Elrond runs on average computers, unlike most other blockchain networks that require custom hardware and high energy. Elrond is a distributed transactional computation protocol based on a sharded state architecture and a Proof of Stake consensus mechanism. 

With sharding, a method of parallelizing data & transaction processing, Elrond's performance will grow with the number of computers joining the network, reaching more than 100.000 transactions per second while becoming increasingly decentralized.