Somnia, a high-performance EVM compatible layer 1 blockchain, has announced it has launched DevNet, allowing developers and Web3 users to explore blockchains designed for mass consumer applications such as games, SocialFi, Defi, and Metaverses. This launch provides an opportunity to test Somnia’s performance claims. This includes a 400K Transactions (TPS) goal per second.
Somnia’s Devnet internal testing, even in high density scenarios, achieves over 400,000 TPS with less than 1 cent finality and transaction costs, showing off its impressive features. These performance metrics are enabled through innovations in execution, database, network, and consensus mechanisms. Somnia’s database allows read/write times of 15-100 nanoseconds, and its network technology supports 10-20 times the data transfer between nodes.
Full EVM compatibility allows Somnia to enable reactive applications that can respond instantly to on-chain events, while using familiar tools to build familiar applications (DAPP). Blockchain design is particularly suitable for building applications such as games that respond to live events.
Somnia offers developers the opportunity to participate in their first cohort through the whitelisting process. Additionally, Somnia has launched a $10 million grant program to provide developers with technical support, funding and market support. The project already secures infrastructure partnerships, with ANKR providing RPC services, and Social Scan from Hamera powering Block Explorer and access to EVM DAPP tools.
Most developers are private, but Somnia’s Devnet is available for public testing at certain times. This open approach is intended to gather feedback and test the functionality of the blockchain in a live environment. Users can experiment with the first DAPP, including distributed exchanges (DEX), NFTs, and games, using the Somnia Test Token (STT) available through the faucet.
This DevNet launch offers an important opportunity for both developers and users to engage in Somnia’s innovative technology. It is intended to bring large-scale data to the blockchain. Developers interested in joining the ecosystem can learn more about Devnet, the $10 million grant program, and how to apply for a whitelist through Somnia’s website.
What is Somnia?
The purpose of this project is to bring global data to the blockchain with a high-performance, cost-effective EVM Layer 1 solution. Somnia’s architecture can handle over 400,000 TPs with sub-second final and trading fees for less than 1 cent, even under high density conditions.
Major innovations in Somnia’s design include multi-stream consensus. Multi-stream consensus accelerates real-time responsiveness to sequential execution, custom ICEDB databases, advanced compression techniques, and robust direct chain events. As a result, Somnia is uniquely positioned to support real-time, reactive daps that can scale to millions of users.
Recently, the platform has released an updated version of LitePaper. This provides detailed insight into key innovations in the project, including the introduction of the Multistream Consensus model.
