# Ethereum Q4 Roundup: Growth, Casper, Sharding, and Development Updates

DevFeed: [Ethereum Q4 Roundup: Growth, Casper, Sharding, and Development Updates](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/q4-roundup-16818.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2018/01/02/q4-roundup>)

Author: Ethereum Foundation

Published: 2018-01-02T15:27:18Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Blockchain](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/blockchain.md>), [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/transactions.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Formal verification](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/formal-verification.md>), [Algorithm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/algorithm.md>)

Tags: [algorithm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithm.md>), [blockchain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blockchain.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [formal-verification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/formal-verification.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>), [rpc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rpc.md>), [threads](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/threads.md>), [transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transactions.md>)

## AI overview

An Ethereum quarterly roundup reports rapid growth in transaction volume, new accounts, and nodes, alongside progress on Casper, sharding, JSON-RPC, light clients, Byzantium support, and formal verification.

## Source excerpt

Ethereum has grown very rapidly in the last few months. Transaction volume on the blockchain has more than doubled, surpassing 10 transactions per second for days at a time. The number of new accounts created per day passed 100,000