When the Web3 industry is still entangled in 'how to educate users', Somnia (SOMI) has already provided the answer with 9700 million testnet wallet addresses. This L1 public chain incubated by Web2 metaverse giant Improbable has not fallen into 'technical index involution', but has used the combination of 'Web2-level experience + Web3 rights' to actively encourage game and social users to transition to the blockchain world. In the context of 'user growth cooling' in the industry, its breakthrough logic is a textbook-level case.
The disconnection between Web3 and mass consumption is rooted in 'experience compromise'. Players want to gain asset ownership in chain games but have to endure operational delays of more than 3 seconds; creators who want to enjoy decentralized distribution must face complex wallet operations and Gas fee anxiety. Traditional public chains either pursue decentralization at the expense of performance or compromise security for speed, and they can never balance the relationship between 'experience' and 'rights'. More critically, most public chains require Web2 users to adapt to Web3 logic rather than actively conform to mass habits, making it naturally difficult to break through the barriers.
Somnia's core breakthrough is the construction of a 'perceptual chain' technology base. Its multi-stream consensus algorithm adopts a dual-track design of 'data chain + consensus chain', where each validator independently maintains data streams and synchronizes shards. Coupled with streaming compression and BLS signature aggregation technology, it avoids data transmission redundancy and allows for more balanced bandwidth allocation, ultimately achieving a block generation speed of 0.1 seconds and an average daily transaction volume of 26000000. This performance is not just cold numbers—it means that for players, the feedback speed of skill release and item trading is comparable to traditional mobile games; for developers, high-frequency interactive scenarios no longer need to rely on centralized servers for support.
The innovation of the IceDB database engine addresses the pain points of 'cost and fairness'. Traditional blockchain Gas fees are like 'blind boxes'; due to the data differences among validator nodes, the same operation may incur different costs, causing users to spend extra money and leaving room for MEV attacks. IceDB realizes transparent and fair fees by generating 'performance reports' in real-time, calculating Gas based on the real costs of data reading sources (memory or SSD). A certain test net game developer revealed that their team's microtransaction costs have decreased by 70%, finally daring to launch '1 cent items' and similar mass consumption scenarios.
The 'integration thinking' of ecological layout brings the user threshold closer to zero. Somnia is not limited to Web3 native projects, but relies on Improbable's Web2 resources to build a cross-domain ecology: 4 AI social products, and 7 games have already entered the test net, with another 13 applications set to launch, covering all scenarios from competitive gaming to NFT creation. Its EVM compatibility allows Ethereum ecological tools to be reused directly, and the team's Web2 genes make application design inherently 'user-friendly'—users do not need to manually create wallets and can log in using familiar social accounts, with on-chain operations completed in the background, truly realizing 'enjoying Web3 in a Web2 way'.
The backing of $270 million in financing and a clear token mechanism provide stable support for the ecology. Investments from institutions like a16z and SoftBank not only ensure continuous investment in technology R&D but also enhance market confidence. The SOMI token undertakes staking, governance, and Gas payment functions, forming a win-win closed loop of 'users-developers-validators' alongside the decentralized layout of validator nodes. As 97000000000 test net users gradually convert to official users, the ecological value of the token will continue to be released.
From technical adaptation to ecological integration, Somnia's logic is clear and pragmatic: it's not about making the public adapt to Web3, but about bringing Web3 closer to the public. The growth data of 97000000000 wallets proves that when blockchain is no longer a 'niche toy', but a tool that can provide a better experience, users will naturally embrace it. In the wave of integration between Web2 and Web3, Somnia has already seized the opportunity.#Somnia $SOMI @Somnia Official
