It’s time to lead in onchain infrastructure.
Home-grown onchain infrastructure gives India the freedom to build, earn, and innovate.
Onchain systems drive trust and transparency. From dApps and meme coins to tokenized assets.
Shardeum is building this ecosystem - open, decentralized, and designed for India.
Build on a Layer-1 blockchain network designed for India’s builders - fast, decentralized, and ready for real adoption.
In India, over 50M people use centralized exchanges, yet only a few million are onchain. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to convert millions of people into true onchain users.
On global chains, you’re just another developer. On Shardeum, you’re part of a movement to bring India onchain; supported by a team that helps you reach users and scale faster.
With high throughput and fast finality, Shardeum ensures smooth, consistent performance even as your app grows.
With minimal hardware, anyone—from students to seasoned developers—can become a validator on Shardeum to validate transactions, support network security, and earn SHM rewards in return.
A Preview of the Future of Web3
150+
Ecosystem Projects
35K+
Community Validators
1MN+
Community Members
980K+
Accounts
9.3MN+
Transactions
230K+
Contracts
Shardeum is supported, operated, utilized, managed, and created by the community.
CoinDesk
Shardeum recently raised $5.4 million in strategic funding. The layer 1 blockchain was co-created by Nischal Shetty, who is also the co-founder of WazirX, India's largest crypto exchange by trading...
Benzinga
Nischal Shetty, a software engineer who embarked on an entrepreneurial journey, introduced the layer 1 blockchain network Shardeum in February 2022. Shardeum claims to be a pioneering, linearly...
Coin Telegraph
Kelsey McGuire, chief growth officer for layer 1 network Shardeum, told Cointelegraph that layer 2s face another serious challenge that is often overlooked: centralization. “While layer-2 solutions...
CoinDesk
Kelsey McGuire, chief growth officer for layer 1 network Shardeum, told Cointelegraph that layer 2s face another serious challenge that is often overlooked: centralization. “While layer-2 solutions...
CoinDesk
Kelsey McGuire, chief growth officer for layer 1 network Shardeum, told Cointelegraph that layer 2s face another serious challenge that is often overlooked: centralization. “While layer-2 solutions...
