Somnia Is Living Up to Its Promises: Breaking Records and Exceeding Expectations

Since day one, we’ve set ambitious goals for Somnia—promising a blockchain capable of supporting real-time, fully on-chain applications with unmatched speed, efficiency, and scalability. Now, with our latest DevNet performance report, we far exceeded our bold predictions of over 400K transactions-per-second. 

Over 1 Million TPS: A New Benchmark for Blockchain Performance

In our recent benchmarking tests, Somnia exceeded even our own expectations, achieving:

•  1,000,000+ transactions per second (TPS)
•  Sub-second finality, ensuring transactions are confirmed in milliseconds
•  300,000 NFT mints per second, demonstrating true scalability for on-chain economies
•  50,000+ DEX swaps per second, outpacing the fastest DeFi platforms
•  Industry-low fees, making real-time applications cost-effective at scale

These aren’t just theoretical numbers—they were achieved under real-world conditions in a distributed environment, proving that Somnia is ready to power high-performance gaming, DeFi, metaverses, and mass-adoption applications without congestion, slow finality, or excessive costs.

Beyond the Hype: Delivering Where Others Fall Short

The blockchain industry is filled with big promises, but too often, networks struggle to deliver when it counts. Somnia was designed to break the cycle of gas wars and outages that have limited the potential of Web3. Our DevNet results show that we’re not just keeping up with expectations—we’re surpassing them.

Unparalleled Speed & Scalability – Most Layer 1 and Layer 2 blockchains still operate in the low thousands of TPS. Somnia’s multi-stream architecture pushes beyond those limits, unlocking new possibilities for developers.

Designed for Fully On-Chain Applications – Many blockchains claim to support Web3 gaming and DeFi but can’t handle the real-time interactions they require. Somnia’s performance proves it can support true, on-chain games and financial ecosystems at global scale.

Tested. Proven. Ready. – Somnia’s DevNet was stress-tested with 100,000+ accounts, running real transactions in real conditions—ensuring developers can build with confidence.

What’s Next: The Road to Testnet

With our DevNet exceeding expectations, we’re now gearing up for the Somnia Testnet, where developers, node operators, and early adopters will have the chance to experience this performance firsthand. The Testnet will be a proving ground for the next wave of Web3 applications, on-chain economies, and high-speed decentralized infrastructure.

For developers, this means unlimited potential—whether you’re building a fast-paced multiplayer game, a high-frequency trading protocol, or a next-gen metaverse. Somnia is the foundation that makes fully on-chain applications not just possible, but practical.

Check out the full report if you want to dig into the data! 

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