diff --git a/src/app/core/commands.ts b/src/app/core/commands.ts
index baff7101..27928f5a 100644
--- a/src/app/core/commands.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/commands.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ import {
 } from "@app/core/state"
 import {loadAlertStatuses} from "@app/core/requests"
 import {platform, platformName, getPushInfo} from "@app/util/push"
-import {preferencesStorageProvider, collectionStorageProvider} from "@src/lib/storage"
+import {preferencesStorageProvider, Collection} from "@src/lib/storage"
 
 // Utils
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export const logout = async () => {
   localStorage.clear()
 
   await preferencesStorageProvider.clear()
-  await collectionStorageProvider.clear()
+  await Collection.clearAll()
 }
 
 // Synchronization
diff --git a/src/app/util/storage.ts b/src/app/util/storage.ts
index 1803ff7a..1a0831a3 100644
--- a/src/app/util/storage.ts
+++ b/src/app/util/storage.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
-import {on, throttle, fromPairs, batch, sortBy, concat} from "@welshman/lib"
+import {verifiedSymbol} from "nostr-tools/pure"
+import {
+  always,
+  on,
+  hash,
+  last,
+  groupBy,
+  throttle,
+  fromPairs,
+  batch,
+  sortBy,
+  concat,
+} from "@welshman/lib"
 import {throttled, freshness} from "@welshman/store"
 import {
   PROFILE,
@@ -33,10 +45,23 @@ import {
   onZapper,
   onHandle,
 } from "@welshman/app"
-import {collectionStorageProvider} from "@lib/storage"
+import {Collection} from "@lib/storage"
 
 const syncEvents = async () => {
-  repository.load(await collectionStorageProvider.get<TrustedEvent>("events"))
+  const collection = new Collection<TrustedEvent>({
+    table: "events",
+    shards: Array.from("0123456789abcdef"),
+    getShard: (event: TrustedEvent) => last(event.id),
+  })
+
+  const initialEvents = await collection.get()
+
+  // Mark events verified to avoid re-verification of signatures
+  for (const event of initialEvents) {
+    event[verifiedSymbol] = true
+  }
+
+  repository.load(initialEvents)
 
   const rankEvent = (event: TrustedEvent) => {
     switch (event.kind) {
@@ -102,24 +127,36 @@ const syncEvents = async () => {
         }
       }
 
-      if (added.length > 0) {
-        let events = concat(await collectionStorageProvider.get<TrustedEvent>("events"), added)
+      if (removed.size > 0) {
+        for (const [shard, chunk] of groupBy(last, Array.from(removed))) {
+          const current = await collection.getShard(shard)
+          const modified = concat(
+            current.filter(e => !chunk.includes(e.id)),
+            added,
+          )
+          const pruned = sortBy(e => -rankEvent(e), modified).slice(0, 10_000)
 
-        // If we're well above our retention limit, drop lowest-ranked events
-        if (events.length > 15_000) {
-          events = sortBy(e => -rankEvent(e), events).slice(10_000)
+          await collection.setShard(shard, pruned)
         }
-
-        await collectionStorageProvider.set("events", events)
+      } else if (added.length > 0) {
+        await collection.add(added)
       }
     }),
   )
 }
 
+type TrackerItem = [string, string[]]
+
 const syncTracker = async () => {
+  const collection = new Collection<TrackerItem>({
+    table: "tracker",
+    shards: Array.from("0123456789abcdef"),
+    getShard: (item: TrackerItem) => last(item[0]),
+  })
+
   const relaysById = new Map<string, Set<string>>()
 
-  for (const [id, relays] of await collectionStorageProvider.get<[string, string[]]>("tracker")) {
+  for (const [id, relays] of await collection.get()) {
     relaysById.set(id, new Set(relays))
   }
 
@@ -129,17 +166,13 @@ const syncTracker = async () => {
 
   const updateOne = batch(3000, (ids: string[]) => {
     p = p.then(() => {
-      collectionStorageProvider.add(
-        "tracker",
-        ids.map(id => [id, Array.from(tracker.getRelays(id))]),
-      )
+      collection.add(ids.map(id => [id, Array.from(tracker.getRelays(id))]))
     })
   })
 
   const updateAll = throttle(3000, () => {
     p = p.then(() => {
-      collectionStorageProvider.set(
-        "tracker",
+      collection.set(
         Array.from(tracker.relaysById.entries()).map(([id, relays]) => [id, Array.from(relays)]),
       )
     })
@@ -159,46 +192,70 @@ const syncTracker = async () => {
 }
 
 const syncRelays = async () => {
-  relays.set(await collectionStorageProvider.get<Relay>("relays"))
-
-  return throttled(3000, relays).subscribe($relays => {
-    collectionStorageProvider.set("relays", $relays)
+  const collection = new Collection<Relay>({
+    table: "relays",
+    shards: Array.from("0123456789"),
+    getShard: (item: Relay) => last(hash(item.url)),
   })
+
+  relays.set(await collection.get())
+
+  return throttled(3000, relays).subscribe(collection.set)
 }
 
 const syncHandles = async () => {
-  handles.set(await collectionStorageProvider.get<Handle>("handles"))
+  const collection = new Collection<Handle>({
+    table: "handles",
+    shards: Array.from("0123456789"),
+    getShard: (item: Handle) => last(hash(item.nip05)),
+  })
 
-  return onHandle(
-    batch(3000, async $handles => {
-      await collectionStorageProvider.add("handles", $handles)
-    }),
-  )
+  handles.set(await collection.get())
+
+  return onHandle(batch(3000, collection.add))
 }
 
 const syncZappers = async () => {
-  zappers.set(await collectionStorageProvider.get<Zapper>("zappers"))
+  const collection = new Collection<Zapper>({
+    table: "zappers",
+    shards: Array.from("0123456789"),
+    getShard: (item: Zapper) => last(hash(item.lnurl)),
+  })
 
-  return onZapper(
-    batch(3000, async $zappers => {
-      await collectionStorageProvider.add("zappers", $zappers)
-    }),
-  )
+  zappers.set(await collection.get())
+
+  return onZapper(batch(3000, collection.add))
 }
 
+type FreshnessItem = [string, number]
+
 const syncFreshness = async () => {
-  freshness.set(fromPairs(await collectionStorageProvider.get<[string, number]>("freshness")))
+  const collection = new Collection<FreshnessItem>({
+    table: "freshness",
+    shards: ["0"],
+    getShard: always("0"),
+  })
+
+  freshness.set(fromPairs(await collection.get()))
 
   return throttled(3000, freshness).subscribe($freshness => {
-    collectionStorageProvider.set("freshness", Object.entries($freshness))
+    collection.set(Object.entries($freshness))
   })
 }
 
+type PlaintextItem = [string, string]
+
 const syncPlaintext = async () => {
-  plaintext.set(fromPairs(await collectionStorageProvider.get<[string, string]>("plaintext")))
+  const collection = new Collection<PlaintextItem>({
+    table: "plaintext",
+    shards: ["0"],
+    getShard: always("0"),
+  })
+
+  plaintext.set(fromPairs(await collection.get()))
 
   return throttled(3000, plaintext).subscribe($plaintext => {
-    collectionStorageProvider.set("plaintext", Object.entries($plaintext))
+    collection.set(Object.entries($plaintext))
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/storage.ts b/src/lib/storage.ts
index d40bf299..3b57e222 100644
--- a/src/lib/storage.ts
+++ b/src/lib/storage.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {flatten, identity, groupBy} from "@welshman/lib"
 import {type StorageProvider} from "@welshman/store"
 import {Preferences} from "@capacitor/preferences"
 import {Encoding, Filesystem, Directory} from "@capacitor/filesystem"
@@ -30,79 +31,92 @@ export class PreferencesStorageProvider implements StorageProvider {
 
 export const preferencesStorageProvider = new PreferencesStorageProvider()
 
-export class CollectionStorageProvider implements StorageProvider {
+export type CollectionOptions<T> = {
+  table: string
+  shards: string[]
+  getShard: (item: T) => string
+}
+
+export class Collection<T> {
   p = Promise.resolve()
 
-  get = async <T>(key: string): Promise<T[]> => {
+  constructor(readonly options: CollectionOptions<T>) {}
+
+  static clearAll = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    const res = await Filesystem.readdir({
+      path: "",
+      directory: Directory.Data,
+    })
+
+    await Promise.all(
+      res.files.map(file =>
+        Filesystem.deleteFile({
+          path: file.name,
+          directory: Directory.Data,
+        }),
+      ),
+    )
+  }
+
+  #then = async (f: () => Promise<void>) => {
+    this.p = this.p.then(f).catch(e => {
+      console.error(e)
+    })
+
+    await this.p
+  }
+
+  #path = (shard: string) => `collection_${this.options.table}_${shard}.json`
+
+  getShard = async (shard: string): Promise<T[]> => {
     try {
       const file = await Filesystem.readFile({
-        path: key + ".json",
+        path: this.#path(shard),
         directory: Directory.Data,
         encoding: Encoding.UTF8,
       })
 
-      const items: T[] = []
-      for (const line of file.data.toString().split("\n")) {
-        try {
-          items.push(JSON.parse(line))
-        } catch (e) {
-          // pass
-        }
-      }
-
-      return items
+      // Speed things up by parsing only once
+      return JSON.parse("[" + file.data.toString().split("\n").filter(identity).join(",") + "]")
     } catch (err) {
       // file doesn't exist, or isn't valid json
       return []
     }
   }
 
-  set = async <T>(key: string, value: T[]): Promise<void> => {
-    this.p = this.p.then(async () => {
+  get = async (): Promise<T[]> => flatten(await Promise.all(this.options.shards.map(this.getShard)))
+
+  setShard = (shard: string, items: T[]) =>
+    this.#then(async () => {
       await Filesystem.writeFile({
-        path: key + ".json",
+        path: this.#path(shard),
         directory: Directory.Data,
         encoding: Encoding.UTF8,
-        data: value.map(v => JSON.stringify(v)).join("\n"),
+        data: items.map(v => JSON.stringify(v)).join("\n"),
       })
     })
 
-    await this.p
-  }
+  set = (items: T[]) =>
+    Promise.all(
+      Array.from(groupBy(this.options.getShard, items)).map(([shard, chunk]) =>
+        this.setShard(shard, chunk),
+      ),
+    )
 
-  add = async <T>(key: string, value: T[]): Promise<void> => {
-    this.p = this.p.then(async () => {
+  addToShard = (shard: string, items: T[]) =>
+    this.#then(async () => {
       await Filesystem.appendFile({
-        path: key + ".json",
+        path: this.#path(shard),
         directory: Directory.Data,
         encoding: Encoding.UTF8,
-        data: "\n" + value.map(v => JSON.stringify(v)).join("\n"),
+        data: "\n" + items.map(v => JSON.stringify(v)).join("\n"),
       })
     })
 
-    await this.p
-  }
-
-  clear = async (): Promise<void> => {
-    this.p = this.p.then(async () => {
-      try {
-        const res = await Filesystem.readdir({path: "./", directory: Directory.Data})
-
-        await Promise.all(
-          res.files.map(file =>
-            Filesystem.deleteFile({
-              path: file.name + ".json",
-              directory: Directory.Data,
-            }),
-          ),
-        )
-      } catch (e) {
-        // Directory might not have been created yet
-      }
-    })
-
-    await this.p
-  }
+  add = (items: T[]) =>
+    Promise.all(
+      Array.from(groupBy(this.options.getShard, items)).map(([shard, chunk]) =>
+        this.addToShard(shard, chunk),
+      ),
+    )
 }
-
-export const collectionStorageProvider = new CollectionStorageProvider()