Abstract: Sharding can significantly improve the blockchain scalability, by dividing nodes into small groups called shards that can handle transactions in parallel. However, all existing sharding ...

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Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

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Abstract: Multi-scale features are crucial in encoding objects with varying scales in vision tasks. The classic top-down and bottom-up feature pyramid networks are a common strategy for multi-scale ...

Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...

The story of the highly skilled workers who helped build Egypt’s Great Pyramid is emerging from a papyrus cache unearthed at the world’s oldest harbor On a summer afternoon around 4,600 years ago, ...

Speaking of them, expect to get a whole lot of backstory on both of them when S01E07: "The Black Spot" hits on Sunday. But as we saw from the episode trailer, and as you'll be able to see in the ...