- Somnia’s Devnet processed 1.05 million ERC-20 transactions per second.
- The public testnet launch will highlight Somnia’s strong performance. Layer-1
Somnia is the high-performance Layer-1 blockchain designed for consumer applications. According to Devnet benchmarking, it set a new standard for scalability, having processed 1.05 million ERC-20 token transfers per second in a simulated real-world setting. Such massive volumes are handled by this blockchain with finality under the sub-second timescale. Meanwhile, 300,000 NFT mints per second were achieved along with 50,000 Uniswap trades per second on a 100-millisecond block time.
The founder and CEO of Somnia, Paul Thomas, noted that these results confirm the mission of Somnia, which is to remove the speed and scalability barriers for developers. With the upcoming release of the public testnet, the team anticipates that the community will push the platform’s capabilities even further. Somnia’s infrastructure runs on high-performance AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon processors, with up to 32 vCPUs and 120GB of RAM on machines spread across multiple data centers. With custom EVM compilation and advanced data compression, it is possible to achieve high transaction throughput at relatively low costs.
Somnia Benchmarking in Devnet Achieves Breakthrough Speeds
The Devnet demonstrated a network of 100 test nodes geographically distributed to ensure decentralized efficiency. Somnia’s multi-stream consensus model enables sub-second finality. Its sequential execution and compression techniques enhance data transmission rates between nodes by 10–20 times. The IceDB database minimizes read/write speeds to as low as 15–100 nanoseconds. As a result, the blockchain keeps transaction fees below a cent, making it one of the most cost-efficient EVM-compatible Layer-1s.
The next step is launching the testnet, allowing developers and community users to explore Somnia’s capabilities. This launch will provide firsthand experience of its features and performance. Designed for large-scale applications such as gaming, social media, finance, and metaverse, the blockchain is poised to support millions of users directly on-chain. As Somnia’s technology continues to improve, it aims to further increase transaction speed. At the same time, it remains cost-efficient and reliable by industry standards.
Soon after the public testnet launches, developers will gain hands-on experience with Somnia’s high-speed infrastructure. The broader community will also have the opportunity to explore and utilize its capabilities. This is an important step towards the next evolution in web3 technology, especially for scalable and efficient blockchain applications.