Ethereum Sharding & Casper

On the 8th of May, a planned improvement to the Ethereum network is being released by the developers. This upgrade is a new and improved version of Casper, the Hybrid Friendly Finality Gadget. This update intends to move the network away from mining-related issues as was becoming increasingly frequent with the old implementation.These issues exist because of the excessive dependence on Proof-of-Work for platform security and immutability, and they include;
mining-related problems
increased centr