What projects are gaining attention overseas but are relatively low-key domestically?

Yes, @Somnia_Network is the best example.

Global influence and cognitive differences

  • Global influence: According to the Kaito Pre-TGE Mind Map, Somnia ranks in the top ten globally, alongside projects like OpenSea and pump.fun.

  • Community activity: From the Somnia Yapper leaderboard, overseas KOLs dominate, with only a few domestic users participating in the promotion.

Information asymmetry is the core reason for the cognitive differences between domestic and international perspectives. The developer of Somnia, Improbable, is an extremely impressive technology company with significant recognition in Europe and the United States, focusing on distributed systems and metaverse technology, but its market promotion and brand awareness in China are relatively low.

1. The ecological relationship between Improbable, MSquared, and Somnia

Improbable

  • 2012: Founded by Herman Narula and Rob Whitehead from Cambridge University, focusing on virtual world technology.

  • 2015-2017: Secured $20 million investment from a16z, Horizons Ventures, Temasek (2015), and $502 million financing led by SoftBank (2017).

  • 2018-2020: Expanded game development capabilities through strategic acquisitions and entered the defense sector, providing synthetic environment platforms for the British Army.

  • From 2022 to present: Divested non-core businesses and focused on metaverse technology.

MSquared

  • April 2022: Improbable launched MSquared, an interoperable metaverse network. Notably, Yuga Labs' Otherside is one of its founding metaverses.

  • Financing: Raised $150 million at a $1 billion valuation from a16z, SoftBank, and others.

Somnia

  • October 2024: Improbable announced the development of Somnia, a high-performance L1 blockchain supporting mass consumer applications such as gaming, social, and DeFi.

     

Relationship clarification: MSquared is the interoperable metaverse foundation launched by Improbable, and Yuga Labs' Otherside is one of the founding metaverses; Somnia is a high-performance public chain launched by Improbable.

2. Somnia's technological advantages and ecological layout

As the latest generation of high-performance public chains, Somnia seamlessly integrates EVM compatibility, enabling developers to easily build decentralized applications while benefiting from superior performance.

Key technological innovations

  • MultiStream Consensus: A BFT protocol based on PoS and partial synchronization.

  • Independent data chain: Each validator runs its own blockchain, known as a 'data chain', allowing independent block generation.

  • Consensus chain: An independent blockchain that aggregates the heads of all data chains, using an improved PBFT algorithm for proof-of-stake consensus.

  • Compiled bytecode: By converting EVM bytecode into highly optimized native code, Somnia achieves execution speeds close to hand-written C++ contracts.

  • Faster and more predictable database performance: Somnia uses a custom database called IceDB.

  • Advanced compression technology: Somnia's data chain architecture supports streaming compression to maximize data throughput.

Ecological layout

Somnia has built a rich application ecosystem through multi-dimensional community operations and ecological incentives:

X account matrix

  • Somnia Network: Main account, publishes core updates.

  • Somnia Ecosystem: Focus on ecological project promotion and expansion.

  • Somnia Games: Promote on-chain game projects.

  • Somnia Yappers: Home of Somnia Yappers, recognizing early voices that help shape the future of Somnia.

Ecological projects (partial)

3. How to participate in the Somnia ecosystem?

Strategy 1: Testnet interaction

Steps:

  • Access the testnet: https://testnet.somnia.network/, complete wallet connection and setup.

  • Enter the task website: https://quest.somnia.network/campaigns, complete tasks (such as trading, NFT minting) to collect 'stars'.

Strategy 2: Yapping

Steps:

  • Follow the Somnia X account for quality content related to Somnia.

Community incentives: Have you ever seen a project that specifically creates an X account for Yappers, not only incentivizing the promotion of excellent Yappers but also holding many corresponding community activities? Therefore, it is speculated that the official airdrop will likely consider the contributions of Yappers, and the proportion will certainly not be low.