With its mainnet now live, Somnia is setting new benchmarks for performance and scalability in blockchain infrastructure. At Stakin, we are proud to support the network as a validator after contributing to its record-breaking testnet and successful transition to mainnet.
During six months of testing, Somnia processed more than 2 billion transactions, including an unprecedented 80 million transactions in a single day, the highest daily volume ever recorded for an EVM blockchain. These results highlight not just Somnia’s technological potential, but also the reliability of the validator community that helped secure and stabilize the network under extreme load.
As one of over 60 validators during the testnet, Stakin worked to maintain uptime, validate transactions, and ensure smooth performance even during peak activity. With mainnet now live, we’re excited to continue powering the infrastructure that brings Web3 experiences closer to mainstream adoption.
What is Somnia?
Somnia is a next-generation, EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain designed to handle real-time, onchain applications at scale. Capable of processing over 1 million transactions per second with sub-second finality and fees under a cent, Somnia offers a new foundation for:
- Large-scale gaming
- Social platforms
- AI-powered applications
- Creator-driven marketplaces
- DeFi and financial use cases
Its combination of speed, cost-efficiency, and scalability opens possibilities that were not feasible with previous blockchain infrastructures.
Why We Support Somnia
At Stakin, we focus on supporting blockchains that expand what is possible in Web3 while bringing new users into the ecosystem. Somnia fits this vision perfectly:
- Technical ambition: A blockchain designed from the ground up to support fully onchain, interactive applications.
- Ecosystem growth: Grants, accelerators, and tools like Somnia Builder are lowering the barriers for developers to innovate.
- Mainstream readiness: With low costs and seamless onboarding, Somnia makes Web3 accessible to users beyond crypto-native communities.
By validating Somnia, we’re contributing to a network that doesn’t just push boundaries on throughput but also actively fosters the next wave of builders and users.
The Technology Behind Somnia
Somnia achieves its record-breaking performance thanks to a set of unique innovations:
- MultiStream Consensus: Inspired by the Autobahn BFT study, each validator produces data on its own chain while a separate consensus layer finalizes it. This keeps throughput high, even during transaction surges.
- Accelerated Sequential Execution: Instead of traditional parallelization, Somnia compiles EVM bytecode into optimized native code, leveraging hardware-level parallelism for massive single-thread performance.
- IceDB (Custom Database): A purpose-built database that ensures deterministic read/write performance under heavy load. It eliminates unpredictable latency found in LevelDB or RocksDB, delivering ultra-fast state access.
- Advanced Compression: Continuous data streams and BLS signature aggregation reduce validator communication overhead, allowing the network to scale near physical bandwidth limits without centralizing block production.
These breakthroughs make Somnia uniquely equipped to power high-frequency, real-time onchain experiences.
Ecosystem Momentum
Somnia is already building a diverse ecosystem of more than 70 partners across gaming, AI, DeFi, and social applications. Highlights include:
- Games like Sparkball, Variance, and Maelstrom
- Infrastructure & tools from partners such as LayerZero, Sequence, Ankr, DIA, and Thirdweb
- Enterprise support from Google Cloud, Fireblocks, and BitGo
For validators like Stakin, this growth means an increasingly dynamic network to secure and a thriving environment for developers and users.
Lowering the Barrier for Builders
One of Somnia’s most exciting initiatives is Somnia Builder, a low-code platform built in collaboration with Sequence. It enables developers to:
- Deploy fully onchain games and applications without deep smart contract expertise
- Integrate Web3 features across Unity, Unreal, TypeScript, and React Native
- Onboard users through familiar logins (Google, Apple) without requiring wallets or upfront gas fees
By combining high performance with developer-friendly tools, Somnia ensures faster time-to-market and more inclusive adoption.
Looking Ahead
The mainnet launch is only the beginning for Somnia. Validator expansion, new monitoring tools, and a growing pipeline of projects will continue to strengthen the network in the months ahead.
At Stakin, we are proud to support Somnia as a validator and to contribute to its mission of bringing Web3 into the mainstream. Somnia is well-positioned to power the next generation of decentralized applications.
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